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Genii Volume 16 (Sep 1951 - Aug 1952) by William W. Larsen

September 1951 - August 1952
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

488 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 1 - September 1951 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Wayne Shumway
  3. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  4. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • The Imperishable Parasol
    • The Expanding Parasol
    • Card on the Parasol
    • Card in the Shoe
  5. A Dumbfounding Divination - Tan Hock Chuan
    • Trickie - Morton Elliott
  6. Multiplying Color Changer - Without Gimmicks - Clarence Peterson
  7. Mechanical Jumbo Card - H. Fernandez
  8. The Vanishing Ice Cream Cone - Jesse Langston, Jr.
  9. More Escapes - Charles Rubin
    • Steel Cabinet Escape
    • American Cuff
  10. By George! It's Sandsational - George Sands
    • Unbeatable
      • For Women and Card Manipulators
  11. Durham's Card Prediction - Richard Durham
    • Method No. 2
  12. Patter Points - George Schindler
  13. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • patter in rhyme for the 20th Century from Bert Douglas
  14. Bunny Tie - "Hen" Fetsch
  15. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • match box trick
  16. cartoon
  17. Santanelli - photo
  18. Hugh Johnson - photo
  19. J. O. Justianiani - photo
  20. Mysterious Smith and Mme. Olga - photo
  21. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Alan Caruba
    • The Pleasing Pirate - Steve Bell
  22. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • The Linking Ring, July
    • M.U.M., July & August issues
    • Abracadabra
    • One Liners - Robert Orben
    • The Magic Wand, June
    • The Wizard, April
    • Phoenix Nos. 233-234
    • Abracadabra, Nos. 275-286
    • Pentagram, June
    • Seattle Magic Ring - directory and program
    • The Gen, June & July issues
  23. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
  24. Magic in Italy - James Lee Hawkins
  25. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  26. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
  27. The Society of American Magicians - Leslie Guest
    • Harry Baker, Regional Vice Prfesident Eastern Seaboard
    • S.A.M. News Notes
  28. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  29. News of the P.C.A.M. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • Bubble Gum Contest - I.B.M. Ring 21 Picnic
    • I.B.M. Ring 96 , Long Beach, Calif.
  30. Our Cover - Wayne Shumway
  31. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  32. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
      The Man You All Know, Genial Gene of Chicago - Eugene (Gene) Bernstgein
    • Around the Rings
  33. Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Martin's Magic Shop - C. Verne Bloch
    • M.D.A. News
  34. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Hazel Payne
    • St. Louis Assembly No. 4
    • Pasadena Assembly No. 6
    • Hollywood Assembly No. 8
    • Allentown, Pa. Assembly No. 18
  35. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 2 - October 1951 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Lloyd Chambers
  3. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  4. Tips on Dancing Skeleton - Doug & Lola Couden
  5. Never Strike a Happy Medium - Allexandro
  6. Patter Points - George Schindler
  7. The Talking Skeleton - J. M. Jamison
  8. Flash Notes from International Congress of Magicians - Ralph Read
  9. The Houdini Card - Larry Becker
  10. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • Grandfather's Cider Jug
    • The Tale of Cotton
    • Balloon Bunny
    • Crispy Crunchies
  11. The Flying Witch - Robert Henderson
  12. Another Egg Bag - Roxy
  13. Our Cover - Lloyd Chambers
  14. Are There Ghosts? - Fred Keating
  15. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • Cherchez La Ghost
  16. Escape Ideas - Chas. Ruben (Rubini)
    • Improved Spirit Lock
    • Escape from Insane Muff
    • Refrigerator Challenge
  17. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Michael Garrison
  18. Magic in Italy - James Lee Hawkins
  19. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • ideas from George Barna
  20. Verne Chesbro - photo
  21. Nyle Rothenbach - photo
  22. George Schindler - photo
  23. Charles Ruben - photo
  24. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  25. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Town House Goes to Town
    • M.D.A. News
  26. The Society of American Magicians - Leslie Guest
    • Milbourne Christopher
    • S.A.M. Notes
  27. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • Pasadena Assembly No. 6
