Miller, Gordon (Editor): Bag O' Trix ©1989 Abbott Magic Company, Colon, MI Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 341 pages

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Comments: This huge collection contains the full text of 26 Abbott publications:
Bigger & Better Magic By William Harry Montgomery
Tips On Bill In Cigarette By Stuart Robson
Party Trix Ala Carte By Howard P. Albright
Sympathetic Silks By Percy Abbott
Paper Magic By Percy Abbott
12 Stunts With A Magic Mummy By Eddie Joseph
Magical Presentations By Dominic Dimelow
Handkerchief Ball Manipulation By Percy Abbott
100 Tips & Gags By Grant & Abbott
99 Tips & Gags By Abbott & Grant
Live Magic By W.O. Turner
Tricks With Magnets By U.F. Grant
50 Ways To Produce A Silk By U.F. Grant
Gags, Gadgets & Gimmicks By Alvin Richard Plough
Flash Magic By U.F. Grant
Top Twenty By Tom Sellers
12 Methods For The Cut & Restored Necktie By Frank Herman
Modern Miracles In Magic By Richard W.G. Van Ray
Gimac By Walter A. Schwartz
U.F. Grant Section By U.F. Gen Grant
Odds And Ends Of Patter By Harry Bernard
Tricks With Hair By U.F. Grant
Magic Ala Carte By Ravelle And Andree
Magical Ramblings Of An Idle Mind By Opie R. Houston
21 Gems Of Magic By Ormond Mcgill
Magic 36 By William S. Houghton

Contents:

1 Bigger & Better Magic (William Harry Montgomery)
1 Preface
1 Enchanted Croquet Balls
2 Spiritualistic Color Bars
3 Giant Orange Vase
5 Self-Adding Blackboards
6 Obstreperous Snake
7 Silent Bells
7 Purple Orchid
8 Indo-China Screen
9 Solid Through Brittle
10 Magic Oxen Rope Illusion
12 Giant Die Through Hat
12 Molecule Catcher
14 Jumping Mexican Dollar
15 Blood Bank Funnel
16 Giant Card In Balloon
17 Rising Broom
17 C Herchez La Femme
18 Time Flies
19 Silk Vanish From Vase
20 Cat And The Rat
20 Mental Magic Magazine Rack
21 White Rat
22 Wine, Water & Ink
23 Squared Circle
24 Bill In The Cabbage
25 Nest Of Boxes
26 Coin In The Ball Of Rope
27 Bunny Book For Children
28 Cow Bell Rings Again
28 Chinese Wands
29 Heavy Handcuff
30 Bye Baby
31 Sacred Turtles
32 Smoky Joe
33 Knife Through Thumb
34 Magic Clock
35 Vanishing Jar
35 Eight Aught Two
36 Batter's Out
37 Opening Roses
38 Walking Away From Shadow
38 Thought Reference
39 Magic Changing Dice
40 Educated Cobra
40 Vowel Code-
41 Rapping Hand
41 Sand Frame

43 Tips On Bill In Cigarette (Stuart Robson)
43 Method of Placing a Bill in Cigarette
43 Tip Number One
43 Tip Number Two
44 Tip Number Three
44 Tip Number Four
44 Tip Number Five
45 Tip Number Six
45 Tip Number Seven
45 Tip Number Eight
45 Tip Number Nine
46 Tip Number Ten
46 Tip Number Eleven
46 Tip Number Twelve

47 Party Trix Ala Carte (Howard P. Albright)
47 Crazy Cut-Ups
48 Cocktail Hour
48 Cut & Restored Lemon
49 Impromptu Ribbon Mystery
50 Phantom Cartoonist
51 Sherlock Holmes
51the Radio Test
52a Musical Test
52 Fireproof Hand
53 Bill And Nail
53 Balancing Glass
54 Great Money Grab
54 Impromptu Pend! Trick
55 Spooky Egg
56 Spinning Egg

57 Sympathetic Silks (Percy Abbott, 1940)
57 The General Effect
57 Methods Of Causing Knots To Leave Silks
58 Methods Of Showing Tied Silks Apparently Separate
61 Extra Methods And Routine
62 An Unusual Routine
63 Snap Fastener Method

