Rawson, Clayton (The Great Merlini): The Golden Book of Magic ©1964 Golden Press, Inc., NY Hardcover, no dj, 102 pages

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Comments: A children's magic book in the Golden Press tradition by "The Great Merlini". Illustrated by William Dugan.

Contents (from book ToC):

5 Easy Tricks to Begin With
5 Catch The Bill
9 The Linking Clips
10 The Soft Pencil
10 Coin Balance
11 Borrowed Handkerchief Penetration
12 Color Touch
13 Tricky Glasses
14 The Mysic Mark
15 Behind Your Back
16 The Secret Number
16 You Find It
18 The Radio Mind
19 Mental Broadcast

20 Match Magic
20 The Flying Matches
22 Color-Changing Matches
23 The Rabbits In the Hats

25 String Sorcery
25 The Magic Scissors
26 Match Box Penetration
27 The Great Chinese Robbery I
29 The Great Chinese Robbery II
30 Cut and Restored Ring

32 Rope and Knot Magic
32 Self-Tying Knot
32 Instantaneous Knot
33 Instantaneous Knot With One Hand
33 A Vanishing Knot
34 The Vanishing Shoelace Knot
35 The Escaping Prisoner
36 The Impossible Knot
37 The Ring on the Rope

38 Money Magic
38 The Spinning Coin
38 Coin Flight

40 Handkerchief Tricks
40 Rose to Silk
41 Multiplying Silks
43 Tambourine Production
44 Silk Production Box
46 Solid Through Solid
47 Unlinking Silks
48 The Houdini Handkerchief
49 The Self-Untying Silk
50 The Magic Dye Tube
51 The Visible Vanish

53 Conjuring With Cards
53 The Overhand Shuffle
53 The Riffle Shuffle
54 The Key Card
54 The Glimpse
55 False Riffle Shuffle
55 A False Cut
56 The Pointing Finger
57 The Lucky Hunch
58 The Magician's Mistake
59 Your Magic Name
60 The Card From the Hat
60 The Lie Detector I
61 The Card Through the Table
63 The One Armed Magician
64 The Spectator Magician
65 Coincidence
66 Mental Selection

69 Prearranged Cards
69 Four of a Kind
70 Deck Switch
71 Double Discovery
73 A New World's Record

74 Prepared Cards
74 The Electric Card
75 Divining Knife
76 The Vanishing Prisoner
78 The Witch's Message
80 Observation Test

82 How to Read Minds
82 Out-Of-The-Room Mindreading
84 Do-It-Yourself Mindreading
87 The Great Book Test
88 The Psychic Detective
90 The Helpful Ghost
92 Ghost Photos
92 Color Divination
93 Super Touch

94 Miscellaneous Magic
94 Cutting a Boy Into Three Pieces
96 Magic Restoration
97 The Message from the Ashes
98 The Lie Detector II
99 Baking Magic
101 Ink To Water
102 The Great Paper Bag Mystery