Expert Hocus Pocus by Alton C. Sharpe

Fantastic card effects, rope magic, linking rings, vanishing bird cage, money magic, and a special chapter on "Openings".

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Remarks By Alan Keith
• A Word About The Author And The Book
• A Young Man From Texas
• Preface
• Dedication
• Acknowledgement
• CHAPTER I: Magical Openings
  • The Devilish Watch
  • A Smart Opening
  • The Proverbial Opener
  • Thread It
  • Jackie Gould's Idea
  • Snap! Snap! Snap!
  • The Ring and the Rose
  • A Phantom Tube Becomes a Small Illusion
• CHAPTER II: Money Magic
  • The Bill in Cigarette Mystery
  • An Infallible Illusion
  • Billo
  • The Modern Banker or Money and How to Get It
• CHAPTER III: Card Magic
  • My Version of Cards to Pocket
  • Master Card in Wallet
  • Riser's Aces
  • The Twenty Card Trick
  • The Rising Cards
  • The Impromptu-Promptu Rising Cards
  • Sharpe's Ultra Deck Switch
  • Initialed Transposition
  • Split Second Revelation
  • A Lesson in Misdirection
  • Doubleback - Doubleface
  • Affinity Unrefuted
  • Red and Blue Enigma
  • The Spectator Stab
  • Hide and Seek
  • Cardflight
  • Marlo's Perfection Switch
  • METHODS FOR GETTING INTO BASIC POSITION OF THE REAR FLAT PALM
  • METHODS OF DISCLOSURE
  • EFFECTS USING THE MARLO CARD SWITCH
• CHAPTER IV: Rope Magic
  • A Bit of History
  • Night Club Rope Routine
• CHAPTER V: The Chinese Linking Rings
  • My Oriental Ring Mystery
• CHAPTER VI: The Vanishing Bird Cage
  • Repeat Vanishing Bird Cage
  • Holding Cage in Sleeve
  • Unbelievable
  • Alan Keith's Presentation
• CHAPTER VII: A Glittering Panorama Of The Magic World
  • A Pageantry of Memories