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Contents
CHAPTER IV | 105 |
Trick with an Egg and a HandkerchiefThe Cone of FlowersThe Magic Rosebush | 137 |
JugglersThe Leamy Revolving TrapezeWalking on the Ceiling Head DownThe | 146 |
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| Title | Magic: stage illusions and scientific diversions, including trick photography |
| Editor | Albert Allis Hopkins |
| Contributor | Henry Ridgely Evans |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jul 28, 2008 |
| Length | 556 pages |
| Subjects | Magic tricks Trick photography |
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