Morgan, Rhys & Robert West: Parlour Tricks ©2020 Vanishing Inc., Magic Hardcover, no dj, 7.5x10.3", 356 pages

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Comments: Color photo illustrated. Dissection of a full 90 minute show

Contents (from book ToC):

7 Foreword (Hector Chadwick)
11 Introduction
14 Who Are Morgan & West?
17 How to Use This Book
21 The House is Now Open

25 Part 1

25 The Restarting Bottle
41 - Opening Tricks and the Reworking of a Classic
47 - Magic Boxes and Strange Looking Props
49 Mirror Mirror
55 A Moment of Impossibility
79 - Magic Plots and Types of Surprise
83 - The Scripting and Development of a Trick
89 The Impossible Ring on Ribbon
104 - Removing the Cards from a Card Trick
111 Intra-Sensory Perception
137 - Humility and Vulnerability in the Performance of Magic
143 The Instant Costume Change
148 - Dealing with Children and the Unexpected
153 Number Writing
159 Knowing the Unknowable
175 Book Tests and Tricks that Make Sense
181 The First Version of the Dictionary Trick

183 Interval

183 Theatrical Design for the Modern Magician

191 Part 2

191 Explaining Misdirection
208 - Misdirection and the Presentation of Magic as Skill
213 Setting up the Bag (Part 1)
217 Thought of Cards Across
232 - The Evolution of a Magic Trick
239 Nobody Trusts Magicians
262 - Writing the Audience into the Script
265 - Tonal Variety and Pacing in a Magic Show
269 Setting up the Bag (Part 2)
273 The Permanent Linking Rings
291 - Unanswered Questions and Permanence in Magic
297 Setting up the Bag (Part 3)
301 The 40 Digit Hyperbrain Act
323 - Problematic Predictions and Tricks with No Middle
329 The Miraculous Escape of Mr West
347 - Danger and Magic in the Real World

354 Curtain Call
355 The Future