Webster, James: Tricks and Magic
©1969 Wills & Hepworth, Ltd, England
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 50 pages
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James Webster: Tricks and Magic

Comments: A children's book of magic. Illustrations by Robert Ayton

Contents:

4 Magic Wand and a Magician's Hat: making a paper hat and making a wand look like rubber
6 Think of a Number: mathematical trick
8 Climbing Through a Postcard: clever cut
10 Magic Symbol: puzzle
12 Mind Reading: with a confederate
14 Disappearing Pencil: wrapped in paper
16 Singing Glasses: stunt
16 A Knot Tying Trick: tying a handkerchief without letting go
18 Reflex Tester: spectator can't catch a paper
20 The Magic Blind Spot: Optic lesson
22 A Magic Circle: puzzle
22 The Balancing Card: challenge
24 Finding the Card: location
26 The One Two Three Trick: three cards come together
28 Cards That Know Their Names: spelling trick
30 The Unbroken Broken Matchstick: in a handkerchief
32 Matchstick Handcuffs: matches link when held in fingers
34 The Vanishing Handkerchief: transposes between matchboxes
36 A Balancing Trick: matchbox on back of hand
38 A Puzzling Matchbox: matches turn updside down
40 The Vanishing Matches: box rattles but is found empty
42 The Magic Purse: coin fold
44 The Melting Coin: coin vanish
46 The Coin That Does Not Move: coin stunt
48 Wet Coin Dry Coin: picking up an underwater coin without getting wet
50 Blowing Over a Brick: stunt
50 Picking Up a Bottle With a Straw: puzzle



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