Description

The Third of the Dr. Albo Books #? of 750 copies issued.

Details: Volume 3 is divided into 7 major sections. Chapter 1 is over 100 pages of card apparatus such rising card tricks, Find the Lady, Demon’s Head, Card Swords, and many others. Next is Coin Magic which covers many popular effect such as coin trays, coin wands, coin boxes, coin ladders, and more. Nest of Boxes is the subject of Chapter 3, which covers both assistant and no-assistant methods. The chapter on change bags covers the classic changes bags as well as changing trays and the exchange canister. In the Potpourri section there is some spill-over from Volume 2 including more block magic, cages, and more. Chapter 6 expands upon volume 1 with more Okito magic including 9 effects such as the leg chopper, various livestock productions, and more. The final chapter covers magic posters, which includes 41 color pages of posters. At the end, are 26 full color pages of magic apparatus. The books contains 361 total pages and also had 1000 total copies printed.

Contents:

Dedication vii
Forward xi
Acknowledgments xvii

Chapter One / CARD EFFECTS 1

Rising Card 3Mechanical Decks 3Box Rising Cards 10Stands 10Hidden Motor Card Risers 12Rising Cards in the Hand 13Rising Card on the Wand 15Houlette on Bottle 18Trays 20Swinging Houlette 25The Rising Card on a Plate 28Any Card Called for Rising Card 29Davenport Card Rise 30The Jumbo Rising Card Houlette 32The Multiple Card Rise 32Rising Card Pillar 35The Absconding Queen 37Card and Target 38Card Changing Trays 40Card Tripod 41Card Boxes 42Attaboy 46Berg Card Vanish Stand 47Improbability 48Cosmovision (Gammatration and Cosmovision) 50Berg’s Sucker Card Vanish 52Find the Lady (Cherchez La Femme) 53Himber’s Fifth Dimension 54The Gathering of the Aces 56Card Pillar Production (Lantern of Diogenes) 58Jumping Card 60The Card Changing Frame 60The Electric Handkerchief and Cards 62The Card and Watch Frame 64The Card Ladder 66Card Production Between Plates of Glass 68The Demon’s Head (The Saytr’s Head) 70Pillar of the Magi 74Card in Balloon 76Card in the Candle 83Card Guns 85Glass and Card Penetration 87Spiderweb Card 90Card Star 92Appearing Card in Houlette 94Card in the Houlette 96Card in the Bottle 98The Deck of Cards to Handkerchief Effect 100The One Day Fly Effect 101Snake in the Basket 104The Card Plate 107The Marvelous Prediction 109Card Sword 110The Miracle Frame 112The Presto Card Frame 114The Hartz Card Frame 115Card on the Bottle 116The Card to Flowers 117The Card to Canary Box 119

Chapter Two / COINS 121

Coins in the Glass 123The Coin Star 126The Coins in the Crystal Casket 128Traveling Coins (Passe Passe Coins) 132Nickle to Penny to Dime 133Coin Vanishing Box 134Enchanted Coin Vase (Dream Coin Vase) 134The Rattle Box 135Nickles to Dimes 136The Mysterious Glass Jar and Flying Coins (Crystal Coin Vase) 137Coins in the Bottle 138Marked Coin in the Ball of Wool 139Blue Glass Coin Trick 142Coin Trays 144The Enchanted Coin Pedestal (Rising Florin) 144The Miraculous Box Effect 148Miser’s Dream 152Coin Ladders 155Coin Production Frame 162Marked Coin in the Box of Beans 164Stands for Vanishing Coins 166Coin Wands 168Maggie’s Nite Out 169Coin Boxes 171

Chapter Three / NEST OF BOXES 177

Nest of Boxes 179No-Assistant Nest of Boxes 179Assistant Nest of Boxes 189The Tabaret Loading Table 192

Chapter Four / CHANGE BAGS 195

Classic Change Bags 197Card Ladle 200Change Tray 202Fire Globe 204Exchange Cannister 205

Chapter Five / POTPOURRI 209

Transposition Blocks 211Block to Flowers 214Block to Cage and Canary 214Dove Vanishing Cages 217Visible Block Vanish 224Catching Birds in Air 224Magic Looking Glass 228Magic Incubator Improved 228The Visible Circular Block Penetration 230Guinea Pig Box 232Japanese Drawer Box (See Thru Drawer Box) 234Ming Box (Exchange Drawer Box) 235The Tea Chests of Wang Foo 235Die Boxes 237The Blackboard to Cage 242

Chapter Six I OKITO REVISITED 245

Miraculous Ball Vanish 247Coffee and Milk Cups 248The Okito Confetti to Goldfish in Water 250Okito Living and Dead 252The Canary Production Cage 253The Canary Effect 254Okito Leg Chopper 256Okito’s Confetti to Silks and Livestock 258Okito Sawing an Arm in Half 260

Chapter Seven / MAGIC POSTERS HISTORY 263

Posters 269 – 308Magic Tricks 310- 361