Derek Lever's Magic Mag Volume 4
by Derek Lever

Derek Lever's Magic Mag, Volume 4
Published by Derek Lever, Peter C. Woolley & Taurus Magic, Manchester & Bury, Lancaster, England
Volume 4 consists of 6 issues, 266 pages total

Volume 4, Number 1, October/November 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • Praise from Abra
   • Magic Mag Magician of the Year
2. Comedy Corner - jokes, comedy routines, etc. - Derek Lever
3. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
   • A Different Card Trick - Maurice Deighton
4. cartoon
5. Free Advertising Section
6. Happiness is ... - Henrique
8. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
9. Book Review
   • The Magic of Show Business - Simon Lovell
   • Supreme Magic Catalogue Number Thirty-Two
   • Tricks for Travelling Tricksters - Ken De Courcy
   • The TAT Papers - The House Magazine of Sound of Magic Video 5
   • Phantini Revisited - Gene Grant
   • Tips on Table Hopping - Kirk Charles
   • What Can You do with This? (or Improv Magic) - Kirk Charles
   • Magicomedy - Mike Caveney
   • The World's Largest Used Magic List - Taurus Magic Supply
11. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • panty egg bag - comedy magic - Barry Seymour
    • The Orbital Mammoth Card Stab - comedy magic - Paul George (with cartoon on page 14)
19. Agent's Directory
20. Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
    • Supersuds - children's effect
23. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Ken's Komedy Kups and Balls (For Stage)
25. Blackpool Magicians Club present the 31st Annual One-Day Convention - announcement
26. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • The Amazing Vanishing Ring in Chinese Rat Routine
28. missing page
31. For Kid's Entertainers Only
    • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
33. Letters to the Editor - correspondence
37. Inside Information - bits of news

Volume 4, Number 2, December/January 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
2. Inventors' Club - Peter Warlock
   • The Matter of Invention
4. Free Advertising Section
5. Letters to the Editor - correspondence
7. What's New - The Real Truth About Those New Releases
   • The Amazing Carroll's Watch Thing - Martin Breese Magic
   • The Mullica Wallet - Magic Methods
   • John Cornelius Pinnacle Pad - John Cornelius
   • Magician's Date Book - John Cornelius
   • Cabaret Jumbo Brainwave Deck - m Barry Gordon
   • Dancing Ring - Dick Zimmerman
9. Rope and Ring - routine
10. Face to Face - Derek Lever
    • With Tommy Cooper
14. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
    • a Chinese prediction card trick
15. Magical Miscellany - Brian Lead
    • edible props
    • cartoon
17. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
20. Book Review
    • Further Classic Magic with Apparatus - Robert J. Albo
    • More Collected Writings of Glenn Gravatt
    • Six Columns - Al Mann
    • None So Blind - Al Mann
    • Limelight - Al Mann
    • Marked - A Manual of Marked Card Magic
    • Deckade - David Britland
22. cartoon
23. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • The Tantilizing [sic] Time Piece
29. Inside Information - bits of news
30. The Order of the Magi Dinner, Dance and Cabaret - announcement
31. Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
    • a card trick based on the Homing Card
33. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
34. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • Tricky Torch - Norman Lee
38. Happiness is ... - Henrique

Volume 4, Number 3, February/March 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • Blackpool Convention
2. Face to Face - Derek Lever
   • With Billy McComb
7. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
   • The Acrobatic Dog - Joe Quinn
8. What's New - The Real Truth About Those New Releases
   • Pop Goes the Measles - Supreme Magic
   • Happy Birthday paper Tear - Supreme Magic
   • The Silken Lady - Supreme Magic
   • The Wise Old Owl - Ron Gilbert Magical Exclusives
10. Happiness is ... - Henrique
13. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • Disc-Concerting - Norman Lee
    • The Appearing Card in Mouth - Henrique
19. Letters to the Editor - correspondence
21. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Bed of Nails
24. Free Advertising Section
25. Magical Miscellany - Brian Lead
    • thinking about pictures and artists
27. cartoon
28. The Order of the Magi Dinner - Manchester - report
29. Inside Information - bits of news
31. For Kid's Entertainers Only
    • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
33. Inventors' Club - Derek Lever
    • David A.S. Howarth M.I.M.C.
35. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
36. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • Jack Catch

