Expert Hocus Pocus
by Alton C. Sharpe

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Fantastic card effects, rope magic, linking rings, vanishing bird cage, money magic, and a special chapter on "Openings".

Foreword
Introduction
Remarks By Alan Keith
A Word About The Author And The Book
A Young Man From Texas
Preface
Dedication
Acknowledgement
CHAPTER I: Magical Openings
- The Devilish Watch
- A Smart Opening
- The Proverbial Opener
- Thread It
- Jackie Gould's Idea
- Snap! Snap! Snap!
- The Ring and the Rose
- A Phantom Tube Becomes a Small Illusion
CHAPTER II: Money Magic
- The Bill in Cigarette Mystery
- An Infallible Illusion
- Billo
- The Modern Banker or Money and How to Get It
CHAPTER III: Card Magic
- My Version of Cards to Pocket
- Master Card in Wallet
- Riser's Aces
- The Twenty Card Trick
- The Rising Cards
- The Impromptu-Promptu Rising Cards
- Sharpe's Ultra Deck Switch
- Initialed Transposition
- Split Second Revelation
- A Lesson in Misdirection
- Doubleback - Doubleface
- Affinity Unrefuted
- Red and Blue Enigma
- The Spectator Stab
- Hide and Seek
- Cardflight
- Marlo's Perfection Switch
- METHODS FOR GETTING INTO BASIC POSITION OF THE REAR FLAT PALM
- METHODS OF DISCLOSURE
- EFFECTS USING THE MARLO CARD SWITCH
CHAPTER IV: Rope Magic
- A Bit of History
- Night Club Rope Routine
CHAPTER V: The Chinese Linking Rings
- My Oriental Ring Mystery
CHAPTER VI: The Vanishing Bird Cage
- Repeat Vanishing Bird Cage
- Holding Cage in Sleeve
- Unbelievable
- Alan Keith's Presentation
CHAPTER VII: A Glittering Panorama Of The Magic World
- A Pageantry of Memories

1st edition 1973; 1st digital edition 2016, 99 pages.
word count: 33295 which is equivalent to 133 standard pages of text