Gibson, Walter B: The New Magician's Manual
©1936 Walter B. Gibson, David Kemp & Co, NY;
©1975 Dover Publications
Softcover, perfect-bound,159 pages
ISBN: 9780486231136
Comments: "Tricks and Routines With Instructions for Expert Performance by the Amateur" A good beginner's book. It also contained a section of cardboard punch-out cards for many of the effects.
Contents: (descriptions are from the book's table of contents)
3 Part I: Introduction to Magic
3 Introduction to Magic: Short tips on how to learn, misdirection, practice, etc.
5 Part II: Impromptu Magic
7 Find the Matches: A game of guess with three match boxes, in which the guesses are wrong
10 The Balanced Handkerchief: It stands up anywhere; on the table or upon your hand
12 The Rising Cigarette: That introduces itself under its own motive power
14 The Chinaman's Head: In which the magicin demonstrates a unique method of Oriental execution
18 Spot the Spot: Spectators can not follow the mysterious spot that changes almost while they watch it
21 Metal Through Metal: Wherein two joined safety pins separate without being opened
23 Odds and Evens: A coin trick wherein the magician holds the odds
26 The Jail Escape: The mysterious card that emulates Houdini and gives its captors the slip
30 Eleven Cents: Three pennies and two dimes; arranged alternately. Moving eleven cents each time, the pennies and dimes are separated in four moves. Easy, for those who know the system; but not for others who try it!
33 Part III: Table Magic
35 The Magnetic Knife: That adheres to the magician's fingers in extraordinary fashion
37 The Tell-Tale Sugar: One lump of suger is chosen from a number. The magician discovers the selected lump.
39 The Mystic Loops: The looped string traps the spectator's finger, but not the magician's
42 Choose Your Object: Knife, fork, saucer, cup - whichever is chosen, the magician discovers it
44 The Magic Bank Roll: A five dollar bill begins at the bottom and arrives on top
46 The Tricky Drinking Straws: Encased in an extraordinary wrapper that is first blank, then printed
51 Part IV: Card Magic
53 King, Queen and Jack: A mysterious calculation in which the magician is always right
56 The Poker Deal: Wherein big hands are dealt automatically and furnish a surprising finish
60 The Turn-Over Card: That reverses itself in the pack and locates a chosen card by its position
63 The Tricky Joker: That turns up when not wanted and returns when sent away
66 The Night Club Mystery: A deceptive story with a pack of cards
70 The The Penetrated Card: Solid objects pass through an ordinary playing card without injuring it
74 Cards and Glasses: Two playing cards change places without leaving the view of the audience
78 The Fifth Card: From five cards, one is mentally selected. The magician discards four. The one he keeps is always the one the spectator chose.
81 Part V: Oriental Magic
83 The Magnetic Chop-Stick: That lifts a bottle of rice and holds it in mid-air
85 The Levitated Tube: A clever origination of the Hindu fakirs
89 The Rope and the Vase: A remarkable demonstration of the invisible suspension
92 String and Scissors: Introducing the cord that passes through rings of metal
94 The Chinese Joss Cards: Their magic power restores a cut ribbon that has been threaded through them
98 The Burmese Wand: An Oriental demonstration of solid through solid
101 Part VI: Mental Magic
103 The Mystic Disks: Three colored disks; the magician discovers the one that is selected
105 Match Pack Divination: A chosen pack of matches is immediately detected by touch alone
107 Four Safety Pins: Each with a ribbon of a different color; the magician names the chosen one
109 The Detective Mystery: A feat of super-memory that is easily acquired
111 The New Magic Square: Using a chart of numbered squares, the magician gives the totals of numbers covered by coins, without looking at the chart
113 The Mystic Alphabet: A letter is chosen from a set of cards. Looking at the blank sides of the cards the magician names the letter
117 Part VII: Programs of Magic
127 Part VIII: Additional Magic
129 A Collection of Tricks: Collection of "quickies" to add to your show; many are impromptu
130 Poker Chip Monte: spectator can't find the marked chip
130 Returning Matches: match book trick
130 Vanishing Card: one card vanished from between three
