Harry Houdini - Paper Magic

Harry Houdini - Paper Magic
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Paper is a fascinating product. Being the son of a paper maker (my father worked many years for a paper manufacturer) I developed early on a fondness to paper. And Houdini's Paper Magic is all about paper. Tricks with paper， paper folding， paper tearing， and paper puzzles. It seems today paper folding was replaced by balloon modeling. I have only seen once an act entirely based on paper tearing. Maybe this ebook version of Houdini's Paper Magic inspires one to build an act around paper. This book is definitely a good start. [url=]The Modern Conjurer[/url] has also an excellent chapter on paper folding.
1st edition， April 1922， E. P. Dutton & Company， New York; 2nd printing， August 1922; 3rd printing， May 1929; 4th printing， January 1934; 5th printing， December 1941; later reprinted by Magico Magazine， New York; 206 pages.
Table of Contents
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Part One： PAPER TRICKS
The Travelling Paper Balls
Ring and Program
The Cigarette-Paper Tear
The Torn Paper Ribbon
The Restored Calendar
The Selective Touch
The Dancing Sailor
The Spirit Communication
The Knife and Paper Sleight
The Chameleon Confetti
Production of Confetti
Another Confetti Change
Watered Confetti
The Floating Ball
The Japanese Butterflies
The Shaving Stick
The Paper Flags
The Pig and the Ring
Coffee， Milk and Sugar
The Ballot or Pellet Test
Paper Clippings and Water
Werner's Bill Tearing Trick
An Effective Finish


Part Two： PAPER FOLDING
The Japanese Bird
The Bullfrog
Puzzle Box for Sweets
Trouble Wit
The Chapeau
Japanese Paper Purse

Japanese Hexagon Puzzle Box


Part Three： PAPER TEARING
Trewey's Paper Rings
Jacob's Ladder
The Trellis
The Fir Tree
The Dancing Skeletons
Grandma's String of Dolls
The Dancing Girls
Paper Pictures
Circular Designs
The Five Pointed Star
Tearing the Pack


Part Four： PAPER PUZZLES
Paper Puzzles
The Symmetrical Square Puzzle
The Stairs
Hexagon Puzzle
The Octagon Puzzle
The House and Ell Puzzle
The Cross and Crescent
The Latin Cross
The Short Dozen
The Right Angle Triangle
The Greek Cross Puzzle
The Square Deal Puzzle
To Pass through a Card
The Liberty Bell
The Cross Cut Puzzle
The Three Crosses