Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1

Lessons 1 to 19

1941
Written by Harlan Tarbell
Work of Various
413 pages (Hardcover), published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Harlan Tarbell
Language: English
197 entries
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1 - Front Flat Palm classic palm
 		64
2 - Pressure Palm
64
3 - Front Edge Palm
64
4 - Front Thumb Palm
65
5 - Back Thumb Palm
65
6 - Invisible Thumb Palm actually so-called Downs Palm
 		65
7 - Finger Palm
65
8 - Curled Finger Tip Palm
Also published here 65
9 - Front Finger Palm
66
10 - Back Finger Palm
66
11 - Front Finger Clip
66
12 - Back Finger Clip
66
13 - Closed Finger Palm
66
1 - Finger Tip Clip
67
2 - Two Finger Balance
67
3 - Thumb Fingertip Horizontal Hold
67
4 - Thumb Fingertip Vertical Hold
67
5 - Production Clip
67
6 - Pinch Clip
68
7 - Flat Finger Position
68
8 - Fist Horizontal and Fist Vertical Holds
68
1 - Front Thumb Palm Vanish
68
2 - Top Pocket Vanish complete vanish
 		69
3 - Front Flat Palm Vanish classic palm vanish
 		70
4 - Front Finger Palm Vanish
70
5 - The Coin Slide Vanish
71
6 - Thumb Grip Vanish
71
7 - Finger Palm Vanish
72
8 - Lift Up Vanish pick up from left fingers
Related to 72
9 - Invisible Thumb Vanish
73
10 - Le Tourniquet Vanish. (The "French" Vanish)
73
Harlan Tarbell 11 - Tarbell's Improved "French" Vanish
74
Paul LePaul 12 - Le Paul's Improved "French" Vanish
74
Harlan Tarbell 13 - Tarbell's "Nip-Away" Coin Vanish
75
14 - The Superba Coin Vanish
76
15 - The Direct Coin Vanish
77
Joe Berg 16 - Joe Berg's Thumb Coin Vanish
Related to 77
18 - Front and Back Finger Palming
78
17 - Pick-Up Vanish
79
19 - Back Finger Clip Vanish
80
To Get Rid of Coin After Vanish it in Hand
82
The Elusive Change-Over Palm thumb palm to curled finger tip palm
 		82
The Thumb Change-Over front thumb palm to back thumb palm
 		83
The Dissolving Coin marked coin vanishs from glass, reappears in purse, glass disc
 		85
Vanishing Coin in Handkerchief
88
Coin Through Handkerchief
90
Copper or Silver Penetration
Related to 92
James F. Herpick The "Pencil" Coin Vanish and Reappearance complete vanish and recovery
Also published here 94
Joe Berg Joe Berg's Miracle Coin Vanish using pocket handkerchief
 		97
The Coin, Envelope, and Handkerchief coin disappears from envelope and reappears in knot of handkerchief
 		100
How to Vanish a Coin by Wrapping it in a Piece of Paper two methods
 		103
The Homing Coins fifteen coins, two taken away, travel back, repeat
 		105
Invisible Money Transit fifteen coins, two taken away, travel back, repeat
 		111
The Multiplying Money Tray
115
A Newspaper Used as a Tray
115
The Thumb Tip description and general information, chapter with applications following
 		117
Mystery of the Burning Cigarette cigarette vanish in handkerchief, thumb tip
 		118
The Asbestos Palm cigarette vanish in hand, thumb tip
 		121
Burning a Borrowed Handkerchief center of handkerchief is bruned and restored, thumb tip
Also published here 122
The Enchanted Paper strip of paper vanishes in hand, reappears in handkerchief, thumb tip
 		125
A Comedy Interlude apparent production, thumb tip
 		128
The Passe-Passe Salt thumb tip
Related to 129
The Penetrating Ring fingers trapped with rubber band, yet finger ring gets on finger
 		131
The Jumping Rubber Band classic
Related to 134
Metal Ring on a String
137
Patriotic Rings and String three paper rings on string, named color penetrates
 		140
The Penetrative Cigar Band
143
The Vanishing Ring on Tring knot-ring vanishes from rope, ends tied together
 		144
Harry Kellar Kellar's Cut and Restored Cord really cut by spectator, using brown wrapping cord
 		145
Karl Germain Comedy Version of Germain Cord Effect
Related to 149
An Impromptu Cut and Restored Cord Effect
152
Harlan Tarbell The Cups and Balls three cups, with several sleights
