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Hugh Miller

(Wishaw, Scotland: 27th April 1937 - )

Born in Scotland at a time when the British still believed Chamberlain was a shrewd operator, Hugh Miller entered adolescence tainted by social lunacy. With the powerful energy generated by gaelic despair, he hurtled through a formal education and out into a broad variety of activities. Has been a TV film cameraman and stills photographer, a civil servant, an assistant to a police pathologist, a protegee of the famous Dr. John Grierson, an investigator with an international enquiry organisation, author of several books, editor of a magazine and an active student of dishonest gambling. Took up magic to combat a tendency to bite his nails. With Unique Studios as manager 1963-64 and co-owner 1965-70.

His hobbies are Hi-Fi, photograpy, magic and alcohol, though rarely in that order.

He is now a full-time novelist and tends to live wherever the fancy takes him, although he has a marked preference for the Shakespeare country.

Wrote 9 books on the magic of Roy Baker, Horace Bennett, Eddie Joseph, Al Koran, Marconick, and Rink. Also Magic for Minors (1967; repr 1972, 88pp), A Pocketful of Miracles: The Handbook of Impromptu Magic (1968), Secrets of Gambling (1970; repr 1972, 128pp), and Hypnotism (1977). Now writes crime thrillers (The Dissectors, Skin Deep) and true-crime books.

Coauthors: Horace Bennett, Divado

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Hugh Miller & Divado
Impossible by Hugh Miller & Divado

A fantastic card routine for all kinds of audience that will please and satisfy both seasoned magicians and those fairly new to the Art.

  • No sleight of hand needed
  • No gimmicks used
  • No manipulation
  • No preparation
Just take any deck of cards, even a borrowed one, and you will immediately be ready to perform this great routine. The trick is presented in a three-part crescendo and it is designed to leave your audience in absolute awe, thinking "No way, this is... IMPOSSIBLE!"

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The magician takes 10 cards from the deck, 5 red and 5 black, of the same value (let's say from the...

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Hugh Miller
Magic for Minors by Hugh Miller
  • Little Miss Muffett
  • Spot The Silks
  • Candy Cascade
  • Over The Rainbow
  • A Giant For Christmas
  • Miraculous Penetration
  • Five Interludes
  • Fancy That!
  • The Banger
  • Smarties
  • The Great Gold Robbery
  • Two Novel Silk Vanishes
  • Red And Green Rabbits
  • Animal Speller
  • Travelling Tube
  • The Magic Word
  • I'll Do It Again
  • Mysto
  • Paper Tearing
  • The Ribbon Egg
  • The Magic Poster
  • Turkish Delight
  • Fly-Over Silks
  • A Letter For The Conjuror
  • Matinee If Wet
  • Dis-A-Bell
  • Yogi Dresses Up
  • Tie Tactic
  • Growing Tassel
  • Growing Rope
  • The Presentation Of Magic For Minors

1st edition 1967, 87 pages; 1st digital edition...

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Horace Bennett & Hugh Miller
Horace Bennett's Prize Winning Magic by Horace Bennett & Hugh Miller
  • Foreword
  • Bennett's Silken Sorcery Routine
  • Perfected Silk Production
  • Take Five
  • Eight Ball Routine

1st edition 1978, 80 pages; 1st digital edition 56 pages.

$10
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Hugh Miller
Rink's Original Rope Mysteries by Hugh Miller

Rink, by real name Johan H. van Rinkhuyzen, was a successful Dutch professional close-up magician who won 2nd prize for micro-magic at the 1955 FISM.

  • Basic Moves
  • Colour-Changing Knots
  • Jumping Knots
  • Red and White Mystery
  • Sympathetic Ropes
  • Three to One
  • Linking Ropes

1st edition 1969, PDF 21 pages.

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Hugh Miller
Secrets of Gambling by Hugh Miller

This is a great book on the secrets of how to cheat with cards and dice at many popular games - a guide to dishonest gambling. It offers a good overview of the various methods from mechanical cheating methods to sleight of hand.

1st edition 1970, original 128 pages; PDF 82 pages.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Cheating at cards
  3. Mechanical Methods: marking cards, sorts, deck switches, edge marking, daub, punch/nail marks
  4. Strippers: types of strippers, Vernon's "Bathroom Strippers"
  5. Locaters: short, corner shorts, thick cards, long cards, ridge/breather crimps
  6. Holdouts: Kepplinger...
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Al Koran Professional Presentations (for resale)

Hugh Miller
Al Koran Professional Presentations (for resale) by Hugh Miller

Al Koran's Professional Presentations is a magical classic and was first published in 1967 by Harry Stanley at the Unique Magic Studio. The original publication was marred by poor photographic reproduction so this new edition from Martin Breese has illustrations by Paul Griffin based on the original photographs. Hugh Miller has contributed a fascinating and lengthy introduction which explains a great deal about the background of this book which is a 'must' for every performer's library. Each effect is a stunner and the original Koran Medallion and many other now classic effects, are explained...

