Jones, Little Johnny: So You Want to Be a Magician! ©1939 Little Johnny Jones, Pittsburgh, PA Softcover, saddle-stitched, 11"x8.75", approx 35 pages ©1975 Magic, Inc., Chicago, IL Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 76 pages

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Contents:

3 Foreword
4 Illusion: burning cigarette does not harm a tablecloth
6 Illusion: instant knot in a handkerchief
8 Illusion: fan of cards adhere to the hand
10 Illusion: glass balances on the edge
12 Illusion: banana is opened and found already sliced
14 Illusion: Four Aces removed from a hat with a deck tossed in
16 Illusion: magician removes marked cigarette from hat
18 Illusion: Deck of cards balance
20 Illusion: I'm missing this entry!
22 Illusion: thimble remains on finger from over a handkerchief
24 Illusion: lighting a match on your shoe
26 Illusion: removing a dime from under a half dollar in a glass
28 Illusion: burning a lump of sugar
30 Illusion: Lost coin found in orange
32 Illusion: ring on a string
34 Illusion: magnetized match-sticks
36 Illusion: balance two half dollars between the fingers
38 Illusion: magician removes billet with spectator's name
40 Illusion: magician names time set on a clock
42 Illusion: making a pattern in pepper
44 Illusion: glass balances on plate edge
46 Illusion: coin balances on knife edge
48 Illusion: pick up a coin without getting wet
50 Illusion: magician knows which end of matchbox has the heads
52 Illusion: water vanishes from a glass
54 Illusion: cut and restored string in straw
56 Illusion: scissor handle removal from string
58 Illusion: small rings removed from string
60 Photos: Little Johnny Jones and Will Rogers, Sally Rand
61 About the Author (Neil Foster): biography
67 Photos: With Rudy Valee
68 Program: sample program from Jones' Chicago Woman's Club Theatre performance, 1932
70 Program: from Memorial Hall performance, 1946
71 Photos: more B&W photos