 		157
The Three Wandering Sponge Balls spectator's hand and two in the hand, one in the pocket
 		163
Small Balls Finish bunch of small balls appears
 		169
The Four Traveling Balls sponge balls to hat, final load, extra ball
 		170
The Patriotic Paper Balls three colored paper balls in 3 bowls, then every color in each bowl
 		173
Mystery of the Traveling Numbers four random numbers are added, sum appears on paper
 		179
Double Side Move with piece of cardboard
 		181
The Spirit Mathematician called numbers are added up, sum "appears" in envelope
 		184
Double Envelope
185
The Numbers on the Arm ashes rubbed on arm, writing appears
 		189
Rapid Banking bill transposes with check in two double envelopes
 		189
Guide to Card Positions basic terminology
 		193
The Rising Card Escape deck cased and tied to hand
 		194
The Simplified Pass control to top via overhand shuffle, Mahatma Control
 		195
Another False Shuffle riffle shuffle to preserve top card, basic
 		196
Double Card Lift
196
Flap Insertion separating card from rest while closing case
 		197
Sealed Card Mystery three cards in envelopes, one selected, two cards change to match
 		199
Glimpse Envelope to glimpse single card in envelope
 		200
The Slip Change slipping card from one half to other with left fingers
 		203
A Psychological Impossibility thought-of card to pocket
Related to 205
Palming of a Card
207
The Hindu Color Changing Deck
Variations 208
Hindu Shuffle as all alike display
 		209
Joe Berg Joe Berg's "Count Down" Card Mystery spectator does some dealing and remembering, then finds his own card via fan force
Related toAlso published here 213
Fan Force
215
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai's Reverse Cards Mystery
Also published here 215
Tenkai Ishida Optical Revolve
Related toVariations 216
Royal Card Discovery piles are made, card is divined, mathematical
Related to 217
Birds of a Feather two separated cards in deck come together
Variations 219
Card Appearance at Selected Number "between 5 and 10"
 		221
The Change-About Card three wrong cards, chosen one changes into selection
 		223
Find The Burglar adaption of Jack Merlin effect
 		224
Selected Cards from Spectator's Pocket spectator has deck in pocket and pulls out selected cards
 		227
Al Baker Al Baker's "Twin Soul" Card Prediction two spectators select cards via counting, performer writes down two predictions one by one
 		229
You Do As I Do two decks, card exchanged
 		232
A Baffling Discovery 1 out of 5
 		234
Thought Location magician finds thought card by placing it in pocket
 		236
Card in the Pocket one of ten
 		238
The Mystic Card Clock Dial chosen card is put in pocket
 		239
The Thoughtful Joker double key card location
 		241
A "Sense of Touch" Discovery cards are shuffled in hat, performer "feels" selections
 		243
Henry Hardin Henry Hardin's Cards in Hat Discovery deck in hat, performer removes cards and names them
 		245
The Regular Pass
247
The Modern Pass kind of wrist turn action
 		250
How to use the Foregoing Passes tips
 		251
How to Get A Card Placed in Middle of Deck to "Bottom" of Deck pass or riffle shuffle
 		252
The "Side-Steal" Pass
253
Peek Handling old fashioned
 		253
G. W. Hunter The G.W. Hunter Shuffle
254
The Wiggle-Woggle Shuffle back and forth actions to simulate shuffle without ever dropping cards
 		254
The Riffle False Shuffle no cover longitudinal Zarrow
 		255
Shuffle to Control "Top" Card running it singly
 		256
Shuffle to Control "Bottom" Card milk
 		257
Shuffle to Control "Top" and "Bottom" Cards
257
To Control "Top" and "Bottom" Cards by Riffle Shuffle
257
"Pack in Hands" False Cut tabled or not, three packets
 		258
The Three Way Table Cut
259
Another Three-Cut Variation
259
The Four-Way Cut
259
Another Four-Way-Cut
260
"Top" Card Control Fan Cut