 

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Hugh Miller
Baker's Bonanza by Hugh Miller

A wonderful ebook on the magic of Roy Baker, inventor of the PATEO force.

  • Preface
  • Section 1: General Magic
    • Baker’s Beakers
    • Bisected Balloon
    • Air-Lite
    • Flap-Doodle Bag
    • Super Silks
    • Electro-Van
    • T and R Gag
  • Section 2: Card Magic
    • The Last of the Last Cards
    • Name Your Card
    • Star Location
    • Fantastic Aces
    • Ah-Bee Card in Envelope
    • Crazy Speller
    • Forceful Revelation
    • Blindfold Discovery
    • Psycho Card
    • Drunk Card
  • Section 3: Close up Magic
    • Bewildering Matches
    • Three Trees
    • Hat-Tissue!
    • Going Through the Rye
    • Ring Off
    • Shooting Star
    • Spoon on Nose
    • Coins Across
  • Section 4: Mentalism
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Hugh Miller
A Pocketful of Miracles by Hugh Miller

The Handbook for Impromptu Magic

  • Preface
  • At The Dinner Table
    • Coin Through Saucer
    • Coin Vanish
    • Coin And Glass Of Water
    • Inflation
    • Coin Tester
    • Balancing Coins
    • Phoenix Matches
    • Smokeless Cigarettes
    • Multiplying Matches
    • Musical Cutlery
    • Telepathic Tapping
    • Psychic Steam
    • Burning Sugar
    • Production Of A Glass Of Wine
    • Bending A Spoon
    • Salt Transposition
    • Seven-Cornered Napkin
    • Surprise Penetration
    • Vanishing Shaker
  • Impromptu Magic ... Anywhere!
    • Evaporating Scent
    • Disappearing Pen
    • Drink Cards
    • Horrific
    • Telekinesis
    • Vanishing Ring
    • Maxwell's Miracle
    • Coin Penetration
    • Optical Change ...
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Hugh Miller
The Art of Eddie Joseph by Hugh Miller

"I consider Eddie Joseph one of the magical geniuses of this age." - John Braun (editor of the Linking Ring).

"Eddie Joseph's material isn't only good.....it's great." - Lloyd E. Jones writing in Genii

"His originations have won him world acclaim and a niche in Magic's Hall of Fame." - Eddie Clever

"Just how one man can be so good in so many fields, we don't know. We do feel, however, that the world of magic can consider itself lucky that there is such a person. At one time, we remember Joe Berg arguing with us that there wasn't such a person, that it was a phoney name dreamed up to mask some top professional." - Sid Lorraine

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★★★★ $20
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Horace Bennett & Hugh Miller
Horace Bennett's Prize Winning Magic (used) by Horace Bennett & Hugh Miller

Hardcover with dust-jacket in like-new condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

$20
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Al Koran's Legacy (for resale)

Hugh Miller
Al Koran's Legacy (for resale) by Hugh Miller

This is a completely new, revised, expanded and updated edition.

The ebook contains most of the original material but virtually everything has been re-written and benefits from the skill of an expert editor. There is a host of additional material written by Lewis Ganson and previously published in the Routined Manipulation series published by Harry Stanley.

Along with Graham Jolley, Martin Breese has always been a follower of Al Koran and his amazing material. Al Koran’s name appeared on almost every page of the Gen. And thanks to Harry Stanley his material has been preserved for future generations to study and use.

Graham Jolley...

 

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Hugh Miller
A Pocketful of Miracles (used) by Hugh Miller

Hardcover book with dust-jacket. The dust-jacket has some damage along its edges. Harry Stanley edition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

$25
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Hugh Miller
Al Koran Professional Presentations by Hugh Miller

Al Koran Professional Presentations is a magical classic and was first published in 1967 by Harry Stanley at the Unique Magic Studio. The original publication was marred by poor photographic reproduction so this new edition from Martin Breese has illustrations by Paul Griffin based on the original photographs. Hugh Miller has contributed a fascinating and lengthy introduction which explains a great deal about the background of this book which is a 'must' for every performer's library. Each effect is a stunner and the original Koran Medallion and many other now classic effects, are explained in detail.

1st edition...

★★★★★ $30
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Hugh Miller
Al Koran's Legacy by Hugh Miller

This is a completely new, revised, expanded and updated edition.

The ebook contains most of the original material but virtually everything has been re-written and benefits from the skill of an expert editor. There is a host of additional material written by Lewis Ganson and previously published in the Routined Manipulation series published by Harry Stanley.

Along with Graham Jolley, Martin Breese has always been a follower of Al Koran and his amazing material. Al Koran’s name appeared on almost every page of the Gen. And thanks to Harry Stanley his material has been preserved for future generations to study and use.

Graham Jolley...

★★★★ $35
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