Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 13 (Jun 1955 - May 1956)
by Jean Hugard

Volume XIII (June 1955 - May 1956), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

289. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 1 - June 1955 - 12 pages
289. My $2.00 Trick - Sam Aaronson
290. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • Dante (obituary)
     • Magic Circle Jubilee
290. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • The Magic Circle (London)
291. Farelli's London Letter - Victor Farelli
     • Can You Tell Fortunes? - A Convincing Card Trick
     • Rough Outline of the Effect
     • Presentation and "Patter"
     • Working
     • "Glimpsing"
292. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Farelli
     • I.G.P. [International Guild of Prestidigitators]
     • Jottings
     • Gleanings
     • Cardini
     • Bits and Pieces
     • Paula Doran
     • Dr. Dahesh
     • Notes
292. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • George Cooke
293. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Mnemonics
295. The Royal Row - Jean Hugard
295. Card Corner - Dr. Ben Braude
     • Reversal of Bottom Card
296. Victor Farelli - death notice
297. The Human Calendar - comments - Roxy (José A. Guerra)
297. Patter - Cliff Green
297. Magicuotes - bits of wisdom
297. Shadow Magic
298. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Victory Carton Illusions - U.F. Grant
     • Safety Pin-Trix - Jerry Andrus
     • The Book of Modern Puzzles - Gerald Kaufman
     • Cryptography- Laurence Dwight Smith
     • Louis Tannen's New Catalogue
299. Magicana - bits of wisdom
299. Simplicity Magic - Irv Weiner
     • A Full Deck of "Shorts"
     • Cutting the Aces
299. Unrehearsed Incidents
299. Magicana - bits of wisdom
300. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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301. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 2 - July 1955 - 12 pages
301. Seeing is Believing - A Message from Frank Garcia
302. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Dunninger
     • Jottings
     • Paris Magic
     • Bits and Pieces
303. Simplicity Magic - Irv Weiner
     • Nail Writer Holdout
303. Patter - Cliff Green
304. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Conju-Ring Trix and Jardine Ellis Ring Effects - Han Trixer
     • The Cups and Balls - Señor Mardo
     • The Spirit Bell
     • Incomparable - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
     • Marginalia
305. Farelli's London Letter - Victor Farelli
     • An Alternative Climax - For the Trick Explained Last Month
     • Presentation and "Patter"
     • Increasing the Effect
     • Don't "Do It Again!"
     • Practical Hints on Fortune Telling
     • A Final Word
     • Editor's Note - Jean Huard
306. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Muscle Reading
     • Nail File
308. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • $1,000 Key Test
     • The Method
     • Another Method
     • Still Another
     • Summing Up
309. Ring Recovery - Jesse Schimmel
310. The Solution? - Paul J. Curry
310. Shadow Magic
311. Card Corner - George Sand
     • One Card Color Change
311. Magicana - bits of wisdom
312. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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313. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 3 - August 1955 - 12 pages
313. Simplicity Magic - Irv Weiner
     • Impromptu Bill in Cigarette
314. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Dovetail Deceptions - Senor Torino (Tony Kardyro)
     • Kardyro's Kard Konjuring - Senor Torino (Tony Kardyro)
     • A Magician Explains - Lewis Ganson
     • Beyond Belief - Irv Weiner
315. Adhesio - Art Johnson
315. Card Corner - Ken Krenzel
     • A New Cover for the Strike Second Deal
315. Magicana - bits of wisdom
316. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Dunninger
     • Channing Pollock
     • Bits and Pieces
     • Ricki Dunn
     • Jottings
     • IBM Convention
317. Divination - George Sand & Max Katz
317. Shadow Magic
317. Magicana - bits of wisdom
318. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • Milbourne Christopher
318. Tips - from "Sorcery" - Jack Fullbright
319. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Napkin
     • Necktie
     • Needle
320. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • Satellite
     • $9.00 Clear
     • Haskell
     • Bill Splitting
     • Coincidence - Working is Easier
321. Variation of Divination - Max Katz
321. Magicana - bits of wisdom
321. Magic vs Tricks - Lew Biebigheiser
322. Patter - Cliff Green
322. Variations on the Theme - Jean Hugard
322. Houdini story
323. Acoustics - Jesse Schimmel
324. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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325. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 4 - September 1955 - 12 pages
325. Meeting at the Summit - Albert Goshman
326. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Dunninger
     • Jottings
     • Grim Reader
     • Christopher
     • Abbott Get-Together
327. Simplicity Magic - Irv Weiner
     • A Simple and Practical Floating Card
328. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • Ping Pong Plus Cards
     • Comment