260
"Bottom" Card Control Fan Cut
261
"Top" Card Control Clip Cut hindu style
 		261
"Bottom" Card Control Clip Cut hindu style
 		261
The Force using an angled step
 		262
In Case of Emergency
263
The Forcing Deck description
 		264
Double Force with Knife using forcing deck with alternating order
 		264
The Mathematical Force recount
 		264
Forcing Bottom Card under the spread-force from bottom
 		265
Force Behind Performer's Back bold
 		267
The Circus Trick
267
The Riffle Force short card
 		268
Riffle Force with Unprepared Cards
270
Forcing one of Four Cards on Table three method, one with die
Related to 271
Forcing One of Four Cards by Using Deck
273
Slip of Paper Force writing same number on every slip
 		273
Snap It selection jumps out of hat when kicked from below
Variations 275
The Card and Orange torn corner, pieces vanish from gaffed handkerchief
 		276
Torn Pieces Vanish From Handkerchief gaffed handkerchief and thumb palm
 		280
The Devil's Letter comedy routine, card appears in envelope and is changed to correct one
 		284
False Pip Change one pip is snapped off
 		290
The Bewitched Banana self cutting banana, number of slices matches selected number card
 		290
Cloth Changing Bag double bag, used for number force
 		292
Harlan Tarbell Chinese Paper Mystery
297
Winter-Time in China snowstorm in china
 		301
Louis Tannen Winter-Time in China second method
 		305
Japanese Torn and Restored Napkins fake explanation
 		306
Hindu Paper Tearing using thumb tip, two methods
 		312
Milady's Parisienne Hat restored to hat
 		316
The Rope and Tape Principle grandmother's necklace - principle with applications
 		321
Coats, Tapes, and Rings grandmother's necklace - routine
 		321
Coat, Ropes and Rings grandmother's necklace - routine
 		329
The Prisoner's Escape - Hanging Oneself with Ropes grandmother's necklace - principle, rope through neck
 		334
The Magic Orange thread through orange penetration
 		338
Walking Through Tapes ropes through body
 		342
Another Tapes Release grandmother's necklace - routine
 		344
The Wandering Handkerchief handkerchief travels from trouse pocket to trouser pocket, changes color
 		345
Showing Trouser Pocket Empty
346
The Silk and the Flame candle silk transposition
 		350
Light Candle Production from pocket
 		351
The Candle, the Silk, and the Paper Tube silk and candle transposition
 		356
Elusive Silks change bag routine with appearances, disappearances, color changes
 		358
Instantaneous One-Hand Knot in Handkerchief
363
The Pull-Away Single Knot
364
The Dissolving Single Knot
365
The Speedy Single Knot
367
The Fade-Away Double Knot release knot for two silks
Variations 368
The Nu-Away Double Knot release knot for 2 silks
Also published here 369
Quick Release Double Knot release knot for 2 silks
 		371
Leg Tie and Release with Handkerchief silk through leg
 		372
G. W. Hunter The Magical Bow Knot
374
Chair Tie and Release with Bow Knot
375
The Educated knot silk unties itself, thread
 		376
Harlan Tarbell The Sympathetic Silks
Also published here 378
Another Counting Version false count for sympathetic silks
 		380
Using a Chair Display for Counting Silks
381
Tommy Dowd Tommy Dowd's Silk Penetration through rope
 		382
Al Baker Al Baker's Handkerchief Through the Arm
385
The Phantom Knots two knotted silks
 		386
Harlan Tarbell The Egg, the Glass, and the Handkerchief transpo of egg in glass with borrowed handkerchief
Also published here 389
An Eggs-traordinary Eggs-planation fake explanation, ends with real egg
Variations 394
A "Sucker" Handkerchief Vanish
399
A One-Man Handkerchief Vanish for one spectator, ala paperballs over the head
 		401
Repeat Handkerchief Vanish some credit to Oswald Williams, using pull, final transformation to egg
 		404
Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2005.