Gravatt, Glenn: Encyclopedia of Self Working Card Tricks ©1936 Glenn Gravatt Hardcover, no dj, 440 pages

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Comments: Typewritten book. Cover states by "Doctor Wilhelm Von Deusen and Glenn G. Gravatt", but some sources say Von Deusen was just a pseudonym for Glenn Gravatt. However, the introduction states, "...most of the contents of this book were gathered together by Doctor Wilhelm Von Douson, of Hambug, Germany...I have added numerous tricks, original and otherwise, which I deemed appropriate for the occasion." This book was later revised and published by Jean Hugard as The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks.

Contents: (from book, updated 7/2023):

3 Introduction (Glenn G. Gravatt)

10 Chapter One Putting the Best Card Secrets to Work Part 1
12 The Best and Most Subtle Card Secrets Extant: introduction
13 Sleight of Foot
16 The Card Miracle - Certain
21 Gravatt’s Great Divino Card Trick
25 - A Number of Different Methods of Procedure: 8 methods
26 - Divino With Two Decks
27 Eastman's Deck Exchange
27 The Spirit Mathematician
30 Card and Crystal: 2 methods
32 Coincidence Extraordinary
33 Modernism in Mentalism
35 Parade of the Queens
35 Buried Alive
36 Out on Location
37 U Bite
37 Sure Locator
37 The Magic Thrust
38 Psychic Card Feat
38 Naming The Card in The Dark
39 Midnight Marvel
39 Up Your Sleeve
39 Sterotyped
40 Mindreading With Cards
40 Mediumistic Stunt
40 Telepathic Control
41 Long Distance Telepathy
41 Hokus Pokus Card
 
42 Chapter Two Putting the Best Card Secrets to Work Part 2
44 Four to One Detection
44 Excello Card Discovery
44 New Card Discovery
45 Keystone Card Discovery
45 Impenetrable Stop Trick
46 The Nifty Key
47 Mephisto Prediction
47 The Sequel
48 Infallible Detection
49 Upside Down
50 Surpasso
50 Five Card Mental Force
51 Just Think Mental Mystery
53 Matching the Aces
54 A Couple of Cards Get Together
55 A Card and A Number
55 Impossible Card Discovery
56 The Finger Points
57 Mentalist's Card Staggerer - Thought Card in Pocket
58 Miracle Location: uses Daub
59 - Club Version
60 Super Card Prediction
60 Automatic Second Deal
61 The Mental Masterpiece: Carbon Card Case
63 The Guessing Contest
63 Telepathic Selection
65 Alpacka
66 Magicardo: card automatically produces itself
67 Find The Queen
 
68 Chapter 3 Sailing the Miscellaneous Card Tricks Into Port
70 In the Dark
70 In His Pocket
71 Card Stabbing: Faked newspaper
71 Simplicity Four Ace
72 Simplicity Four Ace Number Two
73 Do It Yourself Discovery
74 Count Down Mystery
74 Neat Card Detection
74 Self Control
75 Pick the Queen
75 Card Selected by Pulse Beat
76 Wrinkle for Card Manipulators
76 Master Mental Mystery - A Peculiar Perception
77 Get It
78 Improved Satan’s Prophecy
78 The Vanishing Pair
79 The Unknown Leaper
79 Assistance Card Trick
80 The Flush Trick
81 Stampedo
81 Hourglass Cards
82 The Magi's Detection
83 Wonderful Card Divination
83 Demon's Detection
84 The Poker Shark
85 Incomprehensible Destroyed Card
86 The Easy Card Discovery
86 The Psychic Card Test
86 Naming Chosen Card
87 Ideal Card Divination
87 Number of Cards Divined
87 The Whispering Queen
87 Egg and Card Mystery
88 Mental Telepathy
88 Williams' Card Trick
88 Knockout Counting Trick
89 Divining Pack
89 Card and Number
89 Great Psychic Card Feat
 
90 Chapter 4 Trailing the Double Backed Card To Its Lair
92 Trailing the Double Backed Card to Its Lair: DeLand's Two Card Monte
95 The Repeating Card Turnover
95 Easy Coin Switch
95 Initialed Card Transposition
97 Initialed Card Telepathy
98 Turnover
99 Reversi!
102 Seership Predicto or The Double Card Prediction
103 The Perfect Force
104 A Double Surprise
107 Transposition Supreme
109 The Red and Blue Transposition
110 Double Backed Card Routine: routine with 7 effects
116 Double Back Force
116 Single Card Force
117 Comedy Relief
117 Satan Behind You
118 Chameleon Backs
119 Remote Control
121 False Faces
123 Transposition Extraordinary
125 Grant's Giant Acrobatic Cards

