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The Magic Wand was first published in September 1910 and continued for 256 issues until December of 1957. It began as a monthly magazine and after a decade it was published quarterly. It was edited by George Munro who was succeeded by George Armstrong. It is rare and very hard to find a complete run. The most valuable issues are those containing the serial publication of The Annals of Conjuring.

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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 46 (1957) by George Armstrong

Numbers 253-256

228 pages

  1. Vol. 46, Part One, Number 253, [1957] [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
  2. editorial comments - George Armstrong
    • Farewell to an Old Friend
    • Magic and Television and News
  3. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
    • Routines
      • The Regular Routine
      • The Riler
      • The Boomerang
  4. The Card Tricks of Gerry Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
    • The Four Fours Trick
  5. Back-Palm Coin Switch - Mark Weston
  6. Salutations to Robert-Houdin: His Life, Magic, and Automata - series by S. H. Sharpe
    • Section Two - Robert-Houdin, The Arch-Conjurer
      • Robert-Houdin's...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 45 (1956) by George Armstrong

Numbers 249-252

173 pages

  1. Vol. 45, Number 249, March, 1956 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
  2. Extra photo plate page 1 - Winners of the George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
  3. Foreword - George Armstrong
    • The Kalanag Revue
    • The Sorcar Controversy
  4. My Magic - series by Bridger Lewis
    • Rope Through Stick
    • Rope Through Leg
    • Silk Transpo
  5. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
    • The Twin Principle
    • Preparing the Outfit
    • Defining the Principle
  6. The Card Tricks of Jerry [sic] Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
    • Four Aces and Four Kings
  7. Magic for the Concert Platform Magician - series...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 44 (1955) by George Armstrong

Numbers 245-248

285 pages

  1. Vol. 44, Number 245, March, 1955 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
  2. Foreword - George Armstrong
  3. The Zodiac Deck - Vivian St. John
    • A Card Vocabulary
    • Making the Zodiac Deck
    • Any Card Called For
    • The Colour Change Deck
      • To Show the Spot Cards Mixed
      • To Show the Spots All Black
      • To Show the Spots All Red
      • To Show the Backs All Red
      • To Show the Backs All Blue
      • To Show the Backs All Blue with Spots All Black
      • To Show the Backs All Red with Spots All Red
    • The Routine
      • The Brainwave Deck
      • Colour Change Routine
      • Any Card Called...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 43 (1954) by George Armstrong

Numbers 241-244

236 pages

  1. Extra photo plate page 1 - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
  2. Vol. 43, Number 241, March, 1954 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Index pages]
  3. Foreword - George Armstrong
    • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
  4. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini - continued from V-42
    • "Name O'Card"
      • The Break Cards
      • The Spelling Cards
      • Special Spellers
    • Variations on a Theme
      • Divined by Spelling
      • The Card is Known
      • Behind the Back
  5. For Sleight-of-Hand Enthusiasts - New Four Coin Production - E. Brian MacCarthy
  6. The Conjurer's Table Cover...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 42 (1953) by George Armstrong

Numbers 237-240

231 pages

  1. Vol. 42, Number 237, March, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
  2. Extra photo plate page - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
  3. Foreword - by the editor
    • comments about the new format
    • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
  4. Excelsior - article by George Johnson
  5. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
    • Foreword
    • The Counting Down Principle
      • Card of the Zodiac
    • The Key Card Principle - I. The Merlini Key Card
      • Using the Merlini "Key"
      • Normal Location
      • Shuffling Off and Glimpsing
      • The Force
      • Discarding the Key
      • Convocational...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 41 (1952) by George Armstrong

Numbers 233-236

237 pages

  1. Vol. 41, Number 233, March, 1952 [48 numbered & 14 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XL Index pages]
  2. The King is Dead - Long Live the Queen
  3. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Apparatus Trick Competition
      • First Prize - Monkey Trap - Luigi Ruggeri
      • Second Prize - Chinese Tea Caddy - Arthur F. G. Carter
      • Third Prize - Flash Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
    • Keeping the Record Straight
    • In Father's Footsteps?
  4. An Experiment with Time - Arthur F. G. Carter
  5. The Repeating Fire-Bowl - Will Dexter
  6. Where Was It? - A. C. Newitt
  7. Cord Through Fingers - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
  8. Card--Glass and Hat - John...
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The Magic Wand Volume 40 (1951) by George Armstrong

