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Ulysses Frederick Grant

Ulysses Frederick Grant

(12th January 1901 - 1st March 1978)

Pro magic dealer in New York City 1925-1939 and later in Columbus, Ohio.

Prolific inventor, including "The Farmer and the Witch" (by 1935), "Walking thru a Ribbon" (by 1937), "Alagen Rope" (with Winston Freer by 1939), "Super-X Levitation" (in 1942), "Temple Screen" (by 1945), "Devil's Newspaper" (by 1948), "Chink Cans" (by 1949), "Pig Turns Around" (by 1952), "Cow Trick" (by 1955), "Chen-Lee Water Suspension" (by 1962), "Strat-o-Spheres" (by 1962), and "Candle-Lite" (by 1963).

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45 Tricks by Ulysses Frederick Grant
45 Tricks

This is a remarkable collection of 45 individual single sheet trick instructions, many of which are illustrated. The sheets are all in very good condition. A very rare U. F. Grant item for the serious collector.

original 45 pages.

Table of Contents

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They're Off by Frank Lane & Ulysses Frederick Grant
They're Off

This booklet is in very good condition. A nice collector item as well as reading copy.

Enjoy some new tricks — pocket tricks that you can make yourself, card tricks you can do with anyone's deck of cards, stage routines with various magic props that

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Frank Lane &
Ulysses Frederick Grant
24 Sep 2010  0 






Tricks with Hares by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Tricks with Hares

This copy is in decent condition. 10 sheets stapled on the top and folded. (Please not that the cover is not the one you see here.)

Perhaps no other effect is so much associated with the magician as that of producing a rabbit from an empty hat. And,

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Ulysses Frederick Grant 24 Sep 2010  0 






Floating Light Bulb by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Floating Light Bulb

This copy is in decent condition. The staple holding the three sheets together has been removed and then they were re-stapled.

Although the original title of this manuscript is "Close-Up Floating Light Bulb", this is not a close-up effect but a stage

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Ulysses Frederick Grant 24 Sep 2010  0 






25 Rising Card Tricks by Ulysses Frederick Grant
25 Rising Card Tricks

This is the first and to this date one of only two English publications exclusively devoted to the rising card effect (the other being Knowing the Rising Cards). This was an early publication by U. F. Grant and is therefore exceedingly rare. Some
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 20 Oct 2009  0 






Bodies in Orbit by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Bodies in Orbit

Self-levitations have been recently popularized by street performers like David Blaine and others. U.F. Grant as usual was way ahead. Here you will find a lovely self-levitation as well as four other easy to build levitation apparatus.

If you are into

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Modern Levitations by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Modern Levitations

Five easy to build and practical levitations by the creative master of thrift, U.F. Grant. One could even be called an impromptu levitation because most supplies are available in a typical household. Every levitation is illustrated.

Another interesting

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Ulysses Frederick Grant 21 Jun 2009  0 






Modern Illusions by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Modern Illusions

Although published anonymously, this was very likely written by U. F. Grant. 19 easy to build illusions.

Table of Contents
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  1. ATOMIC SIGHT
  2. THE BUNNY GIRL ILLUSION
  3. CHEN LEE’S LAUNDRY BAG ILLUSION
  4. FLAT MODEL HEAD VANISH
  5. THE

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Ulysses Frederick Grant 26 Nov 2008  0 






They're Off by Frank Lane & Ulysses Frederick Grant
They're Off

Enjoy some new tricks — pocket tricks that you can make yourself, card tricks you can do with anyone's deck of cards, stage routines with various magic props that you can make.

This is the first of a series of writings by U. F. (Gen) Grant and Frank

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Frank Lane &
Ulysses Frederick Grant
15 Nov 2008  0 






Nu Way Out Of This World by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Nu Way Out Of This World

A wonderful self-working rendition of the classic "Out Of This World" effect. This was the first real card trick I saw - and I was baffled.

A borrowed deck is shuffled. A red and a black card are placed face up on the table. The performer then removes

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Ulysses Frederick Grant 28 Oct 2008  0 






Window Stoppers by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Window Stoppers

This ebook describes store window displays which are magical in one way or another causing pedestrians to stop and look into the window. Once a person stops and looks at the display the chances for them to actually enter the store have dramatically increased.

Several

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Ulysses Frederick Grant 19 Oct 2008  0 






Floating Light Bulb by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Floating Light Bulb

Although the original title of this manuscript is "Close-Up Floating Light Bulb", this is not a close-up effect but a stage effect. The method would not allow you to perform this in an intimate close-up setting.

With the aid of a hoop you let a light
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 5 Oct 2008  0 






Tricks with Hares by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Tricks with Hares

Perhaps no other effect is so much associated with the magician as that of producing a rabbit from an empty hat. And, oddly enough, so few magicians today use a rabbit in their act.

Where the idea of producing a rabbit from a hat originated is not
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 17 Apr 2008  0 






45 Tricks by Ulysses Frederick Grant
45 Tricks

This is a remarkable collection of 45 individual single sheet trick instructions, many of which are illustrated.

original 45 pages; PDF 49 pages.

Table of Contents
page
  1. THE COMEDY CHECK
  2. IMPROVED PSYCHIC PADLOCK
  3. ANY CARD

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Ulysses Frederick Grant 9 Apr 2008  0 






Tricks with a One Way Deck by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Tricks with a One Way Deck

The ever creative and prolific Grant collected in this ebook 21 card tricks all based on the 'one-way' principle. Grant starts out with examples of decks which are one-way, how to setup everything, and how to handle the cards correctly.

1st edition
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 9 Apr 2008  0 






CLIP - Clever Little Ideas Presented by Ulysses Frederick Grant
CLIP - Clever Little Ideas Presented

U.F. Grant has collected 13 tricks involving a paper clip. Paper clips are available pretty much anywhere, are common objects and therefore make ideal magic props.

1st edition 1947; original 12 pages; PDF 9 pages.
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 9 Apr 2008  0 






Victory Carton Illusions by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Victory Carton Illusions

Few people consider paper, cardboard and carton high-tech products, but they are. Go visit any paper factory and you will find out that some of the largest and most complex manufacturing machines in operation today are paper machines.

Since my father
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 21 Mar 2006  0 






Secrets by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Secrets

The title "Secrets - Malini, Leipzig, Vernon, Jarrow, ..." suggests a lot, but these are merely the interpretations and versions of U. F. Grant to some of the classics of Malini, Leipzig, Vernon, Jarrow and others. Grant uses only one page to describe
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 10 Sep 2005  0 






25 One Man Mind Reading Secrets by Ulysses Frederick Grant
25 One Man Mind Reading Secrets

U. F. Grant presents several clever ideas on billet reading or how to use a svengali deck for mentalism. He also has a completely different version of "Grey Elephants in Denmark".
  • Bill Reading
  • Name Duplication
  • Impromptu Test
  • Best Digit Test
  • Cards
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 10 Sep 2005  0 






Grant's Illusion Secrets by Ulysses Frederick Grant
Grant's Illusion Secrets

Chuck Smith writes: "Twenty-four illusions as mysterious to audiences today as when they were performed years ago. Most are so easy to construct and execute that a teenager could do them. I know because I, as a student in highschool, built and entertained
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Ulysses Frederick Grant 6 Sep 2005  0 






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