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FIFTY

TRICKS

WITH A THUMB TIP A M A N U A L OF TH UM B TIP

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By MIL B OU RN E

C H R I S TO P H E R

WITH AN INTRODUC TION BY

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F E T S C H

ILLU ST RA TE D BY "YOSH I'

THIRD

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PUBLISHED

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COPYRIGHTED

1948

PRINTED IN U. 8. A.

 

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INTRODUCTION By HEN FET FETSCH SCH

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In this book book Milb Milbour ourne ne Christophe Christopherr tells tells you ho how w to do almost al most everythi everything ng but pul pulll a rabbi rabbitt out of a Thum Thumb b Tip. The genial genial Mr. Chri C hrist stopher opher iiss one of the most pro prollif ific ic w riters on magi magicc of this this gene generat ratio ion. n. Practic Practical al ho hocu cuss po pocu cuss from his pen pe n has appe appear ared ed in Hu Hugard's gard's Magic Mo Monthly, nthly, Conjurors Magazine,, The Sphinx, Tops Magazine Tops and many o other ther per perio iodi dical calss both

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here This here and is abroad abr oadfifth book his book of magic. A ll tthe he othe others rs (i (incl ncludi uding ng one in collaboration with a certain fellow whose initials are   H. F.) F .) hav havee be beeen best best sel selle lers rs iin n co conjur njuring ing cir circl cles es an and d this volume vol ume is desti destined ned to join the rest. If Mil Milbour bourne ne Christ Christophe opherr writ writes es straight tto o the poi point, nt, it is becaus bec ausee of his back backgro ground. und. He has pres present ented ed his magic in 28 countries and delighted such celebrities as the Maharajah   of Indo Indore re,, J. Edgar Hoove Hooverr and and H. L. Me Menc ncke ken. n. He has been featured on coast to coast radio programs and frequently televised. So take take out out your your Thumb Tip, and and get to wor work. k. If you don't add a batch of new feats to your repertoire, I'll eat

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THUMB TIP MAGIC The Thumb Tip is, as you probably know, the most popular ul ar secre secrett devi device ce ever devi devise sed d fo forr conjuri conjuring ng purposes. A ccording to George Johnson, who was long the editor of the Magic Wand, Professor Herwinn, of Bristol, England, used a Thumb Tip in the mid middl dlee 1880s. On Onee of his earl early y mode modells may m ay be seen in the museum of the Magic Circle in London. Thumb Tips came into into wide wide use at the tur turn n of the ce centur ntury y when magicians discovered that with their aid, they could duplicate, or at least offer a reasonable facsimile of, Ching Ling Foo's famous torn and restored paper strip mystery. Since then, the hollow, flesh-colored  f lesh-colored accessories   ccessories have been a utilized for almost every phase of conjuring; to produce, vanish and Change articles; as an aid to mentalists; to create effects contrary to the laws of nature. They are most frequently employed today in causing lighted cigarettes to vanish from the centers of handkerchiefs. Unless specifically instructed otherwise, keep the Thumb Tip out of the audienc audience' e'ss view view as much as pos possi sible ble.. A wel welll painte pai nted d Tip will will be unnoti unnoticed ced if your thumb is point pointed ed directl directly y toward the spectators, but don't make a point of showing, it unless it is necessary for the trick. MILBOURNE CHRISTOPHER

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