Bruce Elliott

The Phoenix was a biweekly periodical published in New York by Walter Gibson and Bruce Elliott. After issue 73, Bruce Elliott ran it alone. A total of 300 issues were published. It was meant to continue in spirit and quality the legendary Jinx, which ceased after Annemann's death in January of 1942. And indeed, The Phoenix continued to publish excellent and innovative material.

1st edition 1942, PDF 1238.

• No. 251
  • Emlyn Williams, the English actor. [Personalities]
  • Bow-Tie [Paper] / G. Legman
  • The Lotus (paper folding) [Paper] / G. Legman
  • Pavane For A Pagan (paper ball) [Balls]
  • Magicians Club Entrance from "Lilliput" - sent by Dr. Jaks [Cartoons - Artists]
  • Pavane for a Pagan (preparation) [Paper]
• No. 252
  • Hal's Hallucination (billets) [Apparatus] / H. M. Greenberg
  • Fourth Dimensional Turning (signature made with money making machine) [Paper]
  • Glen Pope [Personalities]
  • Leslie Barrie [Personalities]
  • The Easter Bunny [Puzzles]
• No. 253
  • The Unambitious Card (reversed...

• No. 201
  • Tap Tap Tap [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Royal V. Heath
  • Sub Aqua (cards, coins) [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Cy Endfield
  • Loaded (book test, mental effect) [Book, Magazine & Newspaper Tests] / John P. Hamilton
  • Cartoon artist: Ravielli, Anthony [Cartoons - Artists]
  • Optical Sensitivity (Cy Endfield) (b.r.) [Letters]
• No. 202
  • Deanball (sleight) [Balls] / Wally Dean
  • Jokerneurosis [Cards (Preparation, Duplicates)] / Bert Fenn
  • Out! [Cards (Impromptu)] / Hugh Carroll
  • Victor Jory [Personalities]
• No. 203
  • Jory's Verdict! [Mental Effects - One...

• No. 151
  • Cartoon artist: Ravielli, Anthony [Cartoons]
  • Ted Annemann, recollections of [Dissertations of Special Interest]
  • Parallels (Do as I do) [Cards, Impromptu] / Roger Barkann
  • Triphecy (Prediction) [Cards, Arranged] / L. Vosburgh Lyons
  • Pendle (Billet test) [Mental Effects, One Person] / Jaks
  • Lu-Site (Card box) [Apparatus] / Bruce Elliott
  • "XX" (two person mindreading) [Cards, Impromptu]
  • Code Transmission Devices of Annemann [Mental Effects, Two Persons]
  • "XX" (Cards) [Mental Effects, Two Persons] / J.G. Thompson Jr.
• No. 152
  • Plus or Minus? (Follow the Leader) [Cards,...

• No. 101
  • Clipped (Card Reading) [Cards (Preparation Required)] / King Stevenson
  • 142857 [Numbers] / Bruce Elliott
  • Thumble [Thimbles] / R.M. Damison
  • Homing Eagle / J.G. Thompson Jr.
• No. 102
  • Follow The Leaders (Routined magic) [Cards (Impromptu Feats)] / Roger Barkann
  • Discus [Miscellaneous] / L. Vosburgh Lyons
• No. 103
  • The Town Skryer (Mental effect) [Cards (Impromptu Feats)] / Orson Welles
  • Hamilton's Pointer (One way card) [Cards (Impromptu Feats)]
  • Facsimile [Billet Reading; Mental Effects (One Man - Preparation)] / Cyril Marriott
  • A Word There Is [Miscellanea] ...

• No. 51
  • Duo-Finale [Billet Reading; Mental Effects (Two Persons)] / J.G. Thompson
  • 3 Jacks and A Pat (Gambling demonstration) [Cards (Arranged)] / Phil Weisbecker
  • Allow Me [Matches] / O'Hagan
  • Variation of "Sucker Bet" (Prediction) [Cards (Impromptu)]
  • Brave Corrections [Cards (Preparation)]
• No. 52
  • Moth-Eaten [Paper]
  • "Free" French Drop [Coins]
  • Yankee Vase [Suspensions]
  • On and Off [Rings]
  • Carlyle's Card Idea [Tips and Improvements]
  • Back To Back [Matches]
• No. 53
  • Out Of This Phone Book [Book Tests; Mental Effects (Preparation)] / Paul Curry
  • A Cute One [Betchas]...

• No. 1
  • Pay Off (Numerical prognostication)
  • Grade "A" Vanish (Milk)
  • New Finger! Finger!
  • Mind Over Money (Memory)
  • Mae West Telephone Stunt
  • Tribute to Theo. Annemann
• No. 2
  • Hard Boiled Miracle
  • Lost In The Shuffle (Two person mindreading)
  • The Blackstone Show (Program Review)
  • Clip Color
• No. 3
  • Scrambled Thought Waves (Novelty location) / Claytong Rawson
  • Blow Up / Frank V. Taylor
  • Penny-tration / Harry Baker
  • By-passed (Cover up for pass)
  • Making Your Mirror Glass - par. 11
• No. 4
  • Ball-istics
  • Rehydration / Alvin R. Plough
  • Slide-less
  • Williston's Pull (Handkerchiefs) ...

Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has some rubbing and foxing. Otherwise the book is in good condition. For the contents, see the digital edition.

The magic tricks presented here are subtle, easy to do, and require little or no apparatus. The inventions of some of our greatest magicians, these are sleights that involve a minimum of practice but achieve a maximum of effect.

Here are card tricks that are almost foolproof, and others that require some skill and more practice. Sleights for close-up performing, where the magic takes place right under the noses of the audience, and tricks with paper-folding, an ancient art adapted to modern magic, are outlined and diagramed. The author also includes tricks with coins and paper money, rings,...

Anyone who has seen a magician perform has almost certainly seen one or more of the tricks explained in this book. For these are great tricks of the magic profession, tricks that have proved perennially spectacular in performances on the stage, on television, or in private audiences.

The author explains first the basic scheme of each trick, then discusses the possibilities for variation and expansion as developed by a number of famous magicians. Each of the classic tricks included here is methodically described in detail and illustrated in line drawings; none of them involves expensive...

Tricks for amateur performers.

Excerpt from the foreword by Orson Welles: