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His remarkable writing ability is clearly seen in the various books he authored, either under his real name, under pseudonyms, or for larger corporations without any author specified....

Born in Pest, Hungary. Stage name of Ehrich Weiss (born Erik Weisz). Of Hungarian-Jewish parents, his father being a rabbi. Brought to USA later that spring when the family name was henceforward spelled Weiss and his first name was re-spelled Ehrich.

At age 9 saw his first magician (Dr Lynn). Moved to New York City in 1888 when taught his first sleight-of-hand tricks by friends Jake Hyman and Joe Rinn. Inspired to become a professional by reading Robert-Houdin's Memoirs in 1890 and then in 1891, at Hyman's suggestion, adopted 'Houdini' as stage name.

Without doubt, the most famous magician in history. To escape a life of poverty reinvented himself...

We also include peek devices here with marked cards because they serve a similar purpose, to secretly identify a card.

Performs adult magic for children and childrens' magic for adults. He is also known as Professor Bungle and occasionally tries to keep Mr Punch in order in his traditional Punch and Judy show, but usually ends up having a cup of tea in the booth while the wooden acting goes on above his head.

Steve has lots of experience in writing and directing for children's theatre and many people have actually paid real money to see the panto's (that's British Pantomime) and shows he has written.

Also advised on the magical bits in the premiere production in Wales of the musical "The Witches...

Inspired as child seeing a magician. Learned from Erdnase and Fischer's Illustrated Magic. Jazz pianist until c1963 when traded piano lessons for card magic with Dai Vernon. Thence school teacher and semi-pro magician and lecturer. Foremost inventor of finger-ring and rope tricks since late 1960s. Aka "The Idaho Flash". Wrote many booklets, including The Punch Letters (1988, 23pp). Tricks in Talisman, Arcane, Epoptica, Genii, and Linking Ring. Video (1992). Father of Vicki Grismer.

CARDSHARK is an exciting new monthly card magic digital magazine, edited and compiled by Kyle MacNeill. This is the first issue, and it is being sold for a special low introductory price of just $0.99!

This issue contains 5 tricks from Cameron Francis, John Holt and Kyle MacNeill.

Contents

1. Dessert first by Kyle MacNeill – A super–visual card trick with a nice ‘ending of the trick first’ hook. Walk around workers should like this one. (New trick).
2. Super Quick ATFUS Hof by Kyle MacNeill – A streamlined take on Hofzinser Ace Problem. Easy to do and packs a punch. (New trick).
3. Fight by John Holt –...

The Magigram, Volume 1, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

672 pages. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 1, Number 1, September-October, 1966, 36 unnumbered pages
2. advertisements
4. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
5. The Tale of the Captain's Shirt - paper tearing routine - Alan Ward
6. Sum Cubes - Ken Bowell
7. Achieved Ambition - Johnny Geddes
9. Children's Magic
   • Rescue for Robin - Len Belcher
11. Mainly Mental - Collosini
    • Fantastic
14. Sticky Sponges - Ravelle & Andree
14. Card Magic
    • Card Location...

1. ...Patter-Quips
26. Patter Routine for Sausages - Ron Betteridge
26. Flower Foil - Lawrence Hamlin
27. Have Some Irish Stew - Bob Gill
29. Name It - Joe Riding
30. 2 Tips - Goldini
    • Egg or Ball Holders
    • Which Dove is Which?
31. Ganson's Magic
    • The Bideford Move
35. Future Man - Leslie May
37. The Invisible Card in Balloon - Ken de Courcy
38. The Best! - testimonial
38. Bailey's Buckshee Water Suspension
39. Zodiac Publicity - Ken de Courcy
40. Ireland's Only Lady Magician Scores with Supreme Magic - testimonial
40. A Reminder of Supreme's London Day of Magic - testimonial
41. CoinIncident - Joe Riding
42. Quality! - testimonial ...

