Nelson, Robert: Sensational Effects ©1929 Robert A. Nelson, Nelson Enterprises Publications Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x14", 18 pages ©1948 Robert A. Nelson, comb-bound edition, 37 pages Revised and Enlarged ©1957, 1967 R.A. Nelson ©1976 Michael P. Hades, Micky Hades International, Canada Softcover, tape-bound, 8.5x11", 31 pages

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Comments: "It isn't what you (the performer) actually does, but what the public are led to BELIEVE he does, that forms the basis of all these sensational effects." Available in an updated and revised edition by Magic World Publishers, as an eBook from Lybrary.com, or in paperback by House of Mystery Books, linked above

Contents (From Magic World Publishers edition):

4 Introduction
5 The Psychology of Misbelief
8 The Lecture
10 The Demonstration
16 The Mechanics of Sensational Effects
29 Planning the Program
32 Suitable Planted Situations
41 Other Methods
51 Additional Performance Ideas
56 Radio and TV Brain Busters
58 In Conclusion
60 About the Author