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Jean Hugard

(4th December 1871 - 14th August 1959)

Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Stage and pen name of John Gerard Rodney Boyce, originally aka 'Jean Hugarde', later aka 'Chin Sun Loo'. Inspired in 1880 seeing Haselmayer show. Learned a week later reading Robert-Houdin's Secrets of Magic, then Hoffmann's Modern Magic. Debut in 1896. Pro since 1900. Moved to USA in 1916, working vaude 1916-18 and in own magic theater in Luna Park (at Coney Island) 1919-29 when retired in Brooklyn to write and edit magic. Named 4th SAM Dean of Magicians in 1951. SAM Hall of Fame.

Coauthors: Fred Braue, Milbourne Christopher

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Hugard's Annual of Magic 1938-1939 (used) by Jean Hugard

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Show Stoppers with Cards (used) by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

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10 Card Feats by Jean Hugard

Vintage gold. This was Hugard's first manuscript released to the profession; originally hand-typed and sold only through him. These entertaining card effects require no apparatus and no prepared cards, making them ready to present wherever you may be: at a party, backstage, or after dinner. While the title says 10, you actually get a full dozen card miracles, moves and subtleties presented with a standard deck. Fit for the program of the most fastidious performer, yet easily within the reach of the amateur. While the author claims that no complicated moves are involved, we should note that these...

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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 17 (Jun 1959 - May 1960) by Jean Hugard & Milbourne Christopher

Volume XVII (June 1959 - May 1960), Jean Hugard & Milbourne Christopher, editors

144 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XVII, Number 1 - June 1959 - 12 pages
  2. My Favorite 4-Ace Trick - Max Katz
    • Different Variations
    • The Buckle Count
    • The Ace Stack
    • The False Shuffle
    • Deal Five Stacks
    • "You don't want it, I don't want it."
    • The Selected Stack
    • The Miracle
  3. Backstage - Frank Joglar
    • TV Topics
    • Harry Lorayne
    • Dick Ryan
    • Jottings
    • News and Notes
    • Okito Writes:
    • Predictions
    • Into Thin Air
    • Bits and Pieces
    • More Re: Checker...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 16 (Jun 1958 - May 1959) by Jean Hugard

Volume XVI (June 1958 - May 1959), Jean Hugard, editor

128 pages

Note that Houdini's 'Unmasking' Fact vs. Fiction by Hugard ran as insert pages in each issue of Volume 15 and the first eight issues of Volume 16. Two pages from each of these issues do not appear here as they were extracted and compiled in a separate file.

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XVI, Number 1 - June 1958 - 12 pages
  2. Column for Coin Men - John V. Hope & Robert Olson
  3. Backstage - Frank Joglar
    • re: S.A.M. Conference
    • Friday
    • Saturday
    • Sunday
    • Sidelights
    • LePaul
    • News
    • Jottings
  4. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
    • Officers...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 15 (Jun 1957 - May 1958) by Jean Hugard

Volume XV (June 1957 - May 1958), Jean Hugard, editor

123 pages

Note that Houdini's 'Unmasking' Fact vs. Fiction by Hugard ran as insert pages in each issue of Volume 15 and the first eight issues of Volume 16. Two pages from each of these issues do not appear here as they were extracted and compiled in a separate ebook.

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XV, Number 1 - June 1957 - 12 pages
  2. Card-Coin Liaison - Jean Hugard
  3. Backstage - Frank Joglar
    • S.A.M. Convention
      • Thursday Night
      • Friday Night
      • Saturday Night
      • Sidelights
    • Festival of Magic
    • TV Topics
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 14 (Jun 1956 - May 1957) by Jean Hugard

Volume XIV (June 1956 - May 1957), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIV, Number 1 - June 1956 - 12 pages
  2. The Enchanted Cylinder of Benaiah - Okito
  3. Backstage - Frank Joglar
    • Convention Sidelights
    • News and Notes
    • Dunninger
    • Rosskam
  4. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
    • Slydini
  5. Zero - A Coin Vanish - Cliff Green
  6. Roundabout with Fred Braue
    • Card Index
    • Max Malini Trick
    • Variation
    • Rosini Show
  7. Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
    • Saturday at Ducrot's Dirty Dump
  8. Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 13 (Jun 1955 - May 1956) by Jean Hugard

