Houdini, Harry: The Great Houdini's Book of Magic ©1927 Beatrice Houdini and ©1976 Walter B. Gibson Pinnacle Books, CA Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5" ISBN: 0-89474025-3

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Comments: An update to the original Houdini's Book of Magic and Party Pastimes from 1927, with an added introduction by Watler Gibson and an extra section with additional tricks. However, while adding many new effects, this edition is also missing over two dozen tricks & puzzles that were in the original.

Contents:

vii Introduction (Walter Gibson)

3 Try This One It's Easy: dice and cup stunt
4 The Mysterious Match: broken and restored in a handkerchief
5 A Good Trick With Glasses: challenge
6 Try This on Your Friends: gag
7 6 The Clever Cork Trick: two corks appear to pass through each other
8 The Climbing Ring: ring climbs up a stick
9 This Trick Will Fool You: toothpick passes through a safety pin
10 Disappearing Coin: vanishes from palm
11 The Balanced Quarter: stunt
12 A Trick for Bridge Players: puzzle
13 A Knot That Will Mystify: dissolving knot
14 Try This on a Friend: quickly make a figure with 5 equal sides
15 Try This at a Party: large coin through a small hole
16 Which Cards are Turned?: using a one-way deck feature
17 An Amazing Experiment: strength stunt
18 The Vanishing Coin: the French Drop
19 The Mysterious Pencil: rises on the palm
20 Can You Draw This? puzzle
21 Try to Draw This: another
22 The Obedient Matches: match sticks in water point to center
23 The Magic String: removing a string without letting go
24 Contrary Cards*: dropping cards into a hat
25 A Clever Match Trick: a challenge
26 Which Way Will It Roll: a science trick
27 Get the Watch Out: magician removes watch protected in handkerchief
28 Half of Twelve Is...: match stick puzzle
29 Take String Off Scissors: string puzzle
30 Match Puzzle: match-stick puzzle
31 Try To Get Loose: spectator's try to escape from rope
32 How to Make Steel Float: a floating needle
33 A Match Puzzle
34 A Match Trick: another
35 Getting the String Off: escape stunt
36 Yes It's Impossible: challenge
37 The Handkerchief Trick: tie a knot without letting go of the ends
38 The Magic Match Box: stands up on the hand
39 The Mysterious Dime: vanishes when hit with a matchbox

41 Tricks of Magic By Other Magicians
43 Label Up: matchbox always lands label up
44 Balanced Glass: needs table with tablecloth
45 Mystic Sugar: sugar cube floats
46 Mystic Orange: Orange is dropped in an empty had and an apple removed
47 Balanced Pack of Cards: on back of hand
48 Balanced Golf Balls
49 Breaking the Apple: with the hands
50 Matches in the Box: empty match box becomes full
51 Cup and Coin: magician knows which coin is hidden under a coffee cup
52 Handkerchief on String: looped handkerchief appears on a string
53 Inverted Glass: stunt
54 Magic Numbers: 1089 prediction
55 The Safety Pins and Ribbons: magician knows which color ribbon he has behind his back
56 Card Clipped in Mid Air: apparent stunt
57 The Uncut Card: Envelope is cut, card is not
58 Magic Writing: invisible ink
59 Missing Match: gag
60 Coin and Paper: coin fold
61 Coin From Roll
62 Adhesive Glass: sticks to hand
63 Mystic Coins: multiply
64 Acrobatic Coin: rises in the hand
65 Coin in Orange
66 Vanishing Water: in the dark
67 Can You Break an Egg?: strength stunt
68 Picking Up Coin With Palm of Hand: challenge
70 Passing Through Hole in Paper One By Two Inches: large object passes though small paper
72 Home Made Siphon: experiment
73 Breaking Stick in Half: stunt
74 Drawing Water Into Glass: science stunt
75 Growing Flowers Instantly: in a magic pot
77 Make Egg Dance In Glass: using a blown egg
78 Blowing Egg From One Glass to Another: stunt
80 Raising Books by Air Pressure: science stunt
81 How to Magnetize Your Knife
82 Knock Down Red Chips Leaving White Ones: science stunt
84 Dropping Coins Into Water Without Overflowing: science stunt
86 Putting Egg In Bottle: Science stunt
87 How to Untie a Knot: dissolving knot
88 Making Square Hole With Round File: stunt
90 Indian War Dance: paper fold experiment
91 Old Time Magic Knot: in a handkerchief
92 How To Withdraw Paper From Under Glass
94 Secret Code: Straight line code
96 Candle See Saw: science stunt
97 Down the Sleeve: vanishing watch
98 Contact Telegraphy: two person mind reading
99 Ball and Hat Trick: ball vanishes when dropped in hat
100 The Sharp Penny: one penny from a group penetrates a hat
101 Balanced Egg: using salt
102 Natural Sixes: six card prediction
103 Slipping One Over: a center tear revelation
104 Bottoms Up: challenge
105 Coin in Handkerchief: coin appears in center
106 Rising Card: in tapered glass
107 Head I Win: matchbox tossing
108 Three Glasses and a Sheet of Paper: balancing stunt
110 Mystic Banana: banana is peeled and found already sliced