Trick Tracks by Tom Sellers

Description

From an old magician’s estate purchase. Good condition. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Covers are intact and complete. The rear cover has some light black staining (see picture), otherwise good.

Copyright 1942, George Johnson, The Magic Wand Series, London, Softcover, staple bound, illustrated, 5.5×8.5″, 20 pages plus ads. The fifteenth booklet of the series.

Contents include:

3 Foreword
4 A Production Box: 7 inch square box
4 Coin on Knife or Sword: Examined coin balances on a knife blade
5 From Match to Match: One match lights another
5 “Give me a Light, Please”: Flame leaps from match to cigarette
6 The Haunted Chair: Magician makes a chair tip remotely
6 A Magnetic Pencil: Pencil adheres to fingers
7 The Floating Paper: For stage
8 Spirit Rapping: Even though hands are held, rappings are heard in the dark
8 The “Finder” Pencil: Using a pencil for selecting a card from a row
8 The Cork Returns: Cork vanishes and reappears in a bottle
9 A New Changing or Producing Canister: How to build it
12 Calendar Book Test: A book test using a calendar
13 A Novel Book Test: Another book test using numbers
14 A Flower Growth: A version of the Indian Mango Trick
15 Liquid Transposition: Liquid vanishes from cup in a tube to be found in a hat
16 The Ghost Taps: Taps are heard and nail is now found in a block
17 “Mystify Yourself!: A ribbon transfers from a top broomstick to a bottom one
17 Obtaining the Key Ring: Secret method to get Key Ring for the Chinese Rings
18 A Number Predicted: On a slate
18 The Green Ray Mystery: Clairvoyant divines chosen number, handkerchief, and chosen card while looking through special glasses
20 “And so to Bed”: A candle is extinguished and in its place is a message
21 Ad: Conjuring Books by Tom Sellers
22 Ad: Magic Wand Publications

From the foreword: There are tricks that put us on the track of different (and sometimes better) problems. For example: the principle of the production box described in this booklet may be adapted for other purposes.