Volume XIII (June 1955 - May 1956), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 1 - June 1955 - 12 pages
  2. My $2.00 Trick - Sam Aaronson
  3. Milbourne Christopher's Column
    • Dante (obituary)
    • Magic Circle Jubilee
  4. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
    • The Magic Circle (London)
  5. Farelli's London Letter - Victor Farelli
    • Can You Tell Fortunes? - A Convincing Card Trick
    • Rough Outline of the Effect
    • Presentation and "Patter"
    • Working
    • "Glimpsing"
  6. Backstage - Frank Joglar
    • Farelli
    • I.G.P. [International Guild of Prestidigitators]
    • Jottings
    • Gleanings ...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 12 (Jun 1954 - May 1955) by Jean Hugard

Volume XII (June 1954 - May 1955), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XII, Number 1 - June 1954 - 12 pages
  2. Atomic Radio Vanish - Dick Richards & Abril Lamarque
  3. Backstage - Frank Joglar
    • Sidelights
    • Best Show
    • Brain Sessions
    • Close-Up
    • New and Amazing?
    • Wizards at Work
    • Banquet
    • Odds and Ends
    • Jottings
    • Mad Magician
    • Albacker
    • Answer
    • T.A.O.M.
  4. The Smoking-Multiplying Pipes - Arnold Belais with Roy Benson
  5. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
    • Miracle Card Changes - Ed Marlo
    • The Magic Seven - Ed Marlo
    • Kornfidentially...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 11 (Jun 1953 - May 1954) by Jean Hugard

Volume XI (June 1953 - May 1954), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XI, Number 1 - June 1953 - 12 pages
  2. S.A.M. Cincinnati Convention - Backstage with Frank Joglar
    • Night Before Party
    • The Lectures
    • Sidelights
    • First All Star Show
    • Second A;; Star Show
    • National Council Show
    • Jottings
    • Musings
    • Monthly Letter
    • Thayer Honored
    • Mistaken Identity
  3. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
    • The Randolphs
    • Tenkai and Okinu
    • Don Alan
  4. Magician's Dilemma - A Rope-Cutting Miracle - Jesse Schimmel
  5. Magicana - bits of wisdom
  6. The...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 10 (Jun 1952 - May 1953) by Jean Hugard

Volume X (June 1952 - May 1953), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume X, Number 1 - June 1952 - 12 pages
  2. S.A.M. Convention in Boston - Backstage with Frank Joglar
    • Night Before Party
    • Conjuring College
    • Friday Night Show
    • Saturday Show
    • Closeup Session
    • Banquet Show
    • Gripes
    • Cheers
    • Sidelights
    • New Notes
  3. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
    • Long Tack Sam
  4. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
    • Mohammed Bey's Routines for the Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick and Ring on Rope
    • Multiball - Dr. Jaks
    • Fast Ones - Ovette ...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 9 (Jun 1951 - May 1952) by Jean Hugard

Volume IX (June 1951 - May 1952), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume IX, Number 1 - June 1951 - 12 pages
  2. SAM-IBM Combined Convention - Backstage with Frank Joglar
    • More Sidelights
    • Dealers
    • Notes
    • Second Thoughts
    • In Print
    • Jottings
    • The Sphinx
    • Bits and Pieces
    • Mail Dept.
    • TV Topics
    • Seen or Heard
    • Jay Palmer
    • P.S.
  3. Unrehearsed Incidents
  4. Farelli's London Letter - Victor Farelli
    • Rope Through Ring
    • Working and Presentation
    • Observations
  5. "We Knew Max Malini" - George G. Kaplan
    • Malini Show
  6. Milbourne Christopher's...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 8 (Jun 1950 - May 1951) by Jean Hugard

Volume VIII (June 1950 - May 1951), Jean Hugard, editor

130 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume VIII, Number 1 - June 1950 - 10 pages
  2. Combined S.A.M.-I.B.M. Convention - Backstage with Frank Joglar
    • International Night
    • National Night
    • More on the Conclave
    • News and Notes
    • The Hartmanns
    • TV Topics
    • Check List
    • Instructions
    • One Versus Many
    • Magic Battle
  3. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
    • Geoffrey Buckingham
  4. Algernon & A Rope - A Hospital Phantasy - Jean Hugard
  5. Inquiries
  6. Merlini's Magic - Clayton Rawson
    • Saltless Sorcery
  7. The Four...
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Jean Hugard
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 7 (Jun 1949 - May 1950) by Jean Hugard

