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Thimble magic was quite popular in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Some of the best manipulation acts had a thimble sequence. The first little trick I learned was with a thimble. Today it is the rare occasion to see a thimble act, which makes thimbles the more attractive. If you want to build a unique act, thimbles might be the right thing for you. On top of that, the manipulation of thimbles is much easier to learn than to manipulate cards, coins or balls. | |
Silk and Flower MagicA. K. Dutt Excerpt from the Introduction:
Though I don't claim anything original in this book, I have tried to blend two existing effects to create a new one, or to use the usual accessories like utility reel, pull etc., in some unusual ways or to position them in some unexpected places for unexpected purposes.... | $6 to wish listPDF |
Mastered AmazementAl Koran & Jack Lamonte  Classic routines with coins, bank notes, cigarettes, thimbles, and cards by the amazing Al Koran & and the ingenious Jack Lamonte.
Including Koran's amazing Miracle Card Stab.
1st edition 1947; reprinted 1987; digital edition 2010; original 66 pages; PDF 44 pages.
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Amazement with Money
- - THE "LAST-WORD" NOTE ROUTINE
- - THE MASTER "SILVER AND COPPER" ROUTINE
- - THE MASTER "CLOSE-UP" COIN VANISH
- Cigarette Sorcery
- - PERFECT CIG-SWITCH
- - THE CHAPEAU CIGARETTES
- - CIG SUSPENSION
- Thimble Amazement
- - THE MASTER MOVE
- - THE "PINCH" HIGH SPEED VISIBLE VANISH
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Al Leech's LegacyAl Leech ... - ...A Bicycle Built For Profit
- Too Small
- Snap Change
- Crooked Card
- Three Cards Across
- The 1971-72 M-U-M Award
- A Card Trilogy
- Coins And Cards
- The Coin Star
- Ball Manipulation
- Chicago Balls: The Chicago Ball Trick And A Routine
- Substitution For Chicago Balls
- Color Changes
- - A Color Change Routine
- - A Rainbow Routine
- Thimble Theme
- Thimbles Unanimous
- - Basic Sleights
- - Thumble
- - Marksmanship
- - A Surprise
- - Topsy Turvy
- - Thimble And Thread
- - Complete Confusion
- - Rainbow Thimbles
- - Thumbs Up
- - Finger Switch Color Change
- - A Penetration
- - An Easy Production
- - Four Thimble Vanish And Recovery
- - Complete...
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The Eighth WonderAlbert Forrest ... - ... CLUB EFFECTS
- A Flash Production
- Visible Production Cage
- A Modern Miser's Dream
- A Handy Little Switching Cabinet
- Bang! Off Goes A Bunny
- A Self-Lighting Cigarette
- The Artistic Touch
- The Spirit Bottle
- CHAPTER II COMEDY EFFECT
- A Novel Tearing Effect
- Foxy Felix Sucker Effect
- A Sucker Thimble Effect
- Just a Little Fun
- When Stronger Methods Must Be Used
- A Comedy Watch Effect, Forrest Version
- Burning a Borrowed Necktie
- CHAPTER III MENTAL EFFECTS
- The Prophecy of Enaj
- Mental Selection
- A Suggested Routine
- A Whisper from Hades
- The Ghostly Hand
- The Buzzer of Mystery
- The...
