Gramercy
Leeming, Joseph: Card Tricks Anyone Can Do
©1941 D. Appleton and Company, Inc.
Hardcover, 255 Pages
CONTENTS:
Card Sleigbts
The Pass ...3
The Pass (Old Method) ...4
The Pass (False Shuffle Method) ...6
The Pass (Bottom Slide Method) ...7
The Pass (Projecting Card Method) ...8
Tm False Shuffle ...9
The False Shuffle (Riffle Method) ...9
The FalsE Shuffle (Overhand Method) ...10
The False Cut (Three Pile Method) ...11
The False Cut (Four Pile Method)...11
The False Count ...12
Palming A Card ...13
The Top Change ...14
The Force ...15
Methods of Locating a Chosen Card
The Cut Method ...21
Odd And Even Method ...22
Bent Corner Method ...22
Pointer Card Method ...23
Pencil Mark Method ...24
Bottom Card Method ...25
Bent Card Method ...26
One-Way Pack MethodI) ...26
Short Card Method ...27
Long Card Method ...28
The Double Thickness Card ...29
Bunched Suit Location ...30
Number From The Top ...30
Methods of Revealing a Chosen Card or Cards
Face Up At A Chosen Number ...35
Card In The Hat ...36
The Changed Card ...37
The Card Beneath The Foot ...39
The Card On The Wall ...39
The "Stop" Trick ...40
Two Card Revelation (No.1) ...41
Two Card Revelation (No.2) ...43
Card Through The Plate ...43
From Five To Ten ...44
Eggstraordinary Revelation ...46
A Specctator Locates The Chosen Card Behind His Back ...47
Three Number Discovery ...48
Reversed Card Tells Position Of Chosen Card ...49
Face Up ...50
The Rising Card (NO. 1) ...51
The Rising Card (NO. 2) ...53
An Impromptu Version Of The Rising Card Trick ...54
Top Card Of The Chosen Pile ...55
Mystic "Transformation" ...56
To Cut The Pack At The Chosen Card ...57
To Find A Chosen Card After The Pack Has Been Placed In A Spectator's Pocker ...58
Vanished Card Found In Pocket ...59
Catching A Chosen Card ...60
Catching A Chosen Card On The Back Of The Hand...60
The Face-Up Card ...61
Spelling Out The hosen Card ...62
To Make A Chosen Card Turn Into One Of Three Indifferent Cards ...64
To Discover A Chosen Card By Its Weight ...65
Nailed To The Wall ...66
A Chosen Card Discovered In A Spectator's Pocker ...66
The Magician's Choice ...68
Stopping At The Chosen Card ...69
Through The Table ...70
The Card Tapped By A Cane ...70
A "Catch" Method Of Reveling A Chosen Card ...71
Cards Beneath The Handchief ...72
Drawing Chosen Card From The Paack Placed In A Pocket ...72
The Card Retained In The Spectator's Hand ...73
The Turn-Over Card ...75
Counting To The Chosen Card (No. 1) ...75
Counting To The Chosen Card (No. 2) ...76
Counting From The Bottom ...78
The Magic Cut ...79
Spectator As The Magician ...79
Tricks That Do Not Require Sleigbt Of Hand
Three Card Divination ...83
Traveling Cards ...84
Card Prediction ...85
Court Card Divination ...86
Court Card Magic ...86
Card Telepathy ...87
The Turned Card ...88
Card From The Pocket ...89
The Traveling Eight ...90
Insparable Kings And Queens ...91
The Tell-Tall Jack ...92
The X-Ray Card-Case ...94
The Card In The Pocket ...95
Burglars AndvPolicemen (Old Version) ...96
Burglars AndvPolicemen (Modern Version) ...97
The Twenty Cards ...98
The Inseparable Cards ...100
Picking The Court Cards ...101
Magic Addition ...102
Gathering Of The Clans ,,,103
The Chosen Number ...105
The Twenty-One Cards ...107
To Discover A Card Secretly Noted By A Spectator ...108
To Name The CardsvChosen By Three People ...110
The Hidden Totaal (No. I) ...111
The Hidden Totaal (No. 2) ...111
Invisible Card Flight ...113
The Seven Pile ...114
Odd Or Even (NO. I) ...115
Odd Or Even (NO. 2) ...116
The Flying Cards ...116
Spectator's Choice ...118
The Clock Trick ...119
The "Q" Trick ...120
Card Mind-Reading (NO. I) ...122
Card Mind-Reading (NO. I) ...123
