Originally 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 to make it an even better buy. Already own a supply of invisible thread? Now you can put it to immediate use with terrific close-up magic, platform, and club effects, outstanding mental mysteries, and even a seance-type stunt with your partner, who acts as a Medium.
- Introduction
- What is Invisible Thread?
- How To Make Invisible Thread
- Invisible Thread Alternatives
- Tricks with Invisible Thread
- The Rising Coin
- A Bar Betcha
- Pub Crawl
- Floating Bill
- Got A Match?
- Rising Card Trick
- Appearing Coin
- Torn & Restored Floating Paper
- A Ghostly Cut
- Which Book?
- X-Ray Eyes
- Living or Dead Test
- Vanishing and Reappearing Coin
- The Rising Pencil
- Rising Pencil Variation
- Here, Have a Smoke
- Coat, Tape and Ring Tip
- Find the Ace
- Coin in Glass Vanish Redux
- Enchanted Finger Ring
- Hindu Rope Trick
- Close-up Acrobatics
- Back to Life
- Come Fly with Me
- Balancing Act
- Card Test
- About the Authors
- Thank You
- Recommended Titles
1st edition 1940, PDF 22 pages.
word count: 7098 which is equivalent to 28 standard pages of text
Reviewed by William Steele (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★ Date Added: Monday 18 July, 20221-star review as no 0-star option - Ordered to expand my repertoire of options using IT which I have been working with for around a year now. This booklet contains no actual instructions whatsoever but only a very brief outline of each trick telling what it is but not how it’s done. Each outline is usually no more than a paragraph or a few sentences long. Utter waste of money and while it might cost only the equivalent of a cup of coffee. Go with the coffee as then at least you will get something for your money other than disappointment and a feeling of being ripped off!
Reviewed by James "Gaddy" Gadbois (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★ Date Added: Sunday 01 May, 2022Very nice old book. Everything in it is still usable today. Due to the sub-standard materials of the day they had to work with, everything in here is essentially "bulletproof" with today's miraculous IT resources. The co-author, T.A. Whitney has added new material to supplement UFG's mid-twentieth century text.