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The Sphinx Volume 3 (Mar 1904 - Feb 1905)Albert M. Wilson ... | Coins by Sleight of Hand Lorenzo | 89 |
| - Goodbye, Marshall! (Poem) James Barton Adams | 90 |
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| NO. 8: OCTOBER 1904 | 93 |
| Kansas City, Oct. 15,1904 | 94 |
| - Salutory | 94 |
| Mansfield A Magician | 94 |
| The Magician of the Month Charles O. Williams | 95 |
| The Ring and Coin Trick C.O. Williams | 95 |
| C.O. Williams' Original Thimble Moves | 95 |
| Magicians Doings | 96 |
| - Chicago | 96 |
| - New Zealand | 96 |
| - Boston Items | 96 |
| - Detroit | 96 |
| - Philadelphia | 97 |
| - Foreign Notes | 97 |
| - Kansas City | 97 |
| - Denver, Colo. | 97 |
| - St. Louis | 97 |
| - English Notes | 98 |
| "The Holy-Holie-Linen." C. Pearson Scott | 98 |
| A Few Hints on Books to Buy | 98 |
| The Society of American... |
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The Sphinx Volume 4 (Mar 1905 - Feb 1906)Albert M. Wilson ... | | | The Mystic | 63 |
| Magician's Doings | 64 |
| - In Vaudeville | 64 |
| - In The Lyceum Field | 64 |
| - Notes From New Zealand | 64 |
| - The Magic Circle Of Great Britain Maurice Garland | 65 |
| - Australian Notes By Louis Irving | 65 |
| - English Notes By Henry Whiteley | 65 |
| Amateur's Column T.T. Crawford | 66 |
| - The Aspiring Amateur | 66 |
| Thimble Production Ogden-Mafit | 66 |
| Billiard Ball Manipulation By August J. Rehbein, "The Wizard Of Wonderland." | 66 |
| A New Billiard Ball Vanish By Chas. O. Williams | 66 |
| The Mystic Cage By J. Darst | 67 |
| Mastodon Memory By J.M.Lawrence | 67 |
| Book Notes | 67 |
| The Obedient Card By Geo. H. Stipp (Nemo) | 68 |
| One Way... |
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The Sphinx Volume 5 (Mar 1906 - Feb 1907)Albert M. Wilson ... | The Pro And Con Of Spiritualism - By F.W. King Chapter XI "Twenty Minutes In Spookland" | 15 |
| A New Method Of Disappearing A Card By "The Kardells" | 15 |
| Magician's Doings | 16 |
| - In Vaudeville | 16 |
| - Entertainers | 16 |
| - Magic Shows | 17 |
| - The Magic Of Japan By Henry Whiteley | 17 |
| The Bewitched Walking Stick By Charles Trickey | 17 |
| Literature | 18 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 19 |
| A Good Finish To The Thimble Trick By Robert Gifford | 19 |
| English Magicians That Puzzle Experts By Chas. Medrington | 20 |
| A Coin Sleight By Robert Gifford | 20 |
| New Subtle Paper Trick By Charles Trickey | 20 |
| A Clever, Simple And Mysterious Trunk Trick By A.C. Boese | 21 |
| An Introducting Card Sleight By Leroy Koehn | 21 |
| Orginal Palm... |
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The Sphinx Volume 9 (Mar 1910 - Feb 1911)Albert M. Wilson ... | Loaf Of Bread And Watch Trick By Prof. Robt. Gifford | 113 |
| An Easy Method Of Vanishing And Reappearing Three Chosen Cards By De Bon | 113 |
| Same Trick Cartoon | 114 |
| Card Palming By Louis Archer | 114 |
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| NO. 6: AUGUST 1910 | 121 |
| Joseph Dunninger Bio | 123 |
| A Wand And Hat Trick by The Mysterious Dunninger | 123 |
| New Thimble Color Change By De Vega | 123 |
| The World Of Magic | 124 |
| - Echoes From Beanville Hal Olver | 125 |
| - Hartford, Conn. Notes P.N. Ring | 125 |
| - Mystico's Notes | 125 |
| - New York Notes F. J. Martinka | 126 |
| - S.A.M. Report R. Van Dien | 126 |
| Fanning The King By Surgeon Rell M. Woodward | 127 |
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The Sphinx Volume 10 (Mar 1911 - Feb 1912)Albert M. Wilson ... | By Josephine M. Conklin | 47 |
| Hal Dared Me To Do It Cartoon | 47 |
| Two Methods Of Getting The First Ball By Slygo | 47 |
| The World Of Magic | 48 |
| - Mystico's Notes | 49 |
| Meeting Of World's Master Magicians Of Chicago, Illinois | 50 |
| Royal Courting By Geo. Simpson | 50 |
| S.A.M. Report Francis J. Werner | 50 |
| Literature | 51 |
| A Thimble Holder By Surgeon Rell M. Woodward | 51 |
