Joseph, Eddie: The Art of Body Loading & Productions ©1950 Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., MI Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 63 pages

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Comments: "The first comprehensive work on the subject detailing every phase of Body Loading and Productions as used by the author for quarter of a century."

Contents (from book ToC):

7 Introduction
9 Theoretically Speaking
12 Articles for Productions
16 Defining the Technique
20 Methods of Concealment
21 - Personal Concealments
21 - Prop Concealments
23 Practicing the Technique
24 - Loading Into Outer Coat Pocket
25 - Loading Under Coat (Five Methods)
29 - Loading Outer Breast Pocket (Five Methods)
31 - Loading Inner Breast Pocket
31 - Loading Behind Coat Collar (Five Methods)
33 - Loading Into Sleeve
34 - Loading Into Hip Pocket (Three Methods)
35 - Loading Inside Shirt Front (Two Methods)
38 - Loading Under Trouser Cuff
39 Body Loading in Operation
40 Body Productions for Nite Clubs
43 Body Productions for Stage or Platform
48 - Glass and Orange
49 - The Cotton Mill
50 - Tumbler of Wine from Collar
50 - Productions of Rubber Goods
52 - Money, Money Everywhere
53 - Umbrella from Coat Cottar
53 - Stick from Trouser Cuff
53 - Eggs from Pocket
54 - Playing Cards from Sleeve
54 - Live Banana in Auditorium
55 - Production from Outside Collar
55 - The Vanishing Wand
56 - Two Good Reasons
57 - The Shower of Rice
57 - Livestock Productions
57 - Cinderellas Show
57 - Cage and Canary
58 - A Full Bottle of Beer from Under Coat
59 Stooges and Subterfuges