Sleights and routines with lit and unlit cigarettes. Illustrated by numerous photographic reproductions from the author's own hands, together with some additional line drawings.
- PUBLISHER'S NOTE
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE Unlighted Cigarette Section
- Groundwork of Cigarette Magic
- ENVANISHMENT
- “Perfection” Vanish
- Sliding Cigarette Vanish
- My “Rising Cigarette” Vanish
- “Vertical” Cigarette Vanish
- “Favourite” Vanish
- “Descention” Vanish
- “D.D.” “Thumb-Slide” Vanish
- Supplementary “Thumb-Slide” Vanish
- My “Slow-Motion” Vanish
- “Stationary” Vanish
- “Deliberate” Vanish
- “Snap” Vanish
- “Instantaneous” Vanish
- “Definite” Vanish
- “Subtle” Vanish
- ACQUITMENTS
- “D.D.” Thumb-Palm Front Acquitment
- My “Finger-Clip” Acquitment
- My Front Acquitment
- Right Side Acquitment
- Left Side Acquitment
- PRODUCTIONS
- “D.D.” Production Of Four Cigarettes From Empty Hands
- Continuous Cigarette Production
- The Mystery Cabinet
- PART TWO Lighted Cigarette Section Miscellaneous Effects and Fakes
- WITH LIGHTED CIGARETTES
- Preliminary Remarks
- ENVANISHMENT
- “Standard” L.C. Vanish
- “Elementary” L.C. Manipulation
- “Ultra” L.C. Vanish
- “Simplicity” L.C. Vanish
- “Horizontal” L.C. Vanish
- “Excel” L.C. Vanish
- “Perfection” L.C. Vanish
- “Utility” L.C. Vanish
- “Super” Single-Handed L.C. Vanish
- “Stationary” L.C. Vanish
- “D.D.” Reverse Palm
- ACQUITMENTS
- L.C. Twist Acquitment
- My Favourite L.C. Acquitment
- PRODUCTIONS
- “Simplicity” Lighted Cigarette Production
- L.C. Fake For Production and Vanish
- “D.D.” Lighted Cigarette Combination
- Continuous Lighted Cigarette Production
- MISCELLANEOUS EFFECTS AND FAKES
- Holders
- Vanishers
- Rising Cigarette from Packet
- Cigarette Vanished to Packet
- Cigarettes for Manipulation
- Cigarette Stands
- CONCLUSION
1st edition 1932, PDF 54.
word count: 13629 which is equivalent to 54 standard pages of text