| Dunninger's Color Changing Ball By The Mysterious Dunninger | 52 |
| A Simple Handkerchief Wand By V.K. Allison | 52 |
| A New Money-Catching Trick By Will Goldston | 52 |
| S.A.M. Officers | 53 |
| - Chas. Roltare-1st Vice President Picture | 53 |
| - P.H. Cannon-2nd Vice President... |
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The Sphinx Volume 11 (Mar 1912 - Feb 1913)Albert M. Wilson ... | Notes E. Carson Blair | 47 |
| - Baltimore News J.H. DeWitz | 47 |
| - S.A.M. Report Francis J. Werner | 48 |
| Literature | 48 |
| Twists Of Fancy Lionel Scott | 39 |
| - A New Color Change | 49 |
| "4 Get It" Comments | 49 |
| A New Method Of Working The Dye Tube By Dr. Ford B. Rogers | 49 |
| Card To Coin By George Troseth | 49 |
| Production Of Thimble | 49 |
| The Editor's Page | 50 |
| Further Discussion Of Magic By V.K.Allison | 51 |
| The Easy Path To Wizardom By De Vega | 52 |
| - Cards, Handkerchier And A Mistake | 52 |
| Triple Thought Waves | 52 |
| Spirit Ball And Plates By J. Edward Stewart | 52 |
| Conjuring Is The Most Honest Of All Professions By G.G. Laurems | 53 |
| Billiard... |
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The Sphinx Volume 12 (Mar 1913 - Feb 1914)Albert M. Wilson ... | And Ball | 215 |
| Programs for Magicians By De Vega | 216 |
| - Program No.4 Small Lodge Act | 216 |
| - The Vanishing Cigarette | 216 |
| - The Smoker's Vase | 216 |
| - Egg In Hat | 216 |
| Chatter And Patter By George Frederick Schulte | 217 |
| A Vanishing Ball By H.A. Robinson | 217 |
| Some Magic By Jos. Dunninger | 217 |
| - Dunninger's New Thimble Table | 217 |
| Life's Epigrams By George Schulte | 217 |
| The Editor's Page | 218 |
| Literature | 218 |
| Uncle Felix's Correspondence Column Satire | 219 |
| Mercedes, The Musical Enigma By J.H. Percival | 219 |
| Cane And Hat To Table Transformation By R.W. Hoel | 220 |
| Knotted Handkerchief By Ladson Butler | 220 |
| The Trickster... |
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The Sphinx Volume 13 (Mar 1914 - Feb 1915)Albert M. Wilson ... | Match Trick By H.I. James | 115 |
| Just A Little Salve By Ento | 115 |
| A Simple Spirit Hand (Wine Not) By Ento | 115 |
| De Land's Inverto Card Trick | 116 |
| A Card Trick By C.J. Wilson | 116 |
| Pocket Tricks By H. Syril Dusenbery | 116 |
| The Blocks In The Box By H. Syril Dusenbery | 117 |
| Cremation Outdone Harry Louine | 117 |
| A Thimble Act By Geo. Sutherland | 117 |
| To Thread The Rising Ball Spindle Russell | 118 |
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| NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1914 | 125 |
| W.H. Domzalski Bio | 127 |
| A Magician (Poem) O.S. Teale | 127 |
| The Magician's Ally Truthful | 127 |
| Literature | 127 |
| Table Tops By H.J. Podmore | 127 |
| The World Of Magic | 128 |
| - News From New York Queercus... |
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The Sphinx Volume 15 (Mar 1916 - Feb 1917)Albert M. Wilson ... | Syril Dusenbery | 231 |
| - Bloomsburg, Pa., Magical News Chas. A Gallon | 231 |
| Dean's Dope By Hankie Dean | 231 |
| A Transparent Trick By Elwin More | 231 |
| Simple Methods For Working "Flag And Candle Trick" By G.C. Bowen | 231 |
| A Glass Casket To Disappear Small Objects By Theodore Bamberg | 232 |
| Rapid Change-Over With Thimble | 232 |
| David Devant's Matinees At The Ambassadors Theatre Sidney Oldridge | 233 |
| - Devant Continued | 234 |
| The Value Of Skill By J.T. Crawford | 235 |
| A Book Value Above Par By Clarence T. Hubbard | 235 |
| An Amateur's Magical Note Book By Paul R. Rockwood | 235 |
| The Invisible Table Pass By J.E. Walsh | 235 |
| Editor's... |
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The Sphinx Volume 16 (Mar 1917 - Feb 1918)Albert M. Wilson ... | Ladson Butler's "Reading Another Man's Eyes." | 49 |
| A New Card Effect By Harry A. Lee | 49 |
| Editor's Page | 50 |
| Literature | 51 |
| The Magician's League Omar Yama | 51 |
| Just A Little Jabber By Clarence T. Hubbard | 52 |
