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