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Indian conjuring

Branson, L. H. (Lionel Hugh), b. 1879 · 1922 · London : G. Rutledge & Sons ; New York : E. P. Dutton & Co. · 18 pictures

A 1922 London handbook by L. H. Branson, a British army officer, explaining the methods behind Indian street magic for English-speaking amateur conjurers and skeptics. The line-and-stipple diagrams show a figure folded inside a basket from several angles and close-ups of hands palming balls and coins — useful for cutaway explanatory diagrams, contorted figures, and hand gestures.

Magic tricks -- India

Internet Archive · University of California Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931)