131 Balanced Matches: another match book quickie
131 The Vanishing Coin: in fold of trousers
131 The Talking Coin: on top of bottle
132 The Knotted Cigarette: how to tie in a knot
132 Naming the Number: magician knows how many cards moved
132 Deceptive Ice: Ice in a cup of hot water
133 Knock Away Coin: from under a bottle
133 Brushing the Coin: coin can't be brushed away
133 Gravity Defied: cigarette pack balances on edge of table
134 Predicted Totals: of dice
134 Restored String: cut and restored in folds of paper
134 The Balanced Dice: stunt
135 Half And Half: Magician finds card inserted in his half of deck
135 Tell the Color: of match heads
135 Divination Dice: dice trick behind your back
136 Six Goblets: puzzle
136 Cards and Hats: selection is pulled out of the hat
136 Chosen Dollar Bill: found in a hat
137 Four Colors: magician matches color selection by spelling
137 Red and Green: mathematical dice
137 String and Handkerchief: hanky is freed from string
138 Card in Pocket: one of four cards selected, and magician chooses one, which turns out to be the selection
138 Balls of Yarn: magician determines color
138 The Card Count: magician finds selection
139 The Initial Trick: initial appears on match head
139 Mystic Candy Drops: magician knows which candy handed him behind his back
139 Guessing the Card: card chosen behind back and performer reveals it
140 Cards in a Row: magician knows how many cards moved
140 The Disappointed Match: match instantly changes direction
140 Multiplying Flame: another match trick
141 A Card Discovery: magician finds selection
141 A Question of Balance: one cigarette balanced on end of another
141 One From Four: magician finds one of four cards
142 Index to Additional Magic Section
143 Start of punch out card section
Tricks And Routines With Instructions For Expert Performance By The Amateur
Compiled For Members Of The Magician's Legue Of America
| Edition |
Second Edition |
| No. of Pages |
141 |
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| Read It |
Yes |
| Location |
Magic Library (Home) Shelf I |
| Condition |
Very Good |
| Owner |
Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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Gibson, Walter Brown
(1897-1985)
Gibson, already interested in magic as a child, joined the Society of American Magicians at the age of 22. He knew a great many celebrated magicians personally,such as Thurston, Houdini, Blackstone, Dunninger, and Kreskin for whom he worked as a Ghost writer. He also wrote: The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969), Popular Card Tricks (1972), Secrets of Magic (1973), New Magician's Manual (1975), The Book of Magic (1978), Walter Gibson's Big Book of Magic (1980), The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy.
More than just a magic writer, Gibson authored hundreds of other types of books and novels, including "The Shadow" (both in book form and in comic book form), novellettes about "Norgil the Magician," true crime stores for mystery and detective magazines.
Invented: Thumb Cuffs,
In 1971 The Academy of Magical Arts awarded Walter a Literary Fellowship. In 1979 he was awarded the Masters Fellowship.
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Walter B. Gibson bibliography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a complete list of books by Walter B. Gibson published during his lifetime and after his death.
Contents
1 Magic
2 Occult
3 Games
4 Other
5 The Shadow
5.1 Novels
5.2 Short stories
6 Biff Brewster series
Magic
Houdini's Escapes
Houdini's Magic
Houdini's Fabulous Magic
The Book of Secrets
The World's Best Book of Magic
Professional Magic for Amateurs
Blackstone's Secrets of Magic
Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks
Thurston's 200 Tricks You Can Do (1926)
Thurston's 200 More Tricks You Can Do (1927)
Fooling the World (1928)
The Thurston Magic Lessons (1928)
The Official Know-It-All Guide Magic for Beginners: Your Absolute, Quintessential, All You Wanted to Know, Complete Guide, with Walter Gibson and Mike Shelley (2000)
The Bunco Book (1928)
The Magician's Manual (1933)
The New Magician's Manual (1936)
Magic Explained (1949)
What's New in Magic (1956)
The Original Houdini Scrapbook (1976)
Magic for Beginners (Fell's Official Know-It-All Guides)
Advanced Magic (Fell's Official Know-It-All Guides)
