Bell's Magic Book

A hardcover, general magic text from 1973. Here is the table of contents:

TRICKS WITH STRING AND ROPE

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how to tie an invisible knot
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the magic knot
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tie a knot without letting go
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the ping pong tightrope
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the cut and restored string trick
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knots by magic
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the enchanted bottle
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escapology made easy

WHEN TRICKS GO WRONG

COIN PUZZLES

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six into four
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heads and tails
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a touching trick
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the aquacoin
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another vanishing coin
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the coin and the paper disc
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a trick envelope
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ten into five
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a pushful problem

TRICKS WITH BALLS

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the obedient ball
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moonballs
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a ping pong procession
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the homing balls



WHEN TRICKS GO RIGHT

CARD TRICKS

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miracle location
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it must be thought reading
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card levitation extraordinary
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the twenty one card trick
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reds versus black
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and the next card is yours
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walking through a card
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do as I do
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a sense of touch
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face up prediction
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the dissolving card

PERSONAL REMARKS

COMEDY MAGIC

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the color changing handkerchief
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the vanishing pencil
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magic paper tearing
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the unstrung doughnut
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the stretched finger
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the hanky puppet
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the cut and restored handkerchief
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the sugar trick
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the growing man
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push a glass through a table
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the magic ads
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the knotted hair
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the vanishing(?)
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it's impossible
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finger control
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the mummy's finger
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the jumping rubber band
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test your skill



PUT DOWNS

MIND READING AND BRAIN TEASERS

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black magic
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the magic clock
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naming the number - 1
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naming the number -2
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a sum predicted
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the memory man
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for fast thinkers - 1
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for fast thinkers - 2
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for fast thinkers - 3
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how to tell someone's age

SHADOWGRAPHY

MAGIC MIXED BAG

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black and white magic
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the quickness of the hand
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the chinese compass
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how to make a paper tree
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folding money
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the travelling magic wand
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a snappy problem
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the musical fork
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instant knot
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the color changing pencil
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for two pins
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never again
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a sense of touch
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color sense
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the magic sugar cube

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