1. ...
   1. ... Hamlin
   37. Links United - Manny Levinson
   39. Bolo - The Box with the Hole in the Middle - Ernest Connolly
   41. Tired Tim - Reg Pocklington
   43. Bang-On - Arthur Setterinton
   44. Spirit Flame - Arthur Setterington
   45. Lesson in Ventriloquism - Arturo
   47. With or Without - Charles T. Tadman
   48. The Very Clever Card - Charles T. Tadman
   50. Lassoed - Les Woodcock
52. Ganson's Magic
    • Lewis Ganson's version of - Werry's Card Crash Thru'
55. The Peter Principle revamped for pasteboards - Sam Dalal
56. A Routine for the Goofus Plant - Martelle
57. Hot-Line from Chicago - George Johnstone
58. Happy Evening! - testimonial ...

1. ... on the Show Business Scene
20. Photo Parade!
21. Between Ourselves - comments from Edwin Hooper
22. obituary - Duke Stern
23. Tricks and Gags with the Supreme Plastic Egg - Ravelle and Andree
    • Egg or the Bird
    • Scotch Egg!
    • Duck Egg!
    • Egg & Four Aces!
    • Egg & Flour (Flower)
    • Egg & Ball
    • Egg, Card & Silk Combination
    • Egg & Spotted Silk Combination
    • Nest Egg!
    • Borrowed Ring & Egg!
26. Ashes to Ashes - humor
26. Two for the Stage - Leslie May
    • Crumpet Call
    • A Bewitched Battery
28. What They Say - testimonials
28. photo of Conny Ray of Sweden
29. Meet Tiny the Magical, Musical Clown - biography of James Payne of Santa Cruz, CA
31. A Routine...

1. ... - Keith Downs
88. A Record? - testimonial
89. The Pierrots - Reginald Boncey
90. Saucy! - jokes
91. Ideas and Tips - Harry Carnegie
    • Cups and Balls for Children
    • Puppets and Road Safety
    • Impromptu Lighted Match from Pocket
    • Preparing Cigarettes fro Production
92. The Treasure of Hi Fli Wun
94. A Card and a Celebrity (Publicity Version) - Stanton Carlisle
95. Figuratively E.S.P. - Subir Kr. Dhar
96. Bow-Kay - Jack Bridwell (USA)
97. Arthur Carter Column - The Mysteries of Arthur Carter
    • The Power of Five
98. Jimmy Crow and the Vanishing Handkerchief - John Ryan
99. An Idea for the Ross Salt Pour
99. Anonymoties - jokes
100. At Homb with McComb...

The Magigram, Volume 9, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

1028 pages. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 9, Number 1, September, 1976, 76 unnumbered pages - Starting Our 11th. Year
2. advertisements
9. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
10. A Curious Anecdote from Capt. R.C.V. Ross
11. Safari Stateside - report by Ken de Courcy
14. Ian Adair - Ideas Associated
    • Different Notions for Two Super Effects
      • Insurance Policy Notion
      • Mickey Mouse's Camera Capers
15. Lucky Card and Any Date - Serge Kolychkine ...

1. ... Host with the Most - tribute to Edwin from Catherine Atkins
97. It's Easy - Chuck Fowler
98. Diminishing Deck - Johnny Ould
99. Horn Swoggled - Ace Gorham
100. Sympathetic Cards - Harold Martin (USA)
101. No Illusions Unlimited - tribute to Edwin from Bernard Juby
102. A Word from John Braun - tribute to Edwin
102. Seven Card Wild Card Routine - Stewart Judah
103. My Personal Tribute to Edwin - Alfred Gabriel
103. Royal Exchange
105. Alas - Poor Henry! - Jimmy Flowers
106. A Gag - Jimmy Flowers
106. Clippo - Bob Hayden
107. The Club Bag - Johnny Geddes
108. Jubilee Balls - Johnny Geddes
109. Thread Ahead - Steve Dusheck
110. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - A Children's...

