Turnbull, Stephanie: Secrets of Magic Prop Tricks ©2012 Smart Apple Media Softcover, perfect-bound, 9"x10", 32 pages ISBN: 978-1-59920-499-4 (library binding)

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Comments: Illustrated with photos and color graphics. Oriented toward children, but with more intermediate level tricks than her "Easy Tricks" series. Others in the "Secrets of Magic series include: Card Tricks; Close Up Tricks; Incredible Illusions; Mind Reading Tricks; Prop Tricks, and Vanishing Tricks.

Contents (from book):

4 Perfect Prop Magic
4 - Party Tricks
5 - Special Stuff
5 - Practical Props
5 - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin: magician profile
6 Tricks of the Trade
6 - Perfect Patter
6 - Go For It!
7 - The Torn Paper Challenge: torn and restored
7 Johnny Thompson: profile
8 Magic Wands
8 - Making a Wand
8 - Shrinking Wand
9 - Magnetic Moving Wand
9 - Impossible Purse: remove a long wand from a small purse
10 Silks, Scarves and Hankies
10 - Knotty Problems: tie a knot without letting go
11 - Holey Hank: pencil penetrates handkerchief
11 - Billy McComb: profile
12 Brilliant Balloons
12 - Unburstable Balloons
13 - Magic Fountain: water appears from dry handkerchief
14 Paper Props
14 - One Sided Paper: a infinite loop, or Mobius Strip
15 - Going Loopy: the Afghan Bands
15 - Jade: magician profile
16 Cool Tube Tricks
16 - The Magic Tube: production tube
17 - Tube In a Tube: production from nesting tubes
17 - John Nevil Maskelyne: profile
18 Matchbox Magic
18 - Stop the Box: a matchbox on a string stops falling at will
19 - The Melting Matchbox: ribbon penetrates a matchbox
20 Super Straws
20 - Clever Straw Lift: stunt to lift a bottle with a straw
20 - Straw Through a Straw: penetration
21 - Cut and UnCut: string remains uncut thought straw is cut
22 Rope Magic
22 - The One-Handed Instant Knot
22 - Tenkai: magician profile
23 - The Cut and Mended Rope
24 Hoops and Rings
24 - Trap the Bangle!: bracelet ends up on rope tied between wrists
25 - Ching Ling Foo: profile
25 - The Escaping Ring: finger ring off rope
26 Great Escapes
26 - Harry Houdini: profile
26 - Dangerous Deeds: sack escape
27 - The Hands Tied to Table Leg Escape: living room escape
28 Show Time!
28 - A Prop Box
28 - What to Wear
29 - Chung Ling Soo: profile
29 - Performance Tips
29 - Disaster!

30 Glossary
31 Web Sites
32 Index