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The Sphinx Volume 39 (Mar 1940 - Feb 1941)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 39 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1940 | |
Elmer P. Ransom. | 4 |
Index for Volume XXXVIII | 4 |
Charlie Leedy's Patter Lines. | 4 |
Miracles for Sale: The Floating Marvel. The Albenice Arabian Bead Mystery. Zufall's Saturday Evening Post Trick. The block of Mohamet. Chopper Guillotine. Albenice Serpent Silk. Alarm Clocks from a Hat. | 4 |
Scheduled Events in Magic: Magic in New York. Annual Night of Magic. Harry Rouclere Testimonial Dinner. Greater Magic Show. 36th Annual Dinner. The National Conference of The S.A.M. The I.B.M. Convention. The P.C.A.M. Convention. | 4 |
The Dancing Handkerchief. By Elmer P. Ransom. | 5... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 40 (Mar 1941 - Feb 1942)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 40 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1941 | |
The Birth of Old Glory. By A. M. Wilson, M.D. | 7 |
The Magic Door. By Howard Thurston. | 8 |
Card Effect With Two Packs. By Nate Leipzig. | 10 |
Potato Jones And His Amazing Disappearance. Horace Goldin. | 11 |
The Miser's Dream As I Do It. By T. Nelson Downs. | 12 |
Houdini-Hardeen Strait-Jacket Escape. By Theo. Hardeen Brother of Houdini. | 14 |
Hi-Strung. By Okito and Fu-Manchu. | 16 |
The Witch Of The Flame. Eugene Laurant. | 18 |
The Triple Escape. By Levante. | 20 |
A Great Production. By Blackstone. | 21 |
The Coin Roll Vanish. By Paul LePaul. | 22 |
Birch Vanishes Fifty Rabbits. By Birch. | 23... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 41 (Mar 1942 - Feb 1943)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 41 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1942 | |
Cover. | 3 |
Meet The Dealers. | 3 |
Where They Are. | 3 |
Camera Record of the Parent Assembly, S.A.M. Annual Show. Photographs by Irving Desfor | 4 |
28th Annual Dinner. By C. Talvades. | 4 |
Annual Show. By Vin Carey. | 4 |
The Queen's Court of Baron Seamon. By Ed Reno. | 5 |
A New Effect with a Die. By Hans Van Baaren, M.D. | 6 |
New Salt Shaker. By Harold Pearson. | 6 |
Gloves. By Robert Harbin. | 7 |
Calling the Numbers. By Milbourne Christopher. | 8 |
The Rising Card. By Alex Valden. | 8 |
The Orange Force. By Dave Price. | 8 |
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 13 |
"On the Spot". By Dorny. | 13 |
Highlights.... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 42 (Mar 1943 - Feb 1944)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 42 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1943 | |
Robert Heller. | 4 |
In The Manner of Heller. By John Mulholland. | 5 |
Easy Book Test. By Gerald Kosky. | 6 |
Invisible Card Reverse. By T. J. Crawford. | 7 |
Telepathic Television. By Hans Van Baaren, M.D. | 8 |
Soldier Magic. By Tommy Dowd. | 8 |
Rabbit Eggs. By John Brown Cook. | 10 |
1943 Show Parent Assembly S.A.M. | 15 |
22nd Annual Show Knights of Magic. | 15 |
29th Annual Dinner. | 15 |
My Father - Robert Heller. By Mary Adelaide Palmer Blanchet. | 16 |
Editor's Page. | 18 |
Squawks. By Frazee. | 19 |
25 Years Ago. | 19 |
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 20 |
Magic Flashes From South America. By E. Leslie... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 43 (Mar 1944 - Feb 1945)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 43 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1944 | |
The Cover. | 4 |
With a Bow to Anderson. From notes by Brander Matthews. | 5 |
One Of The Ups and Downs Of Magic. By W. A. Russell. | 6 |
Hathaway Card Change. By Hathaway. | 7 |
Spelling. By Elmer Appelgit. | 7 |
Musical Magic. By San Era. | 8 |
Break-A-Way Die Box Routine. By Tommy Windsor. | 8 |
Dr. Brochu's Flash Card Location. By Dr. R. Brochu. | 9 |
Cards and Envelopes. By Eugene Laurant. | 10 |
Eugene Laurant Dies. | 11 |
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 12 |
S.A.M. Parent Assembly Show. | 12 |
John Henry Anderson "Great Wizard of the North" | 17 |
Editor's Page. | 20 |
Squawks. By Frazee. | 21 |