Numbers 229-232

235 pages

  1. Vol. 40, Number 229, March, 1951 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXIX Index pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Thank You
    • So Here We Are
    • Looking Back
  3. Apparatus Trick Competition
    1. Penetrating Pack - R. W. Edwards
    2. "Flash" Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
    3. The Smoked Card - Johnny Geddes
  4. Patter in Rhyme - A. C. Newitt
    • For the "All Backs" Effect - Dai Vernon
    • Routine to Accompany "All Backs" Patter in Rhyme
  5. Hickory Clock - E. Subkleve (Transvaal)
  6. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
    1. Nofors Card in Cigarette
    2. The Spectator Predicts
    3. Purely Co-incidental ...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 39 (1950) by George Armstrong

Numbers 225-228

226 pages

  1. Vol. 39, Number 225, March, 1950 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Piddingtons
    • The Birthday Volume
    • The Competitions
    • N.A.M.S.
    • Roundabout
  3. The 'Perfection' Card Rise - John Blunt
  4. Pulse-Beat Mentalism - article by Roy Cowl
  5. Do You Know? - quiz
  6. Miranda Dives - Billie Francis
  7. Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
    • The Ballot Box Colour Force
    • The Rising Cigarette
  8. The Paper Napkins - Percy Bee
  9. The Ring on String Loop - A. C. Newitt
  10. Answers - to the quiz on page 7
  11. Three Tricks - John K. Bays
    • 1. - Super Silk Penetration ...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 38 (1949) by George Armstrong

Numbers 221-224

245 pages

  1. Vol. 38, Number 221, March, 1949 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • A Thank You
    • Time for Action
    • Where Does Our Money Go?
  3. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
    • A Pleating Tip
    • Statistics
  4. Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter
    • The Psychic Ace Prediction
  5. Bottle Baffle! - Wilfred H. Tyler
  6. Transposition Extraordinaire - Paul Sleight (Belgium)
    • The (Biseautee) Direct Palm
  7. Lighting a "Spent" Match - Victor Farelli
    • Effect as Seen by the Audience
    • Origin of the Devices Employed
    • Preparation ...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 37 (1948) by George Armstrong

Numbers 217-220

254 pages

  1. Vol. 37, Number 217, March, 1948 [48 numbered & 18 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • A Word of Thanks
    • Resolutions
    • Hotel Entertainment
    • What is Wrong?
    • Opening Effects
    • Reading Matter
    • Three New Series
  3. Magical Publications and The General Public - article by Bill Bishop
  4. Mainly for Mentalists - A New Series by Arthur F. G. Carter
    • Psychological Forces
  5. Tray Trix - A New Series by Verrall Wass
    • Stripe=O!
    • The Laughing Buddha
  6. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
  7. The Magic Letter Box - correspondence
  8. Letters to a Collector -...
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George Armstrong
The Magic Wand Volume 36 (1947) by George Armstrong

Numbers 213-216

261 pages

  1. Vol. 36, Number 213, March-May, 1947 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Magic for the Amateur
    • The Dealers
    • Our New Artist
    • Magical Broadcasts
    • Indian Magic
    • The Tribulations of a Publisher
  3. Colour Changing Water - P. C. Sorcar (India)
  4. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
  5. The Princess and The Pirate - Lamonte
  6. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe
    • General Programme of the Experiments Invented and Performed During the Course of my Representations
    • The Inexhaustible Bottle
  7. Mug's Game...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 35 (1946) by George Johnson

Numbers 209-212

203 pages

  1. Vol. 35, Number 209, March-May, 1946 [38 numbered & 4 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. To Friends and Readers of The Magic Wand - George Johnson introducing the new editor
  3. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Magic Wand Changes Hands
    • What of the Future?
    • A Word of Thanks
    • Change of Address
    • A Competition
    • The Young Magician
  4. Fire-Walked to Prove Faith - news
  5. The Vanishing Wand - Tom Sellers
    • The Vanishing Wand
    • Magic Welding
    • The Ta. Ta. Cigarettes
  6. The Magic Words - Leonard Ashton
  7. Snowman in Reverse - Jimmy Pring
  8. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
  9. For the Egg...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 34 (1945) by George Johnson

