Pentz, Collins: Stage Tricks, Illusions and Escapes ©1935 Collins Pentz Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 64 pages

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Comments: Taken from "The Eagle Magician"

Contents (from book)

5 Preface

6 The Philosopher's Stone: a stone is used to turn a nugget of gold in to gold coins
11 The Pillar of Liberty: a column transposes to another tube, and then vanishes
13 Clever Handkerchief and Soup Plate: handkerchief vanishes and is found between two plates shown previously empty
15 An Oriental Act: cabinet & silk production, vanishing flag, and vanishing assistant
18 The Flowers of Delhi: flowers instantly appear on a tray
19 Fire and Water Trick: water is poured into paper cone, set fire and water is gone
19 The Palm Burning Globe: chemical and mechanical glass trick
22 Ball and Rice Trick: billiard ball vanishes to be found in glass of rice
23 A Cubical Concoction: three large die are produced, stacked on a string, and the center die vanishes to be found elsewhere
24 The Magic Rings of Odin: a series of metal rings are pulled from a tamborine type ring
26 A New Cross Escape: a stage escape
28 Hat Illusion: borrowed derby hat is destroyed and found restored in a previously empty box
29 The Color Changing Candle: mechanical apparatus
31 The Improved Barrel Escape: for stage
33 The Silver Box: borrowed dollar bill vanishes from one box to appear in another
35 The Miracle Coins: a number of coins corresponding to the pips on a selected card vanish and are found in a card frame
37 The Inexhaustible Box: production box
38 Professional Spirit Cabinet: building the cabinet
40 A Clever Vanishing Clock: vanishes from a tray
42 The Release: assistant escapes a rope tie
44 The Original Production: dog appears under a cone
46 Mammoth Bowl of Water Production: from a box
47 The Changing Bag Hat: making a changing bag from a hat
48 The Enchanted Die: giant die transposition
49 Sawing a Lady in Half: stage illusion
51 Sawing a Lady in Half Patter
52 The Vanishing Boy: a stage version of the Indian Rope Mystery
54 Original Trunk Trick: trunk escape
55 Color Changing Block Mystery: wooden block transposition
57 Original Water Barrel Escape
59 Chinese Lantern Production

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