Albo 03 – More Classic Magic With Apparatus by Robert J. Albo

The Third of the Dr. Albo Books #? of 750 copies issued.

Details: Volume 3 is divided into 7 major sections. Chapter 1 is over 100 pages of card apparatus such rising card tricks, Find the Lady, Demon’s Head, Card Swords, and many others. Next is Coin Magic which covers many popular effect such as coin trays, coin wands, coin boxes, coin ladders, and more. Nest of Boxes is the subject of Chapter 3, which covers both assistant and no-assistant methods. The chapter on change bags covers the classic changes bags as well as changing trays and the exchange canister. In the Potpourri section there is some spill-over from Volume 2 including more block magic, cages, and more. Chapter 6 expands upon volume 1 with more Okito magic including 9 effects such as the leg chopper, various livestock productions, and more. The final chapter covers magic posters, which includes 41 color pages of posters. At the end, are 26 full color pages of magic apparatus. The books contains 361 total pages and also had 1000 total copies printed.

Contents:

Dedication vii
Forward xi
Acknowledgments xvii

Chapter One / CARD EFFECTS 1

Rising Card 3
Mechanical Decks 3
Box Rising Cards 10
Stands 10
Hidden Motor Card Risers 12
Rising Cards in the Hand 13
Rising Card on the Wand 15
Houlette on Bottle 18
Trays 20
Swinging Houlette 25
The Rising Card on a Plate 28
Any Card Called for Rising Card 29
Davenport Card Rise 30
The Jumbo Rising Card Houlette 32
The Multiple Card Rise 32
Rising Card Pillar 35
The Absconding Queen 37
Card and Target 38
Card Changing Trays 40
Card Tripod 41
Card Boxes 42
Attaboy 46
Berg Card Vanish Stand 47
Improbability 48
Cosmovision (Gammatration and Cosmovision) 50
Berg’s Sucker Card Vanish 52
Find the Lady (Cherchez La Femme) 53
Himber’s Fifth Dimension 54
The Gathering of the Aces 56
Card Pillar Production (Lantern of Diogenes) 58
Jumping Card 60
The Card Changing Frame 60
The Electric Handkerchief and Cards 62
The Card and Watch Frame 64
The Card Ladder 66
Card Production Between Plates of Glass 68
The Demon’s Head (The Saytr’s Head) 70
Pillar of the Magi 74
Card in Balloon 76
Card in the Candle 83
Card Guns 85
Glass and Card Penetration 87
Spiderweb Card 90
Card Star 92
Appearing Card in Houlette 94
Card in the Houlette 96
Card in the Bottle 98
The Deck of Cards to Handkerchief Effect 100
The One Day Fly Effect 101
Snake in the Basket 104
The Card Plate 107
The Marvelous Prediction 109
Card Sword 110
The Miracle Frame 112
The Presto Card Frame 114
The Hartz Card Frame 115
Card on the Bottle 116
The Card to Flowers 117
The Card to Canary Box 119
Chapter Two / COINS 121

Coins in the Glass 123
The Coin Star 126
The Coins in the Crystal Casket 128
Traveling Coins (Passe Passe Coins) 132
Nickle to Penny to Dime 133
Coin Vanishing Box 134
Enchanted Coin Vase (Dream Coin Vase) 134
The Rattle Box 135
Nickles to Dimes 136
The Mysterious Glass Jar and Flying Coins (Crystal Coin Vase) 137
Coins in the Bottle 138
Marked Coin in the Ball of Wool 139
Blue Glass Coin Trick 142
Coin Trays 144
The Enchanted Coin Pedestal (Rising Florin) 144
The Miraculous Box Effect 148
Miser’s Dream 152
Coin Ladders 155
Coin Production Frame 162
Marked Coin in the Box of Beans 164
Stands for Vanishing Coins 166
Coin Wands 168
Maggie’s Nite Out 169
Coin Boxes 171
Chapter Three / NEST OF BOXES 177

Nest of Boxes 179
No-Assistant Nest of Boxes 179
Assistant Nest of Boxes 189
The Tabaret Loading Table 192
Chapter Four / CHANGE BAGS 195

Classic Change Bags 197
Card Ladle 200
Change Tray 202
Fire Globe 204
Exchange Cannister 205
Chapter Five / POTPOURRI 209

Transposition Blocks 211
Block to Flowers 214
Block to Cage and Canary 214
Dove Vanishing Cages 217
Visible Block Vanish 224
Catching Birds in Air 224
Magic Looking Glass 228
Magic Incubator Improved 228
The Visible Circular Block Penetration 230
Guinea Pig Box 232
Japanese Drawer Box (See Thru Drawer Box) 234
Ming Box (Exchange Drawer Box) 235
The Tea Chests of Wang Foo 235
Die Boxes 237
The Blackboard to Cage 242
Chapter Six I OKITO REVISITED 245

Miraculous Ball Vanish 247
Coffee and Milk Cups 248
The Okito Confetti to Goldfish in Water 250
Okito Living and Dead 252
The Canary Production Cage 253
The Canary Effect 254
Okito Leg Chopper 256
Okito’s Confetti to Silks and Livestock 258
Okito Sawing an Arm in Half 260
Chapter Seven / MAGIC POSTERS HISTORY 263

Posters 269 – 308
Magic Tricks 310- 361