Thurston, Howard: Thurston's Easy
Pocket Tricks, 4th Edition ©1915 Howard Thurston Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 45 pages |
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Comments: "The Tricks in this Book are Entirely Different
from any of the Three Preceding Books of This Series". There were
at least 7 in the series.
Contents:
3 Preface
4 Introduction
5 Howard Thurston and the Wonder Show of the Universe (Charles F.
Oursler)
12 The East Indian Slave Bangle: bracelet appears on rope tied
between wrists
13 The Astral Ace: Ace instantly passes to bottom of deck
14 The Electric Pencil: gag
15 The Surprise Match Trick: lit match leaps and puts itself out
16 The Inevitable: addition trick
17 The Clinging Card Cluster: cards cling to the palm
18 The Chalk Mystery: chalk marks transfer to the hand
19 Balancing a Pack of Cards on the Hand
20 The Levitation of the Matches: betcha stunt
21 Go!: vanishing handkerchief for one spectator
22 The Rising Cards: using the pinky
23 The Match That Lights Twice: challenge
24 A Famous Divination Experiment: the seven pile
25 Swallowing a Pencil: illusion
26 A Mind-Reading Trick with Coins: heat index
27 The Magnetized Pencil: using IT
28 The Stretched Handkerchief: no gimmicks
29 A Rapping Séance: impromptu
30 Spirit Raps at the Dinner Table: as above
31 To Spoon a Coin on Bottom of a Tumbler: stunt
32 The Secret of the Ashes: one ahead principle
33 The Famous Persian Plate: charcoal on plate spells out chosen
card
34 A Family Figure Freak: mathematical trick
35 The Hindoo Miracle: magician quickly pulls called cards from a
hat
36 Backward and Forward: mathematical trick
37 The Thurston Astrological Chart: through page 45
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