Original creation for magicians hitherto kept up his sleeve (1920)
Waller, Charles, 1879-1960, Henry, James L · Los Angeles : F.G. Thayer · leaf 70
amines a book — a small edition -■' of one of the earlier writers, as Dickens or Thackeray. Taking it back, and mentioning that the pages run to (say) 800, the magician invites his fair assistant to state a number, less than that, and preferably about the middle of the book. Let me imagine that she… … The book is then laid on the palm of the performer's right hand, and the lady asked to encircle both book and hand with a rubber band. Thus, the hand may be held upright above the head, and the book supported without aid from the thumb. Speaking of the literary tastes of his cards, performer 66
Magic tricks
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