Jordan, Charles: Ten New Sleight
of Hand Card Tricks ©1920 Charles Thorton Jordan, Penngrove, CA Softcover, stapled manuscript, 5.5x8.5", 23 pages |
Image courtesy eBay seller MagicCollectiblesPlus |
Comment: The second in the Ten New Tricks Series.
Originally 75 cents each in 1920!
Available as an eBook from Lybrary.com
Contents (from book, descriptions added Jan 2023):
1 Preface (Charles T. Jordan)
2 The Amazing Aces: a four Aces effect
5 Transposition Extraordinary (T. Nelson Downs): magician
anticipates name of card to be chosen, and causes Red and Black
cards transpose
8 The Straight-Jacket Reversed Card (Louis C. Haley): chosen card
reverses in a rubber-banded deck
10 The Triple Escape: selection is bound in the deck but vanishes
to be found in pocket
12 Reverse English on the X-Ray: an effect using a gimmicked X-ray
deck
14 The Stabbed Pair: cards found by stabbing the deck with a knife
by the spectator
15 The Brain Twister: selected card reverses itself even though a
cord runs through the entire deck
17 The Winged Cards: three cards travel from one packet to another
19 The Spelling Fool!: all the cards are spelled using an arranged
deck
21 The Suits Unscrambled: magician instantly removes the Royal
Flush of a named suit from behind his back