Willane, William H.: Willane's Wizardry ©1947 Willane, ARCAS, England Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 64 pages

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Comments: "Magic Stunts, Tricks, Catches". ARCAS is the Academy of Recorded Crafts, Arts, and Sciences, Ltd.

Contents (from book):

3 Preface
5 To Cut a Pencil In Two With a Pound Note
5 The Cracked Mirror: gag
6 A Jagged Tear: another gag for wallpaper
6 Vanishing a Borrowed Coin: using a handkerchief
7 To Remove Your Thumb: illusion
8 An Impromptu Vanish: using a confederate
8 Amplifying Sound: with a fork
9 Illusions of Bending: optical illusions
9 How High is a Top Hat? Riddle
10 The Looped Pencil: spectator can't remove
11 A Baffling Little Illusion: matchstick through safety pin
12 The Jumping Bands: from fingers to fingers
13 To Place a Burning Cigarette on a Handkerchief Without Damage
13 To Raise the Dead: a fly
13 A Trick Question: two riddles
14 To Tie a Knot in a Piece of Sting Without Letting Go the Ends
15 A Psychic Trick: billet reading
16 The Knot That Cannot Be Tied: false knot
17 Paper Magnetism: generating sparks with brown paper
18 Instantaneous Extinguishing of a Match: held in one hand
18 To Stop Your Pulse: with aid of a ball
18 Safety Pin and Handkerchief Illusion: pin does not tear the handkerchief
19 Setting Light to a Lump of Sugar
19 The Missing Bob: riddle
20 The Memory Feat: a demonstration of memory skills
21 He May Omit 11s 11d.: puzzle
22 The Magnetic Match: match apparently jumps by static electricity
22 Can You Cath It? bill stunt
23 The Flying Match: lighted match sailing
23 The Extra Inch: puzzle
24 An Inoffensive Practical Joke: with an endless thread
24 Making a Person Lighter: psychological trick
25 Lighted Match in the Mouth Stunt: eating a lit match
26 Paper Tearing: a real and gimmicked version
27 The Last Match: magician always wins this match game
27 An Easy Suggestion Trick: physical stunt
28 The Talking Hand: making a vent dummy with your hand, and a short act
29 Touched By the Spooks: another physical stunt
30 A Card Trick Without Cards: card prediction using elimination
31 Mind Control: pendulum swinging
32 The Penetrating Match: one match penetrates another at the fingertips
33 A Manipulative Puzzle: with two corks
33 Just Chance: magician ends up with money envelope
34 Biting and Cracking a Plate: gag
35 To Pass One Tumbler Through Another: illusion
35 A Dinner Trick: magician determines item thought of by tapping
36 The Magic Know: rapid
36 A Trick for the Tea Table: sugar initial transfers to spectator's palm
37 An Instantaneous Knot: by shaking a rope
37 Removing a Thumb Nail: gag
37 A Thorn in the Flesh: another gag
38 Any Day Called For: method for determing what day any date is
40 The Chinese Compass: arrow seems to change direction
41 The Deaf Spot: audible illusion
42 To Bend a Cigarette Without Breaking Its Paper: stunt
42 A Trick Book: puzzle
44 A Clever Paper Trick: paper tear with Heaven and Hell
45 Curious Figures: addition puzzle
46 The Upside Down Note: bill turns upside down when folding
47 Easy Money: a money puzzle
47 Bad Manners But a Good Trick: on in the hand two in the mouth with bread pellets
48 Divining the Coin: using a knife as a divining rod to find a penny
49 The Bus Ticket and Walnut: torn ticket to walnut shell
50 Sex Detector: another pendulum stunt
50 A Coin Vanishes: using a pull
51 Squizzle: a wooden puzzle you can make
51 They Can't Remember This: spectator can't repeat
52 The Tidy Smoker: gag
52 Napkin Folding Trick: folding into a bra
54 An Addition Trick: prediction
54 How Large is a Sixpence?: puzzle challenge
55 To Vanish a Cigarette: using the ear
55 Plucking a Button From a Spectator's Coat: gag
55 A Silly Trick: card discovery that audience sees but spectator does not
56 Trente Et Un: a confidence game - who can reach 31 first
57 A Joke in the Unpleasant Category: an amputated finger
58 To Rest Your Finger on the Glowing End of a Cigarette: stunt
58 Forgetting One's Own Digits: physical stunt
59 The Mystifying Ropes: ropes pulled through spectator
60 Dice Trick: magician knows total of bottom numbers
61 Underneath the Armpits: physical stunt
61 A Balancing Feat: wineglass balances on edge on a tablecloth
62 To Spin a Coin on an Inverted Tumbler: physical stunt
62 The Eyesight Test: comedy eye test
63 Penetrating a Handkerchief With a Stick: walking stick through handkerchief
64 Overfilled: putting coins in a full glass
64 Solution to Squizzle
64 Conclusion: end notes