Author(s): John Northern Hilliard
Publisher: Richard Kaufman & Alan Greenberg
Year: 1994
Language: English
Tags: republication, Howard Thurson, Carl W. Rawson, Gelett Burgess, playing cards, the Tuned Deck, silks, balls, coins, cigarettes, cigars, bills, ropes, Chinese rings, mind reading, magic squares, stage presentation, stage illusions, magician secrecy, marked cards, shuffling, forcing cards
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Title Page
Acknowledgments
Keeping Secrets
Dedication
Table of Contents (Original)
Table of Contents (New)
GREATER MAGIC REVISITED
BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN MULHOLLAND
INTRODUCTION - HOWARD THURSTON
Portrait of J.N.H. by Carl W. Rawson
Tribute to Hilliard - Gelett Burgess
IN THE BEGINNING --
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PROLEGOMENON
I. THE MASTER OF THE PLAYING CARDS
II. CARD FANNING AND FAN LOCATIONS
III. LOCATIONS - SECTION I
BY
MEANS OF SLEIGHT OF HAND
IV. LOCATIONS BY MARKED CARDS (1)
V. LOCATIONS BY MARKED CARDS (2)
VI. LOCATIONS BY "KEY" OR LOCATOR CARDS
VII. LOCATIONS BY MEANS OF SUBTLETIES AND INGENIOUS ARRANGEMENTS
VIII. LOCATIONS (THE "SLICK ACE")
IX. OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES
X. SHUFFLE, FORCE, CUT AND PASS
XI. IMPROMPTU CARD TRICKS
XII. SLEIGHT OF HAND CARD TRICKS
XIII. THE SPELLING BEE
XIV. CLAIRVOYANCE WITH CARDS
XV. THE FOUR ACES
XVI. THE RISING CARDS
XVII. PREPARED CARDS
XVIII. THE TUNED DECK
XIX. CARD STARS OF THE U.S.A.
XX. THE MAGIC OF SILK
XXI. MAGIC WITH BALLS
XXII. COIN MAGIC
XXIII. CIGARETTES AND CIGARS
XXIV. MAGIC OF BILLS
XXV. MAGIC WITH ROPES
XXVI. THE CHINESE RINGS
XXVII. SELECTED TRICKS
XXVIII. MIND READING
XXIX. MAGIC SQUARES
XXX. OLD AND NEW APPARATUS
XXXI. STAGE PRESENTATION
XXXII. STAGE TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS
INDEX
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INTRODUCTION - RICHARD KAUFMAN
XXXIII. CARL JONES: THE ONLY MAN FOR THE JOB
XXXIV. THE ORIGIN OF GREATER MAGIC - SECTION I: PRINCIPLE CORRESPONDENCE
XXXV. THE ORIGIN OF GREATER MAGIC - SECTION II: VARIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND EFFECTS
XXXVI. WRITTEN BY JOHN NORTHERN HILLIARD
XXXVII. THE FATE OF CHAPTER XXX
ORIGINAL DRAFT OF CHAPTER XXX
Revised Chapter XXX. MAGICANA
OKITO'S CHINESE CHECKER CABINET
XXXVIII. SELECTIONS FROM HILLIARD'S NOTEBOOK - SECTION I: EFFECTS AND VARIATIONS OF HILLIARD'S CREATION
XXXIX. SELECTIONS FROM HILLIARD'S NOTEBOOK - SECTION II: EFFECTS AND FRAGMENTS BY VARIOUS MAGICIANS
XL. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
XLI. FU MANCHU
XLII. OBITER DICTA
XLIII. EPILOGUE
APPENDIX A. FOREWORDS FROM THE REVISED EDITION
APPENDIX B. THE PROSPECTUS
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