1. ... by Ken de Courcy
138. 'Flash' Magic Growing Flowers - Ian Adair
139. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
141. Magic as Entertainment - Harold Taylor
145. Raves for Our Costume Bags - from "From Our Point of View" (M.U.M.)
146. An Easily Made Fire-Bowl - Norman Rhodes
147. Staggering Simplicity - Ken de Courcy
149. Simplex Card in Wallet - Harry Carnegie
150. A Simple Paper Tearing Effect - Joe Stuthard
151. Harry Stanley Reminisces
158. Weedy's Wonders - Weedy the Clown
162. Two Wongs! - John Savill
163. Mondo Monte - My Version - John Teo
164. The Pranky Magic Test - Brian Marr
165. Dice Choice - W. Rory Coker
166. News and Views from the Colonies - George...

1. ...Name-It-Deck - Aldo Colombini
37. The Tale of the Chinese Magician - Joe Hustler
38. With Magic in Mind - Stanton Carlisle
    • A Mental Pot-Pourri
41. How to be a 'Snail Man' - Alan Ward
42. At the End of Your Season - Ian Adair
43. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
47. G.T.X. - Sinclair
48. Patter for Cork Thru Card - Ed Dunhill
49. Some Ideas - Goutam Guha
    • Rope Cutting (another version)
51. The Mayes Concept - Jack Mayes
53. Word Game - Arun Bonerjee (Calcutta)
54. A Bit of Business
54. Whispers in the Wings - Harold Long
55. Silk Transposition - Fred Kaps
56. Mother-in-Law - John Strange
56. Puzzle Solved - testimonial ...

1. ...Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
13. The Magic of John Yeager
    13. Colour-Changing Balls to Silks
    14. A Die and Paddle Trick
    15. A Phantom Tube Routine
    17. Slate 'O Dots
    18. The Boston Deception
    19. Case for ESP
    19. Five Boxes Off Mystery
    21. Sydney Spider
    22. Evolution of a Trick
    23. Zebra Plaque
25. Harry Stanley Reminisces
28. A Simple Card Stand
29. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
    • Psychological Projection
30. Dressing-Room Interlude - Bruce Posgate
31. Use of Glove-Puppets in Magic - Val Andrews
31. Hand-in-Glove Card-Location - Val Andrews
32. Norman Lee's Varieties
    • Reflections on Values
    • Part 2! - Reflections on Children's...

1. ... - Paul Daniels
   • Slately Unusual
22. The Gospel Column - edited by Henry Smith
    • Fishers of Men - Dave Hendy
23. My Goodness - It's Geddes - The Magic of Johnny - Johnny Geddes
    • Collapsible Wand
24. Peter Warlock Looks Back
    • Early Collins
      • The Nonpareil Slate and Card Experiment
      • Stanley Liked the Kalanag Show
26. Telekinesis - Motion at a Distance - But is it PK? - Alan Ward
27. A Hole in None? - Norman Lee
29. Orange to Orange - Brian J. Colling
30. Magisquare - puzzle
31. Contraction - Phil Goldstein
32. Dress - Wolfgang Riebe
33. "An Oldie but a Goodie" - A Finger...

1. ...
   1. ... 33
33. Bits & Pieces from Canada - Stephen Lett
    • Lead In to Multiplying Balls
33. Did You Know That ... 13 Mystic Fact About Magical Personality Paul Daniels
34. Before I Forget - John Wade
34. It's A Square - Arun Bonerjee
36. Marvoyan's Magic - Magic from Bolivia
    • Phanto-Move
36. The Court Card Caper - Joe Hustler
37. Five'll Getcha Ten! - Simon Lovell
37. Answer to Alan Ward Puzzle
38. Torch Trickery - Norman Lee
39. Tetrad Three Card Mystery - Mat Roelofs
40. Solution to Alphanumeric Fun-Words Puzzle
40. Nineteen Thirty Four - rhyme - Norman Lee
41. Clubs & Mags
41. Supreme Out & About - events
42. advertisements
45. two-page insert for Bishops Stortford Super Day ...

