After Dinner Sleights & Pocket Tricks-C. Lang Neil-1906-C.Arthur Pearson Publ-Af

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After Dinner Sleights & Pocket Tricks-C. Lang Neil-1906-C.Arthur Pearson Publ-
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After Dinner Sleights & Pocket Tricks
, by C. Lang Neil, published in 1906,
by C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., London.  Ads for Hamleys, Fry's Cocoa,  and C. A. Pearson in front and  back pages, and back cover.
Charles Lang Neil was an author， amateur magician， literary agent and publisher. His wife was a student of Charles Bertram. This early 1900's book is packed with upwards of 100 photographs and illustrations demonstrating various acts and arts of conjuring and legerdemain by the likes of T. Nelson Downs， H. De Manche， Charles Bertram， George Stillwell， Chas. O. Williams， and Mdlle. Patrice (C. Lang Neil's wife). Neil was the first author to use photographs in his magic books to convey body language and hand movements.
Table of Contents
page
11. THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL MAGIC
13. MANNER AND GESTURE
14. THE CONJURER'S CLOTHES
15. THE WAND
16. THE TABLE
17. TO PALM A COIN
18. THE BACK AND FRONT PALM
24. TO CHANGE A COIN
26. COIN AND GLASS TRICK
27. A COIN WRAPPED IN PAPER DISAPPEARS
29. TO PASS TEN COINS HELD IN LEFT HAND INTO A GLASS HELD IN RIGHT HAND AT ARM'S LENGTH
32. THE AERIAL MINT
34. PRODUCTION OF HANDKERCHIEFS
37. TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF REAL HEN'S EGGS FROM A HANDKERCHIEF
39. THE HANDKERCHIEFS AND SOUP PLATE
42. WONDERFUL TORN AND RESTORED PAPER
43. THE MYSTERIOUSLY-JOINED HANDKERCHIEFS
47. THE CHANGING HANDKERCHIEFS
50. A RING PASSED ON TO STICK OR WAND WHILST BOTH ENDS ARE HELD BY SPECTATOR
51. THE TAMBOURINE TRICK
54. THE CUPS AND BALLS
54. – METHOD OF PALMING THE BALL
55. – TO HOLD THE BALL WHILST CONVEYING UNDER CUPS
59. THE BILLIARD-BALL TRICK
63. – A SUBTLE VANISH OF TWO BILLIARD BALLS
COIN TRICKS REQUIRING LITTLE OR NO APPARATUS
65. To spin a Coin upon the Floor or Table and tell blindfold whether it falls Head or Tail upwards
65. The Multiplication of Money
66. The Mysterious Addition
66. To place a Marked Florin and a Penny in two separate Handkerchiefs and make them change places at command
67. After wrapping Four Florins securely in a Handkerchief， to cause them to vanish， and be afterwards found in the possession of the person holding the Handkerchief
68. To pass a Marked Coin into either of Two Oranges
TRICKS WITH A HANDKERCHIEF
70. The Vanishing Knots
70. The Transformed Handkerchief
72. The Miraculous Handkerchief
72. A Borrowed Handkerchief Cut-up， Burnt， and finally found in a Candle
73. Colour-changing Handkerchiefs
73. The Magic Laundry
74. The Shower of Sweets from a Borrowed Handkerchief
TRICKS WITH CUPS AND BALLS
76. Various Sleights used in Tricks with Cups and Balls
FOUR VERY SIMPLE TRICKS
79. The Climbing Ring
79. To Indicate on the Dial of a Watch the Hour secretly thought of by One of the Audience
79. The Japanese Ball
80. The Obedient Orange
This book is one of the "yellow peril" books.  Many of the Pearson publications had heavy yellow card covers, with light paper spines.   Collectors have used the term "yellow peril" to describe these.  It is rare to find one with the complete spine.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
C. Lang Neil
(?-1948) was an author, literary agent, journalist, advertising agent and publisher.
Neil was never a performer, but was married to a lady magician whom performed as
Madame Patrice
. She was a student of
Charles Bertram
.
His non-magic writings reflected his interest in travel and adventure.
He wrote
The Modern Conjurer
which was one of the earliest magic books to use photographs, 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.
DATE:  1906
SIZE:  5 by 7 5/8  inches, 92 pages, hard yellow card covers.
COND:  Covers have age, wear and use marks, some soiling. Covers have soft center bendn.  Spine is wrinkled, with chips on top, bottom and edge of spine.  Covers are fully attached, signatures are tight. Interior pages are fine.   All in otherwise very Fine condition.  Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
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