Vyson, Ed: Wizardry ©1906 (circa) Ed Vyson, Bolton Softcover, saddle-stitched, 4.75x7", 15 pages

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Comments: No Illustrations. "A Treatise on Things Illusory". Several effects utilize mechanical apparatus which are only briefly described.

Contents (from book):

2 To Change a Pack of Cards Into a Billiard Ball: under a handkerchief
3 Balloons From Hat: chemical effect uses sulphuric acidk
4 Vase Full of Water For Production From Hat: vase briefly described
4 Cage For Production: cage mechanism briefly described
5 Another Rising Card Trick: card rises in glass case, mechanism briefly described
6 The Dyeing Handkerchief Trick
6 - 2nd Method
7 - 3rd Method
7 Picture Illusion: picture appears on formerly blank canvas, mechanism described
8 Card Discovery: card placed in the pocket turns out to be selection
8 The Wandering Wand: wand vanishes from one envelope to be found in another
9 Method for Hat Load
9 A Second Hat Load
10 Aother Method For Loading
10 To Construct a Black Art Table
11 Handkerchief and Billiard Ball Combination: idea using a "burning globe"
11 Mystifying Card Vanish: gimmicked card
12 Coffee Kettle Extraordinary: another chemical effect
13 The Die Box Controversy: a note on the invention of the Die Box by Alex Davis
14 Advertisements: A.W. Gamage, Ltd, J.F. Burrows