James, Stewart: Magic Mine No. 1
©1957 Harold Sterling;
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x.5", 28 pages

©1979 2nd Printing, Magic, Inc.
Magic Mine No.
              1
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Comments: From the title page: "Here are twelve tried, tested and proved, practical tricks that you will delight in using in your club and stage shows. The apparatus needed, requires no complicated mechanical ability to produce. No great skill is required in the performing. Original manuscript completed July 1954."

Contents: (from book ToC, updated Jan 2019)

1 Silversion: coin in bottle
3 Cheerio Glass: glass vanish
5 Squaring the Square: paper and scissor effect
7 The Count of Monte Carlo: 100% method
9 Double Ring Ceremony: borrowed finger ring penetrates rope
11 Indian Giver: egg and hat routine
13 GoFar Ball: ball, tube, and glass
15 The Astral Dagger: performer magically cuts straws held by spectators
17 Let the Chips Fall: version of the Patriotic Balls
19 Unwritten Prediction: direct prediction method
22 Slatest: audience-selected picture appears in audience-selected color on a slate
26 Hotelepathy: mystery with a toy store suitcase


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