Mainly Manipulative Magic by John Alborough

From the introduction by Lewis Ganson:

Seeing the late Edward Victor on stage at the now defunct Metropolitan Theatre in Edgware Road, London, when John was a small boy, started his interest in magic. Later he became enamoured with the manipulative magic of Geoffrey Buckingham, so it is not surprising that Victor's expert thimble magic and Buckingham’s excellent manipulation of billiard balls, should have had a marked influence on the type of magic John performs. Having met and enjoyed the confidence of these two magicians and studied their books, he built his own act. Certainly the Victor / Buckingham influence is there but John has developed a style of his own and is responsible for much original material – particularly in the simplification of methods.

Introduction by Lewis Ganson
Foreword
SECTION ONE: BILLIARD BALLS
Flip Under Vanish and Production
The Up and Down Roll
The Back Catch
My Favourite Billiard Ball Routine
Transposition of a Billiard Ball to Four Thimbles
SECTION TWO: THIMBLES
An Opening Thimble Routine
Production of Four Thimbles
Thimble Through Silk
Slow Motion Vanish of Four Thimbles
SECTION THREE: CANDLES
Lighted Candles from Silk
Candle Through Silk
Candle Go
SECTION FOUR: REELS
Untying Knot
The First Colour Change
The First Penetration
The Second Colour Change
The Second Penetration
Miracle Penetration
Conclusion
1st edition 1978, 92 pages; 1st digital edition 2018, PDF 92 pages.
word count: 15259 which is equivalent to 61 standard pages of text