328. The Fine Art of Magic - George Kaplan
329. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Needle (continued)
     • Newspaper
330. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
     • Spell A Thought
330. Shadow Magic
331. Magicana - bits of wisdom
331. Match Folder Prediction - Eric Schonblom
     • The Move
331. Beg Pardon! - error re: Adhesio - Art Johnson
332. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • Frank Rigney
332. Magicana - bits of wisdom
334. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Paper Capers - Gerald M. Loe
     • Identity Parade - Will Dexter
     • Your "Break" in Show Business - Burling Hull
     • Latest Tricks
     • Marginalia
335. Kosky's Coin Vanish - Gerald Kosky
335. Patter - Cliff Green
336. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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337. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 5 - October 1955 - 12 pages
337. What is Magic? - Jean Hugard
338. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • TV Trickery
     • Bits and Pieces
     • Sorcery
     • Jottings
     • Sigurd Nathan
     • Mail Box
     • Grim Reaper
     • News and Notes
     • Genii
339. The R.W. "Close Work" Rising Cards - Reinhold Wora
340. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
     • Coincidence and Design
341. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • Golf Ball to Baseball
     • Thanks for the Pen
     • Magic in Iceland
342. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • La Technique Moderne Aux Cartes - Jean Hugard & Frederic Braué (translated by Maurice Sardina)
     • Zaubern - Fritz Mertens & Otto Scadelli
     • John Howie's Routines with the Jardine Ellis Ring
     • Re: The Jardine Ellis Ring
343. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Newspaper Tears
     • Nose
     • Nuts
     • Olives
     • Oranges
     • Overcoat
344. Shadow Magic
344. Patter - Cliff Green
346. Coincidence? - Adapted from the French of E. Raynaly - Jean Hugard
346. Magicana - bits of wisdom
346. Simplicity Magic - Irv Weiner
     • Two Variations of "Simplicity Jog"
347. One-Hand Card Manipulations - Jean Hugard
     • Suggested Presentations
347. Magicana - bits of wisdom
348. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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349. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 6 - November 1955 - 12 pages
349. "1492" - Art Johnston
350. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Sorcar
     • Jottings
     • Leroy Letter
     • Bits and Pieces
     • Viggo and Jane
     • Notes
     • Exposures
     • Leo Irby
     • TV Trickery
351. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
     • Some Thoughts on the "Sun and Moon" Trick
352. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo - Will Dexter
     • Successful Magic for Amateurs - Norman Hunter
     • Houdini Tricks You Can Do - Dunninger
     • One More Thought on Cards - J. Stewart Smith
     • Holden's No. 17 Catalogue
     • Marginalia
353. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Paper
354. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • re: Max Malini
356. The Leopard's Spots - Jean Hugard
357. Poker Face - Paul Morris
357. Shadow Magic
358. The Illusive Rabbit - Edward J. Fanley
359. Patter - Cliff Green
359. Magicana - bits of wisdom
359. Magicuotes - bits of wisdom
360. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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361. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 7 - December 1955 - 12 pages
361. The Porous Coin - An Optical Illusion - Jean Hugard
361. Season's Greetings from Jean Hugard
362. Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
362. Magicana - bits of wisdom
363. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • ideas on the Guillotine illusion
     • Birds of Burma
     • Dante
364. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Variety on Sorcar
     • Whither Sorcar?
     • In Manhattan
     • TV Topics
     • Roy Benson
     • F.Y.I.
     • Jean Hugard
     • Greetings
365. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
     • Coin Production Sleight
365. Magicana - bits of wisdom
366. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Paper (continued)
     • Paper Folding
368. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Robert-Houdin (1805-1871)
369. Prediction Accomplished - Harry M. Levine
369. Magicana - bits of wisdom
370. To Change a Packet of Cards - Jean Hugard
370. Shadow Magic
370. Patter - Cliff Green
371. 3 Paper Clips & A Bill - Elmer M. Applegit
371. Magicana - bits of wisdom
372. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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373. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 8 - January 1956 - 12 pages
373. "The Cards Thought Of" - Raynaly's Presentation - Jean Hugard
374. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Panorama of Prestigitators - Milbourne Christopher
     • TV, Magic and You - Jay Marshall
     • Marginalia
375. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • Silk Shooting
     • Producing the Silks
     • Getting Ready
376. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • The Great Sebastians
     • Jottings
     • I.G.P.