126 Chapter 5 You Do As I Do
128 You Do As I Do: intro
129 A Peculiar Coincidence
130 You Do As I Do
131 Identical Thought
132 Two Souls With A Single Thought
152 Follow Me
133 Miscellaneous Remarks
133 A Close Work Discovery
135 The Follow Up
136 Coincidence
137 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
138 You Do As I Do Again
139 Another You Do As I Do
140 A Strange Coincidence
141 Coincidence Again
142 Sympathetic Sympathy
144 Synthetic Sympathy
145 Backs Up
147 Mental Coincidence
148 Coincidence
149 Another Marvelous Coincidence
151 A Card Sympathy
152 - Variation
152 You Do As I Do - In the Dark
 
153 Chapter 6 Rocking the Diachylon Cards to Sleep
155 Rocking the Diachylon Cards to Sleep: introduction
155 Mesmerized Cards
156 Melrose
156 Two Viewpoints
157 Diachylon Stop Trick
157 Diachylon Super Color Change Force
158 Reversed Color Surprise
158 Card in the Pocket
159 Diachlon Does You Do As I Do
159 Ace Transposition
161 Remote Control Improved
162 Remote Control
164 A Real Magical Vanish
165 The Queen Turns Over
166 The Acme Spirit Test
168 Diachylon Book Test
169 The Diachylon Force
170 Another Diachylon Force
170 Number Please
170 Sympathetic Pair No. 1
171 Sympathetic Pair No. 2
171 Sympathetic Pair No. 3
 
172 Chapter 7 Seating The Slick Card King On His Throne
174 Seating the Slick Card King On His Throne: introduction
176 Half Moon Location
177 Location Plus
177 Everybody's Choice
177 Stage Location
178 The Master Card Speller
179 Mystic Cut
179 Counting By Eye
179 Odd or Even
180 Various Ways of Getting the Key Card: full routing with 10 effects
181 - Tricks and Routine
 
189 Chapter 8 Tracking the One Way Back To Its Doom
191 Tracking the One-Way Back To Its Doom: introduction
192 Five Card Stabbing
195 Thought Card Prodigy
195 The Five Senses
196 Divination Supreme
196 Premo Detection
197 Thought in Person
198 Think Stop
200 The Deck That Isn't
200 Twentieth Century Sorcery
202 The Four Pile Location
203 The Cut Deck Location
204 A Card is Found Once More
205 Odd or Even
206 The Alternate Detection
207 A New Kink
207 Eight in a Row
 
209 Chatper 9 Tracking The One Way Back To Its Doom Part Two
211 Red or Black
211 Challenge of the Year
212 Mind in Retrospect
214 Card Location Supreme
215 Hummer Detection
216 The Phantom Stab
218 Your Card Your Number
219 Instant Mindreading
220 Wrinkles
221 Reading the Cards After a Genuine Shuffle
222 Ne Plus Ultra Card Location
223 One to Ten Detection
224 Different Reversible Backs
224 Incomprehendo
225 Transcendental Vision
227 A Reverse Move
227 Concluding Remarks
 
229 Chapter 10 Decoying The Stacked Deck From Its Den Part 1
231 Decoying the Stacked Den From Its Den: introduction
232 One in Fourteen
232 Count Your Card
233 Red and Blue Mixup
234 Fathomed Thought
234 Two Person Location
235 Fair and Square
235 Dual Sympathy
235 Another Sympathetic Mystery
236 Your Card
237 A Quaint Happening
257 The Great Card Location
238 Another Marvel
238 Read Them Off
239 The Fifteenth Card
239 Stop and Think
240 Reading the Cards
240 Lip Reading Test
240 Master's Touch
241 Here’s Your Card
241 Perfect Card Divination
242 Unique Telephone Test
242 Psychological Discernment
243 Eyes All Around
244 Super Count Down
245 Poker Demonstration
246 Card Divination
249 Card Memory
250 Sensitive Thoughts
251 A Possible Impossibility
252 Pythagoras
253 The Great Detection
254 Thought Foretold
255 Fate and the Joker
255 Diabolical Transposition
256 Prophesied Spot Total
256 Wizard's Dream
257 Wizard's Will
 