The Balanced Card ...124
The Sixteen Cards ...124
The Magic Total ...125
The Transferred Cards ...126
Card Mathematics ...127
The Chosen Suit ...129
Numerical Divination ...130
Counting To The Chosen Card ...131
The Six Cards ...132
The X-Ray Tube ...133
Number Prediction ...134
Card Pile Divination ...135
Mathemagic ...137
The Angry Guests ...138
Tricks That Require A Slight Degree Of Skill
The Telepathic Queen ...143
Mystic Divination ...144
The Four Queens ...145
Seven And Three ...147
The Sixteen Cards ...149
Card Telepathy ...150
The Card From The Pocket ...151
The Five Cards ...153
Mystic Vanish ...155
Card And Glass Balance ...156
Card Balance On The Hand ...157
To Tell What Card is Cut ...158
The Four Piles ...159
Bottom Card Change ...162
Matching The Count ...163
The Picked-Up Card ...163
The Touched Card ...164
Magic Dealing ...165
The Cut Card (NO. I) ...166
The Cut Card (NO. 2) ...167
The Magnetic Cards ...168
Kings And Sevens ...169
The Secret Number ...170
The Magic Perdiction ...171
Cards In The Pocket ...173
Change In Mid-Air ...174
The Card At A Given Number ...175
Tricks Requiring Special Cards Of Simple Preparation
Behind The Back ...179
Naming The Cards In The Dark ...180
The Four Piles ...1812
Instant Card Vanish ...182
The "Flap" Card ...183
The phantom Cards ...184
Ticks With A One-Way Pack ...186
The Cards In The Glasses ...187
Card Mind-Reading ...190
The Reversing King ...191
The Surprisinf Joker ...193
The Color-Changing Pack ...194
The Telephone Trick ...195
Card In The Glass Vanish ...198
The Fourteenth Card ...199
Dice Revelation ...201
The Flying Kings And Sevens ...202
To Discover Six Cards Drawn By Two Spectators ...203
From Top To Bottom ...204
Weighing The Cards ...205
The Changing Ace ...205
Flying Aces ...206
Red And Blue ...207
Tricks Done Wth A Prearranged Pack
Mind-Reading With A Prearranged Pack ...213
Alternate Method Of Arranging A Pack ...214
A Third Method ...215
Second Sight ...216
To Name All Or Part Of The Cards With Out Seeing Them ...216
To Tell Wether An Odd Or Even Number Of Cards Is Cut ...217
The Duplicate Card ...218
Tricks with The Four Aces
The Four Ace Trick ...221
The Inseparable Aces (NO. I) ...223
The Inseparable Aces (NO. 2I) ...225
The Inseparable Aces (NO. 3) ...227
The Inseparable Aces (NO. 4) ...228
Magic Production Of Aces ...229
The Mystic Aces ...229
Tricks Requlring Advanced Sleigbt Of Hand
The Invisible Flight ...235
The Three Aces ...236
Bridge Hands ...237
Odd Or Even ...239
The Card Through The Handkerchief ...241
The Card In The Pocker ...243
Cards Up The Sleeve ...244
The Flying Cards ...246
Aces And Threes ...248
The Color Change ...250
Ace Change ...253
The Changed Card ...254
Double Error ...255
| Illustrator | Illustrated |
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| First Edition | Yes |
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| Owner | Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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| Location | Magic Library (Home) |
| Index | 4877 |
| Added Date | Jan 29, 2026 17:05:17 |
| Modified Date | Mar 29, 2026 19:46:29 |
| Book Condition | Fair |
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Joseph Leeming (June 15, 1897–September 26, 1968) was one of magic's most prolific American authors. During his lifetime, he wrote 10 instructional books on magic and 49 other nonfiction books about a variety of topics, such as puzzles, games, crafts, ships, history, and business. A "modern Angelo Lewis," as Robert Lund once called him[1], Leeming sometimes wrote under pseudonyms, including Professor Paradise, Professor Zingara, Merlin Swift, and Jo-Ann Leeming.