Volume VII (June 1949 - May 1950), Jean Hugard, editor

120 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume VII, Number 1 - June 1949 - 10 pages
  2. Lightning-Flash Card Change - Stanley Collins
  3. Phantom Silk and Matchbox - Jean Hugard
  4. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
    • Harlan Tarbell & Russ Walsh
  5. Match Monte - Harold J. Kelly
  6. A Club Sandwich - Milton G. Miller
  7. Milbourne Christopher's Column
    • Slade's Knots Up-Dated
    • Nailing the Knots
    • Under the Table
    • Behind Closed Doors
    • Fourth Dimension
  8. All Backs - Dai Vernon
    • The False Turn-Over
  9. Radio-Active Billiard Balls...
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Jean Hugard
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 6 (Jun 1948 - May 1949) by Jean Hugard

Volume VI (June 1948 - May 1949), Jean Hugard, editor

120 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume VI, Number 1 - June 1948 - 10 pages
  2. A Nikola Presentation - Jean Hugard
  3. Roundabout with Fred Braue - column
  4. Thimble Telepathy - Milton Borger
  5. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
  6. Magicana - bits of wisdom
  7. Milbourne Christopher's Column
    • Participation
    • Taboos
    • Pleasing Parents
    • Humor?
    • Give-Aways
    • Applause
    • Sucker Tricks
    • Presents
    • Volunteers
    • Curiosity
  8. The Linking Rings - Some New Moves
    • The No Key Move - Fred Braue
    • Right Angle Unlink - Fred Braue ...
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Jean Hugard
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 5 (Jun 1947 - May 1948) by Jean Hugard

Volume V (June 1947 - May 1948), Jean Hugard, editor

104 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume V, Number 1 - June 1947 - 8 pages
  2. Burned and Restored Handkerchief - Jean Hugard
  3. Milbourne Christopher's Column
    • The Silk in the Case
    • The Sensitized Silk
    • The Pips Pass
    • Conclusion
  4. Merlini's Magic - Clayton Rawson
    • The Counterfeiter's Dream
  5. Roundabout with Fred Braue - column
    • The Five-Best Poll
      • Card Transits
      • Coincidences
      • Predictions
      • Telepathy or Mind Reading
      • Reverses
      • Changes
      • Spellers
      • Transpositions
      • A Show...
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Jean Hugard
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 4 (Jun 1946 - May 1947) by Jean Hugard

Volume IV (June 1946 - May 1947), Jean Hugard, editor

100 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume IV, Number 1 - June 1946 - 8 pages
  2. Telephonic Telepathy - Abril Lamarque
  3. Milbourne Christopher's Column
    • The Bag Stab
    • Force Stab
    • Giant Stab
    • More Variations
    • Conclusion
  4. Feats of Strength in Magic
    • Pack Tearing and Magic
    • You Do As I Do
    • Tearing a Telephone Directory
  5. Magic by Telephone - Harold J. Kelly
  6. The Evolution of a Knot - Dr. Arnold Boston
  7. Basic English for Magicians - Zovello
    • General Terms
  8. Roundabout - column - Fred Braue
  9. Hu-gardenias...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 3 (Jun 1945 - May 1946) by Jean Hugard

Volume III (June 1945 - May 1946), Jean Hugard, editor

100 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume III, Number 1 - June 1945 - 8 pages
  2. The Porous Plate - A Trick with a Climax that Savors of Real Magic - George Starke
  3. Gold and Silver - Ross Bertram
  4. Magnetized Wand
  5. Interludes
    • The Swallowing Wand
    • A Porous Glass
    • A Deep Glass
  6. A Knotty Interlude
  7. A Miser Dreams in the Parlor
  8. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
  9. Magicana - bits of wisdom
  10. The Flying Pips
  11. The Lighting Change - Larry Russell
  12. Classified Advertisements
  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume III, Number 2...
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Jean Hugard
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 2 (Jun 1944 - May 1945) by Jean Hugard