    • Hollywood Assembly No. 8
    • Portland Assembly No. 11
  28. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
  29. News of the P.C.A.M. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • I.B.M. Ring 96 , Long Beach, Calif.
    • S.A.M. Assembly No. 22
  30. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Diversions with Dice - Treborix - translated by Victor Peacock
    • Mind Reader's Digest - Bob Somerfield
    • The Third Man - Amac
    • You're In The Army Now - Ben Tallman
    • 2 pages on Kalanag
    • The Private Eye - William Nord
    • Phoenix No. 236
    • Abracadabra Nos. 288-290
  31. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • Meet the Versatile J. G. Thompson, Jr.
    • Around the Rings
  32. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  33. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  34. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling - new series in November Genii
  35. Want a House Haunted? - from Current Events

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 3 - November 1951 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Aubrey
  3. Dealer's Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. An Uhl of a Trick - Tan Hock Chuan
  6. The Handkerchief Rabbit - Harvan
  7. Chronological Coincidence - Nyle Rothenbach
  8. Here It Is! - H. Fernandez
  9. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • Rabbit Gets High
    • First Winner - re: Card in the Shoe - Richard J. Hudak
  10. The Magical Traveler - The Art of Magic - Alan Wakeling
    • France
  11. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • The Sun and Moon Trick
  12. Airflite Coin - Gene Gordon
  13. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • Dodger the Devious Predicts
  14. Henry Ridgely Evans - photo
  15. Eugene Laurant - photo
  16. Silent Mora - photo
  17. Howard Thurston - photo
  18. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • correspondence
      • James McPheron
      • Steve Bell
      • John Grant - lock picks
  19. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
  20. Our Cover - Aubrey - George L. Boston
  21. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Abracadabra, September 8 - news of the passing of Ellis Stanyon
    • The Professional Comedian's Source-Book - Robert Orben
    • Abracadabra, starting with No. 291 - How to Master the Ceremonies
    • Stage Magic - Herman Suss
    • Grandfather Trick - Frank Lane
    • Out Of My Notebook - Irv Weiner
    • The Patriotic Cup and Ball Routine - Irv Weiner
    • The Master Method of Hypnotism - Ormond McGill
    • The Gen, August
  22. The Society of American Magicians - Leslie Guest
    • John Booth, Regional Vice President, New England
    • S.A.M. Notes
  23. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  24. News of the P.C.A.M. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • Vancouver Magic Circle
    • Hollywood Ring No. 21
    • S.A.M. 22
  25. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Organized to Serve - Harold Rice
  26. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • Eddie Clever, the man behind the Hocus Pocus Parade
    • Around the Rings
  27. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • Seattle Assembly No. 2
    • Oakland Assembly No. 3
    • Pasadena Magigals No. 6
    • Hollywood Magigals No. 8
    • Chicago Magigals No. 9
    • Portland Magigals Assembly No. 11
    • Allentown, Pa. Magigals Assembly No. 18
  28. Jane Clements - Your Star Reporter - by Frances Ireland
  29. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  30. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  31. Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 4 - December 1951 - 48 pages
  2. Cover - Vivian Cosby
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. False Count (For Less) - Three Improved Versions for The Six Card Repeat trick - Roxy
  6. Heavy Aces - Tan Hock Chuan
  7. Cane to Flowers - Richard Piser
  8. Tear Four a Banner Christmas - Kalman
  9. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • Parasol Version Winner - R. C> Buff
  10. Santa's Christmas Target of Gifts - Nyle Rothenbach
  11. New Method for the Light Bulb Miracle - David Swanson
  12. Jo-Jo the Vanishing Clown - Verne Chesbro
  13. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • China
  14. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • manipulative version of Four Aces - Gerald Kosky
  15. Holiday greetings from the Silberstein Family
  16. Dante - Climbing The Magic Ladder - Danton, of Dante's Institute
  17. Season's Greetings - various
  18. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • correspondence
      • Bob McGinn
      • Alan Garuba
      • Pfc. L. J. Peters - Rising Card Effect
  19. Patter Points - George Schindler
  20. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Pet Secrets - Al Baker
    • Scarne's Magic Tricks - John Scarne
    • Magical Stagecraft for Beginners - W. C. Weber
    • Psycho - Teral Garrett
    • Feature Prediction - Ed Stoddard
    • The Sphinx, first quarterly issue
    • Phoenix Nos. 238-240
  21. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • St. Louis Assembly No. 4
    • Pasadena Magigals Assembly No. 6
    • San Jose Assembly No. 7 & Santa Clara Magigals
    • Hollywood Magigals Assembly No. 8
    • Chicago Magigals Assembly No. 9
    • New York Magigals Assembly No. 12
  22. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  23. Classified Ads
  24. The Society of American Magicians - Leslie Guest
    • Charles (Chic) Schoke, Midwest Regional Vice President
    • S.A.M. Notes
  25. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  26. News of the P.C.A.M.
