Havel, Victor: Fun-Time Magic ©1955 Childrens Press, Chicago, IL Hardcover, w/dj, 7.5x9.25", 28 pages Also editions with "taped on" cover |
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Comments: "Fascinating Magic With Easy-to-Get Materials". Beginner's book for young children. Illustrated with B&W drawings.
Contents (from book):
1 Introduction
2 Every Magician Needs a Wand and a Mustache
3 Super-Man: tearing a napkin stunt
5 Magi Glass: coin vanishes under a glass
7 Loop The Loop: ring put on string without removing it from the
thumbs
9 Magic Dial: clock dial tapping trick
11 Moving Coin: stunt to remove a coin from under a glass
13 Rising Ring: a ring rises along a magic wand
15 Mind Reading: mathematical trick
16 Odd Or Even: toothpick math challenge
17 Three Coin Fooler: puzzle
18 Vanishing Loop: one loop vanishes in a string
19 Birthday Trick: determine month of birth and age
21 Magic String: Cut and restored
23 Button Trick: physical puzzle you can build
25 Vanishing Knot: in handkerchief
26 Buttonhole Roll: puzzle to remove string loop from buttonhole
27 Jumping Cubes: physical stunt with cubes and a glass