Volume II (June 1944 - May 1945), Jean Hugard, editor

70 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume II, Number 1 - June 1944 - 4 pages
  2. The Lamarque Rabbit Vanish
  3. Routine with a Svengali Deck - Tom Bowyer
  4. The Rice Bowls - Roger Barkann
  5. Impromptu Daub - Gerald L. Kaufman
  6. Magnetic Fisherman - A. Heller, The Card Board Lover
  7. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
  8. Silks - tip
  9. Producing a Rope - George Engel
  10. 3-2-1 - A di-abolical Deception - George G. Kaplan
  11. Classified Advertisements
  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume II, Number 2 - July 1944 - 4 pages - The R.M. Jamison Special Number
  2. The Oracle Speaks ...
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Jean Hugard
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 1 (Jun 1943 - May 1944) by Jean Hugard

Volume I (June 1943 - May 1944), Jean Hugard, editor

53 pages

  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume I, Number 1 - June 1943 - 4 pages
  2. The WAACS and the Doughboys - story trick
  3. Editorial
  4. Presentation - column
  5. Torn Newspaper to Bouquet
  6. Torn Paper Classic
  7. Repetitions
  8. Striking Experiment - John Batton
  9. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
  10. Classified Advertisements
  1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume I, Number 2 - July 1943 - 4 pages
  2. Spectacular Flash Opening
  3. Linking Ring Climax
  4. The Long and the Short of It - A Sure Force
  5. Jean-eralities
  6. The Flap Slate
  7. Editorial
  8. Hu-gardenias - kudos...
 

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Jean Hugard & Milbourne Christopher
Hugard's Magic Monthly (for resale) by Jean Hugard & Milbourne Christopher

Hugard's Magic Monthly consists of almost 2500 pages in 21 volumes and is packed with contributions from the finest artists and thinkers magic has to offer. People like Victor Farelli, Ted Annemann, Martin Gardner, Harry Lorayne, Milbourne Christopher, Ross Bertram, George Kaplan, Cliff Green, Fred Braue and Hugard himself. The subtitle says it all 'Devoted solely to the interests of magic and magicians'.

Jean Hugard and Fred Braue wrote some of the most read magic books in magic history, such as The Royal Road to Card Magic and Expert Card Technique. A good part of Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic Tricks can be found in Hugard's Magic Monthly. It featured book reviews by John J. Crimmins Jr., and the famous Frank Joglar...

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Hugard's Magic Monthly Index by Jean Hugard

For each of the 21 volumes an index was prepared. This is a collection of all these 21 volume indexes.

52 pages.

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Jean Hugard
Magic Annual 1938-1939 (Hugard's Annual of Magic) by Jean Hugard

The second and last book in the Magic Annual series Jean Hugard wrote for Max Holden. (Also consider the first volume Magic Annual 1937.)

Paul Fleming wrote:

Hugard's Annual of Magic for 1938-1939 is similar to its 1937 predecessor in size and format. It is a volume of 126 pages (137 minus 11, since the text begins on page 11), and has good illustrations by Nelson Hahne, good paper, good printing, and a good-looking cover of blue, gold-stamped fabrikoid. Like the earlier Annual, it deals with sleights and tricks in several branches of conjuring.

Mr. Hugard begins this book auspiciously with an eight-page essay on extempore...

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Jean Hugard
Magic Annual 1937 (Hugard's Annual of Magic) by Jean Hugard

In general magic books cover a certain subject area. Here a slice through time is offered. The 'Magic Annual' describes the best and most popular effects from one year. (There is a second volume in this series Magic Annual 1938-1939.)

Max Holden writes in the introduction: "Some of the items are new, some are old tricks given a novel twist, while other effects, although known in a general way, are now published in detail for the first time - among these latter, the Hugard Fire Eating Act, Hugard's Bullet Catching Feat and my own presentation of Smoke Pictures. Jean Hugard has given his best, as usual, and I am...

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Jean Hugard
Modern Magic Manual by Jean Hugard

In this classic manual, the first Hugard wrote for people outside the inner circle of magic performers, he reveals the secrets of a host of mystifying tricks covering all major forms of close-up and stand-up magic: conjuring with coins, watches, rings, balls, eggs, silks, cigarettes, cigars, thimbles, flowers, ropes, bills, cards and mental magic.

