Encyclopedia of Dove Magic
by Marian Chavez

Probably the best book on dove magic. Teaches care and feeding of doves, types of cages, presentation pointers, conditioning the audience, etc. Along with many fine dove effects such as The Floating Dove, Dove Tray Production, Egg to Dove, Production Dove Cage. There is an appendix containing Slydini's Master Dove Production. Illustrated with drawings and photos.

Contents

• Foreword
• Foreword to the Revised Edition
• Care, Feeding, and Handling of Doves
• Training Is a Two-Way Street
• The Tinting of Doves
• For Assistants Only
• Conditioning the Audience
• Can I Become That Good?
• Pointers on Presentation
• Take Your Audience with You
• How to Get Applause
  • HOW TO GET APPLAUSE AFTER A VANISH
• Pete Bouton's Birds of Freedom
• All About Dove Loads
  • BASIC DOVE BAG
  • SILK BODY LOAD
  • WIRE LACE BAG
  • SNAP FASTENER BAG
  • THE SLEEVE LOAD
  • PAPER LOADS
  • BODY LOADS
  • BREAST POCKET LOAD
  • THE FOUR-CORNER DOVE BAG LOAD
  • VEL-CRO TAB BAG
  • THE WOOL SOCK BAG
  • ZIPPERED POUCH
  • ANOTHER SNAP FASTENER BAG
  • DROP-BAG GIMMICK
  • THE SLING BAG
  • THE STRAIGHT-LINE HARNESS
  • THE FIGURE 8 HARNESS
  • ON MAKING STEALS
  • DOVE POCKETS
  • THE DOVE PRODUCTION
  • FOR THE LADIES
• Neil Foster's Dove Production
• E-Z Dove Production
• The J. B. Dove Production
• Hypnotizing the Dove
• Displaying the Doves
  • STANDS TO SHOW THE DOVES ON
• Training of the Doves
  • THE HOOP
  • HOP-LA HOOP
  • DOVES IN ORBIT
  • THE ARCHADE
  • THE SEASAW
  • THE HELTER-SKELTER
  • DOVE ON PARADE
  • MERRY-GO-ROUND
• General Dove Effects
  • TWIN DOVES FROM SILK
  • TEAR-APART VANISH
  • THE VANISHING DOVE CAGE
  • DOVE IN BALLOON
  • CHANGE BAG A LA DOVE
  • A "TIP" ON THE DOVE PAN
• Top Hat Magic
  • TOP HAT PRODUCTION
  • THAT TOP HAT
• The Floating Dove a la Zombie
• Technicolor Doves
• Carnival Tissue to Dove
• Dove Tray Production
• Dove Triangle
• The Dove in the Net
• Egg to Dove
• Hong Kong Dove Production
• Visible Dove Production Box
• Production Dove Cage
• The Andre Kole Dove Kones
• Dove From Frame
• See Thru Screen Dove Box
• Dove Vanish a la Paper Bag
• Transistorized Doves
  • CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO CABINET
  • PRESENTATION
• Frames of Mystery
• Novel Vanish and Appearance of a Dove From Paper Bag
• Twentieth Century Cane and Dove
• Magic with a Silken Dove Holder
  • SILKEN DOVE HOLDER
  • VANISHING CANDLE AND DOVE PRODUCTION
• Dove From Tissues
• Portfolio
• Appendix 1: The Magician's Primer Guide to Doves: Their Care and Handling
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SELECTION
  • CAGING AND CAGE CARE
  • FEEDING
  • GENERAL MANAGEMENT
  • TRAINING
  • ILLNESSES AND DISEASES
  • BREEDING
• Appendix 2: Slydini's Master Dove Production
  • THE EFFECT
  • CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOVE BAG
  • THE CLASP
  • THE SET-UP
  • PRESENTATION
  • SLYDINI'S DOVE CREATIONS
  • DOVE FROM BALLOON
  • DOVE FROM SILKS
  • SYMPATHETIC FINISH
  • DOVE FROM WAND

1st edition 1968, 2nd Edition 1979; 1st digital edition 2016, 152 pages.
word count: 33228 which is equivalent to 132 standard pages of text

Publisher: D. Robbins & Co.