Ralph W. Read

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Ralph W. Read	A New Method of Tabulation	tip for question and answer reading act	Also published here A New Method of Tabulation (Ralph W. Read, 1944)	1935	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)	46	Billet / Readings
Ralph W. Read	The Spirit Pencil	pencil taps by itself to answer questions	Related to Miniature Rapping Hand (Albert Spackman, 1969) Miniature Rapping Hand (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 2014) Also published here The Impulse (Ralph W. Read, 1940) Tapping Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1945) Tapping Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1945/27)	1935	Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine	22	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Pen & Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin	The Original "Stop" Trick	three selection, three-bank forcing deck		1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	320	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Ralph W. Read	Animal Magnetism	Demonstrations with Common Objects, see following entries for details		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	693	Propless / Body Magic
Ralph W. Read	Static	paper sticks to things, apparent magnetism		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	694	Paper / Animation Paper / Miscellaneous
Ralph W. Read	Ascension	rising stick/pencil on hand		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	694	Pen & Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read	The Impulse	stick/pencil taps by itself on spectator's hand	Also published here The Spirit Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1935)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	695	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Pen & Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read	Control	hinge		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	695	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Cards Cling to Hand
Ralph W. Read	Locking Reel			1941	Reel Magic	34	Thread / Reel
Ralph W. Read, Harlan Tarbell	The Ghostly Silk	comedy silk from paper cone to glass		1942/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2	82	Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Glass Paper / Cone made from Paper
Ralph W. Read	A New Method of Tabulation	tip for question and answer reading act	Also published here A New Method of Tabulation (Ralph W. Read, 1935)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	331	Billet / Readings
Ralph W. Read	Via Telephone	No. 19, a prediction is made, then any person is called via telephone and the amount of money he has in his pocket is predicted, different nail writing based methods	Also published here Ralph Read's instruction sheets for nail writer gimmick	1944	Twenty Stunners with A Nail Writer	22	Propless / Phone Effects Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Ralph W. Read	Music In The Air	No. 20, musical tune predicted in envelope	Also published here Ralph Read's instruction sheets for nail writer gimmick	1944	Twenty Stunners with A Nail Writer	23	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Ralph W. Read	Tapping Pencil	spectator feels "impulses" that still pencil makes on back of his hand, or on table or box	Also published here The Spirit Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1935)	1945	My Best	184	Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Animation
Ralph W. Read	Perfected Mental Masterpiece	impression device, dealer's item, application mentioned		1945/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	206	Paper / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Anna Eva Fay, Ralph W. Read	The Excelsior Mind Reading Act	different methods to ascertain information, long discussion of this type of work		1945/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	231	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Ralph W. Read	Tapping Pencil	spectator feels "impulses" that still pencil makes on back of his hand, or on table or box	Also published here The Spirit Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1935)	1945/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	259	Pen & Pencil / Animation
Joseph Dunninger	The Impossible Prediction	impromptu stooge, see "Challenges" for credits	Also published here Dunninger's Impossible Prediction (Joseph Dunninger, Ralph W. Read, 1994) Odd Coincident (B.C. Milnov, 1994)	1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	179	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Albert Spackman	Miniature Rapping Hand	miniature doll hand in box rapping and answering questions, different routine ideas, word and card divination and with spirit slates stop trick with cards whistle put into the box and the hand moves and the whistle blows gipsy thread is restored in the box, while hand moves in conjunction with "The Thing" card turnover	Related to The Spirit Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1935) The Thing (Dirk Van Brummer, Sam Hughes, Frank Garcia, Louis Tannen, 1967)	1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	74	Thread / Hindu Thread Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Whistle Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts Doll & Puppet / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Anna Eva Fay	Paraffin Envelope	for impression	Related to The Excelsior Mind Reading Act (Anna Eva Fay, Ralph W. Read, 1945/27)	July 1970	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9)	347	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Joseph Dunninger, Ralph W. Read	Dunninger's Impossible Prediction		Also published here The Impossible Prediction (Joseph Dunninger, 1948/27)	1994	Challenges	4	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Miniature Rapping Hand	rapping noise from a small box	Related to The Spirit Pencil (Ralph W. Read, 1935) Also published here Die Miniaturklopfhand (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1961)	2014	The Incredible Dr. Jaks	193	Box Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff

22 entries for Ralph W. Read