| Handkerchief Flying Spots - Slates By Harry B. Lowe | 52 |
| Mystery Of The Seven Coins By Jack Kneiff | 53 |
| The Tip Top Card By Alfeti Conjurer | 53 |
| Some Thimble Sleights By Walter Gibson | 54 |
| The Improved Nest Of Envelopes And Torn Card By H. Syril Dusenbery | 54 |
| The Impossible Made Possible (Coin Vanish) By C.W. Rosecrans | 54 |
| Patriotic Combinations By H. Syril Dusenbery | 55 |
| The Banknote And Lemon Trick By Harry B. Lowe | 55 |
| Freedom's Choice By L. Cohen | 56... |
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The Sphinx Volume 17 (Mar 1918 - Feb 1919)Albert M. Wilson ... | Of Magicians | 8 |
| - Our Books Of Magic By Ray C. Hayden | 9 |
| - To The Sphinx (Poem) C.M.F. | 9 |
| Editor's Page | 10 |
| S.S. Baldwin Retires | 11 |
| Uncle Feelix | 12 |
| Literature | 12 |
| How To Open A Cylinder Padlock By Robert H. Gysel | 12 |
| Talking Skull Harry S. Norment | 13 |
| Golfist As A Magician By Charles R. Brush | 13 |
| Thimble Tricks By Walter Gibson | 14 |
| Once More-Rising Cards By S.S. Henry | 15 |
| To Find Four Cards Chosen By Four People | 15 |
| An Impromptu Tambourine By Paul R. Rockford | 15 |
| Succeedanous Card By Clayton W. Rosencrans | 16 |
| Wrinkle For Miser's Dream Bt C.W. Ringsburg | 16 |
| Conjurer And A Barmaid's Ring | 16 |
| A New... |
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The Sphinx Volume 18 (Mar 1919 - Feb 1920)Albert M. Wilson ... | Wanted | 141 |
| New Thoughts In Magic By Rogers D.Rusk | 142 |
| A Voice From The Discard | 142 |
| An Evening With The Floyds By H.C. Kleemann | 142 |
| Comedy Write-Ups By A. Rube Augustus Rapp | 142 |
| Rosencrance Color Change | 143 |
| Bobby's Babble By Robert H. Heger | 144 |
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| NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1919 | 153 |
| Handkerchief And Thimble By Andrew H. Berding | 155 |
| Items Of Interest By George Schulte | 155 |
| The Scotsman, The Waiter And The Disappearing Coin | 155 |
| The World Of Magic | 156 |
| - S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 156 |
| - Mystic Circle Of Philadelphia Walter B. Gibson | 156 |
| - Notes From Allentown, Pa. | 156 |
| - Society Of Detroit Magicians... |
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The Sphinx Volume 19 (Mar 1920 - Feb 1921)Albert M. Wilson ... | Letter Maurice Bliss | 113 |
| Literature | 114 |
| Horace Goldin's Program Clinton Burgess | 115 |
| Tips And Puns For Magicians By Billy LeMot | 115 |
| Stunts With Chalk By Sailor-Artist Christman | 115 |
| Laurant & Co's Thrilling Experience | 116 |
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| NO. 5: JULY 1920 | 129 |
| The Chameleon Cards Conrad B. Rheiner | 131 |
| A New Thimble Vanish By Walter B. Gibson | 131 |
| The World Of Magic | 132 |
| - S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 132 |
| - Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 133 |
| - Philadelphia S.A.M. Walter B. Gibson | 133 |
| - Mystic Circle Of Boston Lawrence B. Hoyt | 133 |
| - New York News And Notes Clinton Burgess | 134 |
| - Wizards' Club N.Y.C.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 20 (Mar 1921 - Feb 1922)Albert M. Wilson ... | 59 |
| By The Way | 59 |
| Patter For Wine And Water Trick By Raymond F. Amuso | 59 |
| Clinton Burgess's Creed | 59 |
| Simplex Four-Ball Production And Vanish By Clinton Burgess | 60 |
| Use For Phantom Tube By Edw. Conklin | 61 |
| Combination Fire, Bowl And Flower Trick By Dave Borduin | 61 |
| Billiard Ball Trick By Dave Borduin | 61 |
| Thimble Penetration William Larsen, Jr. | 61 |
| The Billiardist's Dream By Raymond F. Amuso | 62 |
| Necromantic Nonsense By GuDere | 62 |
| Something To Nag Him About | 62 |
| A Magical Riot By Charles R. Brush | 63 |
| The Sucker Raising Cards Coryn & Amuso | 63 |
| Thought Transference By Saman R. Ellison | 63 |
| - Thought Continued... |
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The Sphinx Volume 21 (Mar 1922 - Feb 1923)Albert M. Wilson ... | Adventures in Magic. By Henry R. Evans: Torrini. | 139 |