    • I.B.M. Ring 21 of Hollywood
    • I.B.M. Ring 96 (1952 Convention Host)
    • San Jose Mystic 13
    • Vancouver Magic Circle
    • The Los Angeles Society of Magicians
  27. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Denver's Big Boy: Tiny Grant
    • M.D.A. News
  28. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • "Uncle John" Davison - by Herb Stonham
    • Around the Rings
  29. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  30. Our Cover - Vivian Cosby - by Joan Crawford

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 5 - January 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Kim Evans
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. The Flying Coins - R. M. Jamison
  6. Another Touch - Stanley S. Jaks
  7. A Reverse Beautiful - Jerry Hornak
  8. Cards in Discovery - Jerry Hornak
  9. Rice and Water - H. Fernandes
  10. Stretching A Woman - Illusion - Robert Henderson
  11. Simple Card Index Note Book - James Lucier
  12. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Persia
  13. Super-Poker - Rusduck "Cardiste"
  14. Dippy Magnet Routine - James Swoger
  15. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • Follow the Leader type card effect
  16. Okito - photo
  17. Bob Lang as Gladstone - photo
  18. The Johnstones - photo
  19. Doc and Anne Mahendra - photo
  20. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • ESP effect
  21. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • Contest Entry - re: Crispy Crunches - Bill Payton
    • Contest Entry - re: Balloon Bunny - Bob Evison
    • comments
    • Tint-Hare
  22. Cheerful Four Aces - Marcus Bloch
  23. Cigarette Vanish - Bob Evison
  24. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Houdini's Lock - Pfc. L. J. Peters
    • Counts' Chronicle, Vol V, No. 2
    • multiplying golf balls - Steve Bell
    • new twist to the Al Baker salt rick - Howard Adams
  25. The Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Tom Hawbrecker
    • H. H. Perry
    • Ernest B. Johnston
    • Chas. A. Harrison, Jr.
  26. Patter Points - George Schindler
  27. News of the P.C.A.M. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • Spokane Mystic
    • Seattle Magic Circle
    • Vancouver Magic Circle
    • Junior Magicians Club
    • Okito Lecture
    • Ring 96, Long Beach
  28. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Opus Thirteen - Eric C. Lewis
    • Cut Control - Irv Weiner
    • That Girl Again - Kalman
    • The Magic Wand, October
    • The Linking Ring, November
    • Phoenix Nos. 242-243
    • Abracadabra Nos. 299-303
    • The Wizard, June
    • Pentagram, July to October issues
    • The Gen
  29. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • Len Vintus, The Man Who Founded the I.B.M. - by Charles A. Rosskam
    • Around the Rings
  30. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Star of Portland: Stan Payne
    • M.D.A. News
  31. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • Seattle Assembly No. 2
    • Pasadena Assembly No. 6
    • Portland Assembly No. 11
    • Connecticut Assembly No. 17
    • Oakland Assembly No. 3
  32. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  33. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  34. Our Cover - Kim Evans

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 6 - February 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Don Olson
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. A Magician in the House - Edward Cherney, Jr.