     • TV Topics
     • Kuda Bux
     • Hongkong Hocus Pocus
     • "TV. Magic and You"
377. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Paper Folding (continued)
378. Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
378. Magicana - bits of wisdom
379. Magicana - bits of wisdom
379. Look! No Sticks! - Will Dexter
379. Shadow Magic
381. Patter - Cliff Green
382. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
     • Jumpsy
382. An "Out" for the Force that Failed - Paul Morris
383. Cairy's Mental Speller - Clyde F. Cairy
383. Second Presentation - Eddie Marlo
383. Magicana - bits of wisdom
384. Roundabout with Fred Braue
     • Think-A-Card
384. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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385. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 9 - February 1956 - 12 pages
385. Six Coin Repeat - Sam Aaronson
     • Patter
     • Action
386. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Keating
     • More on Keating
     • TV Trickery
     • Bits and Pieces
     • Hen Fetsch
     • IBM Convention
     • SAM Convention
     • Dunninger
387. The Phantom Silk - translation - Le Journal de la Prestigitation, November-December, 1955
387. Magicana - bits of wisdom
387. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • Fred Keating
388. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Black Art - Ireland Publications
     • Ireland's 1955 Year Book
     • Grant's Brilliant Card Magic - Robert J. Smith
     • Marginalia
388. Magicana - bits of wisdom
389. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Paper Toys
390. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • mentalism
390. Magicana - bits of wisdom
391. Magicana - bits of wisdom
392. Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
     • Kalanag, "King of Komedy"
     • Kalanag & Gloria - Stoll Theatre, London
393. Patter - Cliff Green
393. Eyes of the Mind - Roxy
393. Shadow Magic
394. The Stay-Put Cards - Jean Hugard
395. Roundabout with Fred Braue
     • Lend-Away
     • 4-Ace Presentation
395. One-Hand Card Manipulations - Jean Hugard
     • The Bridge Double Lift
395. Card Corner
     • Jimmie Wilson's Card Force
396. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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397. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 10 - March 1956 - 12 pages
397. The Japanese Butterflies - A New Routine - Jean Hugard
398. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Parent Assembly Show
     • Sorcar
     • Jottings
     • Lukins Letter
     • Randi
     • TV Trickery
     • Theo Doré
399. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
     • A Novel Production of Silk Handkerchiefs
399. Magicana - bits of wisdom
400. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • Blank Card Baffler
     • Paper-to-Flowers
     • Unusual Cards
     • More Formulas
401. How Not to do Magic - Jean Hugard
401. Patter - Cliff Green
401. Tiny Servante - J. Eric Schonblom
402. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Paper (continued)
     • Paper Bag
     • Paper Clip
     • Pen
     • Pen Point
403. Magicana - bits of wisdom
404. Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
405. Shadow Magic
406. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • The Best in Magic - Bruce Elliott
     • Notes on the Jardine Ellis Ring
     • Marginalia
407. Roundabout with Fred Braue
     • Stage Mindread a la Rosini
     • Another Rosini Mindread
407. The Salt Trick - Mark Fitzgerald
408. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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409. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 11 - April 1956 - 12 pages
409. Fantasy Flight - Nick Trost
410. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Bits and Pieces
     • TV Topics
     • Magic in England
     • Sorcar
     • Fleming on Sorcar
411. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Pen Point (continued)
     • Pencil
412. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Pretty Sneaky - Don Alan
     • Circus Life
     • Marginalia
412. Magicana - bits of wisdom
413. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • comments on slates
     • A Message on the Slate
     • Slate-Writing
413. Shadow Magic
414. Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
414. Magicana - bits of wisdom
415. Magicana - bits of wisdom
416. South of the Border - letter from Ben Dalgin
416. Patter - Cliff Green
417. Don't - Charlie Miller
417. The Double Lift - Howard L. Ward
417. Magicana - bits of wisdom
418. Roundabout with Fred Braue
     • Think-of-a-Card Method
418. Card Corner - Jean Hugard
     • Riffle Palm
418. Brain Teaser - Chet Miller
418. Magicana - bits of wisdom
419. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
420. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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421. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 12 - May 1956 - 12 pages
421. The $65,000 Question - Merlini's Magic - Clayton Rawson
422. Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
     • Virgil: The Guy You'll Never Know
423. Milbourne Christopher's Column
     • Card Table
     • E.S.P.
     • First Method
     • Second Method
     • Third Method
423. Shadow Magic
424. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Sorcar
     • TV Topics
     • Bits and Pieces
     • Cosmopolitan
     • Al Mogul
     • Jasper Maskelyne
     • Jottings
     • News and Notes
425. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Pencil (continued)
426. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
     • Triangular Coincidence
426. Roundabout with Fred Braue
     • Rosini's Cigarette Switch
428. Cups & Balls Climax - Jesse Schimmel
428. Answers to Last Month's Brain Teaser
429. Magic Publishing
429. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • Fred Kaps
429. The Birdey Murphy Story - Bernard Rind
430. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • More Mohammed Bey Routines with the Okito Coin Box - S. Leo Horowitz
     • Magic with a Message - David Hoy
     • Marginalia
431. Coin Filtration - Harvey Rosenthal
431. Patter - Cliff Green
432. Endorsed Dealers Offerings

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