Lewis, Eric C.: Modus Operandi Part One ©1944 Eric Lewis, L. Davenport & Co., London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 67 pages plus ads

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Comments: "Modus Operandi; such is the Latin expression that has been adopted in the modern parlance of magicains to refer to a studied, tested, and mastered method for presenting an illusion", quoted by G.G. Laurens in The Sphinx, 1915.

Contents (from book):

8 Foreword

9 Chapter One The Lewis Natural False Count And Tricks Therewith
10 The Natural Count
12 The Nap Player's Dream
13 A Little Trick with Eight Cards
15 A Streamlined Cards to Pocket
21 Bravo Commandos!

25 Chapter Two An Act With The Old School Tie
25 The Routine with the Tie
27 The Knotted Tie Release
29 The Nailed Tie
31 The Cut Tie
33 The Colour-change Tie

34 Chapter Three Coin Magic For The Platform
34 The Simplicity Coin Routine
40 Coloured Wools
44 Swings and Roundabouts

49 Chapter Four Miscellaneous Magic
49 The Triplico Slates
54 Nail Polish
58 Everywhere and Nowhere, with Billiard Balls
62 Hypnotising a Rabbit
64 A Magazine Restored

68 Advertisements: for various books, etc., to page 72