  6. Pajamarama - Nyle Rothenback [sic]
  7. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Japan
  8. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • Happy Eggster
    • Method for "Rabbit Gets High" - John Grant
  9. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • Bill in Cigarette Presentation
    • Comic Oath
    • Woofle Dust
    • El Ropo
    • Comedy Change Bag Idea
    • Let Go, You Bother Me
  10. Dancing Puppets - Robert Henderson
  11. The Mysterious Glass Tube and Ball - Drakon
  12. Trick Thought - W.W.L.
  13. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • alphabet cards
  14. Trick Thought - W.W.L.
  15. Glen E. Towns - photo
  16. Howard Melson - photo
  17. Gene Gordon - photo
  18. Ray Muse - photo
  19. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Richard Sommerfield & Clarke Bell
    • Charles Ruben - more on lock picks
    • Better Magicians Fraternity
  20. Coming ...
  21. Patter Points - George Schindler
  22. Our Cover - Don Olson
  23. The Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Pelayo Riera
    • George Christensen
    • Donald D. Ausman
    • James I. Anderson
  24. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  25. News of the P.C.A.M. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • Long Beach, California Ring No. 96
    • Seattle Magic Ring
    • junior magicians club in Palm Springs
    • Vancouver Junior Magicians Club
    • Pasadena Magicians Guild
    • Ring 21 of Hollywood
  26. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • Hazel Payne Biography - National President of Magigals
    • President's Message
    • Paging the Ladies - Jane Clements
      • Oakland Assembly No. 3
      • Pasadena Assembly No. 6
      • Hollywood Assembly No. 8
      • Chicago Magigals Assembly No. Nine
      • Portland Magigals Assembly No. 11
  27. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • Jean Poisson Looks Back on Many Years of Thrills - C. Verne Bloch
    • Around the Rings
  28. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Okito Lecture
    • Kalanag [Helmut Schreiber]
    • Phoenix Nos. 244-245
    • Hugard's Magic Monthly
    • Psycho No. 2
    • Tops, December and January issues
    • Pentagram, November
    • Abracadabra Nos. 302-308
    • Lewis Ganson's Routined Manipulation, Part 2
    • The Gem [sic], December
    • The Wizard, July
  29. cartoon - There's No Business Like ... - Johnstone
  30. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  31. Trick Thought - W.W.L.
  32. Magic in Italy - James Lee Hawkins
  33. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Toby Trix alias Jean Foley
    • M.D.A. News
  34. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 7 - March 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Alan Wakeling and Helen
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. A Cigarette, A Bill and a Pack of Cards - Kalman
  6. Card in Hank - Gerald Kosky
  7. Retraction- re: page 241, February Genii
  8. Escapes - Charles Ruben
  9. The Professor - simple automaton - Bud Spraker
  10. Our Cover: Alan Wakeling - W.W.L.
  11. A "Literary Guild" Magic Show - Ray Muse
  12. A Practical Prop - for the disposal of liquids - Dr. Raymond V. Stone (Ramo)
  13. Kleen-Kut and Restored Ribbon - J. S. Van Neish
  14. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Switzerland
  15. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • Gone With The Wind
    • The Well Dressed Duck
    • Keep Your Eyes On Me
    • Eeney, Meeney, Miney, Moe
    • Blow-It
    • Dunce Cap Business
    • Jolly Polly
    • Moths
  16. Frances Ireland - photo
  17. Harry Blackstone and Judy - photo
  18. Dick Du Bois - photo
  19. Peter and Renee Godfrey - photo
  20. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • The Editors Problem [mentally selected number effect] - Solution No. 1