This is a great primer for anyone aspiring to be a performing magician. The large amount of effects also holds gems for the intermediate and advanced performer. There is some overlap of material with other Hugard publications.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This...

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Jean Hugard
Mental Magic with Cards by Jean Hugard

This is a fine contained course in mental magic which not just describes a selection of effects, but the underlying principles as well as other aspects, such as 'The importance of showmanship'. You will learn to force cards, to use the key card principle, to mark and to prearrange, to understand the mirror principle, to work with codes and assistants, and a lot more.

Hugard is known for his excellent writing style, which is clear, accurate and engaging.

Paul Fleming wrote:

Many amateur magicians are today being bombarded with questions about the work of Joseph Dunninger, whose radio demonstrations...

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Jean Hugard
Money Magic by Jean Hugard

The manipulation of money is fascinating to everyone and probably always will be. Bills are common, pack small, and easy to borrow. This booklet describes in detail all the important moves, gimmicks and tricks with paper money. Great effects are taught, spanning the impromptu situation to the prepared performance from close-up to parlor or stage. This is a great book with very practical and strong effects.

1st edition, 1937 Max Holden, New York; 62 pages.

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1: Preliminary Preparation
  3. Chapter 2: Sleights, Switches
  4. Chapter 3: Vanishes
  5. Chapter 4: Impromptu Tricks with...
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Thimble Magic by Jean Hugard

For a long time I had the perception that magic with thimbles is at best something for kids. Then I saw a performance by a Japanese magician. And it blew my mind. It was a fast paced, very visual and beautiful manipulation performance.

In this booklet Hugard teaches all the moves and quite a few routines to build your own thimble act. One of the big advantages of thimbles is that they are easier to manipulate than other objects such as balls and coins.

1st edition, 1936 Max Holden, New York; 46 pages

  1. Chapter 1: The Thimbles
  2. Chapter 2: Advanced Sleights
  3. Chapter 3: The First Thimble ...
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Sealed Mysteries of Pocket Magic by Jean Hugard

Jean Hugard describes in this booklet a complete routine consisting of 6 effects. He starts with a card trick, the piano card trick, and continues with a series of rope effects: production of a rope six feet long; doubling the rope; trick with two ropes; triple cut and restored rope; comedy explanation of vanishing knots.

The value of this booklet is in the routining itself. Hugard has used this routine many times with great success. The effects follow in a logical succession each building on the other.

Paul Fleming wrote:

It is one thing to "work up" a number of tricks so that they will fool a layman,...

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Tricks and Sleights: Miracle Methods No. 4 by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

Twenty-one original and impressive card effects plus eleven new, practical, useful, simple sleights by these two masters of the art of card magic.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This latest number in the Hugard and Braue Miracle Methods series might well have been called Tricks and Sleights with Cards, for it deals wholly with this most popular branch of magic. It is uniform in format with the first three volumes of Miracle Methods, and is bound in soft boards. It is a booklet of 32 pages, six of which are used to explain eleven card sleights and the remainder to teach twenty tricks with cards. There are twenty...

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Prepared Cards and Accessories: Miracle Methods No. 3 by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

A collection of feats of conjuring with cards, employing artificed cards and simple accessories. Embracing over 30 brilliant feats of card conjuring made possible by the use of prepared cards and simple accessories together with a complete exposition of Jean Hugard's superbly routined presentation of the famed card classic, The Aerial Cards.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This latest addition to the Hugard and Braue Miracle Methods series is a 32-page booklet, bound in soft boards and similar in format to these authors' No.1 ("Stripper Deck") and No.2 ("Shuffles"). It contains 32 tricks, nine of which depend upon...

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Miracle Shuffles and Tricks: Miracle Methods No. 2 by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

A treatise on the science and art of the stock, cull, odd-number, and cull-stock shuffles. Presenting the Braue system, bringing these useful stratagems within the reach of every performer, together with a full description of a number of brilliant card feats made possible by this amazingly simple system.

Paul Fleming wrote:

When Hugard and Braue's Miracle Methods made its appearance some six months ago, we had no warning that it would be followed so promptly by Miracle Methods No.2, so that the publication of this latest Hugard-Braue collaboration comes in the nature of a pleasant surprise. The first...