258 Chapter 11 Decoying the Stacked Deck From Its Den Part 2
260 Mephistopheles' Touch
260 Cagliostro's Vision
261 New X-Ray Trick
262 Shark Food
263 Quadruple Deck Mystery
264 Psycholia
265 Cremo Card Restoration
266 Psychic Prediction
266 Mysterious Detective
267 Count the Cut
268 The Discard Trick
268 Tho Ready Reckoner
269 The Pair Detection
270 Dead Easy Location
270 Take a Peek
271 Strange Coincidence
271 Excello Card Discovery
272 The Wonder Force
273 - Another Method
273 Improved Marvelous Divination
274 Odd or Even
275 Premier Book Test
277 Controlled Coincidence
279 Cut
280 Poker Player's Dream
282 Novel Card Discovery
 
283 Chapter 12 Coaxing The Spelling Bee From Its Hive
285 Joker Spelling Routine
286 I'm a Son of a Gun
287 Thought Spelling
288 You Selected The...
289 Lazybones
289 Thought Card Spelling Effect
290 Card Spelling Deluxe
291 Knockout Speller
292 Improved Chevalier
292 The Incomprehendo Speller
293 Think of a Card
294 Kater's Improved Spelling Trick
294 Seller’s Joker Spelling
295 Perfect Spelling Pack
295 Seller's Whispering Speller
296 Duplex Comedy Speller
296 Think It Spell It
297 Perfection Speller
297 Farelli's Impromptu Speller
298 The Double Speller
299 Spellino
302 Jordan's Wizard Spelling Master - With Improvements
304 Shuffled Spelling Bee
305 Spell It Yourself
306 Cannell's Spelling Bee
307 Howard's Simplex Speller
308 U Spell Your Card
309 The Spelling Bee Manuscript: manuscript with 9 methods
311 The Spelling Trick Effect (Felsman, Kadorli): manuscript of 14 Methods
317 Seller’s Speller Idea
318 An Easy Spelling Trick
318 Gwynne’s Speller
318 Quadruple Speller
 
320 Chapter 13 Luring The Svengali Deck From Its Haunts
322 Luring the Svengali Deck From Its Haunts: Introduction
The Svengali Wonder: Five tricks
325 Tho Master Forcing Pack: 3 tricks
327 Carl Brema’s Effects:
328 - The Wrapped Pac
328 - Counting to Chosen Card
328 - Card on Chosen Heap
328 - The Reversed Card
328 - The Unseen Card
328 - Think of a Card
328 - Card Stabbing
329 - Deck Switches: seven methods
330 Forcing a Card
330 Riffling the Pack
330 The Three Heap Trick
330 Knife Cutting
331 Act With One Svengali Pack
331 Prediction Effect With a Svengali Force
333 The Cards and Dice
334 Mindreading
334 Thought Transmission
334 The Prize Winner
335 The Mirage Principle
336 The Eye Popper
336 Mental Control
337 Say Stop
337 Mirage Cards
339 Book Recommendations: with Svengali routines
339 Mindreading
340 The Mystery Problem
 
345 Chapter 14 Stalking The Mene-Teckel Deck In Its Hideout
345 Stalking the Mene-Tekel Deck In Its Hideout: introduction and description
345 Knife Stab
346 Dropped Deck Revelation
346 Selection Through the Table
346 Mind Reading
346 Chosen Card From Pocket
347 Rising Card
347 Master Self Shifting Pack: variation of the original deck
349 - Effect No. 1
349 - Effect No. 2
351 Mene Teckel  Routine: brief instructions covering the basic effects
351 Single-Enders or Reversible Backs: another version described
352 Mene Teckel Self-Shifting Deck (J.F. Orrin): explanation of the deck
353 - Effect 1
353 - Effect 2
354 - Effect 3
355 Book Recommendation: Donald Holmes' Tricks With Prepared Cards
355 Cards and Slates
355 Coincidence
 
