Ulysses Frederick Grant products: page 2

This ebook describes store window displays which are magical in one way or another causing pedestrians to stop and look into the window. Once a person stops and looks at the display the chances for them to actually enter the store have dramatically increased.

Several of these contraptions use magic principles. One can think of them as magic apparatus displayed in action. Although these displays could be employed by pretty much any store, I would think that they would be most appropriate in the window of a real magic store. I have never seen any magic store use anything like this. An innovative...

Enjoy some new tricks — pocket tricks that you can make yourself, card tricks you can do with anyone's deck of cards, stage routines with various magic props that you can make.

This is the first of a series of writings by U. F. (Gen) Grant and Frank Lane, who formed a partnership in the writing magic books.

1st edition 1935, PDF 31 pages.

4. THIS IS A GOOD BOOK
5. THE BOOMERANGS
6. READING CARDS
7. A NEW IMPROMPTU NUMBER TRICK
8. ANOTHER IMPROMPTU TABLE TRICK
8. A HANDKERCHIEF VANISH
8. THE LINDBERGH KIDNAP LADDER
11. A COMEDY HANDKERCHIEF ROUTINE
13. THE CARD AND THE CIGARETTE
13. NOW BACK TO THE CARDS ...

Although published anonymously, this was very likely written by U. F. Grant. 19 easy to build illusions.

4. Atomic Sight
5. The Bunny Girl Illusion
7. Chen Lee’s Laundry Bag Illusion
9. Flat Model Head Vanish
11. The Gate - Way Illusion
13. Ghost & Witch
16. Resista
18. The Miracle Dove Act
20. Modern Sawing Thru A Girl
22. Nu-Way Doll House
24. Nu-Tronic Spirit Cabinet
26. Shooting Thru A Girl
28. Spot-Lite Girl Vanish
30. Superior Dove Vanish
32. The Girl In The Balloon Illusion
34. Torture Of A Princess
38. The Victory Girl Production
40. Witch's Broom & Rope Illusion
42. The Zig Zag

Five easy to build and practical levitations by the creative master of thrift, U.F. Grant. One could even be called an impromptu levitation because most supplies are available in a typical household. Every levitation is illustrated.

Paul Fleming wrote:

Self-levitations have been recently popularized by street performers like David Blaine and others. U.F. Grant as usual was way ahead. Here you will find a lovely self-levitation as well as four other easy to build levitation apparatus.

If you are into levitations you should also check out Modern Levitations by U.F. Grant.

14 pages

3. Contents
4. Introduction
5. Uncanny Self-Levitation
7. Casket Asrah
10. Girls In The Air
11. Easy-Do Board Suspension
13. The Floating Head Illusion

This booklet is in very good condition. A nice collector item as well as reading copy. For details on contents see the digital edition.

Se sei stanco di spendere tanti soldi per inserire una grande illusione nel tuo repertorio ....
Se vuoi un illusione facile da costruire....addirittura improvvisata.....
Se vuoi eseguire grandi effetti in qualunque situazione....

Allora HAI BISOGNO DI " LEVITAZIONI MODERNE " un grande Classico di quel genio di GRANT!

In questo opuscolo Grant ti spiega come costruire con una spesa davvero minima, a volte irrisoria, ben 6 levitazioni ! Bada che stiamo parlando di levitazioni complete vere e proprie non del sollevarsi da terra di pochi cm come va tanto di moda oggi. Benché scritto diversi...

Un altro Grande Classico di Grant

In questo tempo di crisi economica è davvero utile questo libretto che insegna a costruire ben 5 tra sospensioni e levitazioni pratiche ed economiche.

Tutto materiale facilmente trasportabile e funzionale nel consueto stile di quel genio di Grant- Eccovi in breve i cinque effetti contenuti nel volumetto:

Autolevitazione – un sistema unico!

Immaginate di poter entrare in una qualunque casa, qualunque ufficio, qualunque posto voi vogliate e apparentemente essere capaci di volare! Leggete quanto segue e capirete quanto facile sia poterlo fare.... ...

This is one of the best books ever written on escapes and escape magic, bar none. Grant wrote this treatise for the average magician wanting to add an escape to his act, not the professional escape artist. The nice thing is that none of these escapes involve having to pick locks or for the performer to have muscular strength such as required in many escape feats.

All of these are easy to do, and none are life threatening. You can do all of these with no fear of killing yourself! With the information in this treatise an enterprising magician could put together an entire escape act full of...

U. F. Grant contributed some of his best material to the Tarbell Course in magic. Most of this material is unique to the Tarbell Course and does not appear elsewhere. Before Grant died, he compiled a manuscript containing all of the material he contributed. It ranges from close up to stage illusions. A lot of magicians don't have the original Tarbell Course, so here is your chance to get all of the tricks he created and contributed in one place. Fully illustrated and one of the best buys in magic. This is stuff you will use and do and as Harlan Tarbell said, some of the best magic in his course.

