The Magicians Handbook by Robert Parrish

Details: Contains the authors For magicians only and New ways to mystify, each also published separately. Illustrated by Doris Holley Peters.

Contents:(Chapters only, from Book ToC)

9 Warning: The Fun of Magic: An introduction to performing
15 The Way It Looks and the Way It Is: An essay on the appearance of things
21 The Old Ways and the New: A short essay on how magic has changed
25 The First Trick: The importance of learning it well, A matchstick trick presented
35 After Dinner Magic: Knife paddle, variation of glass through table, walnut and kumquat exchange
45 Card Magic with the Greatest of Ease: Controlling Cards and some tricks
68 How to be a Psychic: Five mental effect
81 Manipulating Many Things
98 Larger Trick
113 A Magic Show
123 And the Pursuit of Magic
129 How to be Deceptive
137 The Magic Counterpane
151 The Magic Tea Table
163 Needlework Magic
173 Take a Little Magic After Dinner
187 Magic for a Night Out
205 Bring Magic to Your Week Ends
219 The Magician on the Brass Rail Roa
235 The Show

• Publisher: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd.
• Pages: 240
• Location: New York, USA
• Dimensions: 6×9
• Date: 1944, 1958
• Binding: hardbound

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