The Magician's Handbook
by P. T. Selbit

The inventor of "sawing a lady in half" has written quite an interesting book. It covers a good range of topics. Particularly the inclusion of fringe fields to magic, such as juggling and black art, makes this book unique. Certainly this is mainly a magic book, so tricks with handkerchiefs, and balls are many to be found as well as several interesting illusions. This book is in one other respect quite different to other books. The table of contents is in alphabetical order. So Selbit has kind of combined contents and index - interesting.

1st edition, 1901, Marshall & Brookes, London; 188 pages.

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The Art of Juggling
9. Balanced Coins, The
13. Balancing Billiard Balls and Cue, The
18. Ball Spinning
15. Blindfold Jugglery
24. Card Candlestick and Cigar Balance, The
10. Centre of Gravity, The
23. Complicated Balance, A
18. Egg and Stick Balance, An
15. Egg Spinning Extraordinary
10. Marvellous Egg Balance, A
21. Novel Hat Manipulation
12. Remarkable Swordsmanship
19. Spinning Handkerchief, The
17. Spinning Hat, The
11. Stick Breaking
18. Sword and Coin, The
20. Travelling Billiard Balls, The
19. Whirling Hoop and Glass of Water, The

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    New Miscellaneous Magical Effects
44. Balanced Handkerchief, The
41. Chinese Bat, The
46. Cross of the Orient, The
34. Enchanted Flag and Ring, The
29. Great Slate and Photograph Trick, The
33. Latest Cigarette Vanish, The
55. Mahatma's Torn Card Trick
52. New Billiard Ball Moves
39. New Billiard Ball Production, The
32. New Coin Catching
26. New Colour Changes
30. New Handkerchief Sleights
42. New Vanishes
63. New Watch Trick, A
60. Novel Billiard Ball Manipulation
50. Sleights with Match Boxes
47. Sword Swallowing
65. Trooping the Colours
35. Ventriloquism
57. Watch It

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    The Tricks and Illusions of Modern Magicians
    Photographs and Memoirs of the Contributors
99. Chung Ling Soo (Wm. E. Robinson)
71. Downs, T. Nelson
93. Evans, Henry Ridgely
122. Fields, Wm. C.
77. Garland, Maurice
83. Macaire, Sid
107. Pickering, Rowland N.
116. Thurston, Howard
128. Valadon, Herr
     Tricks and Illusions
87. Another Man Cut Up To-night
78. Caught by the Finger Tips
105. Chinese Miser's Dream
100. Coin Handkerchief and Ring Trick
105. Floating Coin, The
133. From Water to Wine - Then Back Again
104. Gold or Silver
125. Great Cigar Box Trick, The
80. Great Change Trick, The
117. History of Playing Cards and Their Manipulation, A
103. Magic Coin Box, The
73. Modern Cigar Manipulation
84. New Century Bottle, Egg, Orange, and Bird Trick
79. New Handkerchief Production
81. New Handkerchief Vanish, A
123. New Hat and Cigar Effect, A
129. New Rising Card, A
108. Photographic Deceptions
102. Rice Bowls and Mystic Coin, The
78. Tambourine Trick, For the
95. Trewey
131. Useful Accessory

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     New Illusions and Black Magic
155. Black Art Up-to-Date
144. Death, Decapitation, and Resurrection
150. Gravity Defied
136. Mystic Flight, The
152. Mysterious Production, The
139. New Half Lady Illusion, The
147. New Vanishing Lady, The
142. Oh! Where Am I?
      
172. Advice to the Reader