As a young man, his passion for ships and the sea drove him to work as a sailor and enlist in the United States Navy as a first lieutenant before graduating from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1918. He also worked as a correspondent and photographer for the Cuba Review, a monthly magazine published by the Munson Steamship Line, and published his first book, Ships and Cargoes, in 1926.
In addition to writing his own books, Leeming contributed articles and book reviews to magazines and newspapers and worked as a news editor, writer, and public-affairs officer for the United States Department of State (DOS). He also served as an information officer at the Department of the United States Information Agency (USIA) for eight years before retiring in 1960.
Leeming had a brother and two sisters, a wife, and two children. He died in Folkestone, England, at the age of 71 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York, with his wife, Una (Martin) Leeming (1896–1995).
Books
Ships and Cargoes (1926)
The New Book of Magic (1927, as Professor Paradise)
Magic for Everybody (1928)
Peaks of Invention (1928)
Things Any Boy Can Make (1929)
The Complete Magician's Manual (1935, as Professor Zingara)
More Things Any Boy Can Make (1936)
Fun with Boxes (1937)
Models Any Boy Can Build (1938)
The Costume Book for Parties and Plays (1938)
Tricks Any Boy Can Do (1938)
Fun with Paper (1939)
The Book of American Fighting Ships (1939)
From Barter to Banking (1940)
Fun with String (1940)
Modern Export Packing (1940)
Card Tricks Anyone Can Do (1941)
Fun with Leather (1941)
Fun with Wood (1942)
Modern Ship Stowage (1942)
Brave Ships of England and America (1943)
Fun with Magic (1943)
Games to Make and Play at Home (1943)
Brave Ships of World War II (1944)
Fun with Clay (1944)
Fun with Plastics (1946)
Fun with Puzzles (1946)
How to Be the Life of the Party in Five Easy Lessons (1946, as Professor Zingara, later edition of The Complete Magician's Manual)
Secrets of Magic (1946, as Merlin Swift)
Toy Boats to Make at Home (1946)
More Fun with Puzzles (1947)
Complete Book of Showers and Engagement Parties (1948, as Jo-Ann Leeming, with Margaret Gleeson)
Money-Making Hobbies (1948)
More Fun with Magic (1948)
The Washington Story (1948)
Papercraft (1949)
Tricks and Stunts with Playing Cards (1949)
Fun with Fabrics (1950)
Holiday Craft and Fun (1950)
Rayon: The First Man-made Fiber (1950)
The Real Book about Magic (1951)
The Real Book about Easy Music-Making (1952)
Fun for Young Collectors (1953)
Jobs that Take You Places (1953)
Riddles, Riddles, Riddles (1953)
The First Book of Chess (1953)
The Real Book of Games (1953)
Fun with Beads (1954)
The Real Book of Science Experiments (1954)
The White House in Picture and Story (1954)
Fun with Pencil and Paper (1955)
Fun with Wire (1956)
Fun with Shells (1958)
How to Make and Have Fun with Artificial Flowers (1959)
Jokes, Riddles, Puns (1959, coauthor with Helen Hoke)
How to Make and Have Fun with Greeting Cards (1960)
Kitchen Table Fun (1961, coauthor with Avery Nagle)
Tales of the Mystic East (1961, translator and foreword)
Yoga and the Bible (1963)
Fun with Naturecraft (1964, coauthor with Avery Nagle)
References
↑ Lund, Robert. Abracadabra, vol. 46, no. 1185, 12 Oct. 1968, p. 235.
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