25 Years... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 44 (Mar 1945 - Feb 1946)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 44 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1945 | |
The Famous Crystal Casket. A present-day version of a trick featured by John Wyman. By John Mulholland. | 5 |
Mind Reading Card Tricks. By Al Baker. | 6 |
Frame and Handkerchiefs. By Carlos H. Colombi. | 8 |
"The Rabbit Hat". By Sgt. Milbourne Christopher. | 8 |
The Break. By Hans van Baaren. | 8 |
"The Garden of Roses". By Hathaway. | 9 |
Color Change. By Sgt. Joseph K. Schmidt. | 9 |
Advertising Ice Breakers. By Tom Fitzgerald. | 10 |
Wyman the Wizard. By John Mulholland. | 11 |
For Bibliophiles Only. By Stanley Collins and James B. Findlay. The Waif and the Wizard by Edward Kent. | 21 |
The Future of Magic on... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 45 (Mar 1946 - Feb 1947)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 45 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1946 | |
Miracles For Sale: The Great Gizmo Glass. Lighted Cigarette Dropper. Grant's Ring Box. Mortimer's Giant Dragon Papers. Arcuri Vanishing and Reappearing Necktie. Lapelette. Haunted House. Cocktail Shaker. Latest Cigarette Tube. Bone Box and Dog House. Telepathic Trio. How To Add Something To Something. | 4 |
Dollar'n Blitzen. By Al Baker. | 5 |
Lighter Magic. By Milbourne Christopher | 6 |
Some Paper Ideas. By Little Johnny Jones. | 6 |
A Spirit Picture. By Loring Campbell. | 7 |
The Four Queens Mystery. By John Giordmaine. | 7 |
Two Rope Effects. By Carlos H. Colombi. | 8 |
Vanishing... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 46 (Mar 1947 - Feb 1948)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 46 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1947 | |
The Sphinx Awards 1947 | 4 |
The Spinning Girl. By George La Follette. | 5 |
The Parasol Trick. By P. C. Sorcar. | 6 |
Improved Bill Tube. By Lestorte and Rowbotham. | 7 |
The Marvelous Blocks. By Edward W. Massey. | 8 |
My Talisman. By H. Ernst | 9 |
The Tambourine Rings. By George De Mott. | 9 |
Animal Container. By Silent Mora. | 10 |
Smile Please. By R. W. Edmanson. | 10 |
A False Shuffle. By Jerry McDermott. | 11 |
Horace Goldin "Saws a Woman". By Milbourne Christopher. | 12 |
Poster: Birch. | 13 |
BIRCH Master Magician and Company. By John Mulholland. | 14 |
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 17 |
North European... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 47 (Mar 1948 - Feb 1949)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 47 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1948 | |
The Sphinx Awards 1948. | 4 |
The Cover. | 4 |
Tricks I Like. By Al Baker. | 5 |
Variation on the Flower Cone. By David Bamberg, Carlos H. Colombi, and Graciela N. Avendano. | 6 |
Second Deal. By Douglas Francis. | 6 |
Sorcar's Vanishing Lamp. By P. C. Sorcar. | 7 |
Cigar Box Switch. By A. W. Fey. | 8 |
21st Century Card Trick. By C. Steffensen. | 9 |
England's Home of Mystery. Founded 75 Years Ago. | 10 |
Poster: Maskelyne and Cooke. | 11 |
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 12 |
South American Notes. By E. Leslie Briant. | 12 |
S.A.M. Parent Assembly Show. | 13 |
Swensk Magisk Cirkels Kongress. By Julius... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 48 (Mar 1949 - Feb 1950)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 48 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1949 | |
The Cover. | 4 |
Magic in Print: Cyclopedia of Magic. Controlled Miracles. Thanks to Leipzig! John Ramsay's Routines With Cups and Balls. The Card Wizard. Blackstone's Tricks Anyone Can Do. Deux Conferences Sur La Prestidigitation. | 4 |
Card in the Jug. By Geo. Johnstone. | 5 |
Sorcar's Dictionary Trick. By P. C. Sorcar. | 6 |
"Come Black". By John Giordmaine. | 7 |
Three From Five is Nothing. By George DeMott. | 8 |
Exchanging the Pack. By Arthur Buckley. | 9 |
My Innocent Thimble "Pull". By Carlos H. Colombi. | 10 |
The Taming of the Shmoo. By Peter Van Note (With Eric Weinberger). | 10... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 49 (Mar 1950 - Feb 1951)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 49 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1950 | |
