Excerpt from the Foreword:
This is a book with a guarantee; a guarantee that every item with one exception has been mastered and tested by myself. ... As in my "Studies" series, all effects in this present book are complete in themselves. They are not mere tricks, gadgets, or "moves." Each one has been carefully routined and described in full to bring out the correct methods of presentation, and in all cases, entertainment value has been very carefully considered. With the routines in this book you will entertain as well as mystify.
- Modus Operandi
- Foreword
- Chapter One: The "Lewis" Natural False Count
- The Natural Count
- The Nap Player's Dream
- "A Little Trick With Eight Cards - "
- A "Streamlined" Cards To Pocket
- Bravo Commandos
- Chapter Two: "An Act With The Old School Tie"
- The Routine With The Tie
- The Knotted Tie Release
- The Nailed Tie
- The Cut Tie
- The Colour-Change Tie
- Chapter Three: Coin Magic For The Platform
- The Simplicity Coin Routine
- Coloured Wools
- Swings And Roundabouts
- Chapter Four: Miscellaneous Magic
- The "Triplico" Slates
- Nail Polish
- Everywhere And Nowhere - With Billiard Balls
- Hypnotising A Rabbit
- A Magazine Restored
The second part is here: Modus Operandi 2.
1st edition 1944, 67 pages; PDF 55 pages.
word count: 23181 which is equivalent to 92 standard pages of text
