Jonson, Wilfrid: Magic Tricks & Card Tricks ©1954 Dover Publications, NY Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 96 pages

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Comments: Edited by Chesley V. Barnes. Two books bound as one volume. "This Dover edition, first published in 1954, is a revised republication of two works by Wilfrid Jonson originally published in 1950 under the titles Conjuring and Card Conjuring. These works are reprinted by special arrangement with W&G Foyle, Ltd, publisher of the original editions."

Contents (from book, descriptions added Feb 2024):

Book I Magic Tricks

7 Preface

10 Part I — Impromptu
10 The Coin Through The Hand
22 The Wandering Coins: four coins travel to appear under a single card
15 Palming: finger palm and variation
18 The Surprising Tumbler: a crumbled bill transfers to a paper glass, then
20 The Three Pellets: two in the hand and one in the pocket with a climax
22 Patter
23 The Bewildering Coin: coin penetrates hand, reappears from pocket, and changes to a bill
25 The Flying Farthing: coin vanish
26 The Coin and the Hat: coin vanishes several times to appear under a hat, with a climax
28 The Knife and the Papers: paddle trick
31 The Jumping Rubber Band: band jumps from fingers to fingers
32 The Animated Match-box: almost impromptu box rises on the hand
32 Down Your Sleeve: match blown out through the sleeve
33 Magnetic Match: one match causes another to jump

35 Part II — Studied Mysteries
35 A Problem in Suspension: first a knife and then a bottle suspend in the air
40 Paper Napkins: torn and restored
42 A Study in Black and White: another torn and restored
44 The Counting Chalk: total of a dice roll is found written on black paper
45 The Note and the Cigarette: borrowed bill to cigarette
49 The Note in the Egg: similar effect, using a TT
52 The Lighted Match From the Pocket
53 The Smoke Trick: smoke appears in an inverted tumbler
55 The Ring on the Stick: borrowed ring
57 The Patriotic Balls: red, white, and blue balls put into three cones transfer to have one red, white and blue ball in each cone
59 The Celebrity Trick: the chosen celebrity photo appears in a frame
62 The Nest of Envelopes: photo appears in nest of three envelopes
63 Kling Klang: egg, cup and handkerchief effect
66 The Lost Ring: a borrowed ring is lost, and a lot of imitation rings found, and finally the real one
69 The Afghan Bands: paper loop effect
71 The Mysterious Addition: total of numbers added is predicted
73 The Slate Trick: some approaches using the flap slate
76 The Invisible Scribe: total number appears written between two cardboard squares
78 The Billet Reading Trick: message reading
80 Automatic Writing: drawing duplication
82 The Transposed Handkerchief: silk vanishes to be found in a matchbox previously emptied of matches
85 The Indestructible Handkerchief: burnt and restored
86 The Cups and Balls: with three large object climax
93 Bringing It All Together

97 Bibliography
99 Index

Book II Card Tricks

7 Preface (Wilfrid Jonson, 1950)

9 Part I
9 "That's It": key card location
11 A Mathematical Certainty: You do as I do effect
12 False Shuffling I
13 The Seven Heaps: an experiment in thought reading
15 False Shuffling II
16 The Changing Card: card spectator holds turns into selection
17 False Shuffling III: pick up shuffle
18 The Sense Of Touch: magician seems to fail but then finds the selection
21 The Matching Cards: magician removes cards that match suit and total of the selection
22 The Pick Up Control
23 The Card And The Number: selection found at chosen number
24 The Corner Crimp:
25 The Reversed Card: selection found reversed
26 Sensitive Finger Tips: using the crimp
27 Thought Divined: selected card removed from pocket
28 Palming
31 Hypnotism!: selected card is found in the pocket
33 The Card In The Pocket: another version
34 Think Of A Number: selection turns face up
35 Educated Fingers: two selections are found with the whole deck in the performer's pocket
37 False Shuffling IV
38 Spell It Out: the selected card is found by spelling
42 The Marked Card: another form of key card
43 From The Fan: method of key locating a card from a fan, with application
46 The Spectator Does It: spectator finds the selection
47 Turn Over: selection found by reversed card
48 The Forecast: prediction in envelope matches cut to card
49 A Card Puzzle: a challenge to repeat unless you know the concept

53 Part II
53 The Glide
55 The Inseparable Aces I: Aces are found together in the deck
56 The Inseparable Aces II: as above, with all four Aces
59 The Four Aces I: Aces dealt into four piles with indifferent cards assemble to one
63 The Glide Force
63 The Four Aces II: Aces appear on top of four piles
65 The Thirteen Principle: how to determine a missing card from a quick glance through the deck
66 The Slip Force
68 With A Forced Card: Joker finds the selection
70 The Card Under The Carpet: first selection turns face up, second penetrates under the carpet
72 The One Way Pack
73 One Way Elimination: use for the above
74 The Transposed Card: indifferent card becomes the selection
75 In Your Hands: magician finds the selection in a fan with the backs toward him
76 The Five Card Trick: magician finds two selections without looking at the faces
77 The Pack Reveals It: value of 2nd selection is used to find the first
78 Odd And Even: arranging the deck in front of the spectators
79 With Two Packs: one deck is specially arranged
81 Eight Kings: The Eight Kings stack
83 Three Card Divination: put to use
84 Si Stebbins Arrangement: another stack
84 One In Five: using Si Stebbins
85 Reading The Pack: naming the cards as you bring them from behind your back
87 Prepared Cards: brief discussion of long/short cards, strippers, and others
90 In Conclusion

93 Bibliography
95 Index