Derek Lever's Magic Mag, Volume 3
Published by Derek Lever, Peter C. Woolley & Taurus Magic, Manchester & Bury, Lancaster, England
Volume 3 consists of 6 issues, 264 pages total
Volume 3, Number 1, October/November 1981, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
- Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
- Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
- The Impromptu Chop Cup - Eoin Taylor
- Phenominal Coincidence - E. W. Thomas
- Routine for the Cups and Balls Plus Chop Cup Set - Paul Anthony
- another (better) photo of Edwin Hooper
- List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
- Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
- Figure Out the Colour - close-up effect
- Hello! It's Kenny Dean
- The Kenny Dean Ring in Box
- For Kid's Entertainers Only
- Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
- cartoon
- Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
- Inside Information - bits of news
- Book Review
- A Gift from the Gods - Val Andrews
- Jarrett - James H. Steinmeyer
- Albert's Antics - Albert Ross
- Legerdemine - Ronald J. Dayton
- ESOLC ... (That's CLOSE-UP) - Trevor Lewis
- The Supreme Magic Catalogue No. 30
- Davenport's Book Catalogue
- Simon Says - The Lecture Notes of Simon Lovell
- Taurus Magic Supply Catalogue Number Three (1982)
- Letters to the Editor
- The I.B.M. Convention at Great Yarmouth - report
- The International Contest
- The Shield Competition
- After Banquet Show
- The Gala Show
- The Peter Kersten Lecture
- Convention Profile of Bob Little - Myster Yaffe
- Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
- Stop Here if You Don't Want to Carry on Sponge Balls
Volume 3, Number 2, December/January 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
- Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
- Jack Hughes
- F.I.S.M. Convention, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Taurus Credit Cards
- Results of the Magical Inventor of the Year
- Comedy Cabaret Stool - Barry Seymour
- Collective Publishing
- Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
- Silken Lady
- Make 'em Laugh Mentalism
- Water Divining
- Faith Healing
- The Incredible Floating Glass - cabaret effect
- Stage Magic - illusion plans
- Inside Information - bits of news
- two photos of Bloody Jack
- Free Advertising Section
- Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
- special folders for holding three volumes of Magic Mag
- Letters to the Editor - correspondence
- For Kid's Entertainers Only
- Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
- Agent's Directory
- Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
- Ermintrude The Mind Reading, if Slightly Incontinent Baby Triffid
- photo of Charles Clifton from the West Lancaster Evening Gazette
- Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
- Hello! It's Kenny Dean
- the "con market"
- Ken's Balls Over Head
- On the Road with Michael Allport - series
- Book Review
- Professional Magic for Children - David Ginn
- The Mental Magic of Basil Horwitz
- Thayer Magic Catalogue Instructions Sheets, Volume Four, Glenn Gravatt
Volume 3, Number 3, February/March 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
- Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
- Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
- The Van-Change Production - Norman Lee
- photo of Derek Lever and Ken Brooke
- Free Advertising Section
- Letters to the Editor - correspondence
- Know Your Magic Dealer
- The Magic Box - Isle of Wight
- Who'd be a Magician's Assistant - Mary Travers
- photo of Derek Lever and Barry Seymour
- Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
- Mentally Unlocked
- Mental Electrics
- Incredible Hearing
- Pulse Divination
- Bare-Faced Prediction
- The Mental Healer
- For Kid's Entertainers Only
- Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
- Hand it to Them - Henrique
- List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
- Inside Information - bits of news
- Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
- Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
- The Martin Breese Story
- Pulse Beat
- Hello! It's Kenny Dean
- The Don't Know where it Came from Production
- Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
- a device to produce smoke from the pocket
- cartoon
Volume 3, Number 4, April/May 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
- Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
- F.I.S.M. Convention
- Ken Brooke
- Ken Brooke and Friends
- John Rhodes
- Presidential Ponderings
- The Lewis Lad at Harrogate
- Exposure of the Worst kind
- Chester Convention
- Magical Miscellany - Brian Lead
- Free Advertising Section
- Inside Information - bits of news
- Letters to the Editor - correspondence
- Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
- List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
- The Bunkum Business - Ron & Nancy Spencer
- Happiness is ... - Henrique
- Hello! It's Kenny Dean
- The Magic Circle Show - Susan Dean
- Ken's Dancing Coat Illusion
- Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
- The Calamity Comedy Chopper Trick
- For Kid's Entertainers Only
- Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
- Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
- photo of Barry Harvey
- Special Offers for Members of the Exclusive Magicians Club Only
- Magic - The Johnny Geddes Way
- Kups and Balls for Kids
- Entertaining Comedy or an Act for the Extrovert
- The Baby Boy
- Theatrical Agent's Directory
- It's Just an Idea - Maurice Deighton
- Book Review
- Kidbiz - David Ginn
- The Complete Works of Derek Dingle - Richard Kaufman
- Close Up Capers - Clettis V. Musson
- Further Magic with Dots - John Yeager
- cartoon
Volume 3, Number 5, June/July 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
- Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
- More on the F.I.S.M. Convention
- with four pages of photographs
- Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
- The Magic Numbers - mathemagic
- Letters to the Editor - correspondence
- Theatrical Agent's Directory
- It's Just an Idea - Maurice Deighton
- Book Review
- Dr. Rockwells Medicine Show - Lloyd E. Jones
- Supreme Magic Catalogue Number Thirty-One
- Best of Friends - Harry Lorayne
- Fun Magic - Herb Downs
- Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
- Trying to Have a Smoke - Norman Lee
- Inside Information - bits of news
- Free Advertising Section
- Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
- Six Inch Nail Spectacular
- Hello! It's Kenny Dean
- Ken's Kotten Trick
- Krazy Ken's C.B. Trick
- Ken's Nice Opener
- Magical Miscellany - Brian Lead
- Take a Tip from Me
- Can-Can
- Only here for the Beer
- Straight from the Horses [sic] Mouth
- Have You Got a Light, Mac?
- The Excremental Vision - or Simulated Dung
- Happiness is ... - Henrique
- cartoon
Volume 3, Number 6, August/September 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
- Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
- The I.B.M. British Ring Convention at Hastings
- Jack Hughes Book in a Public Library?
- Subscription Renewal Time
- Hello! It's Kenny Dean
- Ken's Head Banger, Banger
- Annual Day of Magi - announcement from The Order of the Magi
- A Couple of 'Quickies' Mainly for Magicians - Bob Ostin
- The Vanishing Hole
- The Perfect Shell
- Book Review
The Pickpocket Secrets of Mark Raffles - Mark Raffles
- Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
- The Hong-Kong Hotpoint Conversion for the Chinese Washing Machine - Barry Seymour
- A Simple Reverse - card effect by Myster Yaffe
- Theatrical Agent's Directory
- Happiness is ... - Henrique
- Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
- Inside Information - bits of news
- Magical Miscellany - Brian Lead
- Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
- The Pound Note Counting Routine
- Letters to the Editor - correspondence
- For Kid's Entertainers Only
- Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
- Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
- It's Just an Idea - Maurice Deighton
- Free Advertising Section
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