How Stage Illusions Work

The Floating Lady, 256; The Vanishing Performer, 259; The Trunk Trick, 260; The Mirror Principle, 261; Lost in the Crowd, 263; Bullet-Catching, 263; De Kolta's Cocoon, 265; The Oyster Shell, 266; De Biere's Costume Trunk, 266; The Goldfish Bowls, 267; The Rapping Hand, 270; The Talking Skull, 271; The Merry Widow, 271; The Spirit Cabinet, 272; The Milk Can Trick, 273; The Basket Trick, 275; The Sword Cabinet, 277; Sawing a Woman in Two, 278

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Henry Hay · 1975

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