Christopher, Milbourne: The Sphinx Golden Jubilee Book of Magic
1951 Sphinx Pub. Corp, NY
Also by Flosso Hornmann Magic Co. Softcover, perfect-bound, 128 pages Sphinx Golden Jubilee Book of Magic Image courtesy e-Bay seller MackiesAttic 50 Years of Great Magic The Golden Years Image courtesy e-Bay seller RaolsonMagic Comments: Illustrated by Sid Lorraine. "A Selection of Tricks from the Pages of the Magazine". Also published as 50 Years of Great Magic - The Golden Years.
Contents:
3 Preface: Milbourne Christopher
5 Introduction: John Mulholland
7 The Ne Plus Ultra Cabinet (Kellar): stage illusion
9 A Sleight and a Force (David Devant): eliminating the pass and forcing three cards 10 Freezing Ice in the Hand (Long Tack Sam): Not real ice 12 Potato Jones (Horace Goldin): escape from a box of potatoes 14 The Mysterious Lemon Trick (Alexander "The Man Who Knows"): card is found in lemon and torn corner matches 15 Baffles' Novel Production Ball Fake (Charles R. Bruch): for multiplying Billiard Balls 16 The Oracle (David T. Bambert - Fu Manchu): a card trick involving a fortune "reading" 18 Neato Silk (Paul Rosini): handkerchief vanishes and appears in a glass 19 The Imaginary Rubber Band (Nate Leipzig): the invisible band in a hat is demonstrated 21 The Self-Extricating Card (Houdini): selection is impaled on a pencil, but transposes with card in the deck 22 Yank-A-Hank (Ross Bertram): quarter vanishes when folded into a handkerchief, and is found back inside 24 A Useful "Number" Trick (Edward Victor): a counting card trick 25 Rope Decapitation (Isida Tenkai): thru the neck 26 The Gwynne Production Box (Jack Gwynne): for rabbits, etc. 28 Berland's One Cup Ball Routine (Sam Berland): a one cup and ball routine with a ball, a glass, and a paper cup and large load and surprise finale 31 The Vanishing Cigarette (Jarrow): lit cigarette vanishes in the hand 33 The Time Is (Herman Yerger): a clever business card gag 34 A Great Production (Blackstone): tub, water, and duck production 36 Liquid Change (Carlton King): Wine and water trick 37 Flash Bill Stunt (Dr. J.G.F. Holston): gag for a money machine 38 Card Spelling DeLuxe (George G. Kaplan): clever stacked deck effect 39 The Boudoir of the Dancing Girl (T. Page Wright and William Larsen): stage illusion 42 Flowers and Watch (Ed Reno): Vanished watch is found in pot of flowers 44 A Tube of Many Mysteries (Dr. E.G. Ervin): a versatile production tube 46 Chinese Money Trick (Silent Mora): vanishing coin effect using three unique Chinese coins 48 Your Card, Sir? (Jean Hugard): a trick with a torn deck 50 Billiard Ball Manipulation (Herr Jansen - Dante): getting the first ball 52 Number Please (Theo Annemann): partner mentalism 54 A Hat Load (Birch): for the first load 56 Comedy Cigarette (Lu Brent): cigarette gag 56 The Ramo Samee Card Trick (Dai Vernon): selection determined from Poker hands 58 The Napkin Ashes (Joe Rukus): a visible burnt and restored napkin 59 Laurant Cashes His Own Check (Eugene Laurant): check is burnt and turns into money 60 The Hanson Kewpie Doll Illusion (Harman Hanson): doll to live girl illusion 63 Penetration Deluxe (Keith Clark): cigarette penetrates handkerchief 65 Martin's Twelve Card Trick (Tommy Martin): Tommy's version of Cards Up the Sleeve 69 An Alcohol Rub (Howard Savage): a spiritualistic trick 70 Jack Trepel's Telephone Book Trick (Jack Trepel): as it sounds! 72 Levante Flowers from Cone (Les Levante): tons of flowers from a cornucopia 74 Find the Lady (P.C. Socar): card trick 76 The Weigh of All Flesh (Al Baker): vanishing lady from trunk with clever weighing scale gimmick 78 Paper Balls to Hat (Slydini): close up trick with paper balls vanishing and appearing in a hat 81 Switching Decks (Harlan Tarbell): a method using a handkerchief 82 Flowers at Your Fingertips (Milbourne Christopher): spring flowers 84 The Enchanted Finger Ring (Leon Herrmann): vanished from glass and appears on wand 86 Cash and Change Purse (William McCaffrey): marked card selection is found in change purse 88 Rope-It (Bob Haskell): selection is lasso'd as pack is thrown in the air 89 The Devil's Flight (Joseph Dunninger): woman vanishes from under cloth 91 Is This Your Card (Paul LePaul): producing the selected card 92 The Miser's Dream As I Do It (T. Nelson Downs): famous coin production 95 The Triangular Room (John Mulholland): Jumbo card trick with the four Jacks 97 Diminishing Golf Ball Routine (Ballentine): with handkerchief 99 Get the Point? (Arthur Leroy): card selection caught on knife point 100 Penetration Most Extraordinary (Tan Hock Chuan): silks in glass 101 Silk Penetration (Mohammed Bey - S. Leo Horowitz): one silk through another 102 The Phantom Flame (Carlos H. Colombini and Graciela N. Avendano): candle and flame 104 New Salt Shaker (Harold Pearson): new use for drum head tube 104 Unprepared Trunk Escape (Louis N. Miller): escape 105 The Cut and Restored Cigarette (Charles W. Fricke): a quickie 106 Coin in Ball of Wool Idea (Herb Runge): using a sack to hold the ball 106 Harbin's Production Box (Robert Harbin): a deceiving production box 108 Bingo (Stewart Judah and John Braun): Banknight variation 109 The Secret Panel (Herman L. Weber): production screens 111 Jasonism (Eddie Joseph): thought reading 113 The Fidgety Poker Chips (Nelson C. Hahne): color chips come out in different order than put in 115 The Waiter's Tip (George DeMott): selected coin is found in selected cereal box 115 A Tip for the Waiter's Tip (Sid Lorraine): humor tips 116 Silk Production Novelty (Fred Mintz): from magazine 118 Silver and Copper (Paul N. Rylander): three copper coins change places with three silver coins 120 The Hilliar Rising Cards (William J. Hilliar): clever method 121 A Magician's Hope Chest (U.F. Grant): Production box 123 The Tennis Racquet Card (H. Syril Dusenbury): Tennis racquet finds selection 124 A Matter of Record (Judson Brown): card selection appears between two phono records 125 Improved 20th Century Silk (Manger): with silks and envelope 127 The Five Card Trick (Tom Osborne, Long Tack Sam) 128 Pip of a Pipe (George Andrew): with flash paper