Shadow Puppets

Item

Title

Shadow Puppets

Creator

Stanyon Ellis

Date

Philadelphia: The Penn Publication Company, 1920

Description

This tell-all book reveals the secrets behind a wide variety of magic tricks, from simple sleight-of-hand to levitation. The final pages give illustrated instructions for performing “shadowgraphy,” the art of creating illusions from the shadows cast by one’s hands.

Source

Magic: In Which are Given Clear and Concise Explanations of all the Well-Known Illusions as Well as Many New Ones Here Presented for the First Time

Rights

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