Charlatan’s Handbook, The by Sid Fleischman

The Charlatans Handbook contains more than 65 works, with more than 170 drawings and photographs. The two hundred twenty-eight-page book is hardbound; 8 1/2″ by 11″, with a bright 3-color film laminated dust jacket and matching end sheets. Some of the selections from the book are The No-Switch Needle Swallowing Trick, Spoon Twisting and Lady McBathtub. The Bottle Diabolique, The Mean Magician Syndrome. You too can have X-Ray Eyes, The Card from the Fly, The Machine Gun Color Change, W. C. Fields Does a Card Trick, A Magic Club Roast, The Coward’s Palm, Thumbduggery and The Fine Art of Card Shooting. Also included are, Can Saw a Lady in Two, The Lady Disrobes, The World Famous Coin Swallowing Act, and Five Minutes of Voodoo.