Volume 4, Number 4, April/May 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
2. Free Advertising Section
3. Face to Face - Derek Lever
   • With Alan Shaxon
7. Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
   • The Murder Weapon
   • Colour Thought
   • Mental Photography
8. What's New - The Real Truth About Those New Releases
   • Marked Coin in Lighter - Rob Chesbro
   • Eclipse - Tenyo Magic
   • Wonder Window - Tenyo Magic
   • Ultraslice - Tenyo Magic
   • Quicksilver- Tenyo Magic
   • A Slice Off Hand or the Arm-Hand Illusion - Magic Ian
   • Magic Straw - Petrick & Mia
   • Linking Razor Blades - Petrick & Mia
   • Firefly - Zanadu
10. Book Review
    • The Ganson Book
    • Hot Stuff - Stu Finley
    • The Wonderful Magic of Chefalo - Val Andrews
    • The Funniest Magic Show in the World - Al Lampkin
    • Used Magic List - Wizard Pandolf Magic
    • The Exclusive Collectors Catalogue - Paul Stone
    • Davenport's Second Edition Book Catalogue and List Supplement
    • Trio - Roy Johnson
12. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • Hockery Dockery Dick - Norman Lee
    • The Comedy Card Sword - Norman Lee
20. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Some Thoughts on the Thumb Tie
22. Stage Magic - illusion plans
    • The Dagger Chest Illusion
30. West Country Wizards - report and photos by Peter C. Woolley
31. Letters to the Editor - correspondence
33. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • The if You can Show me a Bit of Business as Good as This I'll Give You Fifty Quid Trick
37. Happiness is ... - Henrique

Volume 4, Number 5, June/July 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages and two unnumbered insert pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • Baden Baden Congress
   • Paul Daniels Show - Winter Gardens, Blackpool
   • Simon Lovell - Frankie Vaughan Show, Blackpool
4. Inventors' Club
   • Edward M. Massey's Original Magical Creations
6. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
   • The Quick and Easy Roll On Table - Joe Quinn
   • Pie Crust Pete - Henrique
   • The Stolen Diamond of Twange - Henrique
12. cartoon
13. Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
    • Space Flight [Eddie Joseph]
    • The Third Hand
15. Book Review
    • Shotts in the Dark = Floyd Shotts
    • Card Modes - Software for a Deck of Cards - Robin Robertson
    • More Fun with Card Tricks - John Yeager
    • Secret Thoughts - Ronald J. Dayton
    • The Crowning Miracles - Eric C. Lewis
    • Paul Osborne'S Illusion Systems - Books One and Two
17. Happiness is ... - Henrique
20. cartoon
1. 2 insert pages for: Code for Mental Telephony
21. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
    • Mental Telephony - mentalism
21. An Eye Test - a bit of fun
22. What's New - The Real Truth About Those New Releases
    • Magnetic Torpedo - Taurus Magic Supply
    • The Ultimate Mi-Made Lady Illusion - Swensen Productions
    • Lota Thermos - Badgematic
    • Stuck Up Stamps - Supreme Magic
    • Sonic Control Flippo - Taurus Magic Supply
24. Free Advertising Section
25. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Ken's Opening Gag
26. Laugh Time
27. Inside Information - bits of news
31. Letters to the Editor - correspondence
33. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • A Fishy Tale
36. cartoon
37. Magical Miscellany - Brian Lead
39. cartoon

Volume 4, Number 6, August/September 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • announcement of sale of the magazine to Nigel Backhurst
   • Magical Inventor of the Year - Result
     • Draw between Barry Seymour and Norman Lee Runner-up Paul George
1. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
   • folder to hold Volume 4
2. Letters to the Editor - correspondence
5. Face to Face - Peter Woolley
   • With Derek Lever
8. What's New - The Real Truth About Those New Releases
   • Electronic Key Box - Anverdi
   • Die Box Effect - Anverdi
   • Funken Ring - available from Ace Place Magic
   • The New Scotty York Lamp Trick - available from Ace Place Magic
9. Free Advertising Section
10. Inside Information - bits of news
11. Happiness is ... - Henrique
14. Book Review
    • Jar-Ring - Johnny Geddes
    • Johnny Geddes Lecture Notes
    • 5000 One & Two Liners for any and every Occasion - Leopold Fechtner
    • Gaetan Bloom Lecture Notes
    • Oriental Conjuring and Magic - Will Ayling
    • The Magic of Frederica - Tommy Frederick
    • Micky Hades' Encyclopedia of Suspensions and Levitations
    • Great Magicians in Great Moments - Irving Desfor
    • Kid Stuff Five - Francis Ireland Marshall
16. Comedy Magic - Bill Beresford
17. cartoon
18. The Secret Weapon - David A.S. Howarth
20. Magical Miscellany - Brian Lead
22. Deceptively Different - Doug Alker
    • The No Switch Razor Blade Routine
25. cartoon
26. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Ken's Routine for Charlie Edwards' Dissolving Knots
    • Ken's Klose Up Kard Kloser
30. cartoon
31. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • Arthur Turnbull the Psychic Lobster
32. Solid State Sorcery presenting The Art of Electronic Magic - series by David A.S. Howarth
    • Is Electronic Magic Reliable?
40. An Introduction To The New Magic Mag - Nigel G. Backhurst