Severn, Bill: Magic Shows You Can Give ©1965 Bill Severn, Van Rees Press, NY Hardcover, w/dj, 212 pages ©1974 David McKay Co., NY Softcover, perfect-bound Magic in 4 Acts ©1993 Sue Severn, Stackpole Books, PA

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Comments: Illustrated by Yukio Tashiro. Full routines with setup, props, and suggested patter and presentation. 

Contents (from book, updated May 2024):

vii Introduction

1 Act One - The Club Show
3 Under Your Spell: opener with handkerchief production
9 Fast and Slow: a handkerchief becomes tied between two other
19 The Little Black Bag: an Egg Bag type routine using Ping-Pong balls
31 The Orange Swindle: bill to Orange
43 The Magic Tax: Miser's dream theme
53 The Club Show Set-Up

57 Act Two - On Stage
61 Hawaiian Magic: using Hawaiian flower Leis
67 No Soap: comedy routine with vanishing soap
75 The Bewildered Milkman: milk carton passes between two tubes
85 A Trip to the Orient: tissues to Lantern transformation
91 All the Rice in China: a rice-bowl theme without the bowls
101 The Feast of Lanterns: large production effect
107 The Stage Show Set-up

109  Act Three - Magic in a Briefcase
111 The Instant Shopper: production opener from a sheet of newspaper
117 Blue Ribbon Magic: a blue ribbon vanishes and is found linked to a yellow ribbon
125 A Visit From Houdini: a slate writing presentation
135 Who's Worried Now?: comedy cut and restored handkerchief
147 Let's Go to the Fair: version of the 6 card repeat with cardboard disks
153 The Briefcase Set-up

155 Act Four - For the Kids
159 Where's the Wand?: comedy routine with an assistant
169 Jump for Joy: cut and restored jump rope with assistants
177 The Magic Arrow: a arrow captures the selected picture card
187 Cats and Canaries: audience participation effect with colored handkerchiefs
193 John Q. Cottontail's Friend: a glove puppet rabbit pulls a magician from a hat
199 The Kid Show Set-up

201 Curtain Call - Stretching the Show
205 Building Your Own Routines