McComb, Billy: I Did It My Way ©1972 William McComb, The Supreme Magic Co., Bideford, England Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 15 pages |
Image courtesy eBay seller Addiesma |
Comments: Lecture notes, some effects are described in
William's books with greater detail. Available as an eBook from
Lybrary.com, and from Trickshop.com under the title McCombical
Mysteries.
Contents (courtesy Denis Behr's ConjuringArchive, updated slightly Dec 2023):
1 Introduction: The True Secret of Magic
1 Cut 'N Gone Rope
2 The Williamised Spider: card pip eating
4 The Torn and Restored Airmail Letter
6 Auntie Gwendoline: comedy letter for above
6 Eye-Level, One Man Card Vanish
8 A Variation on a Theme: ring off ribbon, audience sees the "how"
9 The Seven-Cornered Hanky
11 The Magician's Rabbit Does a Trick: a sympathetic cut and
restored rope
13 The Card in the Cigarette: outline
13 Uncle Will's Slates: inheritance story effect using flap slates
15 The Five Rings of William: brief routine for five linking rings