Numbers 205-208

184 pages

  1. Vol. 34, Number 205 March-May, 1945 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Book Famine
    • A Tale of Woe
    • Visible Magic
  3. H. G. Sparks - obituary (due to enemy action)
  4. Up, Lift - J. F. Orrin
  5. The Pairing Knots - Milbourne Christopher
  6. Cataleptic Calico - Leslie R. King
  7. A Drum Tube Effect - Leslie Brown
  8. The Exposer - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
  9. Deduction - Stanley Davis
  10. A Magic Wand Competition
  11. Nap Stack - Stanley Davis
  12. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
  13. The Super Ultra Sympathetic Packs - Len J. Sewell
  14. One Teaspoonful in Water Four Times a...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 33 (1944) by George Johnson

Numbers 201-204

193 pages

  1. Vol. 33, Number 201 March-May, 1944 [42 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Aid
    • Card Miracles
    • The Expert
    • Squaring the Circle
  3. A Change-Over Palm with Four Coins - E. Brian MacCarthy
  4. Ignus - V. A. Menzies
  5. A Subtle Changing Card - Sydney de Hempsey
  6. What is a Good Trick? - article by Dr. H. J. Tattersall
  7. The Dissolving Sugar Trick Improved - Victor Farelli
  8. Disc and Rope - Allan Lambie
  9. The Shilling and the Snake - Wilfrid Jonson
  10. Try This Strange Puzzle - Sydney de Hempsey
  11. A Little Different - Alfred Frangleton
  12. A Novel Doll Production - Eric...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 32 (1943) by George Johnson

The Magic Wand and Magical Review, Volume 32, George Johnson, editor
Quarterly format

  1. Vol. 32, Number 197 March-May, 1943 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Condensed
    • How It's Done
    • Cups and Balls
    • A Boys' Own Book
    • A Card Trick in Bed
  3. Tom Sellers' Magic
    • Bombay Blocks
    • Prediction Mysterio
    • Vanishing Bottle
    • Invisible Ink
    • A Block and Cord Release
    • Six Card Control
  4. Are You a Good Magician - article by Sikandra
  5. Card Conjuring for Conjurers - Arthur H. Eydmann
  6. Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
    • Proclamations
  7. Wedding Rings and Ribbon...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 31 (1942) by George Johnson

Numbers 193-196

256 pages

  1. Vol. 31, Number 193 March-May, 1942 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Magic Circle
    • Fortunes and Misfortunes
    • Zodiastar
    • A Strange Book
    • Magical News
    • Professional Help
    • To Our Friends
  3. A New Clock Dial - with Ratchet and Pawl Control - Tom Sellers
  4. Hypnotic Influence - Max Andrews
  5. Spots Before Your Eyes - Wilfred H. Tyler
  6. Tricks, Notes and Notions - Alfred Frangleton
  7. Slightly Different - Alf's Button
  8. A New Ball Sleight
  9. Levitation Extraordinary - by "One of the Boys"
  10. Slow Motion Card Vanish - Allan Lambie
  11. Thimble Work - E. Brian...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 30 (1941) by George Johnson

Numbers 189-192

247 pages

  1. Vol. 30, Number 189 March-May, 1941 [50 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • On Active Service
    • Designs for Magic
    • Aunt Kate
    • Old Ideas
    • Marketable Magic
    • Chemicals
    • Diachylon Deceptions
    • Harking Back
  3. Just Cheek - Lavilette
  4. Getting the Bird - J. F. Orrin
  5. The Tumble Pass - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
    • The Shuffled Set-Up
  6. Doublo and Treblo - C. W. Collier
  7. Lighted Cigarette Production - Allan Lambie
  8. Patriotic Silks - Cyril H. Dewey
  9. The Card in the Balloon - Claude Chandler
  10. Council Meeting - Tierra Del Fuego Magical Society - humor by...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 29 (1940) by George Johnson

Numbers 185-188

236 pages

  1. Vol. 29, Number 185 March-May, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Newspaper News
    • "You Never Vary"
    • What's in a Name?
    • Scale and Price -- Again
    • The Sense of Humor
    • December Memories
  3. Cigarette Mentality - Cyril H. Dewey
  4. Shifting Sands - H. W. Ray
  5. Wine Production - comments
  6. The Ball Through Glass - H. W. Brehaut
  7. Tricks of Olden Days - by 'Eav' or W.W.
    • A Coin Move
    • Tissue in Water
    • Bertram's Ring and Handkerchief
  8. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
    • Prologue
    • Another Scene
  9. Memories of [Charles] Morritt...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 28 (1939) by George Johnson

