Williams, Ned (Robert Harbin): Something New in Magic ©1929 Edward Bagshawe & Co., London, U.K. Hardcover, w/dj, 86 pages plus ads

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Comments: "Being a collection of original effects invented by Ned Williams." Compiled by Edward Bagshawe, illustrated by Alex. Gordon, with a cover design by Sid Lorraine. Note: Ned Williams is the birth name of Robert Harbin.

Contents:

9 Introduction

11 Silk Section
11 Novel Silk Changes: three changes
14 The Silko Table Change: silk to table top
17 A New Sun and Moon: silks instead of tissue paper
20 The Penetrating Tumbler: penetration effect with borrowed handkerchief

24 Card Section
24 A Card Restored: cut and restored in envelope
26 Four Ace Supreme: with a twist
29 The Zomah Force: using business cards

32 Miscellaneous Section
32 A Colour Changing Wand
34 The Penetrating Ball: with handkerchief, ball, and tumbler
37 Ink Transposition: ink visibly lowers in one glass while it rises in another
40 The Psychic Cigarettes: magician knows which of three cigarettes was placed in a tube
42 Will O' the Wisp: a paper ball rises and falls between two tumbers
45 The Clothes Line Mystery: silks vanish to appear on a clothes line
50 The Wandering Fan: an opener
52 Ropes Thro' the Body: a different version of walking through ropes
55 Telepathic Paper Tearing: a paper tear matches the selected symbol
57 A Mistake - But: torn and restored paper almost fails
60 A Castle Conundrum: children's bricks form themselves into a model
62 Castles in the Air: a castle from bricks which then vanishes
66 The Expanding Watch: watch grows to a clock
69 The Transparent Man: a stage illusion
72 A Wand Vanishes: a no-shell wand vanish

73 Comedy Section (Alex Gordon)
73 Deceptive Photography: a camera changes into a table
76 One Bottle—Two Bouquets!: a bottle to two flower bouquets
78 The Super Soup Server: a comedy apparatus for serving soup
80 The Petrol Lighter: a petrol tin helps light a cigarette but then changes to a table
82 Jottings From My Notebook
82 - Paste for Paper
82 - Wine or Water With Colors
83 - Sticky Hands
83 - Custom Color Changes: cards
84 - Luminous Writing
84 - Cartoon in Darkness
84 - Drawer Box Mystery
84 - Use for Squirt Ring
85 - Paper Cut Designs
86 - Substitute for Cat Gut

87 Ad: Davenport's