This is the largest collection of U. F. Grant illusions and illusionettes every assembled. It took Devin Knight several years to compile this collection. Grant wrote a few books on illusions such as: 15 Great Illusions, Chinese Magic and Illusions, Modern Levitations, Victory Carton Illusions, Grant's Illusion Secrets, and many others. However, most of the illusions in this PDF were not included in those manuscripts.
Over the years, Grant sold many manuscripts that just contained one illusion along with building plans in most cases. (Some of these were released by Percy Abbott in his catalog without credit to U. F. Grant.) This compilation is a collection of those plans released by Grant and also in the early Abbott Magic catalogs.
Most of these plans are near impossible to find nowadays and most of the ideas and plans will be new to the majority of magicians. The manuscripts have new typeset, corrected errors and added photos. Included are scans of the ads for some of these illusions and illusionettes. The scans are interesting in themselves, although many are from old and yellowed magic catalogs.
Magicians and illusionists will have a field day with the information in this PDF as it contains Grant ideas that would have been lost forever to most performers. More than 50 illusion ideas and plans are included:
- The Best Packing Box Escape
- Grant's Super-Duper Suspension
- Menge's Suitcase Suspension
- Grant's Electric Chair Stunt
- The Girl In The Shower
- Chinaman's Hop Dream
- Where's That Girl?
- The Fantastic Doorway
- Chen Lee's Laundry Bag
- Arabian Mystery Cabinet
- Aladdin's Lamp
- Mazda Ice Sensation
- A Table Lamp Floats
- Menge's Substitution Chest
- Sensational Sack Escape
- Menge's Superior Suspension
- Menge's Dagger Chest (No Mirrors)
- Vest Pocket Altar Lights
- Grant's Zombie Illusion
- Grant's Suspension
- Barrel and Broom Illusion
- Hands-Off
- Improved Victory Substitution
- Last Word On Hindu Rope Trick
- Grant's Trunk Trick
- The Invulnerable Lady
- The Vanishing Automobile & Boy
- Moving Picture Act
- Walking Through A Steel Plate
- Spot-Lite Girl Vanish
- Santa Clause Arrives
- Magician-Ghost and Girl
- Nite Club Girl Vanish
- The Skeletons Dine
- The Departed Spirit Illusion
- Girl's Head In Fishbowl Illusion
- Marvelous Devil Illusion
- Shooting Through A Woman
- Another Hindu Rope Trick
- Nu-Way Doll House
- Sensational Pony Vanish
- The Ghost and Witch Illusion
- The Doctor and Nurse Illusion
- Spike Through Neck Illusionette
- Grant's Headless Illusion
- Electra Neck Spiker Illusionette
- Tiger-Scape
- Flat Model Head Chest
- The French Guillotine
- Bengal Net Illusionette
- The Flying Carpet
- Sword Thru Neck
- Bunny Girl Illusion
- The Girl On Three Swords
- Modern Sawing Through A Girl
- Lucite Rod Thru Body
- The Head Hunt- Sucker Die Box With Human Head
- Ideas For Kellar Blue Room