Numbers 181-184

246 pages

  1. Vol. 28, Number 181 March-May, 1939 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Worth While Magic
    • Hotel Show
    • The Passing of Anderton's [former home of the Magic Circle]
    • Miry Magic
    • More Ingenuity
  3. Uniting the Nations - H. W. Brehaut
  4. The Magic Bran Tub - J. F. Orrin
  5. A Production Box - John Robinson
  6. On Being Funny - article by H. A. M. Bone
  7. The Twentieth Century (Red, White and) Blues - Harold H. Saunders
  8. The Rise of Genius - S. H. Sharpe
  9. Lemon and Sausage - Wilfrid Jonson
  10. Card and Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Just Glimpse a Card
    • Torn and Restored Paper
    • New...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 27 (1938) by George Johnson

Numbers 177-180

253 pages

  1. Vol. 27, Number 177 March-May, 1938 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Regarding a Card Problem
    • Happy Acknowledgements
    • Benevolent Concerns
    • A Magical Weekly
    • A Sot of Bother
    • Cheery Amusement
  3. Triple Card Discovery - John K. Bays
  4. They Have Laid Aside the Wand - obituaries
    • Tom Fagan
    • Linga Singh
    • Robert H. Gysel
  5. A Tunnel Change - H. W. Brehaut
  6. The Penetrating Hoop - J. F. Orrin
  7. The Four Spots - Lavilette
  8. All Bluff - Tom Sellers
  9. A Production Box - Leslie Drake
  10. An Easy Drum Trick - Tom Sellers
  11. Chit Chat - article by Frederic...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 26 (1937) by George Johnson

Numbers 173-176

244 pages

  1. Vol. 26, Number 173 March-May, 1937 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • All The Jokes
    • On the Side of Sanity
    • A Little While Ago
    • Conjuring Books for Boys
  3. Obituary
    • Will Blyth
  4. Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Cards on Ribbon
    • Cut and Restored Ribbon Box
    • Ring Through the Finger
    • The Novelty Prediction
  5. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
  6. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • A Novel Penetration
    • A Cigarette Sleight
    • A Good Production
    • Passing a Coin Through the Hand
    • Passe Passe Silks
  7. extra...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 25 (1936) by George Johnson

Numbers 169-172

248 pages

  1. Vol. 25, Number 169 March-May, 1936 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Social Side of Magic
    • Racketeering In Magic
    • Magical Book Production
    • A Story
  3. A Production Tube - Tom Sellers
  4. Here? There? Or Where?
  5. Magical Television - Capt. J. E. Stone
  6. Make a Model First - article by Verrall Wass
  7. Jottings from an Old Note-Book - C. Ducarel
    • Endor's Chameleon Paper
    • Mysterious Balls of Fire
    • Novel Indian Fakir's Trick
    • Watch and Milk Trick
    • Eggs From a Borrowed Hat
    • Egg and Tumbler
    • Backward Flight of Silver
    • A Novel Vanish...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 24 (1935) by George Johnson

Numbers 165-168

252 pages

  1. Vol. 24, Number 165 March-May, 1935 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Specialty Acts
    • Newspaper Diversion
    • Television
    • Conjuring Publications
  3. Another Flower Growing Idea - Arnold De Brett
  4. Three Silks - Stanley Norton
  5. Dove Pan Ideas - Bernard Carton
  6. The Evolution of the Ghost Tube - S. H. Sharpe
  7. A Nutty Notion - Wilfred Huggins
  8. Scrybic - an Illusion - S. H. Sharpe
  9. The Dissolving Sugar - Victor Farelli
  10. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
  11. Style - quotes
  12. Jack in (and out of) a Box - Charles Waller
  13. Word Wizardry - Tom Sellers
  14. New...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 23 (1934) by George Johnson

Numbers 161-164

236 pages

  1. Vol. 23, Number 161 March-May, 1934 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Conjuring Books of the Future
    • Treading on the Gas
    • The Dinner Trick
    • Modern Instruction
    • Youth at the Helm
    • The Ever Ingenious Magician
  3. The Monster of Loch Ness - Jules Danby
  4. The Prediction of Prospero - Roy Walker
  5. A Slow Sleight - The Fadeaway Vanish
  6. Splitting the Atom - Wilfred Huggins
  7. The Wedding of Mr. Mickey Mouse - C. Barnard
  8. Another Silk Vanish - Eric J. Williams
  9. Chit-Chat - article by Fred Culpitt
  10. Snipping Again - Joseph Fitzpatrick
  11. Novel Impromptu Rising...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 22 (1933) by George Johnson

