Kenyon, John: Thumbs Up! Tricks
With a Thumb Tip ©1948 Goodliffe Publication, London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 44 pages ©1981 Second Printing, A Supreme Magic Publication |
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Comments: Illustrated by Dennis
Contents (from Goodliffe edition, updated with descriptions June 2023)
5 Foreword
7 Chapter One The Torn and Restored Card Trick
11 Chapter Two Passing the Salt: salt is poured into the left
hand, vanishes and is poured out from the right
13 - A Wrinkle - Clippo Plus: a strong finish for your Clippo
routine
14 Chapter Three Magic Dough: burnt note or bill is found inside
selected bread loaf
16 Chapter Four Making Money Go a Long Way: a borrowed bill is
torn, restored, doubles in size, and more
19 Chapter Five Cigarette Magic: a series of effects leading to
the vanish of a cigarette
22 Chapter Six Pencil Magic: pencil clings to fingertips, rises
and vanished from a handerchief
26 Chapter Seven Sending Money by Post: a postal note is burned in
one envelope but found restored in a second
29 Chapter Eight The Hydrostatic Pound Note: liquid is drank from
a borrowed bill/note
31 Chapter Nine Thumb Penetration of a Handkerchief: magician's
thumb penetrates a handkerchief
33 Chapter Ten The Vanishing and Reappearing Silk
36 Chapter Eleven Silk and Soup Plate: silk is vanished and found
under a soup plate on a sheet of newspaper
38 Chapter Twelve Cigarette and Ribbons: ribbons change to
cigarette, cig vanishes and ribbons restored
41 Chapter Thirteen Magical Surgery: pins are thrust into the
knees and thumb without harm
44 Advertisement: for Goodliffe's Abracadabra magazine