Joseph, Eddie: Advanced Lessons in Cups and Balls
©1938 Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., Colon, MI
Softcover, stapled manuscript, 85x11", 20 pages
Advanced Lessons on Cups and Balls
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Comments: The contents of this book were (mostly) incorporated into the later Eddie Joseph on Cups and Balls, along with A Practical Lesson In Cups and Balls (1937), Last Word On Cups and Balls (1942), and My Favorite Routine with Cups and Balls (1949).

Contents (from book ToC):

1 Introduction

3 Part One: More Sleights And Subterfuges
3 The Psychology Of Skill
3 Slow Motion Introduction
3 Side-Step Introduction
4 Secret Extraction
4 The Slide Steal
5 Direct Steal
5 Change Steal
5 Suction Pass
6 The Back Hide-Out
6 The Tumbling Cups
6 BH Recovery (Three Methods)
7 The Double Pain
7 Holder Replacement
7 The Double Load
8 The Million Dollar Cups And Balls
8 The Topsy Turvy Cups
9 A Holder For The Balls
9 The Loaded Lift

9 Part Two: Individual Effects
9 Eggs Under Cups
10 Canaries From Under Cups
11 The Flaming Cups
12 The Rain Of Balls
12 The Cup That Cheers

13 Part Three: Routines
13 The Scarlet Pimpernel
15 The Nite Club Routine
18 The Regular EJ Routine


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