Waller, Charles: For Magicians Only
©1923 F.G. Thayer, Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 145 pages
For Magicians Only
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Charles Waller: For Magicians Only

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Contents (source book ToC, numbers are not page numbers):

7 Introduction

1 Chapter 1 What Magic Is

2 Chapter 2 Presentation
3 Apparatus and Sleights
4 Dress and Environment
5 Silence or Speech
6 Music
7 Programme Material

8 Chapter 3 Presentation - Continued
9 Magical Dressings

10 Chapter 4 Patter
11 General Remarks
12 Purposes of Patter
13 Plot
14 The Dramatic and the Humorous
15 The Magic Sketch

15 Chapter 5 Magical Introductions

16 Part II Patter for Standard Problems

17 Chapter 6
18 Paper Magic
19 The Afghan Bands
20 The Tale of an Elephant
21 The Coin Fold
22 The Princess Card Trick
23 Kismet
24 Manipulation with Cards

25 Chapter 7 Miscellaneous
26 The Filtering Ink
27 The Chinese Rice Bowls
28 The Magic Numbered Bricks
29 The Wine and Water Trick
30 The Man in the Moon
31 The Growth of Flowers
32 The Phantom Die
33 The Little Match Girl

34 Chapter 8
35 Stolen Jam
36 The Chinese Rings

37 Chapter 9
38 The Hindoo Lota
39 The Scientific Milkman
40 In Dumb Show
41 The Water of the Ganges
42 The Bricklayer's Nightmare

43 Chapter 10
44 A Paradoxical Perplexity
45 The Orange, Skittle and Drawer Box

71 Part III Original Effects in Magic
(these page numbers are actual)
71 Pop!
74 My Lady's Fan
80 The Elongated Donkey
86 The Aerial Knot
88 Throw a Six
92 Wedding Bells
98 The Elfin Torches
100 The Top That Tours
110 An Empty Bottle of Beer
112 Percolation Phenomenal
116 Any Bites?
119 A Vase of Flowers
122 Stringing the Ring
124 Magic Broth
128 The Girl Behind the Pen
131 Orange and Lemons
134 The Harlequin Cigarette
137 Mirage
142 The Wide, Wide World



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