Knapp Electric, Inc.: Secrets of
Master Magic Set No. 3 ©1929 Knapp Electric, Inc., NY Softcover, saddle-stitched, 21 pages |
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Comments: Instruction manual for a Magic Set manufactured in 1929. I've seem some references that these sets were put out by Sherms Magic.
Contents (from book):
1 The Making of a Master Magician
1 The Importance of Secrecy
1 What Magic Is
1 Remember That Practice Makes Perfect
2 How To Make An Audience Look Where You Want Them To
2 When Something Goes Wrong
2 Patter - What It Is And How To Use It
3 The Cassette: a silk vanishes inside a tube
3 The Svengali Pack of Cards: "Due to lack of space here,
instructions for the Svengali Cards are included inside the card
case"
4 The Koran Ring: a ring or disk with a hole in it is removed from
a string while spectator holds the ends of the sting
6 The Master Rope Escape: magician escapes from two lengths of
rope passed through the coat
8 The Phant-O-Tube: silks produced from an empty after the ends
are covered
9 Chinese Linking Rings: routine with the standard 8 ring set
12 The Magi's Wand: a ball or ring placed on the wand rises on its
own
13 Cups and Balls: standard beginner routine with minimal sleights
15 Devil's Coin Box: object vanish from this special box
16 A Master Magic Act: the effects routined into an act, with
patter
20 Other Master Magic Sets For the Master Magician: advertisement
for sets No. 1 and No. 2
21 Order Blank: Magic set no. 1 was $1, no. 2 was $3.50, and no. 3
was $5.00