Wass, Verrall: Essence
30 Magical Experiments
©1931 Edward Bagshawe, London, England
Hardcover, 5x7.5", 77 pages
Essence
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Comments: Illustrations by Gilbert Thomas and Walbrook Studios

Contents:

7 Section 1 Novelties
7 Tea
10 From Thin Air
11 Catching the Candle
13 The Bathing Box
15 They Fell in Love
18 Window-Box Wizardry

20 Section 2 The Organ Pipes Again!
20 Eat More Fruit
22 A Floral Fraud
24 The Organ Pipes
25 Winter Wonders (reprinted)
27 A Salturn (reprinted)

31 Section 3 Card Curiosities
31 Change-A-Chosen-Card Discovery
33 Sympathetic Envelopes
36 Clip! (another card discovery)
38 Swindled!
40 She Made Some Tarts

44 Section 4 Eight Effects
44 The Zodiac
48 A Record Success
50 Trained Toothbrushes
52 A New Production Box
53 The Jolly Roger
56 Shadows
59 Wooden Crystal Casket
60 A Draughty Passage

66 Section 5 Contributed
66 The Firefly
67 Experiment in Second Thought
68 The Spider
71 The New Die and Hat
74 New Use for the Ghost Tube
75 The Ashes



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