The Cover. | 4 |
Last Minute News. | 4 |
On This and That. By The Readers. | 4 |
The Traveling Centavos. By J. B. Bobo. | 5 |
The Three Bears. By George DeMott. | 6 |
Teevee Cabinet. By Karrell Fox, King of Korn. | 7 |
Fourfold Slate Prediction. By Roy Cowl. | 7 |
Fun With Cards. By Paul Stadelman: Thought Transference. Dr. Jaks' Card on the Wall. | 9 |
The Sphinx Awards. | 10 |
Magical Utopia. | 11 |
Magic Query. | 11 |
London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 12 |
South American Notes. By E. Leslie Briant. | 12 |
Magic Query Answer. | 12 |
Count Ernest Patrizio and his Magic Wonders. By Milbourne Christopher. | 13 |
Program:... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 50 (Mar 1951 - Feb 1952)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 50 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1951 | |
The Magnetic Card. By Blackstone. | 9 |
Tarbell's Oranges. By Harlan Tarbell. | 10 |
Levante Levitation. By Les Levante. | 11 |
The Robert Harbin Flower Growth. Robert Harbin. | 12 |
The Bewitched Tubes. By Okito. | 13 |
Hindu Rope Mystery. By Birch. | 14 |
The Phantom Studio. By George LaFollette (Rush Ling Toy). | 16 |
The Dunninger Divination. By Joseph Dunninger. | 17 |
Diabolical Die. By P. C. Sorcar. | 18 |
Tah Suiee - The Fountain Pagoda. By Long Tack Sam. | 19 |
Bottoms Down. By Al Baker. | 20 |
The Invisible Flap. By Tan Hock Chuan. | 21 |
The Vanishing Leopard. By Virgil. | 22 |
A Card Problem. By... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 51 (Mar 1952 - Feb 1953)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 51 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1952 | |
The Cover. | 3 |
The Sphinx Awards - 1952. | 4 |
Triple-Squared-Circle. By Birch. | 6 |
Foulard Transposition. By Okito. | 7 |
A Miracle Sleight. By "Silent" Mora. | 8 |
The Mystery Ball. By Billy Russell. | 9 |
A Sweet Trick. By Matt Schulien. | 010 |
Bullet Catching Trick. By Carlos. H. Colombi. | 011 |
A Utility Fake. By Bill Magini. | 12 |
Instant Flowers. By Peter Warlock. | 13 |
Chromo-spheres. By Dr. Jacob Daley. | 14 |
History of Magic. By P. C. Sorcar. | 16 |
An Aid to Telepathy. By Zerr. | 18 |
Singapore Surprise. By Tan Hock Chuan. | 19 |
Psychogony. By Eddie Joseph. | 20 |
"It's June in Miami". By Herman... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 52 (Mar 1953)John Mulholland
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VOLUME 52 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1953 | |
The Cover. | |
Bravo, Authors! | 4 |
Ready To Be Tied. By Milbourne Christopher. | 6 |
Singapore Sorcery. By Tan Hock Chuan. | 7 |
The Miracle from Mauretania. By Eddie Joseph. | 8 |
Rice's Tel-A-Color. By Harold R. Rice. | 8 |
Han Pien Chien. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 9 |
Ring Off The Rope. By Harlan Tarbell. | 10 |
A Subtle Disappearance. By Okito. | 11 |
The Stack of Quarters. By J. B. Bobo. | 12 |
My Favorite Bill Switch. John Scarne. | 13 |
Intensity. By Bill Simon. | 14 |
Magnetic Matches. By George McAthy. | 15 |
Magician's Mail. By Bruce Elliott. | 16 |
Queen of the Ribbon Cage. By Clettis V. Musson. | 17 |
Strippers.... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Quicker Than The EyeJohn MulhollandThis is a wonderfully readable and fascinating description of magic and its history. Written by one of the scholars of magic - John Mulholland. Ben Robinson, the expert on John Mulholland whom he researched for more than 30 years, writes in his introduction to this ebook:
"Quicker Than The Eye was John Mulholland's second book, and the first under solely his own name. It is a tale of adventure and creativity. The pages abound with names, dates, and thrilling stories of the great names in stage conjuring. It is an almost anecdotal history told in an easy-going, very readable style. Professionals today,... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF |
Magic of the WorldJohn MulhollandThis is a highly underrated magic book written by one of the masters and scholars of magic, John Mulholland, that is now again available in digital form as ebook. It comes with a brand new introduction by Ben Robinson, the expert on John Mulholland.