65 Paper Magic (Percy Abbott)
65 Flash Restoration
65 Malini Cigarette Paper
65 Challenge Cigarette Paper Tear
66 Living & Dead Test #1
66 Living & Dead Test #2
66 Living & Dead Test #3
66 Living & Dead Test #4
66 Torn & Restored Rising Paper
67 U-Do-Lt Torn Paper
67 Floating Paper Ball
67 Cremation Routine
68 K.O. Torn Newspaper
68 That's Funny
69 Flag Cremation
69 Papers To Flag
69 Cleo's Bracelet
69 A Glass Of Beer
69 Blonde Blushes
69 Blooming Roses
70 Magazine Girl Smokes
70 Good Scout
70 Flash Torn Bill Trick
70 Clippo Finale
71 Aladdin's Lamp
71 Radio Gag
71 Beads From Ad
72 Time Marches On
72 Wallpaper Salesman
72 Sun And Moon
73 Bullet Catching
73 Paper Pictures
73 Mickey Mouse
75 Paper Dress
75 Paper Bag Escape
75 Jacob's Ladder Climb
77 Paper Box Illusion

79 12 Stunts With A Magic Mummy (Eddie Joseph)
79 Description of the Magic Mummy: a commercial item
79 Color Allergy
79 An Aversion To Words
79 Marital Status Of Mr. & Mrs. Mummy
80 Mummy On Cigarettes
80 Mummy's Mother-In-Law
80 Influence Of The Casket
80 The Living And The Dead
81 Mummy Finds The Match
81 Levitation-Ring & Match Box
81 Unpredictable Mummy
81 Mummy Finds The Queen
81 Super Card Divination

83 Magical Presentations (Dominic Dimelow)
83 Introduction
83 Cut Force
83 Removing A Joker
84 A Natural Move
84 Two Pack Coincidence
84 Coincidence #1
85 Coincidence #2
86 Quick Card Effect
87 Burning A Dollar Bill
89 Prediction Effect
89 Composite Pack
90 Registered Post Mystery
92 Two Pack Card Transposition
95 Beanstalk
97 Dictionary Trick

101 Handkerchief Ball Manipulation (Percy Abbott)
101 Introducing The Loop Ball
101 Moves With The Loop Ball
103 Production Of Silks
104 Loading The Handkerchief Ball

107 100 Tips & Gags (U.F. Grant, 1936)
107 Tips 1-7
108 Tips 8-18
109 Tips 19-29
110 Tips 30-42
111 Tips 43-56
112 Tips 57-68
113 Tips 69-86
114 Tips 87-100

115 99 Tips & Gags (U.F. Grant, 1937)
115 Tips 101-116
116 Tips 117-136
117 Tips 137-155
118 Tips 156-171
119 Tips 172-186
120 Tips 187-200

121 Live Magic (W.O. Turner)
121 Introduction: About tricks with Live Animals
121 Rabbit And Hat
122 Another Rabbit And Hat Method
122 Still Another Rabbit And Hat Effect
123 The Rabbit Disappears
124 Rabbit To Box Of Candy
124 The Coming Of A Cavy: Guinea Pig
125 Vanish Of A Dove
126 Produckshun
127 Magician's Table
127 Guinea Pig Goes To Heaven

129 Tricks With Magnets (U.F. Grant)
129 Buddha Coin Mystery
129 Fortune Telling Coin
130 Cup Levitation
130 Grant's Match Penetration
130 Mental Detection
131 Living & Dead Test
131 Clever Coin Vanish
1 31 Sliding Glue
132 Improved Sliding Glue
132 Psychic Lock And Keys
132 Rising Cards And Wand
133 Coin Through Block
133 Box- Cover & Coin
133 Tip-See Pencil
134 Improved Imp Bottle
134 Improved Wand & Cords
134 Stopping A Watch
134 Handkerchief Box
135 Nu-Coin
135 Rolling Cigarettes
135 Adams Coin Box
135 Magnetic Cigar
135 Three Shell Game
136 Number Detection
136 Mystery Man

137 50 Ways To Produce A Silk (U.F. Grant)
137 Methods 1-8
138 Methods 9-19
139 Methods 20-30
140 Methods 31-42
141 Methods 43-50

