Waller, Charles: For Magicians Only ©1923 F.G. Thayer, Los Angeles, CA Hardcover, no dj, 146 pages

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Contents (from book):

4 Publisher's Note (F.G. Thayer)

7 Introduction (Charles Waller)

Part I, Patter, Plot and Presentation

9 Chapter 1 What Magic Is

13 Chapter 2 Presentation
13 Apparatus and Sleights
14 Dress and Environment
16 Silence or Speech
18 Music
19 Programme Material

20 Chapter 3 Presentation - Continued
20 Magical Dressings

25 Chapter 4 Patter
25 General Remarks
26 Purposes of Patter
27 Plot
29 The Dramatic and the Humorous
32 The Magic Sketch

34 Chapter 5 Magical Introductions

37 Part II Patter for Standard Problems

39 Chapter 6 Examples of Patter
39 Paper Magic
39 - The Ships Wheel
39 - The Torn and Restored Slip of Pape
38 - The Afghan Bands
39 - The Tale of an Elephant
40 With Coins and Cards
41 - The Coin Fold
41 - The Princess Card Trick
42 - Kismet
43 - Manipulation with Cards

46 Chapter 7 Examples of Patter Miscellaneous
46 The Filtering Ink
46 The Chinese Rice Bowls
47 The Magic Numbered Bricks
48 The Wine and Water Trick
49 The Man in the Moon
50 The Growth of Flowers
51 The Phantom Die
52 The Little Match Girl

55 Chapter 8 Examples of Patter - Continued
55 Stolen Jam
56 The Chinese Rings

62 Chapter 9 The Hindoo Lota Bowl
62 Example 1 The Scientific Milkman
63 Example 2 In Dumb Show
64 Example 4 The Water of the Ganges
65 The Bricklayer's Nightmare: for The Magic Bricks

70 Chapter 10 A Paradoxical Perplexity
70 The Orange, Skittle and Drawer Box

71a Part III Original Effects in Magic

71 Pop!: bottle vanishes from a display
74 My Lady's Fan
74 - No. 1 A Productive Fan: silk from fan
75 - No. 2 The Easy Money Fan: coin production
75 - No. 3 The Susceptible Fan: card selection appears on a fan
77 - No. 4 The Attractive Fan: used for a card rise
77 - No. 5 Some Smiles and A Fan: smiles transform into flowers from a hat
80 The Elongated Donkey: block and cylinder routine
86 The Aerial Knot: one hand appearing knot
88 Throw a Six: a large die vanishes from a handkerchief to appear in a box
92 Wedding Bells: routine around a wedding ring, a selected card, and more
98 The Elfin Torches: a match effect for the stage
100 The Top That Tours: a spinning top vanishes to be found still spinning in a box
110 An Empty Bottle of Beer: a bottle is demonstrated empty, yet beer is poured from it
112 Percolation Phenomenal, or The Magic Web: a silk seems to visibly penetrate another
116 Any Bites?: three selections are fished from a hat, then objects produced from the hat
119 A Vase of Flowers: produced from a handkerchief
122 Stringing the Ring: a ring penetrates onto a string
124 Magic Broth: using the principle of nesting bowls
124 - Example 1 With Handkerchiefs
125 - Example 2 With Liquid
126 - Example 3 With Bran or Confetti
128 The Girl Behind the Pen: billet reading
131 Orange and Lemons: Orange and Lemon transposition in a tube and the hand
134 The Harlequin Cigarette: cigarette repeatedly returns to its holder
137 Mirage, or the Phantom Lift: an illusion of an appearing elevator with passengers
142 The Wide, Wide World: stage illusion
146 Finale