{"product_id":"silken-sorcery-by-jean-hugard-soft-cover-book","title":"Silken Sorcery - by Jean Hugard - Soft Cover Book","description":"\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"6\" face=\"Arial Black\" color=\"#002cfd\" style=\"color: #002cfd; font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: xx-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eSILKEN SORCERY\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"6\" face=\"Arial Black\" color=\"#002cfd\" style=\"color: #002cfd; font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: xx-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eby Jean Hugard\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#002cfd\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan size=\"6\" face=\"Arial Black\"\u003e(soft cover book)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"excerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will find 143 magnificent and entertaining uses of silks and handkerchiefs. Sleights, tricks, and the famous Stillwell Silk Act are explained in detail with 90 illustrations. Jean Hugard details vanishing methods, production techniques, color changes, knots, and flourishes. He also describes how to care for your silks to keep them in great shape for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Fleming\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"excerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTricks with silk handkerchiefs have been very popular ever since their introduction by Bautier de Kolta more than a half-century ago. There is a sound basis for this popularity, for handkerchief tricks are colorful and showy (and therefore suitable for large as well as small audiences), they add little bulk or weight to one's baggage and consequently present no problem of transportation, and (unless they consist of \"productions\" from obviously mechanical apparatus or \"vanishes\" via similar routes) they impress the spectators as requiring skill - as, indeed, they usually do. Jean Hugard does not go in for handkerchief tricks performed with the aid of wooden boxes, metal tubes, and similar contrivances. He is quite aware that the maximum effect, in this branch of magic, is reserved for the magician who apparently uses only his hands and the handkerchiefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The most effective presentation of a silk act,\" he counsels, \"is that in which no help is obtained from tables, chairs, or apparatus.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandkerchief magic consists very largely of causing silks to appear and disappear mysteriously; and Mr. Hugard describes 39 ways to \"produce\" one or more handkerchiefs and 16 ways to \"vanish\" them, besides explaining 12 methods of \"folding\" handkerchiefs in preparation for their later production, and 9 or 10 \"sleights for manipulating silks without accessories.\" No one familiar with magic will suppose that anyone magician can use more than a small fraction of these many methods, but Mr. Hugard has given his readers the great advantage of a chance to look over the field and select the sleights and devices that seem to meet their needs especially well. As every experienced magician knows, the best \"production\" or \"vanish\" for one trick or one person is not necessarily the best for another. The owner of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilken Sorcery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshould be able to discover which methods are best for him, by using this section of Mr. Hugard's book for purposes of reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the many complete tricks described here are\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDavid Devant's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDyeing Handkerchiefs, an excellent bare-hand color change of a single handkerchief, and an explanation of \"Blendo\" - the instantaneous transformation of three handkerchiefs into a flag. Several forms of The Twentieth Century Handkerchief Trick are explained, including one with unprepared handkerchiefs which Mr. Hugard considers \"the best that has been devised,\" and which in any case is certainly very good. There are many pages on Handkerchief Knot-Tying, and explanations of The Sympathetic Silks, The Handkerchiefs and Soup Plates, the famous Stillwell Handkerchief Act, and miscellaneous handkerchief tricks by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWilfrid Jonson, Ladson Butler,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWilliam Larsen, and others. Ninety drawings add to the attractiveness and clarity of the 83 pages of well-written text. It is a book that no lover of handkerchief magic can afford to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1st edition, 1937 Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1974, Dover Publications, New York; 85 pages.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"5\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"5\"\u003eChapter I. Methods of Folding Silks for Production\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"10\"\u003eChapter II. Sleights for Manipulating Silks Without Accessories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"13\"\u003eChapter III. Methods for Producing a Single Silk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"25\"\u003eChapter IV. The Production of a Number of Silks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"31\"\u003eChapter V. Various Methods of Vanishing Silks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"38\"\u003eChapter VI. Dyeing the Silks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"44\"\u003eChapter VII. Twentieth Century Silk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"48\"\u003eChapter VIII. Useful Accessories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"52\"\u003eChapter IX. Liaison Tricks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"53\"\u003eChapter X. Tricks with Silks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"64\"\u003eChapter XI. Knots, Ties and Flourishes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"81\"\u003eChapter XII. The Stillwell Silk Act\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"84\"\u003ePatter Suggestions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli value=\"85\"\u003eFinal Suggestions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"col2\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eillustrations, 85 pages, softcover, 9\" x 6\".\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan designtimedragdrop=\"172\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eRestrictions may apply.  Packaging may vary. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan designtimedragdrop=\"172\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eNot responsible for use or misuse of this or any other product.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan designtimedragdrop=\"172\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eVideo and\/or photographs are for demonstration purpose only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan designtimedragdrop=\"172\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eColors of product may vary due to the differences in device displays. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003ePlease review our Terms Of Service (TOS) before ordering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.ytvideo { margin:.5em auto; max-width:480px; font-family:arial; text-align:center; position:relative; min-height:120px; overflow:hidden; background-color:#555; } .ytvideo p { position:absolute; margin:0; color:white; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.5); } .ytvideo .yt_hd { font-size:16px; width:100%; height:28px; line-height:28px; text-align:left; top:0; left:0; padding-left:10px; overflow:hidden; } .ytvideo .yt_ft { font-size:11px; width:100%; bottom:0; left:0; } .ytvideo img { display:block; max-width:100%; border:0; } .ytvideo a:after { content:\"\\A0\\25BA\"; position:absolute; width:60px; height:50px; left:0; top:0; right:0; bottom:0; margin:auto; border:0; border-radius:10px; color:white; background:rgba(0,0,0,.6); font-size:24px; line-height:50px; cursor:pointer; } .ytvideo a:hover:after { background:#CC181E; }\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"D. 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