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Hull, Burling: Expert Billiard Ball
Manipulation Part Two ©1915 American Magic Corporation |
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Comments: "An accurate and comprehensive technical
treatise on the expert manipulation of miniature billiard balls".
The two volumes have also been printed in combined editions
Contents: (numbers are not page numbers, from book ToC):
Chapter Seven To the Student
Importance of Stage Address
Sequence
- Climax
- The Reason
- As Applied to Magic
Settings
- Selection of Settings and Advide on Purchasing
- Private Builders
- Clips, Holder and Attachements and their Value
Chapter Eight More Original Ball Effects
36 Rainbow Spheres
37 Novel Method of Obtaining Balls
38 Ball Through Handkerchief
39 Miskakes
40 Finish for Ball and Handkerchief
41 Variation
42 Burling Hull's Latest Color Change
Chapter Nine Special Balls
43 The Excelsior Ball Trick
44 Chameleon Ball
45 Multiplying Balls
46 Rouge et Noir
47 Handkerchief and Ball Manipulation
48 Polychromatic Ball
49 Ball and Goblet
50 Ball and Handkerchief Change
51 Other Apparatus
52 The Top Vest Servante
53 Attachments
54 Ball Pull - Pocket Pull
55 Clutch Pull
56 Vanishing Ball
57 Henry Hardins Auto Vanishing Ball
58 The Sucker
59 Ball Spider
60 Ball Holders
Chapter Ten Special Balls Designed By Author
61 The Poufe Ball
62 Sleight No. One
63 Sleight No. Two
64 Sleight No. Three
65 Sleight No. Four
66 Finishing Sleight
67 The Smoke Ball
68 Other Methods of Preparing
69 Burling Hull New Ball Act
70 Principle - Formula - Preparation
71 Operation One
72 Operation Two
73 Operation Three
74 Operation Four
75 The Rain of Billiard Balls
76 Sleights With the Back-hand Clip 1
77 Sleights With the Back-hand Clip 2
Chapter Eleven Latest Original Sleights With Billiard Balls
78 Color Changing Ball
79 Unique Shell Manipulation
80 Operation One
81 Operation Two
82 Operation Three
83 Operation Four
84 Operation Five
85 Operation Six
86 New Practical Methods for Excelsior
87 Method for Parlor
88 Method for Platform
89 Vanishing Illusion
90 Tip for the Excelsior
91 Sleight Method
92 Ball and Silk
93 Original Sleights with Loop Ball
94 Swing Vanish
95 Hang Over Acquitment
96 Mistakes
97 Drop Vanish
98 Perfection Acquitment
Chapter Twelve Concluding Remarks
Faults With Most Instructive Treatises
Impossible Descriptions
Angles
Personal Instruction and Correction of Mistakes
Objections Eliminated by Employing New Method
Equal to Personal Instruction
Mistakes Anticipated and Corrected
The Illustrations
Where Most Instructors Fail
Description of Various Hands and a Reading of Owner's
Characteristics
Best Methods to Adopt
Hands of Famous Magicians
