Rupert Howard

This is a pristine copy of the rare Rupert Howard Magic Course. It is an almost complete set of 23 lessons of the 25 lesson course. The two lessons missing are lesson 17 and 18. Each lesson is an oversized booklet with a color cover and glossy inside pages.

This course is rare and a perfect addition to any serious collector of magic books. Additionally you will receive a disc with the complete digital version of this set.

Most likely you have never heard about this magic course. When I think about a 'magic gem' I have these 25 volumes in mind. This course could be called the 'British Tarbell...

Table of Contents

• Content
• Introduction
  • Professional Attitude
  • Scientific Principles
  • How to Study
  • Your Success in Magic
• Easy Magic
  • Millinery in a Minute
  • The Flying Band
  • The Divination
  • Magnetic Power
  • The Devil's Addition
  • The Hindu Slave Bangle
• The History of Magic (part 1)
  • Magic in Egypt
  • Priestly Wonder Workers
  • Early Sleight-of-Hand

1st edition 1931; 26 pages.

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• Content
• Presentation
  • Natural
  • Comedy
  • Mysterious
• Paper Magic
  • The Torn and Restored Paper
  • The Blotting Pad Mystery
  • The Phantom Rings
  • The Torn and Restored Newspaper
  • Ching Ling Foo's Paper
  • The Snowstorm
• The History of Magic (part 2)
  • Magic in the Middle Ages

1st edition 1931; 26 pages.

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• Content
• Showmanship
  • Stage Fright and Nervousness
• Impromptu Magic
  • The Travelling Marbles
  • The Moving Matchbox
  • No Choice At All
  • The Jumping Match
  • The Handkerchief Through the Ankle
  • The Hypnotized Matchbox
  • The Haunted Hats
  • The Penetrating Fountain Pen
• The History of Magic (part 3)
  • Magic in the Middle Ages

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• Misdirection
  • Distraction
  • Simulation
  • Disguise
• String and Rope Tricks
  • The Coat and Tapes
  • The Cut and Restored String
  • The Human Cheese
  • The Thumb Tie
  • The Golden Apple
  • The Travelling Knots
  • The Indistructible Rope
• The History of Magic (part 4)
  • Automatic Figures

1st edition 1931; 26 pages.

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• Content
• Introduction
• Sleight of Hand with Cards
  • The Ordinary Palm
  • A Simple Pass
  • The Force
  • The Waterfall Shuffle
  • Mechanical Forces
  • The Knife Force
  • A Simple Single-Handed Force
  • The Bottom-Slip Force
  • The Double Handed Pass
  • The Single Handed Pass
  • The Turnover
  • The Cards from the Mouth
  • False Counting
  • The False Shuffle
• Tricks with Cards
  • Mind Over Matter
  • A Novel Card Discovery
  • Spelling by Magic
• The History of Magic (part 5)
  • Automatic Figures (continued)

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• Patter
• Card-Colour Change
• The Back-And-Front Palm
• Vanish and Production of Five Cards
• The Boomerang
• Springing the Cards
• The Miraculous Transit
• The Four Aces
• The Rising Cards
• Cards Through the Handkerchief
• The Painted Handkerchief
• Spoofed!
• "My Card"
• The Cards Up The Sleeve
• The Card on the Tape

1st edition 1931; 26 pages.

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• Content
• The Giant Four Aces
• The Card and the Orange
• The Same To You
• The Three Card Trick
• The Master Diminishing Cards
• Taking the Count

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• Arranging a Programme
• Sleight of Hand with Coins
  • The Ordinary Palm
  • The Inner Thumb Palm
  • The Outer Thumb Palm
  • Thumb and First Finger Palm
  • The Standing Palm
  • The Finger Palm
  • The Inner Finger Palm
  • The Outer Finger Palm
  • The Back and Front Finger Palm
  • Single Handed Vanish
  • Double Handed Vanish
  • The "Throw" Vanish
  • The Coin Roll
  • The Change
• Tricks with Coins
  • The "Impossible" Coin Vanish
  • The Impromptu Alchemist
  • The Travelling Coins
  • The Miser's Dream
  • The Note and the Lemon
  • The Coin and Envelopes

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• Candle Flame Production
• The Sleeve Production
• Production from the Wand
• Thumb Tip Vanish
• The Sugar Bag
• The Phoenix Handkerchief
• The Vanishing Handkerchief
• The Dyed Handkerchiefs
• The Colour Changing Handkerchief
• The Self-Knotting Handkerchief
• Check Mate
• The Blended Handkerchiefs
• A Trick With A Tube
• The Sympathetic Silk Handkerchiefs
• Mr. Green and Miss Brown
• The Unfortunate Sunshade

1st edition 1931; 26 pages.

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• Content
• Selling Your Services
• Cigarette Magic Introduction
• Cigarette Manipulation
• Cigarette Tricks
  • The Disappearing Cigarette
  • The Cigarette Holder
  • Cigarette Catching
  • The Asbestos Handkerchief
  • The Card and Cigarette
  • Lighted Cigarettes From The Mouth

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• The Magician's Dress
  • Afternoon Performances
  • Evening Performances
• Billiard Ball Manipulation
  • Introduction
  • The Multiplying Billiard Balls
  • The Patriotic Balls
  • The Transposed Balls
  • Cups and Balls
  • A Billiard Ball Phantasy
• The History of Magic (part 6)
  • Conjurers of the Eighteenth Century

1st edition 1931; 18 pages.