Walter Gibson's Big Book of Magic for All Ages
Magic With Science (1975)
Mastering Magic: 100 Secrets of the Great Magicians
Junior magic: Easy-to-learn tricks or magic made simple
Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic
Professional Magic for Amateurs
The Great Houdini's Book of Magic Tricks, Puzzles and Stunts
Occult
The Complete Illustrated Book of the Psychic Sciences, a History, A Modern Survey, and How-to Instructions, Over 100 Illustrations, with Litzka R. Gibson
Complete Illustrated Book of The Psychic Sciences, with Litzka R. Gibson
Complete Illustrated Book of Divination & Prophecy, with Litzka R. Gibson
The Mystic and Occult Arts - A Guide to Their Use in Daily Living (by the author of The Shadow), with Litzka R. Gibson
Encyclopaedia of Prophecy, with Litzka R. Gibson
Science of Numerology or What Numbers Mean to You
Witchcraft: A History of the Black Art
Hypnotism through the ages
Hypnotism
The key to hypnotism
Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams
Games
Backgammon (A 'Golden Hands' book)
Hoyle's modern encyclopedia of card games: rules of all the basic games and popular variations (1974)
Pinochle Is the Name of the Game (1975)
Poker is the Name of the Game
Poker: How to Play - How to Win
Hoyle's Simplified Guide to the Popular Card Games
Family Games America Plays
150 solitaire games
Other
Knots and How to Tie Them (1993)
Fell's Super Power Memory: A Fell's Official Know-It-All Guide, with Harry Lorayne
Rod Serling's Twilight Zone (1990 adaptation)
Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Revisited
Fell's guide to papercraft tricks, games, and puzzles
The Key to Space Travel
The Key to Astronomy
The Shadow Novels
The Living Shadow (1931)
Eyes of The Shadow (1931)
The Shadow Laughs (1931)
The Red Menace (1931)
Gangdom's Doom (1931)
The Death Tower (1932)
The Silent Seven (1932)
The Black Master (1932)
Mobsmen on the Spot (1932)
Hands in the Dark (1932)
Double Z (1932)
The Crime Cult (1932)
The Blackmail Ring (1932)
Hidden Death (1932)
Green Eyes (1932)
The Ghost Makers (1932)
The Five Chameleons (1932)
Dead Men Live (1932)
The Romanoff Jewels (1932)
Kings of Crime (1932)
Shadowed Millions (1933)
The Creeping Death (1933)
The Shadow's Shadow (1933)
Six Men of Evil (1933)
Fingers of Death (1933)
Murder Trail (1933)
The Silent Death (1933)
The Shadow's Justice (1933)
The Golden Grotto (1933)
The Death Giver (1933)
The Red Blot (1933)
The Ghost of the Manor (1933)
The Living Joss (1933)
The Silver Scourge (1933)
The Black Hush (1933)
The Isle of Doubt (1933)
The Grove of Doom (1933)
Master of Death (1933)
Road of Crime (1933)
The Death Triangle (1933)
The Killer (1933)
Mox (1933)
The Crime Clinic (1933)
Treasures of Death (1933)
The Embassy Murders (1934)
The Wealth Seeker (1934)
The Black Falcon (1934)
Gray Fist (1934)
The Circle of Death (1934)
The Green Box (1934)
The Cobra (1934)
Crime Circus (1934)
Tower of Death (1934)
Death Clew (1934)
The Key (1934)
The Crime Crypt (1934)
Charg, Monster (1934)
Chain of Death (1934)
The Crime Master (1934)
Gypsy Vengeance (1934)
Spoils of The Shadow (1934)
The Garaucan Swindle (1934)
Murder Marsh (1934)
The Death Sleep (1934)
The Chinese Disks (1934)
Doom on the Hill (1934)
The Unseen Killer (1934)
Cyro (1934)
The Four Signets (1935)
The Blue Sphinx (1935)
The Plot Master (1935)
The Dark Death (1935)
Crooks Go Straight (1935)
Bells of Doom (1935)
Lingo (1935)
The Triple Trail (1935)
The Golden Quest (1935)
The Third Skull (1935)
Murder Every House (1935)
The Condor (1935)
The Fate Joss (1935)
Atoms of Death (1935)
The Man from Scotland Yard (1935)
The Creeper (1935)
Mardi Gras Mystery (1935)
The London Crimes (1935)
The Ribbon Clues (1935)
The House That Vanished (1935)
The Chinese Tapestry (1935)
The Python (1935)
Zemba (1935)
The Case of Congressman Coyd (1935)
The Ghost Murders (1936)
Castle of Doom (1936)
Death Rides the Skyway (1936)
The North Woods Mystery (1936)
The Voodoo Master (1936)
The Third Shadow (1936)
The Salamanders (1936)
The Man from Shanghai (1936)
The Gray Ghost (1936)
City of Doom (1936)
The Crime Oracle (1936)
Murder Town (1936)
The Yellow Door (1936)
The Broken Napoleons (1936)
The Sledge-Hammer Crimes (1936)
Terror Island (1936)
The Golden Masks (1936)
Jibaro Death (1936)
City of Crime (1936)
Death by Proxy (1936)
The Strange Disappearance of Joe Cardona (1936)
