Selbit: Conjuring Patter Volume Two
Selbit: Conjuring Patter Volume Two
©1920 (circa) Hamley Brothers, Ltd, London
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 14 pages plus ads
Selbit Conjuring Patter Volume Two
Image courtesy eBay seller JayAndLefty

Comments: "A further selection of Magical Patter and Other Novelties, including Chapeugraphy and Papertearing, now published for the first time."
Patter has puns and comedy; Many are general enough to be usable with other effects., but most of the patter is dated.

Contents (from book):

3 Patter for Card Manipulation Act: card humor lines
6 The Never-Empty Glass of Water: describes the apparatus and provides patter
7 Selbit's Sugar and Milk Trick
9 Paper Tearing: patter for tearing patterns out of newspaper
10 Chapeaugraphy: patter for this hat entertainment, including Buffalo Bill, Napoleon, a Jockey, etc.
13 An Introduction to a Dumb Show: announcement for a silent show
13 Miscellaneous Gags: 21 one-liners
15 Advertisements: for Munro's Modern Magical Manufacturers



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