Page, Patrick: The Big Book of Magic ©1976 Mosby-Wolfe Publishing, U.K. Hardcover, 6x9", 304 pages There have been multiple editions; other publishers include: Doubleday The Dial Press, 235 pages London Book Club Associates, 304 pages

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Contents (from Dial Press Edition, updated Nov 2017):

i Contents

1 Chapter One A Short History Of Conjuring

4 Chapter Two Standard Accessories
4 The Wand
5 - The Vanishing Wand
5 - The Handkerchief Wand
7 - The Rising Wand
7 - The Breakaway Wand
8 - The Balancing Wand
8 The Table
8 - The Black Art Table
10 A Tricky Top Hat
11 The Japanese Production Box
13 The Changing Bag
14 The Vanishing Walking Stick
17 The Appearing Walking Stick
19 The Stick to Parasol

21 Chapter Three Manipulation Versus Apparatus
22 Illusionist Managers
23 The Present Day

25 Chapter Four Coin Manipulation
25 The Miser's Dream
27 The Classic Palm
27 The Finger Palm
27 The Front Palm
27 The Back Palm
27 The Thumb Palm
27 The Back Clip
28 The Nelson Downs Palm
28 The Back And Front Palm
35 The Presentation Of The Miser's Dream

38 Chapter Five Card Tricks
38 Card Manipulation
39 Preparing The Cards
40 Back And Front Palm
42 Before An Audience
43 Keeping A Straight Arm
44 Producing a Card
45 - The Standard Method
48 - The Cardini Method
48 Producing Fans
49 - The Split Fan Production
49 Deceiving The Audience
50 Reloading Cards Into The Back Palm Position
51 The Body Steal
53 Vanish From The Left Hand
54 The Tenkai Palm
54 Screens And Music
55 The Unexpected
55 Discard Container
56 The Stacked Deck
56 The Si Stebbins Stack
57 Tricks With a Stacked Deck
56 - The Reversed Card
58 - Stabatwin
59 - Calling The Cards
59 The Six Card Repeat
61 Three Cards Across
63 The Cards To Pocket
66 The Stripper Deck
67 Four Ace Trick
68 The Reds And Blacks
69 The Svengali Deck
70 The Fourteen Fifteen Deck
71 Spectacular Card Effects
71 The Card Sword
73 The Card In Balloon
75 The Card Star
76 The Card Stab
78 The Jumbo Four Ace Trick

80 Chapter Six Ball Manipulation
80 The Cups and Balls
89 The Multiplying Billiard Balls
90 One To Four Multiplication
95 One To Eight Multiplication
96 The Sponge Ball Effect
98 The Pinch Vanish
99 The Pull Out Vanish
100 The Perfect Sponge Ball Vanish
100 The Addition
101 Sponge Ball Routine No 2
103 The Three Shell Game
105 - The Routine

108 Chapter Seven Rope Tricks
108 The Appearing Knot
109 The Fake Appearing Knot
110 The Impossible Appearing Knot
112 The Blondini Ball
113 The String And The Straw
114 Spirit Knots
115 The Enchanted Bottle
116 The Cut And Restored Rope Effect

119 Chapter Eight Sleights and Productions
119 The Twentieth Century Silk Trick
121 - Vanish of the Duplicate
121 - The Handkerchief Pull
122 - The Lamp Chimney Vanish
123 Thimble Manipulation
125 - A Thimble Routine
127 Flower Productions
127 - The Oriental Shawl
129 - The Bare Hand Flower Production
131 The Rings on Rod Illusion
133 The Color Changing Fan
134 The Passe Bottle and Glass
136 The Vanishing Birdcage
136 The Drawer Box
137 The Organ Pipe Production
138 The Square Circle Production Box
140 The Nest of Boxes
143 The Inexhaustible Box
144 The Ghost Tube
146 The Sliding Die Box

156 Chapter Ten Pocket Tricks
156 The Paddle Move
157 Spot The Spots
158 The Salt On The Knife
159 The Chinese Compass
160 The Thumb Tip
161 The Vanishing Cigarette
162 The Vanishing Match
162 The Handkerchief Penetration
162 The Burnt Handkerchief
163 The Ring On Stick
164 The Flying Ring
166 The Chinese Rings
166 - The Drop Count

173 Chapter Eleven Tricks With Paper
173 The Paper Tree
174 The Paper Ladder
175 The Scotsman's Kilt
175 The Plaid
175 Clippit
177 The Torn And Restored Newspaper
177 The Ten Second Paper Tear
181 The Burnt And Restored Strip

184 Chapter Twelve Conjuring With Livestock
185 The Vanishing Bunny
186 A Rabbit From A Hat
189 The Dog Kennel
190 The Dove Pan
191 The Rabbit Cage
192 Dove From Streamer
193 The Vanishing Cage Of Doves
194 Dove From Silk

200 Chapter Thirteen Magic Spectaculars
200 Sawing A Woman In Half
204The Levitation
207 The Sword Cabinet
209 The Substitution Trunk
211 The Three Swords Suspension
213 The Cremation Illusion
215 The DollHouse Illusion
218 The Vanishing Motorcar
220 The Indian Basket Illusion
221 The Step Ladder Illusion
221 The Guillotine Illusion
225 The Dress Illusion
226 The Chair Suspension
227 Escapes
227 The Sack Escape
228 The Straitjacket Escape
229 The Jacoby Tie
230 Behind The Back Wrist Tie
231 The Thumb Tie
232 The Double Rope Tie
233 The Chain Gang Escape
234 The Handkerchief Tie