One of the best tricks that Grant created was Ghost...

A rare and original manuscript that explains 13 tricks and routines using "cellophane" as the "main ingredient".

In an early issue of the Sphinx Grant wrote about this manuscript:

Content

1. Ice Cold Water
2. The Flying Ice
3. Tieing A Cigarette In A Knot
4. The Rubber Cigarette ...

As usual with Grant instructions, they leave a lot to the imagination and "know-how" of the magician. However, the method was a clever one, simple but very effective. Ken de Courcy has taken the original instructions and added to them his own presentation points, and not only that, his improvements and various novel dressings which lift the effect up and turn it into acceptable modern entertainment.

In the original effect, a committee was invited on the stage to examine a solid steel plate. Then circular drawstring curtains were placed at the front and the rear, the magician walked behind...

Booklet stapled with some damage and discoloration. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

Stapled booklet in good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

This new e-book contains five of U. F. Grant's forgotten and almost lost card miracles. The first four effects are from a booklet released in 1931 that contained what Grant considered to be his four best card effects. The release was called: Counterfeit Card Miracles. It is very rare and almost impossible to find today. Devin has taken the four effects and updated them and expanded the directions. These are real magician foolers!

#1- A spectator shuffles his own deck of cards and looks at one, remembering what number from the top that card is. For example, he may choose to remember the card...

U. F. Grant seldom did live lectures. One of the few he did was for the Magician's Guild of American in New York City on Oct. 13, 1952. These are the original lecture notes. These notes are very rare and almost impossible to find as they were sold only at the lecture and not distributed through magic dealers.

Here are the contents; none require any difficult sleights and all are easy to do.

Bombay Rope Cut: A cut and restored rope that involves tying no knots.

Zella Ring on Rope: A spectator ties the ends of a length of rope together. The performer then passes a borrowed ring onto...

This ebook includes a wealth of spirit and mental material. Imagine having friends stop in your home or office and being able to cause a buzzer to answer questions, a clock to stop by gazing at it, an alarm clock to ring at your will, a closet door to open at your command, all without expensive electric eyes and gadgets of that type but with simple inexpensive methods.

• The Fall Of Buddha
• The Whispering Rajah
• The Idol Tells
• Private Ballot Box
• The Obedient Door
• The Third Person Tells
• New Spirit Buzzer
• Stop The Clock
• Fortune Telling Alarm Clock
• The Spirit Grasp
• Phantom Matches
• Pocket...

Imagine being able to offer a challenge that you will do a trick with any object, any member of the audience might have on them. Yes, you can do just that and with complete safety and no fear of failure.

The advertising and publicity possibilities with this act are unlimited. Challenge your friends or family to stump you. Advertise that if someone in the audience stumps you, then they don't pay your show fee. This will give you a competitive edge over other magicians in your area.

HOW WAS THIS ACT CREATED: At a meeting of the I.B.M, Grant commented to another magician, "Wouldn't it be...

From the foreword:

17 stapled sheets with a cardboard back, but staples are missing. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

Revised and expanded collection of valuable information for magicians and other variety acts, revealing how to get more money from your existing act.

The person who's fortunate enough to actually enjoy the work they do is indeed a lucky individual. And that's what you can do, too, with this updated guide that teaches you:

• How to play summer and winter resort hotels. What to do, how much others average, etc.
• How to play on cruises to Bermuda, etc., with all expenses and a profit. Makes an idea paid vacation.
• How a doctor turned free show requests into paying propositions. This info...

EFFECT: Any three people take ordinary watches the performer provides to a far corner of the room and set them to any hour and minute. They in turn each wrap their watch in a small opaque paper bag. These are placed anywhere and you can divine the exact hour and minute on each watch. No gimmicked watches or electronics are used. At the end, everything can be fully examined and nothing will be found amiss.

1st edition 2022, PDF 7 pages.

Few people consider paper, cardboard and carton high-tech products, but they are. Go visit any paper factory and you will find out that some of the largest and most complex manufacturing machines in operation today are paper machines.

Since my father worked for many years for a paper manufacturer, I have learned to respect paper from a very early age. This is part of the reason why I am so excited about this e-book. It describes 12 stage illusions which you can build entirely from carton. Carton is inexpensive, easy to work with, light weight, pretty durable and packs flat. These are characteristics...

This is the first and to this date one of only two English publications exclusively devoted to the rising card effect (the other being Knowing the Rising Cards). This was an early publication by U. F. Grant and is therefore exceedingly rare. Some of the methods described are well known others are quite unusual and therefore highly interesting.

It is likely that the effect of the houlette swinging on two ribbons in Samuel Hooker's famous rising cards is done exactly the way U. F. Grant describes in this manuscript.

The cover boldly states the price: $1 - in 1935 that is. According to the inflation calculator one dollar in 1935 is $15.53 today....