Wass, Verrall: Twelve Tested Tricks For You ©1936 Verrall Wass Publications, England Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x11", 21 pages

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Contents:

5 Tricks:
5 Triple Transposition: water and silk tranpose between three glasses
6 British Made: cigarette to wand and matchbox to Union Jack flag
7 Magical Book Covering: cover of a spiral notebook is torn off, shredded, and restored to the notebook
8 The Homing Liquids: milk and water transpose; a chemical trick
8 Balancing a Handkerchief: a borrowed handkerchief stands stiff
9 Bluff: a card selection is found by counting
9 Box O ’ Chocs: chocolate box production
10 Twice Twenty-Six: a stage card trick using a special tray and envelopes
11 Poppies and Perfume: flowers transform into perfume
12 Transparent Transformation: modification of a crystal casket to do balls to silks transformation
13 Buddha’s Shrine: an eastern lantern produces flowers, balls, and then turns into a double-doored shrine
14 The Blossoming Desert: empty pot to cactus to flowers

15 Articles
15 An Act “Borrowed from the Audience”: outline of an inexpensive stage act
16 Revolution Needed?: thoughts on updating magic
17 More Publicity Please: ideas on advertising

19 Advertisements
19 Interesting Information about “Astound your Audience”
21 Signed Copies of “Essence”