Harry Houdini - Paper Magic

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Paper is a fascinating product. Being the son of a paper maker (my father worked many years for a paper manufacturer) I developed early on a fondness to paper. AndHoudini's Paper Magicis all about paper. Tricks with paper, paper folding, paper tearing, and paper puzzles. It seems today paper folding was replaced by balloon modeling. I have only seen once an act entirely based on paper tearing. Maybe this ebook version ofHoudini's Paper Magicinspires one to build an act around paper. This book is definitely a good start.The Modern ConjurerIt has also an excellent chapter on paper folding.

1st edition, April 1922, EP Dutton & Company, New York; 2nd printing, August 1922; 3rd printing, May 1929; 4th printing, January 1934; 5th printing, December 1941; later reprinted by Magico Magazine, New York; 206 pages.

Table of Contents

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Part One: PAPER TRICKS The Travelling Paper Balls Ring and Program The Cigarette-Paper Tear The Torn Paper Ribbon The Restored Calendar The Selective Touch The Dancing Sailor The Spirit Communication The Knife and Paper Sleight The Chameleon Confetti Production of Confetti Another Confetti Change Watered Confetti The Floating Ball The Japanese Butterflies The Shaving Stick The Paper Flags The Pig and the Ring Coffee, Milk and Sugar The Ballot or Pellet Test Paper Clippings and Water Werner's Bill Tearing Trick An Effective Finish Part Two: PAPER FOLDING The Japanese Bird The Bullfrog Puzzle Box for Sweets Trouble Wit The Chapeau Japanese Paper Purse		Japanese Hexagon Puzzle Box Part Three: PAPER TEARING Trewey's Paper Rings Jacob's Ladder The Trellis The Fir Tree The Dancing Skeletons Grandma's String of Dolls The Dancing Girls Paper Pictures Circular Designs The Five Pointed Star Tearing the Pack Part Four: PAPER PUZZLES Paper Puzzles The Symmetrical Square Puzzle The Stairs Hexagon Puzzle The Octagon Puzzle The House and Ell Puzzle The Cross and Crescent The Latin Cross The Short Dozen The Right Angle Triangle The Greek Cross Puzzle The Square Deal Puzzle To Pass through a Card The Liberty Bell The Cross Cut Puzzle The Three Crosses