Van Bern, Chris & DeVega: Whirlwind
of Wizardry ©1919 Published by F.A. Arnold Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 94 pages |
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Contents (source: book):
4 Introduction
7 From Nothing to Nothing: coin act for stage, lots of apparatus
10 Dissolvo (Mr. Peterson): coin sleight
12 The Klean Vanish: coin sleight
13 The Magnetized Coins: coins cling to the hand
16 Chris Van Bern's Six Coin Trick: with seven coins
18 The Extraction Pass: coin sleight
19 The Color-Changing Candle
23 The Latest Bird Cage Mystery
25 The Simplex Handkerchief Production: from apparently bare hand
26 Cards — The Beat All Bottom Force: a slip force
27 The Free Choice Force (Mr. Syd Le Grande)
29 Something Strange: card trick
32 The Stunner: cards
33 The Timil Card Trick
35 The Red Demon Card Mystery
37 Twelve Novel Manipulations: card manipulation hand to hand
41 CVB Pearl Mystery Card Trick: cards and 6 glass tumblers
44 The Egg and Handkerchief Mystery
47 The Butterfly: silk worm to silk butterfly for platform/stage
50 The Tunnel Color Change: handkerchief
52 A Novel Changer Vanisher or Loader: match-box change utility
54 A Lesson in Magic — and Some Eggs: Eggs from Hat
60 An Unique Thimble Sleight
61 An Ink-Red-U-Lous Trick: with pen, paper, and candle-stick
65 The Drawing Pin Mystery: drawing pins vanish from box to form
value of selected card
70 The Waiter's Dream: A Magical Comedy for 3 Characters - a full
routine with patter
79 CVB Sixteen Card Trick: card divination
82 The Brass Card Box: a hint for use
84 The Mysterious Light: light bulb taken from lamp jumps back
85 The Affinity of Color: red & white billiard ball changes
color under handkerchief