Numbers 157-160

237 pages

  1. Vol. 22, Number 157 March-May, 1933 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Introduction
    • A New Levitation
    • Magic on the Screen
    • Long-Distance Magic
    • Forthcoming Books
    • The Season
    • The Happy Hare Hunt
    • Producing a Cannon Ball
  3. The Bewildering Spheres - Rupert H. Slater
  4. The Spirit Slates Supreme - Bruce Hurling
  5. Thought Transference - Jhano
  6. A Pretty Card Effect - Tom Sellers
  7. Imitation is-- - Wilf. Huggins
  8. A Lesson in Magic - Wilfrid Jonson
  9. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • The Bewildering Block
    • The "Fantom" Four
    • The Vanish...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 21 (1932) by George Johnson

Numbers 153-156

253 pages

  1. Vol. 21, Number 153 March-May, 1932 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Twenty-One
    • Fire Kings
    • Variety from the U.S.A.
    • The Gentle Art of Disparagement
    • Hartz Mysteries
  3. A Week of Magic - report
  4. The Maskelyne Memorial Fund - auction of "Erdnase - His Book" by Mr. Graham Adams
  5. The Bead on the String - Vincent Dalban
  6. A Novel Wand Effect - T. Westwood Bradley
  7. Again the Spelling Bee - S. H. Sharpe
  8. Crystalogy - Wilf. Huggins
  9. Off Goes His - Nothing - J. F. Orrin
  10. The Rainbow Sticks - Tom Sellers
  11. Wicked Willie and Naughty Nancy - Will Blyth ...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 20 (1931) by George Johnson

Numbers 149-152

272 pages

  1. Vol. 20, Number 149 March-May, 1931 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • In the Fog
    • Mr. Tom Sellers
    • The I.B.M. British Convention
    • Swindling in Excelcis
  3. page 4 is missing [Obituary: T. Page Wright]
  4. page 5 is missing [Reflected Thoughts by S. H. Sharpe]
  5. The Turkish Bath Murder Mystery - J. F. Orrin
  6. Tripoint Again - Wilf Huggins
    • The Rising Cards
  7. The Sympathetic Cards - E. Albert Gillett
  8. Entre Nous - miscellaneous comments by Wilfrid Jonson
  9. Another Display Stand - W. H. Eyles
  10. Telepathy! - Eric C. Lewis
  11. Programme
    • The Gate Theatre Studio and Mr. Peter Godfrey
  12. The Silks and the Lemon...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 19 (1930) by George Johnson

Numbers 145-148

264 pages

  1. Vol. 19, Number 145 March-May, 1930 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Forging Ahead
    • A Pavement Problem
    • Means to an End
    • The Season
    • The Spooks
  3. The Polychromatic Ribbon - J. F. Orrin
  4. Applause and the Magician - article by Vincent Dalban
  5. Magical Music - E. D. Widger
  6. Peterson's Magic - [A. Peterson]
    • Originality
    • The Somewhat Different 20th Century Silks
    • The Pillars of Solomon
    • A Novel Hat Load
  7. The Rosina Crystal - E. Albert Gillett
  8. With a Billiard Ball
  9. More Wine and Water - S. D. Good
  10. The Real Art of Magic - Wilfrid Jonson [continued] ...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 18 (1929) by George Johnson

Numbers 141-144

272 pages

  1. Vol. 18, Number 141 March-May, 1929 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Season Soliloquies
    • Tahra Bey
    • A Wandering Wizard
    • Magic from Below
    • All Change
    • Cutting Through
  3. Some Sleights - George Johnson
  4. A Novel Vanishing Coin - Tom Sellers
  5. The "Sim Pliciti" Rising Cards - E. D. Widger
  6. Obituary - Van Hoven
  7. The Destructive Ray - E. D. Widger
  8. A Trick of Alternation - Will Blyth
  9. Magical Memories - article by Rupert H. Slater
  10. AN Awkward Experience - W. H. E.
  11. Another "Cut and Restored" - F. Jackson
  12. A Novel Card Problem - Sid Lorraine
  13. The Magical...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 17 (1928) by George Johnson

