Albo 09 - Additional Classic Magic With Apparat by Robert J. Albo

The Ninth of the Dr. Albo Books limited to 1000 copies.

Details: After a long wait, Volume 9 emerged as an outlet of newly discovered, old magic that Albo has come across in the past several years. This volume also marked the beginning of the "Laboratories of Legedemain" series with the "Magic of Austria" and "Magic of Holland" featuring the magic of Hofzinser, Klingl, Okito and more. The "Magic of Holland" is nearly a book on its own with nearly 100 pages describing tricks and accessories such as "Okito's Wonder Screen Production", "Canary Production Cage", "Oktio Tables", "Girl on Ribbon Vanish", "Redmon-Okito Rabbit Production", "Mysterious Buddha" and more. Next sup is the "Now and Then" section with an assortment of apparatus such as Mikado's "Silk Flight", "Novelty Billiard Ball Stands", "Coins in the Glass", "Japanese Inexhaustible Box", "Talking Skull" and "Walking through a Ribbon" mini-illusion. Color section contains 28 pages with 320 pages in all.

Contents:

Foreword: Time and Again 12

Laboratories of Legerdemain in Austria

• Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser 17
• Klingl Magic 21
• Ottokar Fischer 22

Chapter One / The Magic of Austria (Magic Christian)

• Card in the Frame 26
• (Hartz Card Frame)
• Mutilated Parasol 28
• Flying Watches and Broken Plate 30
• Wonder Clock 32
• Mirror Glass 33
• Vanishing Lamp on Tray 34
• Magical Greenhouse 37
• Ink to Goldfish 39
• Wine and Water 42
• Automatic Card Star 44
• Production Fishbowl with Display
• Stand 45
• Automatic Handkerchief Pedestals 46
• Automatic Card Spider 48
• Lit Candle Production 50
• Rice Production Cylinders 51
• Lota Pitcher 52
• Fire and Water 53
• Marvelous Skittle Effect 55
• Guinea Pig to Flowers 58
• Rose Mirror 59
• Card Mirror 62
• Jumbo Card Rise 63
• Watch Target 64

Chapter Two / The Magic of Holland (Piet Hart) 66

• Okito: An Artist for all Seasons 67
• Wonder Screen Production 78
• Water Canister Production (Sensational Production) 80
• Square Circle 82
• Okito Blow Book 84
• Okito Card Mystery 85
• Chimerical Foulards 87
• Foulard and Candle 89
• Paddle Card Prediction 91
• Canary Production Cage 92
• Silk Beneath the Plate 94
• Okito Tables 96
• Double Penetration 98
• Canary Vanish 100
• Girl on the Ribbon Illusion 102
• Okito Card Rise 104
• Redmon-Okito Rabbit Production 106
• Mysterious Buddha 108
• Flower Production Plate 109
• Novel Dove Pan Production (The Magic Chafing Dish) 110
• Ribbon Plate Release 113
• Wand-O-Ring Box 115
• Handkerchief in the Bread Roll 117
• Checker Cabinet 118
• Card to Canary (The Magic Coffer) 121
• Cups and Balls 123
• Transposition Extraordinary 125
• Duck Production Cabinet 128
• Bamberg Egg Bag 130
• Riddle of the Rabbit 134
• The Vanishing Wand 136
• Pearl Vase 138
• Mandarin in the Box
• Card Production 140
• Enchanted Rice Trick 143
• Shadow Cabinet Illusion 146
• Die Box 148
• Tea Chest Mystery 150
• Inexhaustible Box 153
• Fall-Apart Bird Vanish 155
• Okito Coin Ladder 157
• Production Tubes 160
• Cage and Canary Transposition 162

Chapter Three / Now and Then 165

• Silk Flight (Mikado) 167
• Vanishing and Reappearing Lamp (first method) 171
• Vanishing and Reappearing Lamp (second method) 173
• Nest of Boxes 176
• Imp Bottle 180
• Novelty Billiard Ball Stands 181
• Vanishing Bowl of Water 184
• Watch Box 185
• Walking Through a Ribbon 186
• Automatic Spirit Bell 188
• Exchange Drawer Box 189
• Canary in the Light Bulb 191
• Clock Divination 192
• Ring Wand 193
• Temple Top Hat Finale' 194
• Mammoth Bowl of Water Production 196
• Card Plate 198
• Casket for the Appearance of a Bird 199
• Sucker Jumbo Card Frame 200
• Marvelous Floral Tube 202
• Confetti to Rabbit 204
• Flower Mat Production 205
• Three Dukes 206
• Die and Box of Flags 208
• Conradi Block Penetration 211
• Crystal Casket Production 212
• Card Rise Box 214
• Glass Penetration of a Hat 216
• Bonus Genius 218
• Color Changing Fan 220
• Transformation 221
• Production Vase
• Coin Casket 222
• Shaker Coin Vanish 224
• Mysterious Salver 225
• Chinese Wands 227
• Confusion in the Ark 230
• Coins in the Glass (Silver Odyssey) 232
• Vanishing Bird Cage (circular) 234
• Coin in the Silver Nest of Boxes 238
• Card and Watch Frame 240
• Obedient Ball 242
• Japanese Inexhaustible Box 243
• Transformation of Bran to a
• Bottle of Wine 246
• Ginger Bottle Transformation 248
• Inexhaustible Bottle 250
• The Talking Skull 252
• The 3D Slate 254
• Art with Shears 256
• Coffee Vase 258