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Tricks with CellophaneUlysses Frederick GrantA rare and original manuscript that explains 13 tricks and routines using "cellophane" as the "main ingredient". In an early issue of the Sphinx Grant wrote about this manuscript: Here's a sure HIT. It contains up-to-date practical tricks for pocket, parlor and club, all worked with CELLOPHANE, the popular item everybody is talking about. And the best part is you can work the tricks as soon as you get the manuscript, as no special apparatus is required. Get set for some real Tricks, Stunts and Fun... Content
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The Farmer and the Witch IllusionUlysses Frederick Grant & T. A. WhitneyHere's a stage illusion that fits in a suitcase. A miracle that your audience will talk about long after the curtain drops. Two children volunteers are selected and come up to the stage. A boy is dressed in a farmer's costume with mask and a girl is dressed in a witch's costume with mask and broom. The performer tells a story of how an old witch called at the farmer's door for food and water and how the farmer turned her away. But the old witch had magical powers and changed places with the farmer, to teach him a lesson. The magician asks the farmer to remove his mask and in place of the... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish list | ||
Walking Through a Steel Plate PlusUlysses Frederick Grant & Ken de CourcyAs usual with Grant instructions, they leave a lot to the imagination and "know-how" of the magician. However, the method was a clever one, simple but very effective. Ken de Courcy has taken the original instructions and added to them his own presentation points, and not only that, his improvements and various novel dressings which lift the effect up and turn it into acceptable modern entertainment. In the original effect, a committee was invited on the stage to examine a solid steel plate. Then circular drawstring curtains were placed at the front and the rear, the magician walked behind... | ★★★★★ $7 to wish list | ||
Super Magical Secrets (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantBooklet stapled with remnant of a sticker on the lower right corner. Some sheets are detached from the staples. First sheet before the title page has been cut out (was probably blank). Some of the paper's coating and print partially transferred from one page to another, perhaps due to humidity. Exlibris from Margaret Yates and Weirdo the Magician. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $6 to wish list | ||
Eliminators (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantBooklet stapled with some damage and discoloration. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $7 to wish list | ||
Grant's Volume One (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantBooklet stapled. Cover somewhat dirty. Exlibris of Margaret Yates and Weirdo the Magician. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | ||
The Medium's Scrapbook (used)Ulysses Frederick Grant17 stapled sheets with a cardboard back, but staples are missing. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $8 to wish list | ||
The "Gee Whiz" Combination and EncoreUlysses Frederick Grant & T. A. WhitneyHere's a terrific, family-friendly, comedy bill in lemon effect that your audiences will love. A genuine dollar bill is borrowed from a spectator (no stooge) and signed or marked. Anyone wraps it in a borrowed handkerchief. Two lemons are then shown and one is selected (no force). The spectator himself places the lemon in his coat pocket. The borrowed bill vanishes from the hanky while the spectator is holding it. The man with the lemon cuts it open and finds the bill inside. You do not touch the lemon. And now for an encore, you decide to mark the handkerchief so the owner will recognize... | $6 to wish list | ||
Flash MagicUlysses Frederick Grant & B. W. McCarronThere are eight excellent effects in this updated ebook - plus a few variations - that you and your audiences will enjoy. Best of all, most can be made from materials found at discount and dollar stores. For example, Visible Silk Flight is a brilliant routine with a toy pop gun rifle and a colorful silk handkerchief that you can make up yourself. Just as good as a $150 dealer item. Or how about Lantern of the Air, a beautiful floating effect with a candle-lit Chinese paper lantern? You get two methods explained: one using an assistant and a second one for the one-person show. Or if it's comedy... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish list | ||
Fifty Ways to Produce a SilkUlysses Frederick Grant & B. W. McCarronHere's an astounding collection of 50 entertaining methods of producing one or more colorful silk scarves in your magic act. Perhaps the most comprehensive collection ever published. Includes methods requiring no props, some with gimmicks that you can make at home, and a nice section on apparatus that you likely already have (or can buy from a dealer) that explains the basic principles involved. Audiences love effects using silks and handkerchiefs. Make those tricks appear even more magical by producing the scarf from thin air instead of simply picking it up from a table. A true compendium... | ★★★★★ $3 to wish list | ||
20 Stunners with a Short CardUlysses Frederick Grant & T. A. WhitneyTwenty card miracles that you can do, updated and given fresh, new life for modern performers and audiences. This isn't your grandfather's manuscript of card tricks. If you have Grant's original Tricks with a Short Card, you're getting only half the story. This new, revised edition adds a whopping 350% more content. If you're new to magic, the effects you're able to present will look like you've spent years of practice to polish them to perfection. And if you're a pro, you'll appreciate and enjoy T. A. Whitney's updated approach to these pasteboard miracles. "Very clever. You need this... | ★★★★★ $3 to wish list | ||
Walking Through a Steel Plate Plus (used)Ulysses Frederick Grant & Ken de CourcyStapled booklet in good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $7 to wish list | ||
Best Tricks with Invisible ThreadUlysses Frederick Grant & T. A. WhitneyOriginally this book was titled Tricks with Hair. Twenty-Six outstanding tricks, tips, and secrets that enable you to perform some of the most baffling effects in all of magic! What is invisible thread? New chapters only in this edition reveal the secrets of invisible thread and even how to make your own. These secrets have been jealously guarded by top close-up and stage performers, as well as magic dealers ... until now. Today, U. F. Grant is recognized as one of the most phenomenal creators of baffling mysteries. His original manuscript has been updated and packed with new information... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish list | ||
Bodies in Orbit (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantSoftcover booklet stapled in very good condition. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | ||
Modern Levitations (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantThirteen loose sheets stapled in decent condition. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | ||
Rope, Chain and Box Escapes (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantSoftcover book stapled in good condition. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $12 to wish list | ||
Pick-Pocket Stunts (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantStapled sheets in very good condition. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | ||
Flap Slate Wrinkles (used)Ulysses Frederick Grant & H. Adrian SmithSoftcover stapled in good condition. Some staining on front and back cover. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $15 to wish list | ||
Chinese Magic and Illusions (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantSoftcover book stapled in good condition. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | ||
Six Modern Levitations (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantSheets stapled in good condition. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | ||
50 Kute Koin Tricks (used)Ulysses Frederick GrantSix sheets with one staple and two knotted strings that act like staples. Has a stamp of Kanter's Magic Shop and a signature of Kenneth s. Jaffrey (I assume a former owner of this manuscript). The last sheet has the ex-libris of Margaret Yates. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | ||
Money Making Secrets for MagiciansUlysses Frederick GrantRevised and expanded collection of valuable information for magicians and other variety acts, revealing how to get more money from your existing act. The person who's fortunate enough to actually enjoy the work they do is indeed a lucky individual. And that's what you can do, too, with this updated guide that teaches you:
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Tell-Tell WatchesDevin Knight & Ulysses Frederick GrantEFFECT: Any three people take ordinary watches the performer provides to a far corner of the room and set them to any hour and minute. They in turn each wrap their watch in a small opaque paper bag. These are placed anywhere and you can divine the exact hour and minute on each watch. No gimmicked watches or electronics are used. At the end, everything can be fully examined and nothing will be found amiss. 1st edition 2022, PDF 7 pages. | $8 to wish list | ||
50 Methods of Producing a SilkUlysses Frederick Grant | $5.95 to wish list |