1. ... - Ken de Courcy
4. Snowstorm in Chicago - Jack Bridwell
5. Middlesborough Circle of Magicians Showcase
   5. 40 Years On - 1954-1994
   6. Introduction
   6. The Middlesborough Circle of Magicians (A Resumé of the Story so Far) - Denis Templar
   7. Donald the Magician - Donald Dickens
   7. The Elementary Card Trick - Simon Dixon
   7. Memories - Sheila McTiernan
   8. The Card Stab - Denis Templar
   9. "Hands-Off" Mental Magic - Herbert Wilkinson
   10. What I Didn't Tell You - Viv Rees
   10. Making Time to Observe - Mark Warman
   11. Paul Daniels Interview - Timothy Reed
   12. list of officers & members
13. The Gospel...

1. ...
   • ...
   • The Skip-Jack
14. Advertisements & Personal Cards

17. Magic - Volume II, Number 3 - December 1901 - 8 pages
17. Modern Magicians - biography/review - W. H. Moody
18. Lessons in Magic
    • The Magician's Pistol
    • New Handkerchief Vanish - H. J. Holland
    • New Coin Sleight
    • A Clairvoyant Card Trick
19. Confessions of a Conjurer - Frank W. Thomas (concluded)
20. Items of Interest
20. Advertisements for the Xmas No. of Magic - announcement
20. Facsimile Reproduction of Signor Blitz's Poster
20. Autograph of Signor Blitz
21. A Bibliography of Conjuring - Compiled with Notes - Ellis Stanyon
22. Correspondence ...

1. ...
   • ...
   • Novel Memory Trick with Cards
   • Twentieth Century Handkerchief Trick
   • The Vanishing Glass Gas Cylinder
   • Suspended and Vanishing Glass of Water
29. World's Opinion - testimonials
29. Helpful Hints
30. Advertisements & Personal Cards

33. Magic - Volume V, Number 5 - February 1905 - 8 pages
33. Punch and Judy - History, Fit-up, Characters, Dialogues, etc.
34. Editorial
35. Original Lessons in Magic - Ellis Stanyon
    • The Pencil and Loop Trick
    • Another Will o' the Wisp
    • Blindfold Card Divination
35. The Acrobatic Cards - John N. Hilliard
36. Variations on the Rising Cards - Herbert Worth ...

Numbers 125-128

294 pages

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

1. ...
   • ...
   • Watered Silks - J. Whitehead
   • A Slate Variation - A. C. A.
   • Transposition Extraordinary - from a manuscript by Charles Trickery
   • Cups and Balls - Rupert H. Slater
   • A Coin Pass - Victor J. Peacock
   • The Latest Mechanical Pack - A. C. A
   • A Wrinkle for the Drawer Box - Norman Hunter
   • A Card Cutting Note - E. F. Impey
   • The Incomparable Hat Load
   • Ball and Pill Boxes - Tom Sellers
32. Water and Wine - A. De Brett
33. The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
    • Conjurers of Yesterday and To-day [continued]
    • Chung Ling Soo Presenting the Cannon Trick - photo page
46. Book Reviews
    • The Book of Secrets. Miracles Ancient and Modern - Walter B. Gibson ...

1. ...
   • ... the Little Theatre
   • Frakson at the Grand, Croydon
28. Moonbeams - proverbs by Wilfred Huggins
29. Confederacy - article by Victor Farelli
32. Handkerchief, Cords and Matchbox - Arnold De Brett
33. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Blackboard Bewilderment
    • P O P
    • A New and Startling Card Discovery
    • Flowers of Darkness
    • A "Sleight" Interlude
    • Another A.P. Ball Move
39. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
    • A Hat Loading Device - Howard Max
    • A Vanishing Bran or Confetti Cup - Tom Sellers
    • Noted Card Flies to Performer's Pocket - J. Whitehead
    • A Tape and Block of Wood Effect - Tom Sellers
42. Book Notes ...