Numbers 137-140

277 pages

  1. Vol. 17, Number 137 March-May, 1928 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Broadcasting Rumpus
    • Can Magic Advance?
    • Advertising
    • Progress in the U.S.A.
    • "Props." Change Hands
    • Laughter and Legerdemain
  3. A Neat Paper Tearing Trick - Norman Hunter
  4. The Control Pull - G. W. Hunter
  5. An Inky Interlude - Wilfrid Allan
  6. Public Speaking - article by J. S.
  7. Ring up the Curtain - J. F. Orrin [continued]
    • Section 4 - Miscellaneous Effects
      • Fishing
      • The Green Pyramid
  8. Programme
    • Douglas Dexter, A Recent Programme
  9. The...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 16 (1927) by George Johnson

Numbers 133-136

290 pages

  1. Vol. 16, Number 133 March-May, 1927 [52 numbered & 16 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Our Age of Progress
    • The Humorous Trick Competition
    • Happenings by the Way
    • Tricks that Work
    • Supplementary Editions
    • Stopping the Watches
  3. A Novel Hat Load - A. De Brett
  4. An Eggy Problem - Jeffrey Norris - First Prize, Humorous Trick Competition
  5. A Crown for a Slogan - a slogan contest for Magic Wand
  6. Flying Flowers - Oswald Rae
  7. Tricky Travels - T. Page Wright
  8. New Rising Cards - Professor Edgar
  9. Exposure and the Decline of Magic - article by J. F. Orrin
  10. Thermos - David...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 15 (1926) by George Johnson

Numbers 129-132

288 pages

  1. Vol. 15, Number 129 March-May, 1926 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Cruelty to Conjurers
    • The New Conjurers
    • The Birds of Paradise
    • A Trick on the Floor
    • An Everyday Book
    • Mainly Advertisement
  3. The Spot Light - A Card Mystery - Stuart Luciene
  4. Easy Magic - article by Wilfrid Jonson
  5. The Modern View - poem by Wilfrid Jonson
  6. A Different Flower Growth - H. Latour
  7. Conjuring and Comedy - article by G. S. Brownlow
  8. A Manufactured Diamond - contributed
  9. A Sharper's Coin Trick - G. W. Hunter
  10. An All Round Useful Appliance - Norman Hunter
  11. Magical...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 14 (1925) by George Johnson

Numbers 125-128

294 pages

  1. Vol. 14, Number 125 March-May, 1925 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Conjurers v. Spiritualists
    • The Latest Stunt
    • Curious Queries
    • The Magnetic Eye
    • On Contact with the Law
  3. The Vanishing Pencil - An Apparent Impromptu - Wilfrid G. Jonson
  4. China Tea - An Illusion Presented by Chung Ling Soo
  5. The Mysterious Cases - Baffles Brush
  6. Know Thy Card - Leslie R. King
  7. A "Three Card Trick" for Children - Victor J. Peacock
  8. My Apparatus Cupboard - article by Frank Staff
  9. The Coin Through the Hand - Wilfrid G. Jonson
  10. The Note in the Egg - Stuart Luciene ...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 13 (1924) by George Johnson

Numbers 121-123

290 pages

  1. Vol. 13, Number 121 February, 1924 [56 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • Undue Pessimism
    • The All-Round Show
    • The Loan of Books
    • A Peep Behind the Scenes
    • Tricks by Wireless
  3. The Evolution of the Ace of Spades - Prof. Day
  4. Obituary
    • Charles Oswald Williams
  5. The Drum Head Tube - Oswald Williams
  6. The "Sharpe" Scissors Problems - Louis F. Christianer
  7. A Triple Transposition - George Joyce
  8. Loading a Card in an Envelope - J. A. Esler
  9. What is Wrong with the Magicians? - article by Rupert Holmes Slater
  10. The Bacchanalian Tankard - A Mystery...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 12 (1923) by George Johnson

Numbers 117-120

279 pages

  1. Vol. 12, Number 117 March-May, 1923 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • What Of The Season?
    • Wireless Stage "Stunts"
    • One Penny!
    • Burglars
    • Two Conjurers
    • Where Ignorance Is Bliss
    • Our Correspondents
  3. The Writing of "Nothing"
  4. Soldiers of the King - Eric P. Wilson
  5. The Greedy Goblin - James Mearns
  6. Hot Coffee - G. O. Cox
  7. A "Perpetual Calendar in Your Head" - F. R. Stanes
  8. The Enchanted Dairy - Norman Hunter
  9. Designing a Stage Setting - Sylvia M. Rangel
  10. Pink and White Magic - Gwen Hilton
  11. The Treasury Note and Lemon - Ray W. Lawes
  12. The Artificial...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 11 (1922) by George Johnson

