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Magically yours
Verrall Wass

Magically yours

Magic Wand Publishing Co (1953)
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| Hardcover
146 pages | Great Britain | eng

Genre

  • Conjuring

Subject

  • Magic tricks

Plot

Wass, Verrall: Magically Yours
©1953 George Armstrong, London
Hardcover, 145 pages

Comments: A "Magic Wand" Publication

Contents:

7 Dedication
9 Beliefs Behind this Book (Verrall Wass): achieving balance

13 Nine One - Card Confections
13 Nofors Card in Cigarette
17 The Spectator Predicts: determine which card was written by spectator
23 Purely Co-Incidental: take a card with three cards
26 Slate Impossibility: a chemical trick with slates and cards
30 Simplest of all Spelling Tricks: with a stacked deck
31 The Uncommercial Traveller: card trick that doesn't always work
36 Make Your Mind a Blank: card trick apparently goes wrong
40 The Pack Twins: sympathetic decks with gimmicked tray
43 Verrall's Very Slippery Deck: vanishing deck

48 Nine Two - More Card Confections
48 The V.W. Rising Cards
51 Cutting a Card: Jumbo card is cut in pieces yet the scissors don't go near it, and then it is restored
56 Blotoff: card trick where everything seems to go wrong, with mechanical apparatus for you to build
62 Pips that Pass in the Night: Jumbo card trick - pips travel to a slate
65 Going Down: ball bobs in the water to determine value of card selections
68 Off With His Head: Jumbo card trick with gimmicked cards
70 Finishing the Four Aces: another four Ace trick
74 All Through You: Jumbo Card penetration
76 Verrall's Nukard Stand: specialized card stand

80 Nine Three - Magic of Flowers
80 Three Flowergrowths: three methods of producing flowers
83 Kellar Up-to-Date: Kellar's flowergrowth adaptation
85 From Powder to Petals: powder puff to flowers
85 Silken Blossoms: chosen silk to flower of same color
86 Ardent Lovers:multiple flower and cabbage(!) production from a box
88 Last Roses of Summer: plant transforms to a lighted Christmas tree
92 Goldfish in the Lily-Pond: aquarium with fish changes to flower garden
94 Petals to Perfume & Nujam: Rose petals to perfume bottle, and Jam to flowers
97 The V.W. Duo-Pot Production: two pots of flowers are produced

100 Nine Four - Silken Sorcery
100 Triple Flight: three silks are removed, vanished, and reappear amongst three others
102 Crinoline: silk scraps are added to a doll's head to make a pretty lady telephone cover
105 Dry-Cleaning: Story of two handkerchiefs sent to the dyers and cleaners managed by fairies
108 A Close Shave & A Cigarette Swindle: silk to shaving brush, and silk to packet of cigarettes
110 Football Shirt: silks are shaken and turn into a football shirt
111 Egg, Confetti and Silk: egg is produced, transposes with confetti, and more; ending with a dove production
116 Music-Minded Miss: silks become dyed in a tube in this musically themed routine
118 Buying a Bathing Costume: a stage production
121 One, Two, Three: silks and soup plates

125 Nine Five - Magic Wand-Erings
125 The Phantom Fort: platform effect for children
127 Two Montes: two stage "Monte" style tricks using buckets of sand and clocks
131 Die-Dye: a giant die trick using your Die Box as a basis
133 The V.W. Wine Penetration: wine and tumbler effect
135 Flying Dutchman: a sailed boat appears and floats in a box
137 Middle Stump: a Cricket bat routine
138 Tramping Along: a hobo's lunch is incomplete, until the handkerchief turns into a loaf of bread
139 Puff-Puff: varied color powder puffs change colors, vanish and more inside bowls and a special box
144 The Bewildering Balls & Balgo: four billiard ball and silk color changes; billiard ball and silk transpo and color changes in a glass tube
147 Catalogue of "Magic Wand" Publications




A collection of card tricks, flower and silk effects, mechanical apparatus tricks and Magic Wand-erings.

Personal

Owner Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location Magic Library (Home)
Index 5636
Added Date Jul 01, 2017 03:06:49
Modified Date Apr 06, 2026 14:24:19

Value

Book Condition Fine

Notes

Verrall Wass
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Verrall Wass
Born July 13, 1909
Anerley, England
Died 2005
Essex, England
Verrall Wass (1909-2005) born in England, was a prolific author and inventor.

Biography
He originated hundreds of ideas that were published in books and magazines. He writings appeared in Chinese, Indian, Australian and American publications. His British publishers included Edward Bagshawe, Will Goldston and George Armstrong.

Some of Verrall’s very early performances were given in Chinese costume as a silent act.

His first book was dedicated to Ned Williams (who went on to become Robert Harbin) with whom a friendship began when Williams first arrived in England from South Africa. Among his other friends were Maurice Fogel and Rameses.

He also published Verrall's Mystery Monthly to promote his books.

He died in Essex in 2005.

Books
Essence (1931)
Astound Your Audience, Vol. 1 (1936)
Astound Your Audience, Vol. 2 (1936)
Visible Magic (1944)
32 New Drawing Room Deceptions (1949)
Magically Yours (1953)
References
Verrall Wass, Wizard, Vol. 7, No. 79 (Aug, 1954)