Johnson, George (editor): Sixty Sleights ©1925 George Johnson The Magic Wand Office, London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 92 pages plus ads ©1940 Second Edition

1925 Edition Image courtesy Winkler's Magic Warehouse

1940 Edition Image courtesy eBay seller TJGonFishn

Comments: Full title: "Sixty Sleights and Tricks in Connection Therewith".  With contributions from many magicians. 1940 edition says "with additions"; I don't know which effects were added, and both books had 92 pages.

Contents (from 1940 edition book):

7 Preface (George Johnson)

9 With Billiard Balls
9 A Billiard Ball Colour Change (Stanley Norton): no shell
11 Magical Juggling (T. Wilson): using juggling as misdirection
12 A Billiard Ball Sleight (Edward Victor): Showing the hands empty
15 New Billiard Ball Production and Manipulation (Kingsley Ronald): using a shell and black velvet screen
17 Legerdemain (Horace Rose): essay on avoiding gimmicks, and some billard ball moves
21 Rice, Silk and Ivory (Stanley Norton): Billiard ball magically extracted from a glass of rice
24 A Billiard Ball Trick (Phillip Lenard): using a set of clever shells
25 A Billiard Ball Move (Tom L. Waterman): false transfer

26 With Coins
26 A Novel Tourniquet Pass (Chris Van Bern): false transfer with back clip
27 A Feat of Dexterity (Horace Rose): a coin roll on the table stunt
28 Moves With a Penny (T. Wilson): Heads or Tails and a vanish and production
30 A New Coin Pass (George Johnson): false transfer
31 A Coin Effect (Stanley Norton): a coin is balanced on the fingers and slowly falls flat
31 A Coin Exchange (George Johnson): method to exchange one coin for another
32 A Subtle Coin Change (Alberto): using a gimmicked coin
33 A Novel Coin Box (George Johnson): intro to the Bamberg or Okito Box
34 Coin-Box and Handkerchief (Bruce Hurling): routine using the Okito Box

37 With Thimbles
37 Thimble Magic (Edward Victor): the pass, palming, etc.
39 A New Thimble Vanish (W. Maurice): using a clever gimmick
40 The Red, White and Blue Thimble (George Johnson): using a gimmicked thimble set

42 With Cards
42 Chosen Card Discovered By a Knife (Stanley Witcher): a card stab
43 Another Method (Bruce Hurling)
45 An Effective Discovery (Edward Victor): a card visibly transforms to the selection
46 An Illusive Card Colour Change (Prof. Edgar)
47 A Useful Acquisition For the Rising Card Trick (H.V. Nicholson): method of forcing 2 or 3 cards using a short deck
49 Pocket Card Divination (Kardin): two of three cards are returned to deck, the third matches one named by the spectator
49 A Card Subtlety (C.H. Short): to cover the palm
50 A Sensational Card Effect (Stanley Norton): card divination effect for stage
55 The Card and Plate (Louis F. Christianer): torn and restored with matching missing corner
57 Patter for the Card and Plate
58 The G.H.E. Colour Change (G.H. Entwistle): sleight for color or card change
60 Double Reverse (Louis F. Christianer): two selections turn face up when the deck is dropped from hand to hand
61 Three Chances (Bruce Hurling): performer finds selected card after appearing to fail
62 The Simplest Four-Ace Trick (Len J. Sewell): using a small display board
64 Still Another Four-Ace Trick (Stanley Witcher): using a shell card

66 Miscellaneous Sleights and Tricks
66 The Vanishing Doll (George Johnson): hand puppet vanish
67 A Wineglass Vanish: under handkerchief
68 A Ripping Effect (A. Hill): ending for a torn and restored paper
69 Handkerchief Manipulation (Prof. Edgar): use as a billiard ball
69 Egg, Silk and Confetti (Melvano): with the Stodare egg
70 Passe-Passe Rubber Bands (George Johnson): rubber bands transfer to different fingers
72 A New Shaving Soap Trick (Max Templeton): handkerchief vanishes to be found in a shaving stick box
74 The Production of Nosegay (George Johnson): flower production using a wand
75 A Candle and Handkerchief Combination (Bruce Hurling): Handkerchief transposition with poetic patter
79 A Subtle Device in Card Divination (G.W. Hunter): method to get to number needed to deal to selection
80 Think of a Card (Victor J. Peacock): card routine with patter with a stacked deck
83 Cards and Knife Effect (A. Lindsay Smith): card stab
84 An Excellent Ring Trick (George Johnson): ring ends up on finger while hands tied behind back
84 The Sympathetic Packs (AC Percy): selected cards are in same position in a banded deck
86 The Mystic Melody (Monton Dade): song prediction
87 The Card Between The Plates (Monton Dade): selection appears between two plates
88 The Handkerchief and Rope Release (S): addition to the normal release
88 Combination in Brief (C. Barnard): glass and handkerchief effect
89 Obedient Colours (Douglas Dexter): color confetti mixed in a jar is removed one color at a time
92 A List of the Contributors

93 Books on Conjuring and Entertaining