Waller, Charles: Waller's Wonders ©1927 George Johnson, The Magic Wand Office, London Hardcover, no dj, 94 pages

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Comments: A Collection of Practical Magical Effects

Contents (from book)

i The Introduction (Charles Waller)

Part I
1 The Spinning Card: selected card is tossed and vanishes to appear spinning on a pin in a picture frame
4 The Flower Stall: production of four bouquets from a cloth muffler
8 Raps!: utility to produce raps on the table
10 - Method 1 For Ladies: wearing a skirt
11 - For Gentlemen
13 The Pusillanimous Pips: pips change on card multiple times
16 Plonk!: a ball vanishes from a cup into a tube with an audible noise, and again with even rolling out
25 A Hard Pill to Swallow: borrowed coin travels from one pill-box to another
26 A Penny Bun: penny vanishes from parcel to be found in a dinner roll
31 The Sympathetic Sands: sand falls like an hour glass between two tumblers placed bottom to bottom and later examined
35 Second Sight: a two person act that simplifies the memorization proces
45 - The Signals

47 Part II
48 Note (Charles Waller)
49 Serve!: performer catches three card selections in a fan as the deck is thrown
51 ...And Hit the Crow: an egg, glass and bowl vanish in two parts to be found in a box
57 Hop, Skip and Jump: three match boxes vanish and appear in a hat
61 A Sensational Opening Production: stage routine with flower bowl, fish bowl, and a bottle of beer
69 Light Fetters: variation of the torn and restored paper
70 A Harmless Explosion: two handkerchiefs and drawing pins vanish from a bag and appear tacked to a frame
75 Filling the Baby's Bottle: milk vanishes and fills an empty bottle
80 A Lightning Wrist Tie: magician ties hands behind back, but keeps using one hand
84 A Bunch of Bananas: Bananas vanish to re-appear in a box
90 Coffee for Two: version of the Coffee and Milk effet