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The Stripper Deck: Miracle Methods No. 1 by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

The Stripper Deck has nothing to do with a girl shedding off her clothes, but rather is a specially gaffed deck. However, the gaff or preparation is not noticeable with the naked eye. It can even be handed out to spectators for shuffling and cutting. This manuscript outlines various moves as well as tricks with the Stripper Deck. Practically all effects can be achieved with pure sleight of hand using an unprepared deck. But the Stripper Deck simplifies the handling and makes miracles possible without difficult moves, leaving you time to focus on the presentation.

Paul Fleming wrote:

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The Invisible Pass by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

It is supposedly the first book devoted to a single sleight - beautifully layed out with photos as well as drawings off all stages of the invisible pass. A detailed and thorough explanation of this form of the pass. The pass is a difficult move. Many books barely scratch the surface when they try to teach a shift or pass. This book is entirely devoted to a single move and leaves no open questions.

In a letter to Paul Fleming Nov 5th 1944 Fred Braue talks about his "invisible pass" for the first time: "...I mentioned earlier a special interest in the "pass". Jean and I are doing another little...

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Jean Hugard
Silken Sorcery by Jean Hugard

You will find 143 magnificent and entertaining uses of silks and handkerchiefs. Sleights, tricks, and the famous Stillwell Silk Act are explained in detail with 90 illustrations. Jean Hugard details vanishing methods, production techniques, color changes, knots, and flourishes. He also describes how to care for your silks to keep them in great shape for a long time.

Paul Fleming wrote:

Tricks with silk handkerchiefs have been very popular ever since their introduction by Bautier de Kolta more than a half-century ago. There is a sound basis for this popularity, for handkerchief tricks are colorful...

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Coin Magic by Jean Hugard

Coin Magic by Hugard is a great and complete introduction to coin magic. It teaches all the important palms, transfers and utility moves. It is not as comprehensive as Bobo's Modern Coin Magic but quality wise it is on the same level. If you don't want to read the massive work of Bobo try this one by Hugard.

1st edition, 1935, Max Holden; reprint, 1972, D. Robbins & Co, New York; 88 pages.

  1. CHAPTER I. BASIC PALMS AND CHANGES
    1. The Palm Proper
    2. The French Drop
    3. The French Drop - Variation
    4. The Pinch
    5. The Thumb Palm
    6. The Pick Up
    7. Changes
  2. CHAPTER II. COIN TRICKS WITHOUT APPARATUS
    1. Coin and Card
    2. The Melting...
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Close-up Magic by Jean Hugard

This booklet doesn't deserve the name 'booklet', because it is packed with many wonderful effects using small objects, from cards and coins, to ropes and silks and everything in between. There is also a nice section on vesting and sleeving. Jean Hugard is one of the outstanding teachers and authors in magic. My friend Chuck has been vanishing an orange for the last forty years in much the same manner that this booklet reveals how to vanish a dinner plate. He also remembers reading of Blackstone Sr. performing some of these stunts. Whenever the author is Jean Hugard - read it!

Paul Fleming wrote:

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Hugard's Magic Monthly by Jean Hugard & Milbourne Christopher

Hugard's Magic Monthly consists of almost 2500 pages in 21 volumes and is packed with contributions from the finest artists and thinkers magic has to offer. People like Victor Farelli, Ted Annemann, Martin Gardner, Harry Lorayne, Milbourne Christopher, Ross Bertram, George Kaplan, Cliff Green, Fred Braue and Hugard himself. The subtitle says it all 'Devoted solely to the interests of magic and magicians'.

Jean Hugard and Fred Braue wrote some of the most read magic books in magic history, such as The Royal Road to Card Magic and Expert Card Technique. A good part of Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic Tricks can be found in Hugard's Magic Monthly. It featured book reviews by John J. Crimmins Jr., and the famous Frank Joglar...