  21. Jo Jo Pentrocard - Johnny Geddes
  22. The Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Norman J. Howe - President of Assembly 9
    • Seymour Kessler - President of Assembly 30
    • Wm. E. Salisbury
    • Charles Guss - President Assembly 7
  23. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • David Richardson
    • coin effect - Pete Murphy
    • drawer box effect - Jack Reeves
  24. Openers - W.W.L.
  25. News of the P.C.A.M. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • Ring 96, Long Beach
    • Seattle Magic Ring
    • The Virgil Show
    • Vancouver Magic Circle
    • Pasadena Magicians Guild & Pasadena Magigals
    • Hollywood Ring 21
    • S.A.M. 22
  26. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Ireland's Year Book for 1951
    • Close-Up Time with Aon Alan
    • The Seventh Sense - Ed Stoddard
    • The Doll's Jump Rope Restoration - Irv Weiner
    • The Elusive Three - Irv Weiner
    • Dabbling with Daub - Irv Weiner
    • The Linking Ri9ng, January
    • Phoenix No. 247
    • M.U.M., January
    • The Sphinx
    • The Gen, January
    • Hugard's Magic Monthly, January
    • Abracadabra Nos. 309-311
    • The Wizard, August
    • The Magic Wand, December
    • Pentagram, December
  27. cartoon
  28. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • John Braun - by Bruce D. Posgate
    • Around the Rings
  29. Openers - W.W.L.
  30. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  31. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • A History With No Dates - Rose Stoppard Young
    • National President's Report for March, '52 Genii - Hazel Payne
    • Oakland Assembly No. 3
    • St. Louis I.B.M. Convention
    • Pasadena Assembly No. 6
    • Hollywood Assembly No. 8
  32. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  33. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  34. M.D.A. News
  35. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Cleveland's George Snyder

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 8 - April 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - The Kirkhoms [sic]
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
    • The Academy of Magical Arts and Sciences - announcement
  5. Two Faced Matcheroo - Nyle Rothenbach
  6. Drama in Time-Matter-Space - James Lucier
  7. None Such Egg Bag - Roxy
  8. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Arabia
  9. Production Box - R. M. Jamison
  10. Surprise Miracle - "Hen" Fetsch
  11. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • Happy Eggster - Jack Yates
  12. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • The Chinese Compass
  13. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • The Editors Problem [mentally selected number effect] - Solution No. 2
  14. Our Cover - Charles and Phyllis Kirkham
  15. Milbourne Christopher - photo
  16. Prestidigitators of Prominence - photo
  17. Conjurors All - photo
  18. Windy City Wizardry - photo
  19. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Julien the Magician (Julien W. Terry)
    • card effect - Julien
  20. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  21. The Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Joseph T. Kenneally
    • Julius O. Bush
    • George E. Hudson
    • Sigmar the Magician (Sigmar K. Hofeller)
  22. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Scarne on Card Tricks - John Scarne
    • Scarne's Magic Tricks - John Scarne
    • Publicity for the Magician - Will Dexter
    • Blue Print for Bill-ze-bub - Will Dexter
    • The Gen, February
    • M.U.M., February
    • Abracadabra Nos. 313-315
    • The Magic Wand, December
    • Pentagram, January
  23. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • Russ Walsh - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Around the Rings
  24. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • Mae Greenough, National Treasurer
    • Seattle Assembly
    • Oakland Assembly
    • Pasadena Magigals
    • Hollywood Assembly
    • Chicago Assembly
    • Portland Assembly
    • Connecticut Assembly No. 17
    • Allentown Magigals
  25. News of the P.C.A.M. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • 1952 P.C.A.M. Convention at Long Beach
    • Vancouver Magic Circle
    • Seattle Magic Ring
    • I.B.M. No. 21
    • The Great Leon Memorial Show
  26. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  27. S.A.M. Parent Assembly Golden Anniversary Show
  28. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Magic's "Mr. Ideas" U. F. Grant
    • M.D.A. News
  29. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  30. An Editorial - William W. Larsen

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 9 - May 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Verne and Buryl Chesbro
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. Paying Your Way - Rex, The Ace Magician
  6. The Editors Problem - No. 1 Version - Eddie Clever
  7. The Gerriemazia - created for Gerrie Larsen - first illusion using black light - Felix Korim
  8. Transpositivia Kard Flite - Nyle Rothenbach
  9. Koin Kard - Rusduck
  10. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Holland
  11. Our Cover - Verne and Buryl Chesbro
  12. Magical Dogs & Cats - Richard J. Weibel
  13. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • Triple Climax
  14. Frank Herman - photo
  15. Dr. Jaks - photo
  16. Ching Ling and Soo - photo
  17. Will Lindhorst - photo
  18. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • The Editors Problem [mentally selected number effect] - Solution No. 3
  19. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Robert Maynor
    • Jimmy Stewart - correspondence
    • card effect - Alan Konigsberg
  20. The Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Harvey E. Radman
    • Carleton E. Schulze
    • Fred M. Cretors
    • Albert Anderson
  21. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Routined Manipulations, Part Two - Lewis Ganson
    • Flip-Lines - Robert Olson
    • Many Minds - Julian Armistead
    • Phoenix No. 250
    • Pentagram. February
    • Abracadabra Nos. 317-321
    • The Wizard, August
  22. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • H. Adrian Smith - by Herb Stoneham
