Joseph, Eddie: Last Word on Cups and Balls
©1942 Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., Colon, MI
Hardcover,  69 pages

Also in comb-bound & perfect-bound Softcover

Published in the U.K. by Supreme Magic.
Last Word on Cups and Balls
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Eddie Joseph: Last Word on Cups and Balls

Comments: Illustrations by MEL. Later included (mostly) as part of the book Eddie Joseph on Cups and Balls.

Contents (from book, updated with descriptions Jan 2023):

6 Introduction (Eddie Joseph, Calcutta, India)

7 Part One New Moves and Passes
7 The Appealing Force of Cups and Balls

8 The Multipalm: handling three balls at once
8 The Single Palm - Two Methods
9 The Double Palm
10 The Triple Palm
10 The Multipalm Drop
11 The Multipalm Pass
11 The Multipalm Slide
11 One-Hand Production of Three Single Balls
11 One-Hand Production of Two Balls Together
12 Producing Three Balls Singly a la Billiard Balls

12 Secret Introductions
13 Secret Introduction of Two Balls Under One Cup Simultaneously
13 Secret Introduction of Single Balls From Double Palm
14 The Two-In-One Introduction
14 Secret Introduction of Three Balls Together Under One Cup
15 The Tip-Up Introduction
15 The Torpedo Introduction
15 The Back-Street Introduction
15 The Cup Introduction
16 The Infinite Introduction
16 The Stratagem Introduction
17 The Top-Hole Introduction
17 The Jubilee Introduction

18 The Hinge Extraction
19 The Double Extraction
19 The Triple Extraction
20 The Jam Vanish
20 The Grasshopper Vanish
21 The Slide Vanish
21 The Elevator Pass
22 The Thumb Steal
22 Through Passage: ball seems to penetrate cup
23 The Spidora: balls dropped into three cups all appear in one
24 The Roll: intro/extraction combination
24 The Scoop: extraction
25 The Reel: showing nothing under cup when there is a ball

25 Part Two Mechanical Devices and Novel Effects
26 The Automatic Cup: pin impales ball so when cup lifted the ball is not seen
27 The Four-Point Cup: another version
27 The Cup that Delivers: hidden compartment
28 The Auto Producing and Vanishing Cup: angled shelf
28 The Brodie: internal cup to hold-out a ball
29 Salt and Pepper: production
30 Real Ice Cream Cone From Cup: intricate cups utilize dry ice
31 Real Ice Cubes from Cups: internal mechanism
32 Jelly from Cup: production mechanism
33 The Robot Cup: a levered arm to hold a ball in a cup
33 The Half Shelf: to hold back a load
33 Chinese Lantern from Cup: production idea
34 Large Stack of Coins from Cup
35 The Rainbow Streamers
36 The Shower of Cards
36 The Bird Nest: loading a live bird
37 Making One Canary into Two
38 Rapid Hatching: egg dropped into cup turns into a bird
38 Another Canary Production: another load method
39 The Reptile in the Cup: spring snake load
39 The Match Holder: for an impromptu load holdout
40 Liquid Production: easy method to hold liquid for production
40 The Water Fountain: how to construct the special cup
41 The Fire Cracker: for a surprise
41 The Three Glasses: loading three glasses of wine under the cups
42 The Fire Fountain: using this firework as a load
42 Loading Tall Articles into Cups
43 Firing the Cup: setting up a cup for fire production
43 Spontaneous Combustion: utility to start combustion
44 The Repeat Production: production of nested loads
44 Masterpiece Glass of Liquid Production
45 The Phantom Load: producing oranges or similar load as final climax, two methods
47 The Cotton Mill: comedy gag
48 The Inexhaustible Stream: a lotta up
48 The Blooming Roses: flowers grow from cup
49 Brimful of Wine: production of full cup with specially prepared cups
51 Connecting the Terminals: tip on achieving the climax

51 Part Three Routines
52 The Ink-O Routine: three cups and three glasses for a chemical effect, two cups of the Brodie type
54 The Red Herring: a Monte type effect using three regular cups, two black balls and two red balls.
57 The Jumping Frog: routine using on only one ball and three cups
57 The Wandering Ball: similar routine but with a large load climax
58 Crystal-i-zation: Impromptu cups routine using three drinking tumblers covered with paper, and lumps of sugar
59 A Chinese Routine: for pudding basins and four balls - Indian cups and balls
61 Mechanical Routine: using a set of gimmicked cups as described above
62 The Nudist Routine: no steals from the body
63 The Hindu Routine: using a bag, nine balls and three cups; makes use of the Jubilee introduction
64 The Multipalm Routine: using a felt hat, Oranges or other loads.


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