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The Modern Conjurer
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The Modern Conjurer | |
Author | C. Lang Neil |
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Publisher | C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. |
Publication Date | 1902 |
Language | English |
Pages | 416 |
It was one of the earliest magic books to use photographs, with over 500 of them. Neil was not the first to use photographs to illustrate a magic book, but he was the first to use them to convey body language and hand movements.
Charles Bertram withheld certain touches to his Four Ace trick that were later described in Expert Card Technique by Hugard and Braue, several decades later.
It was rated as one of the Ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by the historian and collector, H. Adrian Smith.
Chapters include:
- SLEIGHTS USED IN CARD TRICKS
- SIMPLE CARD TRICKS
- ADVANCED CARD TRICKS
- SLEIGHTS USED IN COIN TRICKS
- TRICKS WITH COINS
- TRICKS WITH BALLS
- HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
- MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS
- PARLOUR TRICKS
- Plate Spinning
- Chapeaugraphy
- Paper Folding
- Shadowgraphy
Editions
- 1902 - Lippincott The first British edition has Lang Neil's last name misspelt as "Niel" on the spine.
- 1911 - second edition
- 1922 - third edition
- 1937 - David Kemp & Company (New York)
References
- New York Times Nov 22, 1902 advertisement for book
- http://magicref.tripod.com/booksjr/neilmodernconjurer.htm