Smith, Willard S.: The Magic of
Willard S. Smith ©1981 Willard Smith, Micky Hades, Canada Softcover, comb-bound, 8.5x11", 147 pages |
Image courtesy eBay seller JayAndLefty |
Contents (from book ToC):
1 I am Magic
5 Publisher's Introduction - Williard S. Smith - Sixty-Two Years
in Service to God and a Goddess.
10 Did It Ever Happen to You?
19 Part One: Tricks, Tips And Presentations:
19 Miscellaneous:
19 Stack of Bowls Production
20 Spirit Painting
21 Worsting of Willie Wolf
25 Off Again On Again Candle
26 Improved Phantom Die Routine
27 Legend of the Sands
29 Kenneally Sand and Water
30 Silk Streamer from Confetti
32 Load Steal Off Back of Chair
33 Homemade Backdrop Frame
34 A Trick to Fit
35 A Finish for Ball and Tube
36 A Simple Liquid Effect
36 An Up-and-Coming Cigarette
38 Enchanted Star
38 A Table
41 Coin Penetration
43 Invisible Coin Vanish
43 Clock Production Stand
46 Nest of Boxes
46 Patriotic Production
47 There's Money in Cigarettes
47 Have a Drink of Wine or Water
48 A Dinner Table Program
50 Magic with Numbers
51 Humpty Dumpty Paper Tear
52 Just for Laughs
54 More Comedy Gags
54 Jokes, Gags and One-Liners
63 The Pasteboards:
63 Obedient Card
64 Leaping Lena
64 Trick Without an Ending
65 An Old One
66 Rattling Good Trick
66 Two Card Ideas
69 Mental Magic:
69 Forty Pictures in a Row
72 Two-Person Mental Routine
73 Mathematical Wizardry
74 The Day of the Date
74 A ’’Direct" Book Test
79 Tips:
79 "The Gathering of the Magi" Introduction
80 Tips
101 Magic Meeting Tom-Foolery:
101 Services Solicited Introduction
102 Rabbit in the Hat
103 The Singing Magis
105 What is It?
108 Name Game
109 The Tale of the Great Pistachio
111 Match-Up
112 Who Are They?
113 Conversation Pieces
113 Memorial Service
117 Part Two: The Psychology of the Performer
117 Addendum: France - 1945
119 Advice from the Greats
122 Twas Ever Thus
124 The Grate Gus/Bill Larsen, Sr. - Correspondence
133 Nicodemus
139 Thoughts and Opinions on the Art:
139 - Who Will Cure Whom with What?
141 - So You Think You Are a Magician?
142 - Why Is It?
143 - Think This Over!
144 - Magic
146 In Rebuttal