Watson, Donald "Monk": The Professional Touch ©1945 Abbott Magic Novelty Co., Colon, MI Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 52 Pages

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Comment: On the performance of magic, with some magic. Illustrations by Mel.

Monk Watson (1894- March 23, 1981) was born Donald W. Watson in Jackson, Michigan (From MagicPedia)

Contents: (from book ToC, updated Jun 2018)

1 Foreword (Percy Abbott)
2 When in Doubt
3 Let's Have a Reason For It
5 Setting the Tempo
10 Have Some Stage Fright
13 The Sand Frame
14 Can a Trick be Too Perfect?
16 The Fifty Card Lift
18 It's Still How You Do It
21 Be Sure Your Dress Is Correct
22 To Acknowledge Applause
24 Keep Your Salary Up
26 What Does It Get You to Expose?
30 Face to Face (Doc Harad)
31 Birth of a New Trick
33 A Quickie
34 Behind Your Back
36 A Coke Twist (Otto Curl)
37 A Milky Mix-Up: invisible milk routine
41 The Lota Trick
44 Hand Rabbit in High Hat (Dell O'Dell): patter in rhyme