Severn, Bill: Magic In Your Pockets ©1964 David McKay Company, Inc., NY Hardcover, w/dj, 5.5x8", 147 pages ©1974 David McKay Co., Inc., NY Softcover, perfect-bound Also published under the title: ©1967 Magic From Your Pocket

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Comments: Illustrations by Katherine Wood.

Contents (from book, descriptions added May 2024)

vii Introduction

3 What's In Your Pockets?
3 The Haunted Handkerchief: a handkerchief animates in the hands
6 The Floating Pencil: clings to hand
10 The Magic Pencil Sharpener: sharpening a pencil in your hands
12 The Open Door: a drawing of a closed door becomes an open door
14 Clickety Clips: six paper clips become joined
       
18 Money Magic:
18 Eyes In The Back Of Your Head: magician reads the date of a borrowed quarter
21 How Much Is A Nickel Worth?: Nickel to dime to 15 cents and back
25 Bank By Magic: signed bill transfers to another envelope
30 Let's Pretend We're Millionaires: lesson in short-changing
       
35 Strings And Such:
35 Grandma's Magic: short strings join into one long one
39 The Not Cut Trick: rings removed by cutting a string, but it's not cut
42 The Chinese Prisoner: an escape
45 The Chameleon Shoelace: color changing
       
49 Postal Puzzlers:
49 Magic stamp Collector: a stamp visibly appears in a transparent envelope
53 Stamp Swap: two selected stamps vanish from one envelope to appear in another
57 Sorting The Mail: magician knows which postcard goes to which city
59 Deliver Yesterday: new letter changes to one postmarked earlier
       
64 Candy Conjuring:
64 Which Hand?: spectator can't guess which hand has the gum
67 Half & Half: torn and restored gum stick
69 Toot, Toot, Tootsie!: one Tootsie Roll returns to the spectator's pocket
72 Into The Candy Jar: candy penetrates a card into a glass
74 Right Through The Middle: a roll of Peppermint Life-Savers passes through a roll of Fruit Life-Savers
       
78 Nuts and Bolts:
78 Nutty Nuts: metal nuts transform into Peanuts
81 Reducing By Magic: spectator's waist size reduced by magic
84 Prize Loser: comedy prize gag
86 The Tax Collector: paying taxes gag
88 The Lie Detector: a bulb under a handkerchief flashes answers
       
92 Dime Store Magic:
92 The Sheriff Of Hocus Pocus: badge vanishes from bag and reappears on the shirt
96 Oriental Fan-See: fan shown on both sides changes colors
100 The Balloon That Won't Pop: though pins are stuck in it
103 The Bewildering Bandage: bandage jumps from finger to finger
       
108 Miniature Magic:
108 Prize Winner: small trophy appears on a nail through an empty envelope
112 Houdini's Elephant: small elephant vanishes from a match-box
116 Shoe Fly: small shoe travels from one bottle to another
118 The Magic Milkman: two in the hand and one in the pocket with miniature milk bottles
       
123 Make-Believe Mind Reading
123 Magic Guess: magician predicts which of three objects will be chosen
125 I Predict: sports game prediction
128 Mental Speller: book test
131 Faces In The News: magician predicts which picture will be chosen

135 Making The Most Of Your Magic

146 A List of Tricks