358 Chapter 15 Scaring The Stripper Deck Off Of Its Roost
358 Scaring the Stripper Deck Off Of Its Roost: Intro
358 Directions for Using The Wizard's Pack
358 To Separate the Red Cards From the Black
359 The Four Ace Trick
359 To Find a Card In Any Position
359 To Make a Selected Cad Pass Through a Handerchief
359 The Turned Card
360 To Allow A Number of Persons Each to Select a Card and to Pull Them Out of the Pack, One After the Other or All at Once
360 To Allow All the Cards to Fall Except the One Drawn
360 To Bring the Four Kings Together After Being Separated and Shuffled
360 To Pass a Selected Card Through a Table
361 The Animated Card
361 General Instructions: as provided by a dealer
362 Sense of Touch
363 Cutting the Chosen Card
363 Precipitation
363 The Blown Card
363 Fabled Curds
363 Tho Pocket
363 The Cut
364 Card and Glass
364 With a Confederate
364 Court Cards
364 Calling the Cards
364 Magnetism
365 At Any Number
365 Card Through Handkerchief
365 The Four Kings
366 Divining Knife
366 Card in Hat
366 The Fixed Card
367 Reunion
367 Satan's Mail
367 Card and Plate
367 Rising Cards
568 More Rising Cards
368 Startling Card Trick
368 Cards From The Air
368 Acrobatic Jacks
369 The Captain Card
369 Flying Card
369 Educated Die
370 Stripped Stop
370 Deck Turning
371 Rising Card
371 Penetration
371 Reversible Cards
372 Three Card Reverse
372 Finding Three Cards
372 Card Divination
373 Lifting Any Number Called For
373 Four Ace Trick
373 Discovery by Weight
374 An Aid To Manipulation
374 An Aid To Forcing
374 The Stripper As a Double Lift
375 The Stripper As a Key Card
375 Multiple Card Location: combined with Si Stebbins stack
375 Beseaute Pack: article with various Hints and Tricks
376 Some Remarks About Shuffling Strippers
378 Stanyon's References: Dec 1908 and Jul 1914 Magic articles
378 The Shuffled Speller
379 Like Thoughts
380 Positions Unknown
331 Just the Reverse
382 Sympathetic Numbers
 
386 Chapter 16: Bringing The Dealers' Secrets Into the Open
386 Bringing the Dealers' Secrets Into the Open: introduction
386 Card Tearing Feat
387 Transposition Card Trick
387 Card and Orange Trick
388 The Slap Trick
389 The Magnetized Cards
390 The Conjuror's Touch
390 Princess Card Trick
391 The Mystic Circle
392 Sensational Card Mystery
392 The Divining Rod
393 Paint Brush Color Change
394 Improved Penetrating Card
395 The Great Pearl Mystery
395 Card Telegraphy
396 The Eclipse Vanish
397 Thought Card From Pocket
397 The Trend of the Times
398 New Reverse Card
399 Banner Card Discovery
400 The Dream
401 Inseparable Aces
401 Like Seeks Like
402 Improved Pocket to Pocket
402 Master Riddle
 
406 Chapter 17 Enticing Some Impromptu Card Tricks From Home
406 The Card and Envelope
406 - Satan's Mail
407 - Four Ace and Envelope Trick
407 - Seller’s Card and Envelope
408 - Mental Card Mystery
409-  Mental Card Mystery No. 2
409 - Gravatt's Card and Envelope
410 Tuned Minds
411 Unique Thought Card Discovery
411 Odd or Even
411 Slates and Aces
412 The Two Card Slate Prophecy
414 Gravatt's Sympathetic Prediction
417 The Life Saver Principle: cards with reversible faces, or balances and unballanced
417 Faces or Backs, Which?
418 The Life Saver
419 And There You Are
420 The Pointer Cards
420 Pick and Choose
421 McKay's Card Transmission
 
424 Section 18 Conclusion
424 Conclusion: ending notes
425 Kli Ban's Trick Number One
425 Kli Ban's Trick Number Two
426 Impromptu Poker Deal
426 Number Please!
427A Card Trick Without Cards
423 Watch His Elbow
428 The Piles
429 The Voice of the Spirit
431 Unique Rising Card
432 The Blue Intruder
433 Svengali Force
433 Subtle Card Force
433 The Fooler
434 Hull's Joker Spelling Trick
435 - Variation
436 The Buddha Whispers
436 Master Card Location
437 Follow Me
437 The Merry Mix Up
438 Triple Card Mystery
439 Infallible Prediction
440 Neyhart Rising Cards