Joe Karson: Illusion Magic!
Karson, Joe: Illusion Magic!
©1933 Joe Karson, CT
Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x11", 9 pages
Joe Karson: Illusion Magic
Image courtesy eBay seller Addiesma

Comments: This is the first edition. A second, expanded edition was published in 1943, listed here separately. The 2nd edition adds some effects but also removes some found in the first edition.
Available as an eBook as part of the Joe Karson Collection from Lybrary.com

Contents (from eBook):

1 A Chinaman's Hop Dream: chests are stacked, one appears to move position, and an assistant appears from within
2 An Impromptu Levitation: under a cloth
2 Faust Comes Again: costume change and figure transposition illusion
3 The Giant Cigarette Mystery: doll and giant cigarette to assistant smoking regular cigarette
3 The Bullet Proof Magician: two rifles fired, one breaks glass and the other hits "bullet proof cloth", leaving magician unharmed
4 Mid Air Skeleton Cabinet Mystery: appearance of assistance
4 Mohammetts Coffin: suspended without apparent wires
5 Production and Vanishing Cabinet Improved: brief details
5 Paper Frames Cabinet: lightweight production
6 The Vanishing Piano: illusion
6 The Billion Dollar Indian Rope Feat: how to perform in your back yard
7 Solid Thru Solid: magician passes through covered frame
7 The Giant Match-Box Mystery: assistant production
8 William Tell Outdone: bow and arrow shooting
8 Black Ar X-Ray: X-ray of spectator's arm through a box
9 The Allay Levitation Vanish and Reproduction: illusion


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