Herrmann's wizards' manual; a practical treatise on coin tricks (1916)
Herrmann, Alexander, 1843-1896, Case, Carleton Britton, 1857- [from old catalog] ed · Chicago, Shrewsbury publishing co · leaf 17
ERRMANNS WIZARDS MANUAL main closed, as if holding the coin, and the right handhang loosely open, as if empty. In the case of an article of larger size than a coin —as, for instance, a watch or an egg — you need not takethe article with the fingers, but may let it simply lie onthe palm of the right… … Fig. 3. Fig. 4. member that, in any case, the two hands must work inharmony, as in the genuine act of passing an article fromthe one hand to the other. The left hand must there-fore rise to meet the right, but should not begin its journeyuntil the right hand begins its own. Nothing looks…
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