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The Best Tricks From the Best Brain In Magic

1945 Hardcover

Editor:
- James G. Thompson Jr.
Illustrator:
- Tom Fitzgerald

Boasting "193 Superb Tricks from 115 Leading Magicians" with a wide-variety from card tricks to stage illusions. Considering new copies are still available for under $10, this is a great value for good magic.

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#	Title	Type
	Preface	Preface
	Introduction	Introduction
	Chapter I: Discoveries And Revelations	Section
9	The Card Between J.B. Bobo	Trick
Two cards are turned face up in the deck. The deck is spread and the selected card is found between the face up cards.
10	Cards of Cairo John Booth	Trick
A simple, self-working revelation of a card at a chosen number.
11	The Middle Deal R. C. Buff	Trick
Card at any number, with the premise of preventing any bottom deals.
11	Dick Tracy Card Trick Clyde F. Cairy	Trick
Attempting to feel cards for fingerprints, the chosen card is missed and laid on the table. When the magician feels the fingerprints he is presumed wrong, but the chosen card is not where they saw it placed. trope: Fingerprints
12	Tap Force Milbourne Christopher	Technique
Describes what we would commonly call the Classic Force.
13	Under Cover Arnold L. Grubin	Trick
A chosen card vanishes from the deck to be found in a box previously seen empty. prop: Card Box
14	As You Desire Hathaway	Trick
Six cards are placed on a wooden display stand. The audience picks one to attach a large clip. When the stand is turned the clip is seen to be on the previously chosen card.
16	So That's The Way You Want It! Charles H. Hopkins	Trick
Intended as a challenge to a difficult or demanding spectator. A card is chosen and replaced from a deck held behind the magicians back. Without moving the deck from behind, the magician names the chosen card. trope: Behind My Back
18	Kindred Spirits Joe Karson	Trick
Two chosen cards are found together after a spectator deals and cuts the deck.
18	The Timed Turnover Wilbur Kattner	Trick
Two cards selected and returned. The first turns face up in the pack. No other cards are seen face up, and the pack handed to a spectator who names their card and finds it face up in the middle.
20	Magneto-Box Dr. Howard B. Kayton	Trick
A clear plastic box full of small cut-out indices of playing cards. The box is shaken and tipped on its side. All the indices will fall except for the chosen card, which remains stuck to the side.
20	The Kolar Card Trick J. J. Kolar	Trick
A ribbon is stuck to an indifferent card with a circular sticker. This card is cut to the middle. When the ribbon is pulled up, it is now stuck to the chosen card.
21	My Clutch Slips Reverso with No Breaks Art Lyle	Trick
A triumph style effect (chosen card reverses) with no shuffle.
23	Bill McCaffrey's Prize Winner William H. McCaffrey	Trick
A boxed deck is placed on the table. A card is randomly chosen from a second deck, which is found to be the one card missing from the boxed deck. The missing card is found in a hat on the table.
24	Card on the Wall Harry Mendoza	Trick
A deck of cards tossed to the wall, and the chosen card remains stuck with a thumb tack.
25	Are You Sure? Paul Morris	Trick
Four attempts to find a chosen card turn up four Jacks. They are placed between a spectator's hands and removed one by one. Surprisingly one card remains, which is the chosen card.
27	The Principle of Alternative Terminations And Its Application When the Spectator Shuffles Charles W. Nyquist	Technique
Letting a spectator (riffle) shuffle the deck after a card is chosen and returned will result in one of three scenarios, and a hands-off effect is suggested for each outcome.