The Seven Drops of Blood (1936)
Intimidation, Inc. (1936)
Vengeance Is Mine! (1937)
Loot of Death (1937)
Quetzel (1937)
Death Token (1937)
Murder House (1937)
Washington Crime (1937)
The Masked Headsman (1937)
Treasure Trail (1937)
Brothers of Doom (1937)
The Shadow's Rival (1937)
Crime, Insured (1937)
House of Silence (1937)
The Shadow Unmasks (1937)
The Yellow Band (1937)
Buried Evidence (1937)
The Radium Murders (1937)
The Keepers Gold (1937)
Death Turrets (1937)
Teeth of the Dragon (1937)
The Sealed Box (1937)
Racket Town (1937)
The Crystal Buddha (1938)
Hills of Death (1938)
The Murder Master (1938)
The Golden Pagoda (1938)
Face of Doom (1938)
Serpents of Siva (1938)
Cards of Death (1938)
The Hand (1938)
Voodoo Trail (1938)
The Rackets King (1938)
Murder for Sale (1938)
Death Jewels (1938)
The Green Hoods (1938)
Crime Over Boston (1938)
The Dead Who Lived (1938)
Vanished Treasure (1938)
The Voice (1938)
Chicago Crime (1938)
Shadow Over Alcatraz (1938)
Silver Skull (1939)
Crime Rides the Sea (1939)
Realm of Doom (1939)
The Lone Tiger (1939)
The Vindicator (1939)
Death Ship (1939)
Valley of Greed (1939)
The Three Brothers (1939)
Smugglers of Death (1939)
City of Shadows (1939)
Death from Nowhere (1939)
The Isle of Gold (1939)
Wizard of Crime (1939)
The Crime Ray (1939)
The Golden Master (1939)
Castle of Crime (1939)
The Masked Lady (1939)
Ships of Doom (1939)
City of Ghosts (1939)
Shiwan Khan Returns (1939)
House of Shadows (1939)
Death Premium (1940)
The Hooded Circle (1940)
The Getaway Ring (1940)
Voice of Death (1940)
The Invincible Shiwan Khan (1940)
The Veiled Prophet (1940)
The Spy Ring (1940)
Death in the Stars (1940)
Masters of Death (1940)
Scent of Death (1940)
Q (1940)
Gems of Doom (1940)
Crime at Seven Oaks (1940)
The Fifth Face (1940)
Crime County (1940)
The Wasp (1940)
Crime Over Miami (1940)
Xitli, God of Fire (1940)
The Shadow, The Hawk, and The Skull (1940)
Forgotten Gold (1941)
The Wasp Returns (1941)
The Chinese Primrose (1941)
Mansion of Crime (1941)
The Time Master (1941)
The House on the Ledge (1941)
The League of Death (1941)
Crime Under Cover (1941)
The Thunder King (1941)
The Star of Delhi (1941)
The Blur (1941)
The Shadow Meets the Mask (1941)
The Devil Master (1941)
Garden of Death (1941)
Dictator of Crime (1941)
The Blackmail King (1941)
Temple of Crime (1941)
Murder Mansion (1941)
Crime's Stronghold (1941)
Alibi Trail (1942)
The Book of Death (1942)
Death Diamonds (1942)
Vengeance Bay (1942)
Formula for Crime (1942)
Room of Doom (1942)
The Jade Dragon (1942)
The Northdale Mystery (1942)
Twins of Crime (1942)
The Devil's Feud (1942)
Five Ivory Boxes (1942)
Death About Town (1942)
Legacy of Death (1942)
Judge Lawless (1942)
The Vampire Murders (1942)
Clue for Clue (1942)
Trail of Vengeance (1942)
The Murdering Ghost (1942)
The Hydra (1942)
The Money Master (1942)
The Museum Murders (1943)
Death's Masquerade (1943)
The Devil Monsters (1943)
Wizard of Crime (1943)
The Black Dragon (1943)
The Robot Master (1943)
Murder Lake (1943)
Messenger of Death (1943)
House of Ghosts (1943)
King of the Black Market (1943)
The Muggers (1943)
Murder by Moonlight (1943)
The Crystal Skull (1944)
Syndicate of Death (1944)
Toll of Death (1944)
Crime Caravan (1944)
Freak Show Murders (1944)
Voodoo Death (1944)
Town of Hate (1944)
Death in the Crystal (1944)
The Chest of Chu-Chan (1944)
The Shadow Meets The Mask (1944)
Fountain of Death (1944)
No Time for Murder (1944)
Guardian of Death (1945)
Merry Mrs. MacBeth (1945)
Five Keys to Crime (1945)
Death has Gray Eyes (1945)
Tear-drops of Buddha (1945)
Three Stamps of Death (1945)
The Mask of Mephisto (1945)
Murder by Magic (1945)
The Taiwan Joss (1945)
A Quarter of Eight (1945)
The White Skulls (1945)
The Stars Promise Death (1945)
The Banshee Murders (1946)
Crime Out of Mind (1946)
Mother Goose Murders (1946)
Crime Over Casco (1946)
The Curse of Thoth (1946)
Alibi Trail (1946)
Malmordo (1946)
Jade Dragon (1948)
Dead Man's Chest (1948)
The Magigal's Mystery (1949)
The Black Circle (1949)
The Whispering Eyes (1949)
Return of The Shadow (1963)
Short stories
"Riddle of the Rangoon Ruby" (1979)
"Blackmail Bay" (1980)
[edit] Biff Brewster series
Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery (1960)
Mystery of the Mexican Treasure (1961)
Mystery of the Ambush in India (1962)
Egyptian Scarab Mystery (1963)
Mystery of the Alpine Pass (1965)