143 Gags, Gadgets & Gimmicks (Alvin Richard Plough)
143 Gag, Gadget, Gimmick Defined
143 Dedication
143 Preface
143 Where To Purchase
144 Agate Agitation
144 Firecracker Surprise
144 Bingo
145 Aero Piscatoria
146 A Dirty Trick
146 Easy Sliding
146 A Feat With Feet
147 Cards And Ribbon
147 Flag Tube
147 Polka Dots
147 Emblematic Scarfs
147 Special Flags
148 Finger Prints
148 Radio Vacuum Tube
148 Slate Substitute
148 Silk Cocoon To Silk
149 N-Ice Water
149 Orange Juice
149 Florida Versus California
150 Flesh Color
150 Trick Matches
150 Cigar Vanisher
150 Roll Your Own

151 Flash Magic (U.F. Grant)
151 Chinese Hoiliday
152 Phantom Goldfish
152 Say When!
153 Carnival Hat Load
154 Visible Silk Flight
155 Rainbow Fantasy
155 Lantern Of The Air
156 Surprise Duck Trick

159 Top Twenty (Tom Sellers)
159 Foreword (Percy Abbott)
159 Half-Way Card Box
159 New Cassic Chain Making
160 Bottle And Tumblers
161 Optica Matchbox
162 Pairs Prediction
162 Astro Discovery
164 Box And The Candles
165 Alphabeto-Mystic Cards
165 Unlinking Silks
166 4-Coin Fingertip Production
167 Practical 4-Coin Vanish & Recovery
168 Ribbon & The Bottle
169 Silken Merry-Go-Round
170 Sympathetic Card Rise
171 A Ring Moves Up- And Down
172 Colored Block Prediction
173 Coin Transposition
174 Square Circle Cocktail Bar
175 Tube Off The Ropes
176 Foretold By The Planets

179 12 Methods For The Cut And Restored Necktie (Frank Herman)
179 Introduction
179 The Principal Character Mr. C (Cravat) Tie
179 Preparing The Spectator
180 Master Cut Necktie Presentation
181 Trial By Fire
182 A (Very) Flashy Tie
182 A Bag And A Bird
182 A Bag And A Bird (Second Version)
183 All That's Fit To Press
183 Ask Eskie
184 Commercial Conjuring
184 Quick Service
184 As Advertised
184 Cravat Cabby
184 Severed Stropper
185 Box, And Other Props
185 Additional Ideas

187 Modern Miracles In Magic (Richard W.G. Van Ray)
187 Preface
187 Amazing Personal Card
187 Cigarette Paper Tearing Trick
188 Traveling Handkerchief
188 Vanishing Tumbler Of Water
189 Discovered Don Juan
189 Scientific Pulse Reading
190 Hindoo Ring And Rope
190 Hole In The Handkerchief
191 Psychic Card Reading
191 Three Card Mystery
192 Vanishing Lady
194 Blossoms Of May Yo San
194 Straw Hat & Handkerchief
195 Paper Balls Of Mystery
196 Hammered Nails
198 Two Hat Card Trick
199 Egg & Handkerchief Transformation

201 Gimac (Walter A. Schwartz)
201 Preface
201 New Presentation of the Dime & Penny
202 Spirit Slate
202 Living And Dead Test
203 A New Gimmick
203 Walter's Speller
204 Touch A Color
204 Sticky Stuff
204 Canary Production
205 New Flower Growth
205 Targetto
207 Selecto
208 Elastic Pack
208 Betwixt And Between
209 Rubber Cement
209 Celluloid Fakes
209 Whispering Hope
209 Multiplying Eggs by De Costa (Harold A. Schwartz)
210 Old Mother Hubbard
211 Slacaro
212 A Painting Tip
212 Penc-A-Stretch
212 Unusual Rabbit Production
213 Unique Stand
214 Vanishing Stack Of Coins
214 Ghost Materialization
215 Balloon-A
215 Divination
216 Spirit Drum
216 Electrosis
217 New Tamourine
217 Sucker Giant Card Trick

281 U.F. "Gen" Grant Section
218 Practical Card Force
218 Fishing Trick
218 Four Aces
219 Fifty-Fifty Girl Illusion
220 Fluroscoptic Eyes
220 Psychic Prediction
221 Passe-Passe Glasses
221 Vanishing Glass
222 It's Impossible
222 Three Card Transposition - Improved
223 Anti-Gravitational Liquid

