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The art of magic (1921)

Downs, T. Nelson (Thomas Nelson), 1868- · Chicago : Arthur P. Felsman · leaf 251

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nstead of being in tlie closed left hand, is still held between the tips of the first finger and thumb of the right hand, and concealed from the view of the audience by the three extended fingers. The deception is so complete that there Fig. 35. is never a doubt but that the coin was actually… … Fig. 36. natural position. The left hand is now slowly opened, the fingers carefully separated, and the coin is gone. In the written description these various positions will seem separate and distinct, and difficult to accomplish; but with a cer- 244

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