    • Around the Rings
  23. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  24. cartoon
  25. Openers - W.W.L.
  26. Pacific Coast Association of Magicians, Inc. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • P.C.A.M. Convention
    • Vancouver Magic Circle
    • Seattle Magic Ring
    • Hollywood Ring 21
    • Ring 96
  27. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • Gerladine Larsen, National Member-at-Large
    • Seattle Assembly No. 2
    • Oakland Assembly No. 3
    • Pasadena Assembly No. 6
    • Hollywood Assembly No. 8
    • Chicago Assembly No. Nine
    • New York Assembly No. 12
    • Parent Assembly No. 1
  28. Bagdad on the Hudson - Edward W. Dart
  29. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Harold Rice
    • In Memorian [sic] - Ralph W. Read
  30. Notes From The Magician's Guild - Justin Ratterman
  31. They're Coming from Both Near and Far by Plane, Fast Train, and Motor Car - re: Boston Convention
  32. Contest Winners ... for "I'll Tell Ya Wot" Contest

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 10 - June 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Merv Taylor
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. The Illusion - Marilyn C. Kolb
  6. The Submerged Card - Richard Piser
  7. The Editors Problem
    • By Eddie Clever
    • By Sir Felix Korim
  8. The Time Machine - Royal Brin, Jr.
  9. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
    • Banana Bonanza
    • Election Year Effect
    • Secret is Here
      • Letter from Ralph Nocerini
      • Eggs to Popcorn
  10. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • "Frash Feesh Sol' Here Today"
  11. Coming ...
  12. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Spain
  13. Our Cover - Merv Taylor
  14. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Billy Cope - picture "Cope and Princess Peggy"
  15. In Re Escapes - Charles Ruben
  16. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • musical mind reading act
  17. Carl Ballentine - photo
  18. Blackstone, Le Paul and Okito - photo
  19. Gerald Lynton Kaufman - photo
  20. Harry Louine Miller - photo
  21. Paying Your Way - Rex, The Ace Magician
  22. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  23. The Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Harold L. Martin
    • Arthur Mormile
    • James H. Gosch
    • William L. Siebert
  24. 24th Annual I.B.M. Convention - announcement
  25. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • Bob Weill
    • Bobbie Joan Weill - photo
    • Around the Rings
  26. Paging the Ladies - Magigals - Jane Clements
    • Have You Heard?