Numbers 113-116

281 pages

  1. Vol. 11, Number 113 March-May, 1922 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • What of Vaudeville?
    • The Real Story
    • Conjurer and Confederate
    • A Free Tea
    • Possibilities
    • Gold Brick Legerdemain
  3. The Tourist Tambourine - Bernard Carton
  4. Old Mother Hubbard - Wilfrid G. Jonson
  5. A Semi-Revolution - A Novel Accessory for Stage Performances - Woodhouse Pitman
  6. Shadowgraphy - article by "Onlooker"
  7. Programmes
    • AMAC at the Holborn Empire
  8. Clock Penetration through Hat - Bert Douglas
  9. Penetrating Cigarettes through Hat - Bert Douglas
  10. My Lady Nicotine...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 10 (1921) by George Johnson

The Magic Wand and Magical Review, Volume 10, Numbers 109-112, George Johnson, editor
Quarterly format

258 pages

  1. Vol. 10, Number 109 March-May, 1921 [48 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
  2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Magical Newspaper
    • Conjuring for Conjurers
    • The Hobby of the Cultivated
    • Command Performances
    • Mail Order Publications
    • Money for Nothing
  3. Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card - J. T. Coles
  4. Producing the Magical Act - David Devant
  5. Cigarette Transposition - A. J. Esler
  6. The True-Lovers' Knot - George Johnson
  7. New Coin and Ball Stands - apparatus by Harry H. Thomson
  8. The Pessimist - article...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 9 (Mar 1920 - Feb 1921) by George Johnson

Numbers 97-108

248 pages

  1. Vol. 9, No. 1, March, 1920 [20 pages]
  2. Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
    • The New Volume
    • Taking It Easy
    • The "Instanto" Competition
    • A Chat On Magic
    • The Conjuring "Johnny"
    • Artificial Wood
  3. A Floating Wand Effect - Professor Edgar
  4. Northern Magical Society - club news
  5. Marked Cards - article and effects by Gwilym Williams
  6. Reviews
    • The Magic Circular - March 1920 magazine
    • The Magician - January 1920 magazine
    • The Sphinx - January 1920 magazine
    • The Magical Bulletin - January 1920 magazine
    • The Magazine of Magic - February...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 8 (Mar 1919 - Feb 1920) by George Johnson

Numbers 85-96

280 pages

  1. Vol. 8, No. 1, March, 1919 [20 pages]
  2. Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
    • How Do You Do?
    • Unearthly Music
    • A Little Consideration
    • Gadgets
    • An Illusion
    • Our Thanks
  3. A Present from Fairyland - effect by S. V. Bingham
  4. Are Conjurers Normal? - article by "Onlooker"
  5. Tambour Rings - effect by David Devant
  6. The Wonder Sketching Frame - Ideas For Improvement - Frank Herbert
  7. Back Palming Patter
  8. News and Notes
  9. A Card and Silk Transition - effect by Devono
  10. Peterson's Empty Hand Production - effect
  11. A Crying Need - article by Nevil Maskelyne
  12. The...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 7 (Sep 1916 - Aug 1917) by George Johnson

Numbers 73-84

212 pages

  1. Vol. 7, No. 1, September, 1916 [20 pages]
  2. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
    • Keep The Fire Bowls Burning
    • Rival Ropes
    • The Real Mystery
    • The Fate of Illusions
    • Maskelyne's Mysteries
    • Volcanic Eruptions
    • The Showman's Ambulance Fund
    • Between Ourselves
    • On Active Service
  3. A Showy Silk Combination - effect by Stanley Norton
  4. North Western Society of Magicians - club news
  5. The Magic Plant Forcer - effect by Spitari
  6. Programmes - show reviews
    • Hinsle at the Metropolitan
  7. The Coffee, Vase and Flag Production - effect by W. J....
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 6 (Sep 1915 - Aug 1916) by George Johnson

Numbers 61-72

200 pages

  1. Vol. 6, No. 1, September, 1915 [20 pages]
  2. Miss Marguerite De Lara - biography
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. How to Make an Expanding Die
  5. Order of the Magi - club news
  6. Northern Magical Society - club news
  7. Reviews
    • The Magician - August 1915 magazine
    • The Sphinx - July 1915 magazine
    • Magical Bulletin - magazine
    • The Magic Circular - September 1915 magazine
    • The Mahatma Circular - August 1915 magazine
    • The Magi - September 1915 magazine
  8. New Pillory Release - Stanley Norton - effect
  9. The Mahatma Circle of Magicians - club news
  10. Notes on the...
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George Johnson
The Magic Wand Volume 5 (Sep 1914 - Aug 1915) by George Johnson

