Greater Magic: A Practical Treatise on Modern Magic

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Front Dust Jacket Dust Jacket Flaps Title Page (Pencil Sketch) Title Page Acknowledgments Keeping Secrets Dedication Table of Contents (Original) Table of Contents (New) GREATER MAGIC REVISITED BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN MULHOLLAND INTRODUCTION - HOWARD THURSTON Portrait of J.N.H. by Carl W. Rawson Tribute to Hilliard - Gelett Burgess IN THE BEGINNING -- PAGEANT PROLEGOMENON I. THE MASTER OF THE PLAYING CARDS II. CARD FANNING AND FAN LOCATIONS III. LOCATIONS - SECTION I BY MEANS OF SLEIGHT OF HAND IV. LOCATIONS BY MARKED CARDS (1) V. LOCATIONS BY MARKED CARDS (2) VI. LOCATIONS BY "KEY" OR LOCATOR CARDS VII. LOCATIONS BY MEANS OF SUBTLETIES AND INGENIOUS ARRANGEMENTS VIII. LOCATIONS (THE "SLICK ACE") IX. OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES X. SHUFFLE, FORCE, CUT AND PASS XI. IMPROMPTU CARD TRICKS XII. SLEIGHT OF HAND CARD TRICKS XIII. THE SPELLING BEE XIV. CLAIRVOYANCE WITH CARDS XV. THE FOUR ACES XVI. THE RISING CARDS XVII. PREPARED CARDS XVIII. THE TUNED DECK XIX. CARD STARS OF THE U.S.A. XX. THE MAGIC OF SILK XXI. MAGIC WITH BALLS XXII. COIN MAGIC XXIII. CIGARETTES AND CIGARS XXIV. MAGIC OF BILLS XXV. MAGIC WITH ROPES XXVI. THE CHINESE RINGS XXVII. SELECTED TRICKS XXVIII. MIND READING XXIX. MAGIC SQUARES XXX. OLD AND NEW APPARATUS XXXI. STAGE PRESENTATION XXXII. STAGE TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS INDEX More Greater Magic (Title Page) INTRODUCTION - RICHARD KAUFMAN XXXIII. CARL JONES: THE ONLY MAN FOR THE JOB XXXIV. THE ORIGIN OF GREATER MAGIC - SECTION I: PRINCIPLE CORRESPONDENCE XXXV. THE ORIGIN OF GREATER MAGIC - SECTION II: VARIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND EFFECTS XXXVI. WRITTEN BY JOHN NORTHERN HILLIARD XXXVII. THE FATE OF CHAPTER XXX ORIGINAL DRAFT OF CHAPTER XXX Revised Chapter XXX. MAGICANA OKITO'S CHINESE CHECKER CABINET XXXVIII. SELECTIONS FROM HILLIARD'S NOTEBOOK - SECTION I: EFFECTS AND VARIATIONS OF HILLIARD'S CREATION XXXIX. SELECTIONS FROM HILLIARD'S NOTEBOOK - SECTION II: EFFECTS AND FRAGMENTS BY VARIOUS MAGICIANS XL. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN XLI. FU MANCHU XLII. OBITER DICTA XLIII. EPILOGUE APPENDIX A. FOREWORDS FROM THE REVISED EDITION APPENDIX B. THE PROSPECTUS Rear Dust Jacket