Glenn Gravatt was without doubt one of magic’s most astute and prolific card trick compilers. For this new release, we scoured the magic literature to bring you 10 of the best self-working card tricks he contributed to magic periodicals. All are cleverly constructed foolers that are easy to do. We’re sure you’ll find at least one or two here you’ll want to add to your own repertoire. 10 pages, re-typeset.
Looking for more great, self-working card magic from Glenn Gravatt? Checkout 50 Modern Card Tricks You Can Do, 50 More Modern Card Tricks, Final Selection, and Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks.
44 To Set A Combustible Body On Fire By The Contact Of Wather
44 The Mystery Of The Floating Head
45 The Dancing Ring
45 To Make A Peg That Will Exactly Fit Three Different Kinds Of Holes
46 A Cheap Way Of Being Generous
46 Beautiful Transformation
46 To Break A Stone With A Blow Of The Fist
46 To Make A Figure Which Will Raise Itself Unaided
47 To Determine The Article Selected By The Company, The Performer Being Absent From The Room At The Time Of The Selection
47 A Droll Drawing-Room Trick
48 To Make A Bird Seem As Dead
48 Eatable Candle Ends
48 To Give A Person A Supernatural Appearance
48 The Sign Of The Cross
49 A Mariner’s Compass Made On A Lady’s Thimble
49 To Construct And Inflate A Small Balloon
49 The Floating Beacon
50 To Light A Candle By A Glass Of Water
50 To Drive One Tumbler Through Another
50 Exploding Soap-Bubbles
50 To Melt Iron In A Moment, And Make It Run Into Drops
51 The Self-Balanced Pail
51 Knocking The Head Against The Door
51 To Suspend A Needle In The Air
52 An Amusing Trick For The Drawing-Room
52 The Bottle Conjurer
52 Muslin That Will Not Burn
53 To Change A Dime Into A Quarter
53 Balanced Stick
53 Artificial Lighting
54 The Visible Invisible
54 The Magic Whirlpool
54 To Bring A Person Down Upon A Feather
54 To Boil Water In Paper
55 Magic Age Table
55 Boil Water On The Surface Of Ice
56 To Find A Remainder
56 A Person Having An Even Number Of Coin In One Hand, And An Odd Number In The Other, To Tell In Which Hand The Odd Or Even Number Is
56 To Make Liquid Steel
57 To Melt Lead In A Piece Of Paper
57 The Magic Squares
57 Forty-Five
58 The Magic Rings
58 How To Make An Egg, Apparently Of Itself, Leave The Center Of The Room And Traverse To A Saucer Of Water Placed In The Corner
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