224 Odds And Ends Of Patter (Harry Bernard)
225 Chinese Sticks & Cords
225 Coin Bucket ala Miser's Dream
226 Linking Rings
227 Vanishing Bird & Cage

229 Tricks With Hair (U.F. Grant)
229 Invisible Thread
229 Effects 1-7
230 Effects 8-14
231 Effects 15-25

233 Magic Ala Carte (Ravelle And Andree)
233 The Abominylon Snowman
234 Milk Go
235 Three Blind Mice
236 Hopping Hen Fruit
236 Thread-It
237 Silk Blow - Silk Go
238 Cow With The Crumpled Horn
239 Self-Service
241 Peni-Sponge
242 Crash Thru Production Box
243 Choice Of Cash
244 Fantastrick

247 Magical Ramblings Of An Idle Mind (Opie R. Houston)
247 The Author Speaks

247 Part One Especially for Kids
247 Tootsie Roll Production
247 Life Savers Ala Razor Blades
248 Rope Routine - Patter Presentation
249 Egg Bag Routine
250 Record Release
251 Puppet And Top Hat
251 Card Tricks for Kids
251 - Card On Boy's Back
251 - Card Productions
251 - Cards To Envelopes
251 - Card On The Forehead
251 - Wrong Made Right
251 - Card Color Change
252 - Animal Cards To Pocket

252 Part Two Novel Effects
252 Opie's Playboy Opener
252 Thumb Tie
253 Russian Roulette
254 Your Name, Sir!
255 Cigarette To Pipe
255 Bill In Balloon
255 Bill In Life Savers
255 Thought Power
256 Fountain Pen Billet Switch
256 Bitten Coin
257 Hank From Pocket
257 Two Divined
258 A Drink On You, Buddy!
258 Torn & Restored Reversed Card
259 Up-To-Date Card Thru Hanky
259 No Palm Card Thru Hank

259 Part Three Gambling Lecture
259 The Routine
262 Three Card Monte - Basic Move
263 Classic Four Ace Trick
263 Elimination Force
264 Straight Deal Poker Stack

265 21 Gems Of Magic (Ormond Mcgill)
265 About The Author (Percy Abbott)
265 Introduction
265 A Thought About Openings
266 Candied Bird
267 Reversed Card Location
268 Card And The Boy
268 Card In The Mousetrap
269 Card In The Pocket
270 Bewitched Aces
271 Confetti Rising Cards
271 Magic Clock
272 An Experiment In Telepathy
273 Two Minds With But A Single Thought
274 Perfect Book Test
275 Impromptu Second Sight Act
276 Blackboard Demonstration
277 Clever Coin Vanish
278 Spirit Seance
279 Mesmerized Cane
280 Spirit Rope Tie
280 Release-O-Ring
282 $1000 Challenge Hoop Mystery
283 Walking Through A Keyhole
284 A Thought About Closings
284 A Pleasing Refreshment

287 The Magic 36 (William S. Houghton)
287 Foreword (Percy Abbott)
287 Basket Of American Beauties (Herman Weber)
288 Number Please
290 Getting Rid Of The Thumb Tip
292 Gimmick Exchange
293 Thought Coincidence Again
294 Magazine Test Wrinkle
295 Thought Vision
296 Blue Pencil Book Test
298 Impromptu Name Duplication Test
299 Prediction Supreme Routine
302 Mystic Slate Prediction Routine
304 Cards To Pocket Wrinkle
305 Book Test With Playing Card
306 A Squash Routine
307 Coin In Bottle Routine
307 20th Century Silks Routine
308 Number Exchange Routine (Bill McCaffrey)
309 Diachylon Number Exchange
310 Foolproof Number Prediction
313 Cigarette From Nowhere Wrinkles
314 Fingertip Silk Vanish
315 Comedy Thumb Tie Routine
316 Card In Envelope Effect
317 Coin Transposition Routine
319 Shell Coin Routine
320 Another Shell Coin Routine
322 Sponge Ball Routine
324 Paper Napkin Routine
327 Miracle Slate Presentation
328 Billiard Ball Routine
329 - Vanishes
330 Spirit Writing Wrinkle
331 Amazing Card Prediction
333 Blackout Double Prophecy
334 Three Pellet Trick Perfected
335 Another Rope Trick
338 A Rope Routine, Wrinkle & Patter

340 Conclusion