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Jean Hugard
Houdini's Unmasking by Jean Hugard

Houdini wrote a very nasty book about Robert-Houdin claiming that Robert-Houdin stole many tricks and was in reality not as great a magician as he usually is portraid. Jean Hugard sets with this book the record straight and reveals Houdini's fabricated arguments. Houdini's unmasking of Robert-Houdin was just a revenge on Robert-Houdin's family and had little to do with reality. But you can find out for yourself and read The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. Houdini's Unmasking originally appeared serialized in Jean Hugards magazine Hugard's Magic Monthly.

Published as part of "Hugard's Magic Monthly" beginning with volume 15, number 1, June 1957; 78 pages; PDF 48 pages....

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More Card Manipulations by Jean Hugard

This is the sequel to Card Manipulations. It is a collection of four booklets. Emphasis is put on practical methods without any apparatus.

1st edition, 1938-1941, Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1974, Dover Publications, New York; 205 pages.

  • No. 1.
    • Part I. - TRICKS
      1. The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan
      2. The Sheep and the Goats
      3. Snap - A Quick Trick
      4. Crime Club Detection - Dr. H. Walter Grote
      5. Infallible Prediction - Audley V. Walsh and Hal Haber
      6. The Continuous Spelling Trick - Jack McMillen
      7. The Burglars - Orville W. Meyer
      8. The Magic Thrust - Orville W. Meyer
      9. The Two Jokers - P. W. Miller
      10. The Ladies'...
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Jean Hugard
Card Manipulations by Jean Hugard

This book is a collection of five little booklets. Each booklet typically has a section with sleights and a section with tricks using these sleights. The name Hugard guarantees for first rate material and so it is no surprise that Card Manipulations and the follow up More Card Manipulations includes some of the very best tricks and routines one can do with cards.

1st edition, 1934-1936, Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1973, Dover Publications, New York; 163 pages.

  • CARD MANIPULATIONS - No. 1
    • The one Hand Top Card Palm
    • The Hindu Shuffle or Running Cut
    • The Hindu Shuffle as a Substitute for the Pass
    • And yet...
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Encyclopedia of Card Tricks by Jean Hugard

This book is indeed worthy the name Encyclopedia. Originally compiled by Doctor Wilhelm von Deusen in collaboration with Mr. Glenn G. Gravatt (published in two volumes Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks and The Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks), and later rewritten by Jean Hugard. It has a very interesting introduction by Ted Annemann where he addresses the issue of inventing new tricks and claiming ownership. This book will provide you with more card tricks than you ever wanted. The combined value of its contents, were the tricks to be computed at their original marketed price, was in the thousands of dollars. Now you can have it for a few bucks.

Hugard added a number of items over what...

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Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
Expert Card Technique by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

This is the 3rd edition which includes an additional chapter by Dai Vernon and another one by Dr. Daley. (The popular Dover version is a reprint of the 2nd edition and is lacking these two interesting chapters.) This book describes serious stuff. Card moves and tricks for the advanced card man. (For an excellent introduction to card magic see The Royal Road to Card Magic or the Card College series.) Expert Card Technique lists and explains in detail a large quantity of card moves. Card moves are abundant and any good card man will come up with his own variations and twists due to his constant use of cards and tireless perfection of...

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Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

The younger generation of card magicians probably knows or has heard of Card College by Roberto Giobbi. The Royal Road to Card Magic is very similar but of older vintage and doesn't cover as much ground. It introduces the novice into the art of card magic one move and principle at a time, always with tricks accompanying the moves. It is therefore not a mindless list of moves but a well prepared and thought out textbook. It will take the beginner to an intermediate level. Once The Royal Road to Card Magic has been mastered one can move on to Expert Card Technique which requires a higher skill level.

Actually because Expert Card Technique did not sell well...

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Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
Show Stoppers with Cards by Jean Hugard & Fred Braue

Jean Hugard and Fred Braue stand for quality. This is a booklet for all card enthusiasts. It has tricks from Bert Allerton, Stewart James, Bob Madison, and several Braue routines. The now famous 'Homing Card' is one of Braue's creations and described here for the first time.

1st edition 1948; 16 pages

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  1. The Braue Double Lift
  2. Allerton's Amazing Aces
  3. Pockethereal
  4. 10 - 6 - 9 - 4
  5. Nail Cutting
  6. Nailcutting the Aces
  7. Dunbury Delusion
  8. Fan False Count
  9. Triple Do
  10. The Homing Card
  11. The Great Trunk Trick
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