| More Problems of Prof. Hofzinser. | 140 |
| - The Power of Faith. | 141 |
| Editorial. | 142 |
| Houdini Obtains $32,795.18 Verdict. | 144 |
| Amateur Department. | 145 |
| - By the Way. By Arthur C. Spratt. | 145 |
| - The Case of Four Kings. By John J. Crimmins, Jr. | 145 |
| - Card Appearing in Hat. By Carl H. Guder. | 145 |
| - A Thimble Aid. By W. A. Flaig. | 145 |
| - A Good Combination. By Paul A. Brown, Jr. | 145 |
| - The Visible Card Vanish. By George C. Corregan. | 146 |
| - Cigarette into Handkerchief. By John A. Sznek. | 146 |
| - Rosencrance Placement. | 147 |
| - Waldmann's Wand and Handkerchief Combination Effect. By Otto Waldmann. | 147 |
| - Pome.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 22 (Mar 1923 - Feb 1924)Albert M. Wilson ... | E. Behymer. | 22 |
| Envelope Switch for Mindreading. By "Piffels" Bob Rettew. | 22 |
| Try This One. By Hammel. | 22 |
| Adventures in Magic. By Henry R. Evans. | 23 |
| Literature. | 24 |
| Partners Again. By Waldmann and Feigenbaum. | 24 |
| How the "Sphinx" Helps. By Kolar. | 24 |
| The Girl Conjurer. By C. H. Tickell: The Tricky Thimble; A Coin Trick; A Card Vanish. | 26 |
| Novel Production of Bust and Stand. By Bert Douglas. | 26 |
| Lightning Addition. By C. H. Tickell. | 28 |
| Figure Magic. By C. H. Tickell. | 28 |
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| NO. 2: APRIL 1923 | |
| Ernest A. Carter. | 35 |
| The Sharpness of Lowbrows. | 35 |
| The World of Magic. | 36 |
| - Golden Gate Assembly No. 2.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 23 (Mar 1924 - Feb 1925)Albert M. Wilson ... | 130 |
| Devil's Ladder Variations. By Pagmar. | 130 |
| Coin In Ball of Wool, A Little Different. By Walter Wilson, Jr. | 130 |
| A Card and Handkerchief Change, Introducing the Mirror Glass and the Nickel Plated Card Box. By Russell The Magician. | 131 |
| Hint for the Egg Bag. By Walter Wilson, Jr. | 131 |
| The Penetrating Thimble (one Thimble). By Samuel Miller. | 131 |
| Knew He Must Be No. 2. | 131 |
| Queen City Mysticisms. The Levassor Rising Cards. By Louis E. Levassor. | 131 |
| Fairy Hailstones. By William Larsen, Jr. | 132 |
| The Elusive Coin. By Murray A. Sumner. | 132 |
| Fathers Know. | 132 |
| "A Mysterious Flight". By Wilfred Huggins. | 133... |
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The Sphinx Volume 27 (Mar 1928 - Feb 1929)Albert M. Wilson ... | the Rope. | 75 |
| - The Silken Dagger. | 75 |
| - The Challenge Knife Penetration. | 76 |
| The Amateur Department. Edited by Wm. Larsen, Jr., and T. Page Wright. | 78 |
| - So Say the Editors. | 78 |
| - On With the Show. | 78 |
| - The Cards Transposed. By Eugene Laurant. | 78 |
| - "Smoko" - As I Do It. By J. C. Walter. | 78 |
| - A Thimble Penetration. By Floyd Tester. | 79 |
| - A Card Rising Wand. By Ford I. Beebe, Jr. | 79 |
| - Loaded Dice. By P. D. Wyman. | 79 |
| - Interchange. By Lloyd R. Conrad. | 79 |
| - Mr. Magic's Twin Girls. By Lloyd R. Conrad. | 79 |
| - Wrapping the Silks. By T. Page Wright. | 80 |
| - "You See It Is Empty" By Wm. Larsen, Jr. | 80... |
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The Sphinx Volume 28 (Mar 1929 - Feb 1930)Albert M. Wilson ...
| - A Problem in Production. | 132 |
| - A "Challenge" Vanish. | 133 |
| - A Production Frame. | 133 |
| - A Tumbler Vanish. | 134 |
| - A Vanish of a Bowl of Confetti. | 134 |
| "Mindreading Improvement". By John Booth. | 135 |
| The Burnt and Restored Bill. By Wilbur H. Pratt. | 135 |
| Cigarette Magic. By Morris Bernstein. | 135 |
| Patter for Thimble Trick. By Geo. L. Horn. | 135 |
| The Amateur Department. Edited by William Larsen and T. Page Wright. | 136 |
| - The Last Meditation. | 136 |
| - Introducing the winner of the current psychic contest. Mr. Howard Savage. | 136 |
| - The Phantom Phone. By Howard Savage. | 136 |
| - Further Psychic Mysteries. By Howard... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |