Johnson Smith & Co. (pub): Learn How to Be a Handcuff King and Mystery Man ©1920 (circa) Johnson Smith & Co., MI Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5x7.5", 24 pages

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Comments: "Baffling Tricks of Mystery. Worth Ten Dollars each to anyone making professional use of them"

Contents:

1 Preface
4 A Great Handcuff Trick
5 Escape from a Safe or Vault
6 The Vanishing Assistant
7 The Crack Marksman
8 The Marvelous Levitation Act
9 The Excelsior Rope Tie
11 The Wonderful Trunk Escape
12 Escape From 75 Feet of Rope
13 The Siberian Chain Escape
15 The Japanese Thumb Tie
17 Escape From Chair Tie
18 The Twentieth Century Escape
19 Escape From Sack Trick
21 Escape from Chair Trick
22 The Dangerous Rope Tie Trick
23 Locks - Their Construction, How to Pick Them, Lock Breaking
23 - Lever Locks
23 - Yale and Cylinder Locks
24 - Combination and Keyless Locks