    • Seattle Assembly No. 2
    • St. Louis Assembly No. 4
    • Pasadena Assembly No. 6
    • San Jose Assembly No. 7
    • Hollywood Assembly No. 8
    • Chicago Assembly No. 9
    • Allentown Assembly No. 18
    • Parent Assembly No. 1
  27. Pacific Coast Association of Magicians, Inc. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • Long Beach for You in '52
    • I.B.M. Ring 96 - host club
  28. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • They All Meet at Kanter's
    • M.D.A. News
  29. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Successful Magic for Amateurs - Norman Hunter
    • Frances in Magicland - Frances Ireland
    • Fast Ones - Joe Ovette
    • The Magic Magazine - first issue - Max Andrews
  30. Magician's Guild of America, Inc. - Justin Ratterman

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 11 - July 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - Peter Lindner
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. The Cups and Cubes - R. M. Jamison
  6. cartoon - Poinc
  7. Kado Production - Clarence Kado
  8. Kado Palm - Clarence Kado
  9. Comedy Escape Routine - John Novak
  10. The Editors Problem
    • By Tom S. Palmer
  11. Saskatoon Is Ready To Entertain You - Regional Convention
  12. Squak!! - Eugene Poinc
  13. The Floating Princess - Robert Henderson
  14. The Easy Stabber - George Johnstone
  15. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • New York
      • A Cocktail Fan
  16. Spirit Writing Routine - Ted Burleson
  17. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • Money in Motion
  18. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • George Maas
    • cartoon - Alan Caruba
  19. Golden Anniversary - Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • 24th Annual National Conference - Boston
  20. Our Cover - Peter G. Linder
    • SC Student Earns Way as Magician
  21. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • Musical Mind Reading Act
  22. Paying Your Way - Rex, The Ace Magician
  23. Clement De Lion - Original Billiard Ball Manipulator - Victor Farelli
  24. Patter Points - George Schindler
  25. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  26. International Brotherhood of Magicians News Highlights - Luther Southworth
    • Nelson C. Hahne - by Goodlette Dodson
    • Around the Rings
  27. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Fast Ones - Joseph Ovette
    • Willane's Methods for Miracles, Nos. 1-7
    • The Magic Magazine, first two issues
    • Smart Talk (revised) - George McAthy
    • 64 Ways to Make Magic Pay - next month
    • The Lucky Magician Card Trick - next month
  28. Pacific Coast Association of Magicians, Inc. - Bob Wonnell, editor
    • P.C.A.M. Convention - Ring 96, Long Beach
  29. Magician's Guild of America, Inc. - Justin Ratterman
  30. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Magic at the Golden Gate - Tom Dethelefsen
    • M.D.A. News
  31. Carl Waring Jones - biographical sketch

  1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 12 - August 1952 - 40 pages
  2. Cover - William and Dorothy Anne Larsen
  3. Dealers' Directory
  4. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
  5. The Miracle of Life - Robert Henderson
  6. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen
  7. Folding Fork - Johnny Geddes
  8. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
  9. The Editors Problem
    • By Tan Hock Chuan
  10. By George! It's Sandsational - George Sands
    • Magician's Dream (No. 1 - Plus 1)
    • Magician's Dream (No. 2 - Plus 2)
    • A Harmless Atom
  11. Wine and Water - H. Fernandes
  12. Our Cover - The Larsens
  13. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Ireland
  14. cartoon - Poinc
  15. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • adaption of "The Gap I the Curtain"
  16. I.B.M. Convention News - Luther Southworth
  17. I.B.M. Convention - photos
  18. P.C.A.M. Convention - photos
  19. P.C.A.M. Convention News - Bob Wonnell
  20. P.C.A.M. Presidents, Past and Present - photo
  21. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Arthur Andrew's M.W.C.C. (Magic Wand Correspondence Club)
    • other newsletters
    • Michael Parver - teenager of the month
    • Robert Matnor - climax for "Flag and Candle"
    • Thomas Deakin - correspondence
    • Jerry Belson - correspondence
  22. Magician's Guild of America, Inc. - Justin Ratterman
  23. Paying Your Way - Rex, The Ace Magician
  24. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • Bits, Boffs and Banter - Robert Orben
    • Gene Gordon's Routines - Gene Gordon
    • 64 Ways to Make Magic Pay - Tommy Windsor
    • Effective Card Magic - Bill Simon
    • Lucky Magician Card Trick - Tommy Windsor
    • The Stars of Magic, Series 10 - Vernon On Leipzig
      • Leipzig's Opener
      • Leipzig's Acrobats
      • Leipzig's Pride
      • Leipzig's Tear-Up With A Twist
    • The Stars of Magic, Series 11 - Vernon On Malini
      • Malini's Card Stabbing
      • Malini's Own Color Change
      • Malini's Favorite!
    • Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick - Holden Magic Shop
    • A Few Jardine Ellis Secrets - George Johnson
  25. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
  26. The Society of American Magicians - Charles A. Rosskam
    • Fred D. Schwarzkopf
    • Hugh A. Carroll
    • Lloyd E. Jones
    • Robert F. Cole
  27. News of the Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • Harry Baker's Magic Shop
    • M.D.A. News
  28. Index to Genii Volume 16

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