Deceptive Conceptions in Magic

1920
Written by Stanley Collins
Work of Stanley Collins
112 pages (Hardcover), published by The London Magical Co.
Illustrated with drawings by Alba
Language: English
19 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Stanley Collins Foreword
7
Stanley Collins Ajax card selected with business card, travels from envelope to spectator's pocket and four other card transform into letter cards spelling AJAX, duplicates
Variations 9
Stanley Collins Stabbing Force with business cards
Also published here 13
Stanley Collins Bottom Change with Packet
15
Stanley Collins Secret Deck Turnover faced deck
 		15
Stanley Collins Just a Kard Konundrum four cards transform into four jacks then into letter cards, spelling JACK
 		21
Stanley Collins Multiple Card Switch by adding palmed cards on top
 		23
Stanley Collins Reviewing a Revue shuffled deck is separated in four piles and each put in a box, spectator choses a suit for each box and the cards of the corresponding suit are found in them
 		27
Stanley Collins Deck Switch with case, shell
 		29
Stanley Collins The Lay of the Last Minstrel But One three cards under newspaper two are removed and card under newspaper changes into other card
Related to 36
Stanley Collins The Tale of a Till coins on string become free under handkerchief
 		42
Stanley Collins Bovine Bunkum rings on loop of string become free under handkerchief
 		49
Stanley Collins Necromancy with Nic's Napkins different colored serviettes with rings are put in a hat and the rings are piled up, then a color is chosen, the serviette vanishes from the hat and appears in the pile of serviette rings
 		59
Stanley Collins Bead Frame Color Force
Related to 63
Stanley Collins A Stock of Sticky Sticks three different colored sticks / wands are wrapped in a corresponding colored paper, then the sticks change places, then all sticks are wrapped together and change into one tricolor stick
 		70
Stanley Collins The Yellow Idol big die, spot moves then its placed in a box and travels to a crystal box and back, then a small figure / doll appears
 		77
Albert Fellows, Stanley Collins Bottled Sunshine longer routine, tissue paper bursts into in fire, hole is burnt in a playing card with a reading-glass, three candles catch alight, third candle begins to melt
 		90
Albert Fellows, Stanley Collins The Acrobatic Tie tie placed in a bag changes into a bow, then same again on table
 		99
Albert Fellows, Stanley Collins The Well of Truth four selections are put in a small wishing well, then covered by handkerchief, the cards travel to the roof of the well
 		107
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, October 2016.