The boy magician : a large number of the latest and best tricks carefully selected for the rising generation of conjurers (1922)
Dixie, Raymond, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. · leaf 77
hown at B, Now take away your thumb and at the same time presson the end of the back of the card with your middle andthird fingers, which will swing the card around toward the 68 THE BOY MAGICIAN back of your hand, as shown at C; then grip one of the cor-ners of the card between your forefinger and… … Fig. 20/—How to Back Palm a Card. your hand, as shown at Z>, when you can show the palm ofyoiu: hand wide open, the card having, as far as humaneyesight is concerned, completely disappeared. To makethe card reappear, bring it to your finger tips again, whichyou can do without any practice. Thus…
Magic tricks
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