Spear's Games: Directions for "Hokus Pokus" Conjuring Tricks
Spear's Games: Directions for "Hokus Pokus" Conjuring Tricks
© Spear's Games
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 16 pages
Spear's Games Directions for Hokus Pokus Conjuring
              Tricks
Image courtesy eBay seller Neelam

Comments: Illustrated. Mid-1900's Instruction manual for magic set. There were apparently different sets available, as the contents page states, "This Pamphlet contains descriptions of the following Tricks, but not every Trick described is included in this box." Later editions of this manual contained additional effects.

Contents (From ToC, numbers are trick numbers, not page numbers)

1 Cagliostro’s Magic Wand
2 Beautiful Wand Trick
3 Mysterious Ring
4 Astonishing Changeable Cards
5 Spirit board
7 Mysterious Rings
8 Bosco’s Marvellous Reckoner
9 Extraordinary Card Trick
10 Understands English - The Educated Ball
11 Aladdin's Magic Corals
12 Electrical Flower Cultivation
13 Magic Circles
13a New Quick-Priming Process
14 Novel String Mystification
15 Bellachini’s Bewitched Block
16 Automatic Money-Changing
16 Harry’s Dream — The Magic Stamp Album
17 Chinese Weather Forecaster
18 Hatzli’s Marvellous Toy
19 Remarkable Transformation Feat
20 Novel Dice Trick
21 Uncommon Prestidigitation
22 Eastern Dagger Trick
23 Mysterious Milling Manoeuvre
24 Bosco’s Juggling Box
25 Extraordinary Money Charming
26 Nero's Wonderful Box
27 Transformed Handkerchief
28 Gone Right Through! — The Bewitched Hat
29 Prophetic Dice Urn
30 Remarkable Cork Conjuring
31 Fakir’s Nail
32 Magic Cord
33 Multiplying Billiardball
34 Magic Rod and Ball
35 Fairy Handkerchief Box
36 Count of Monte Christo’s Hand
37 Dutch Skittle and its Child
38 Enchanted Urn

---later edition adds at least the following---

39 The Marvellous Money Tray
40 Dr. Merlin's Stomach Sounder
41 Reappearing Playcards
42 The Magic Wand
43 ?
44 Heart Entwined
45 Burmese Ring Trick
46 ?
47 ?
48 ?
49 ?
50 Chinese Rings Trick


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