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• Content
• Rehearsal
• Thimble Manipulation
  • The Thumb Palm
  • Vanish No. 1
  • Vanish No. 2
  • The Change-Over Palm
  • Vanish No. 3
  • The Back and Front Palm
• Watch and Clock Tricks
  • The Flight of Time
  • The Flying Alarm Clock
• Borrowed Watch Tricks
  • With an Assistant
  • Without an Assistant
  • The Watch in the Loaf
  • The Watch Boxes
• The History of Magic (part 7)
  • Conjurers of the Eighteenth Century

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• The Egg Glass and Handkerchief
• The Egg-Laying Hat
• The Levitated Egg
• The Ring and Egg
• The Egg Bag
• The Human Chicken
• The Ethereal Hen
• The Conjurer's Egg

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• Magical Productions
  • Introduction
  • The Inexhaustible Box
  • Hat Productions
  • Cloth Productions
  • Bowl of Water Production
  • Bouquet Production
  • Shower of Flowers Production
  • The Enchanted Organ Pipes
  • Productions from a Spectator
• Opening Effects
  • The Vanishing Wand
  • The Fire Bowl
  • "Good Evening"
  • The Surprising Handkerchief
  • A Match For Anyone
  • The Flower Trays
• Closing Effects
  • Caution

1st edition 1931; 23 pages.

Table of Contents

• Content
• Liquid and Chemical Magic
  • Introduction
  • The Magic Wine and Water
  • The Star of Fate
  • Refreshments to Order
  • The Vanishing Froth
  • The Flying Smoke
  • The Haunted Flask
• Tricks with Livestock
  • Introduction
  • Rabbit Produced from Hat
  • Rabbit from a Spectator
  • Rabbit Vanishes in a Newspaper
  • Goldfish Catching in Mid Air
  • The Flying Bird Cage
  • The Dove Cot
  • The Canary in the Electric Bulb
  • Birds of the Air
  • The Vanishing Ducks

1st edition 1931; 26 pages.

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• Content
• The Psychology of Humor
• Cooking by Magic
• Blancmange While You Wait
• The Uneatable Apple
• The Cake in the Hat
• The Answer's a Lemon
• An Affair with the Gloves

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• The One Man Crystal Reading Act
• How To Answer Questions
• The Crystal Gazing Act
• The Living and the Dead
• The Magic Mirror
• The Human Calendar
• The Hindu Pulse stopping
• X-Ray Eyes
• Long Distance Thought Transmission

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

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• Content
• Spiritualistic Tricks
  • Introduction
  • The Dark Seance (Method 1)
  • The Dark Seance (Method 2)
• Slate Effects
  • A Trick With the Flap Slate
  • With Two Slates
  • The Tied Slates
  • The Flap Slate Minus Corner
  • With Unprepared Slates
• Mental Phenomena
  • The Giant Memory
  • The Lightning Calculator

1st edition 1931; 18 pages.

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• Content
• The Golden Lift
• Roses of Yesterday
• The Floating Ball
• The Travelling Bottle and Glass
• Vice Versa
• A Seaside Story
• The Flying Shoe Laces
• Bowl of Water Vanish

1st edition 1931; 18 pages.

Table of Contents

• Content
• Introduction
• The Hindu Needle Mystery
• Oriental Productions
• The Indian Basket Trick
• The Hindu Mango Tree
• Flowers by Request
• The Wonderful Fertiliser
• The Hindu Turban
• Sands of the Desert
• The Chinese Rings

1st edition 1931; 23 pages.

Table of Contents

• Content
• Audiences
  • Children's Entertainments
  • Church Socials
  • Smoking Concerts
  • Hotels
• Stage Presentation
  • Technique of Stage Magic
  • Music and Magic
  • Getting Volunteers on the Stage
• Stage Illusions
  • Stage Illusions
  • The Vanishing Ghost
  • The Bathing Beauty
  • The Haunted Sentry Box
  • Walking Away From Your Shadow
  • The Floating Lady
  • Performing Animals Regulation Act 1925

1st edition 1931; 23 pages.

Table of Contents

• Content
• Publicity Feats
  • Introduction
  • The Blindfold Drive
  • Under Water Escape
  • The Living Burial
• Escape Tricks
  • The Mail Bag Escape
  • Paper Bag Escape
  • Straight Jacket Escape
  • Upside Down Escape
  • Regulation Handcuff Escape
  • Packing Case Escape
  • Unprepared Packing Case Escape
• The History of Magic (part 8)

1st edition 1931; 18 pages.

Table of Contents

• Content
• Enchanted Rickshaw
• Walking Through a Window
• The Death Penalty
• The Living Cremation
• Cheating the Hangman
• The Flying Huntsman
• Vanishing Carload of Girls
• The Scrap Book
• The Sword Box
• The Devil's Cage
• Sawing Through a Woman

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

Table of Contents

• Content
• Introduction
• Letters
• Photographs
• Illustrations
• Folders and Booklets
• Testimonials
• Blocks
• Souvenirs
• Throw Aways
• Posters
• Portfolio
• Newspapers
• Fees
• Fields of Work

1st edition 1931; 22 pages.

Table of Contents

• Content
• The Holeproof Hat
• The Penetrating Ring
• Money by Wireless
• My Lady of the Bath
• A Domestic Mystery
• The Snow Man
• A Word of Thanks
• Closing Words

1st edition 1931; 18 pages.

Most likely you have never heard about this magic course. When I think about a 'magic gem' I have these 25 volumes in mind. This course could be called the 'British Tarbell Course' and in many respects it is much better than the Tarbell Course. It came out around the same time Tarbell issued his course and it had the same intent, to take a novice, introduce him to magic in a serious and thorough manner and give him all the information to develop him into a performer who can earn a living from performing magic. Rupert Howard's course does not cover as much ground as the Tarbell on trick technique, but quantity...