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Solid Deck
As a Method
A precursor to an openly revealed solid deck can be seen in a Deck Shell (first recordings date back to c. 1700), which is a hollow block.
Solid blocks without a center cavity are described by H. F. C. Suhr in Der Amateurzauberer, 1900, p. 88, in an effect called “Die Anziehungskraft der Erde” by Martignoni. In that effect, the cards of each half of the deck are glued together, making two fused blocks of cards. A selection is replaced between these blocks (after they have been switched in for a normal deck). When held loosely, the selection drops out when the deck is held upright.
As an Effect
The solid deck as a gag was described by Harry Hanaoka as “Frozen Cold Deck” in The Sphinx, Vol. 25 No. 6, Aug. 1926, p. 171. It was later popularized by Paul Harris as “Solid Deception” in Paul Harris Reveals Some of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976, p. 1.