Jonson, Wilfrid: Mr. Smith's Guide to Sleight of Hand ©1945 ARCAS Academy of Recorded Crafts, Arts & Sciences, Ltd, London Hardcover, no dj, 96 pages

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Comments: "A course of instruction"

Contents: (Chapters from book ToC):

Preface (Wilfrid Jonson, 1945)

7 Lesson 1 - On Magic in General and Sleight-of-Hand in Particular—Some Definitions—How to Vanish a Coin—the Flat Transfer
13 Lesson 2 - The Palm-proper—the Palm Transfer—the Jonson Palm Transfer
18 Lesson 3 - Le Tourniquet
22 Lesson 4 - On Palming and Apparent Transfers—the Finger-palm Transfer—the Palm Transfer—the Roll Palm—the Palm Steal
30 Lesson 5 - The Melting Coin—on Patter
36 Lesson 6 - List of Properties—the Six Coin Trick
40 Lesson 7 - The Finger-palm Fall—the Cap and Pence
45 Lesson 8 - A Test of Nerve
48 Lesson 9 - The Cups and Balls
59 Lesson 10 - The Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper
63 Lesson 11 - The Torn and Restored Paper
66 Lesson 12 - The Billiards Ball Trick and its sleights
77 Lesson 13 With a Silk Handkerchief—the Roll Palm—the Colour Change—the Soup-plate Trick
88 Lesson 14 - The Four Coins—The Back-palm and the Coin Roll
94 Conclusion