Here is an ebook of magic feats from countries all around the world that will delight aspiring young and old magicians alike.
John Mulholland drew on many years of experience as a performer. The result was this splendid collection of tricks, mysterious and fascinating to see, with which you can entertain your friends or paying clients.
Among the tricks... | ★★★★★ $15 to wish listPDF |
The Magical MindJohn Mulholland & George N. Gordon If you are looking for answers about what we see, but not necessarily observe, you can do no better than to read this ebook, The Magical Mind, brought to you by two masters of perception.
With a new introduction by Ben Robinson, the expert on John Mulholland. From the introduction:
Mulholland had battled the use of propaganda during WWII, the Korean War and the Cold War. He knew that the work of those who sought to "brainwash" masses used the same tactics magicians use for entertainment – to lead the mind on ingeniously, step by step until self-logic is defeated. Gordon had taught thousands of... | ★★★★★ $15 to wish listPDF |
Leaves From My NotebookJohn Northern HilliardThis is a compilation of Hilliard's contributions to Floyd Thayer's magazine The Magical Bulletin.
A few sporadic contributions to magical journals here and abroad followed The Art of Magic. The most important of these stray papers was the first account, in The Sphinx, of a thought-reading card trick of my own invention that has since enjoyed considerable popularity. I refer to the experiment commonly known as "The Telephone Trick." No one was more surprised than myself at the immediate and widespread popularity of this trick. That its success was not ephemeral, I judge from the fact that Mr. Thayer still keeps it in stock, and that many writers,... | $10 to wish listPDF |
Magic in a GameJohn PalfreymanFrom the Foreword by Ali Bongo:
So the telephone rings and the client says ... "Can you provide two hours entertainment?" ... "Of course!" ... you say, doing a quick bit of mental arithmetic to double your normal fee. Having confirmed the booking, you make a bee-line for the book-shelf to search for this book. Because this book ... plus a few bits and bobs ... will furnish the wherewithal for that extra hour of entertainment.
Think of the advantages! You need only do one show in an afternoon instead of two ... no mad dash when the first show runs late ... less packing ... less wear and tear on... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF |
Magic in a Game (used)John PalfreymanStapled booklet in like-new condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $7 to wish list |
Fools of Fortune (hardcover)John Philip QuinnThis is an 1892 edition in good condition.
The original description read:
A history of the vice in ancient and modern times, and in both hemispheres; an exposition of its alarming prevalence and destructive effects; with an unreserved and exhaustive disclosure of such frauds, tricks and devices as are practiced by "professional" gamblers, "confidence men" and "bunko steerers."
This is a massive tome on gambling, the largest one at that time, describing gambling locations, games, scams, fraud and how they are operated, as well as many personal stories from the author. Makes for fascinating... | $200 to wish listhardcover |
Four Little BeansJohn Ramsay & Victor Farelli
Excerpt from the foreword:
Unless I am mistaken, the routine explained in this modest little volume is the first sleight of hand trick I learned. I was then at school - over sixty years ago - and as I have been performing it constantly ever since, I have had, obviously, a lot of practice!
Although I have always done the trick fairly well, I have added, quite recently, a number of improvements which make it, I think, a routine not unworthy of the attention of any close-work magician.
Broadly speaking, it is similar in effect to the Chinese Marble Trick described by Edwin Sachs in... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
John Ramsay's Cylinder and CoinsJohn Ramsay & Victor Farelli A classic routine explained in detail with almost 50 photographs.
Excerpt from the preface by John Ramsay:
It is now over fifty years since I started to experiment with the Cap and Pence trick, and I have worked out several methods of using the standard apparatus.
The present routine, lucidly and minutely explained by Victor Farelli, is not the result of a "brain wave" it was gradually evolved by a process of trial and error, and I trust that the reader will decide to study it thoroughly and that he will add it to his programme.
For the last thirty years, or more, it has been one... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
Conundrums, Riddles, Puzzles and Gags (used)John RayHardcover with some rubbing, foxing, and stains. Binding is loose and book block mostly separated from cover. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list |