Numbers 49-60

240 pages

  1. Cover, Vol. 5, No. 1, September, 1914 [20 pages incl. covers]
  2. Nataprote - Paul Freeman escape illusion review
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. A Crystal Mystery - Stanley Norton - effect
  5. The Christmas Box of Tricks - effect of WWI on magic
  6. A European Question - Percy Naldrett - introducing WWI into magic
  7. Handkerchief and Candle - Horace Rose - effect
  8. Order of the Magi - club news
  9. Rose, Silk and Ivory - effect
  10. The Patriotic Streamers - Stanley Norton - effect
  11. Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries - reviews
  12. Pocket Card Divination - Kardin - effect
  13. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
  14. Reviews ...
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George Mackenzie Munro
The Magic Wand Volume 4 (Sep 1913 - Aug 1914) by George Mackenzie Munro

Numbers 37-48

188 pages

  1. Cover, Vol. 4, No. 37, September, 1913 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. D. J. Brewer - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. A Ventriloquial Accessory - report of a novel effect
  5. A Shell Disposal - George Johnson - a billiard ball move
  6. Obituary
    • L. P. Noble
  7. Some Early Recollections - article by C. de Vere
  8. Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
  9. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by Charles F. Waite
  10. Haggis - from S. & S., Dundee - notes on magic in Scotland
  11. Shadow-graphy - column by Louis Nikola
  12. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx (American)...
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George Mackenzie Munro
The Magic Wand Volume 3 (Sep 1912 - Aug 1913) by George Mackenzie Munro

Numbers 25-36

192 pages

  1. Cover, Vol. 3, No. 25, September, 1912 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. Maurice Hurling - profile
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries - show review
  5. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 3 - Winners of Prizes
    • First Prize #18. Initialed and Torn Corner Rising Card
    • Second Prize #5. The Mysterious Eggs
    • Third Prize #7. A New Card, Handkerchief and Match-box effect
  6. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 4
    • 1. Marksmanship Extraordinary
  7. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx (American) - August 1912 magazine ...
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The Magic Wand Volume 2 (Sep 1911 - Aug 1912) by George Mackenzie Munro

Numbers 13-24

192 pages

  1. Cover, Vol. 2, No. 13, September, 1911 [16 pages]
  2. Mr. Louis Nikola - profile
  3. Editorial
  4. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  5. Hofzinser's Card Tricks - Professor Hoffmann - biography
  6. Shadow-graphy - column by Louis Nikola
  7. Book Notes - reviews
    • The Sphinx (American) - August 1911 magazine
    • Sealed Mysteries - Burling Gilbert Galt Hull
  8. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  9. Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 2
    • 15. Fairy Egg and Handkerchief
    • 16. Original Clip Retainer for Chosen Card
    • 17. An Original Billiard Ball...
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George Mackenzie Munro
The Magic Wand Volume 1 (Sep 1910 - Aug 1911) by George Mackenzie Munro

Numbers 1-12

196 pages

  1. Cover, Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1910 [16 pages]
  2. A representative group of weilders [sic] of the "Magic Wand" - photo
  3. Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
  4. Maskelyne and Devant's Mysteries - show review
  5. The Northern Magical Society - club news
  6. North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by Charles F. Waite
  7. A Skeleton Canopy Illusion - Carl Leonard
  8. Letterbox
  9. Editorial - Salutatory
  10. Wand-erings - proverbs
  11. Shadow-graphy - column by Shadow
  12. Some Useful Card Sleights - column by Professor Hoffmann
  13. Book Notes - reviews
    • Entertaining by Magic - Hermann Pallme ...
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George Mackenzie Munro & George Johnson & George Armstrong
The Magic Wand (1910 - 1957) by George Mackenzie Munro & George Johnson & George Armstrong

Martin Breese purchased the copyright to the Magic Wand many years ago. He intended to issue material from the magazine in book form and was little to know, at the time, of the advent of digital publishing and ebooks.

The Magic Wand was first published in September 1910 and continued for 256 issues until December of 1957. It began as a monthly magazine and after a decade it was published quarterly. It was edited by George Munro who was succeeded by George Armstrong. It is rare and very hard to find a complete run. The most valuable issues are those containing the serial publication of The Annals of Conjuring. ...

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