Two volumes in one. The combined edition of 200 Tricks You Can Do and 200 More Tricks You Can Do. Originally published in 1926 and 1927, this by Blue Ribbon Books. Combined in 1940 with over 380 pages with illustrations having a wide variety of effects that as the title implies you can do. Includes a brief biography of Howard Thurston written by Walter Gibson just beyond the preface of the book. Volume I, Chapters on: Ball Tricks, Card Tricks, Cigar and Cigarette Tricks, Coin Tricks, Dice and Domino Tricks, Egg Tricks, Handkerchief Tricks, Liquid Tricks, Match Tricks, Miscellaneous Tricks, Paper Tricks, Pencil Tricks, Ring Tricks, Spirit Tricks, Sugar Tricks, Thimble Tricks, Watch Tricks. Volume II, Chapters on: Card Tricks, Checker Tricks, Conjuring with Cigarettes, Coin Tricks, Cork Tricks, Hand Tricks, Handkerchief Tricks, Match Tricks, Miscellaneous Tricks, Number Tricks, Optical Tricks, Paper Tricks, Spirit Tricks, Table Tricks, Thimble Tricks, Tumbler Tricks. Condition soil and light staining to covers, previous owner’s bookplate, otherwise good. |