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Magic of the Hands by Edward Victor
This is the second edition from 1942, published by Max Holden.
This is a classic in sleight-of-hand magic. From the foreword:
This BOOK is mainly on the art of sleight-of-hand and it is my earnest hope that these pages will afford practical help to both the specialist and the amateur magician.
During the period of over twenty-five years of practical magic I have formed the conclusion that in all conjuring, no matter how cleanly a trick may have been worked, it is the effect that counts.
A magical effect that one desires to "get over" must be definite and surprising. By definite I mean an easily followed plot or routine. By surprising I mean that a climax should be striven for that has not been foreseen by the audience.
AUTHOR'S FOREWORD
CHAPTER I. SOME USEFUL CARDS SLEIGHTS I HAVE PROVED EFFECTIVE
The Pass
The "E.V." Colour Change
The "E.V." Invisible Double Lift
A New "Glide"
A One-Hand Force
The "Book" Return
Two "Handy" Sleights
Sighting the Top Cards
A Substitute for the "In-Jog"
CHAPTER II. CARD PROBLEMS
Supreme Control
The Expert Deal
A Royal Exchange
"Sign, Please!"
The "Deo-Ace" Trick
The Thirty Card Trick
CHAPTER III. CONJURING WITH COINS
"A Silver Collection"
A Vanish for One or More Coins
The Changing Coin
CHAPTER IV. HANDKERCHIEF MAGIC
The "Super" Sympathetic Silks
CHAPTER V. BILLIARD BALL SLEIGHTS
A Few Words on "Angles"
The "Direct Palm" Vanish
The "Throw-up" Vanish
The "Push-in" Vanish
An Elbow Vanish
An Original Colour-Change
A Continuous Ball Production
CHAPTER VI. THIMBLE SLEIGHTS
The Hopping Thimble
The "Little Finger" Sleight
A "Slow Motion" Disappearance
A Triple Colour Change
A Sleight with Four Thimbles
A New and Original Thimble Holder
CHAPTER VII. CIGARETTE AND CIGAR SLEIGHTS
The "Closed-Fist" Vanish
The "Pull-Out" Vanish
The "Thumb-Pivot" Vanish
The "Finger-Clip" Vanish
Method of Producing a Cigarette or Cigar at the Fingertips from the Palm
A Change-Over Palm
Changing a Cigarette into a Cigar
The Magnetic Cigar
"Cigar to Money"
The Diminishing Cigar
CHAPTER VIII. MY ROPE TRICK
CHAPTER IX. AN IDEA FOR SLATES
CHAPTER X. MISCELLANEOUS MAGIC
"Visiting"
The Cigarette Paper Effect
A Match Divination
A Novel Matchbox Transposition
A Useful "Tip"
L'ENVOI