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Elbiquet

(England: 8th April 1879 - 18th April 1946)

By real name Major Lionel Hugh Branson, aka "Lionel Cardac" as stage name and (according to his son Tony) "Elbiquet" as pen name. Learned in 1887 from Hoffmann's Modern Magic. Student of Charles Bertram (ca.1889). Amateur sleight-of-hand magus, except in 1913 when as "Lionel Cardac" he played London's Palace of Varieties for 3 weeks and making a 25-minutes conjuring demo film for the Hepworth Company. British Army officer, including two secret intelligence assignments in China in 1904. Also in WW I as Chief Field Censor did some more secret intelligence work. Notable practical joker.

His two younger sons, Tony (b.1909) and Cyril (b.1918), both became amateur magicians.

Wrote Indian Conjuring (1922, 103pp) and two other books as "Elbiquet": A Text-Book of Magic [1913, 200pp] and Supplementary Magic [1917]. Autobio is L.H. Branson, A Lifetime of Deception (1953, 209pp).

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Elbiquet
A Textbook of Magic by Elbiquet

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The object of this little book is to supply the amateur conjurer with a simple text-book on his art, leading him by graduated stages from the first principles to a degree of proficiency at which he will be able to produce magical effects on the stage or in the drawing-room.

The Appendix sets forth clearly the construction of the various pieces of apparatus referred to in the text, so that the amateur will be able either to construct these himself or get them cheaply made.

Lastly, the author would like to add, that most of the tricks and illusions contained in this...

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Elbiquet
Supplementary Magic by Elbiquet
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: THE TRUE SECRETS OF CONJURING
  • PART II: TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS
    • Section I: CARD TRICKS
      • Palming Cards - Improved Method
      • Naming a Card that has been removed from a Pack
      • Improved Method of finding a Card in a selected Position in the Pack
      • An invisible Flight of a Card
      • Rising Card without Apparatus
      • Card Photography
      • The Four Ace Trick - A New Method
      • Two Cards placed in Envelopes Made to Change Places
      • The "Foreman and Miners" Trick
      • Magical Disappearance of Three Cards
      • A New Card Frame
    • Section II: MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS AND ILLUSIONS
      • The Drawer Box ...
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