Majikans (Leo Burns): Magic Feats ©1948 A Goodliffe Publication, U.K. Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 37 pages ©1969 Supreme Magic, England |
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Comments: A miscellany of practical magic. Illustrations
by ROE.
Contents (from book):
1 Foreword
3 Chapter One From the Pockets
3 Tissue Tear: red and black torn and restored
6 Impromptu Coins: production and vanish of coins at the hands
9 Time on My Hands: shell watch production
12 My Billiard Balls Routine: multiplying balls with color change
17 Impromptu Thimbles: uses just four thimbles
20 Thimbles Ad Lib: with a clever fake
22 Chapter Two Quick Tricks and Divers Devices
22 A Simple Blindfold System
23 Escape Interlude: a disguise of the slave bangle trick
24 Stripper Fan: making a giant fan of cards using strippers
25 Pack Switch: changing one pack of cards for another
25 Jumbo Fan Production: for an opener
26 Penny From Heaven: one penny vanishes from a set of four, then
drops from the sky
28 Chapter Three Something To See
28 Examined Spirit Lamp: a lamp with no electrical connection
answers questions by blinking
30 Ninepins: variation of the "Bonus Genius" or Burtini's
"Wandering Willie" routine, and requires some knowledge of that
routine
33 Rising Music: musician predicts song selected, and songsheet
rises from a houlette
35 Traffic Lights: a colored silk and traffic light effect