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.
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 17Jean Hugard & Milbourne Christopher  Volume XVII (June 1959 - May 1960), Jean Hugard & Milbourne Christopher, editors
144 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XVII, Number 1 - June 1959 - 12 pages
- 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
- 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 16Jean 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.
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XVI, Number 1 - June 1958 - 12 pages
- Column for Coin Men - John V. Hope & Robert Olson
- Backstage - Frank Joglar
- re: S.A.M. Conference
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Sidelights
- LePaul
- News
- Jottings
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 15Jean 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.
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XV, Number 1 - June 1957 - 12 pages
- Card-Coin Liaison - Jean Hugard
- Backstage - Frank Joglar
- S.A.M. Convention
- Thursday Night
- Friday Night
- Saturday Night
- Sidelights
- Festival of Magic
- TV Topics
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 14Jean Hugard Volume XIV (June 1956 - May, 1957), Jean Hugard, editor
144 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIV, Number 1 - June 1956 - 12 pages
- The Enchanted Cylinder of Benaiah - Okito
- Backstage - Frank Joglar
- Convention Sidelights
- News and Notes
- Dunninger
- Rosskam
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- Zero - A Coin Vanish - Cliff Green
- Roundabout with Fred Braue
- Card Index
- Max Malini Trick
- Variation
- Rosini Show
- Out of My Profonde - Arthur Leroy
- Saturday at Ducrot's Dirty Dump
- Hands Across the Sea - Peter Warlock
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 13Jean Hugard Volume XIII (June 1955 - May, 1956), Jean Hugard, editor
144 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIII, Number 1 - June 1955 - 12 pages
- My $2.00 Trick - Sam Aaronson
- Milbourne Christopher's Column
- Dante (obituary)
- Magic Circle Jubilee
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- The Magic Circle (London)
- Farelli's London Letter - Victor Farelli
- Can You Tell Fortunes? - A Convincing Card Trick
- Rough Outline of the Effect
- Presentation and "Patter"
- Working
- "Glimpsing"
- Backstage - Frank Joglar
- Farelli
- I.G.P. [International Guild of Prestidigitators]
- Jottings
- Gleanings
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 12Jean Hugard Volume XII (June 1954 - May, 1955), Jean Hugard, editor
144 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XII, Number 1 - June 1954 - 12 pages
- Atomic Radio Vanish - Dick Richards & Abril Lamarque
- 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.
- The Smoking-Multiplying Pipes - Arnold Belais with Roy Benson
- 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 11Jean Hugard Volume XI (June 1953 - May, 1954), Jean Hugard, editor
144 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XI, Number 1 - June 1953 - 12 pages
- 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
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- The Randolphs
- Tenkai and Okinu
- Don Alan
- Magician's Dilemma - A Rope-Cutting Miracle - Jesse Schimmel
- Magicana - bits of wisdom
- The...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 10Jean Hugard Volume X (June 1952 - May, 1953), Jean Hugard, editor
144 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume X, Number 1 - June 1952 - 12 pages
- 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
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- 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 9Jean Hugard Volume IX (June 1951 - May, 1952), Jean Hugard, editor
144 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume IX, Number 1 - June 1951 - 12 pages
- 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.
- Unrehearsed Incidents
- Farelli's London Letter - Victor Farelli
- Rope Through Ring
- Working and Presentation
- Observations
- "We Knew Max Malini" - George G. Kaplan
- Milbourne...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 8Jean Hugard Volume VIII (June 1950 - May, 1951), Jean Hugard, editor
130 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume VIII, Number 1 - June 1950 - 10 pages
- 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
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- Algernon & A Rope - A Hospital Phantasy - Jean Hugard
- Inquiries
- Merlini's Magic - Clayton Rawson
- The Four...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 7Jean Hugard Volume VII (June 1949 - May, 1950), Jean Hugard, editor
120 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume VII, Number 1 - June 1949 - 10 pages
- Lightning-Flash Card Change - Stanley Collins
- Phantom Silk and Matchbox - Jean Hugard
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- Harlan Tarbell & Russ Walsh
- Match Monte - Harold J. Kelly
- A Club Sandwich - Milton G. Miller
- Milbourne Christopher's Column
- Slade's Knots Up-Dated
- Nailing the Knots
- Under the Table
- Behind Closed Doors
- Fourth Dimension
- All Backs - Dai Vernon
- Radio-Active Billiard...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 6Jean Hugard Volume VI (June 1948 - May, 1949), Jean Hugard, editor
120 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume VI, Number 1 - June 1948 - 10 pages
- A Nikola Presentation - Jean Hugard
- Roundabout with Fred Braue - column
- Thimble Telepathy - Milton Borger
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- Magicana - bits of wisdom
- Milbourne Christopher's Column
- Participation
- Taboos
- Pleasing Parents
- Humor?
- Give-Aways
- Applause
- Sucker Tricks
- Presents
- Volunteers
- Curiosity
- The Linking Rings - Some New Moves
- The No Key Move - Fred Braue
- Right Angle Unlink - Fred Braue
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 5Jean Hugard Volume V (June 1947 - May, 1948), Jean Hugard, editor
104 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume V, Number 1 - June 1947 - 8 pages
- Burned and Restored Handkerchief - Jean Hugard
- Milbourne Christopher's Column
- The Silk in the Case
- The Sensitized Silk
- The Pips Pass
- Conclusion
- Merlini's Magic - Clayton Rawson
- The Counterfeiter's Dream
- 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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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 4Jean Hugard Volume IV (June 1946 - May, 1947), Jean Hugard, editor
100 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume IV, Number 1 - June 1946 - 8 pages
- Telephonic Telepathy - Abril Lamarque
- Milbourne Christopher's Column
- The Bag Stab
- Force Stab
- Giant Stab
- More Variations
- Conclusion
- Feats of Strength in Magic
- Pack Tearing and Magic
- You Do As I Do
- Tearing a Telephone Directory
- Magic by Telephone - Harold J. Kelly
- The Evolution of a Knot - Dr. Arnold Boston
- Basic English for Magicians - Zovello
- Roundabout - column - Fred Braue
- Hu-gardenias...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 3Jean Hugard Volume III (June 1945 - May, 1946), Jean Hugard, editor
100 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume III, Number 1 - June 1945 - 8 pages
- The Porous Plate - A Trick with a Climax that Savors of Real Magic - George Starke
- Gold and Silver - Ross Bertram
- Magnetized Wand
- Interludes
- The Swallowing Wand
- A Porous Glass
- A Deep Glass
- A Knotty Interlude
- A Miser Dreams in the Parlor
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- Magicana - bits of wisdom
- The Flying Pips
- The Lighting Change - Larry Russell
- Classified Advertisements
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume III, Number 2...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 2Jean Hugard Volume II (June 1944 - May, 1945), Jean Hugard, editor
70 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume II, Number 1 - June 1944 - 4 pages
- The Lamarque Rabbit Vanish
- Routine with a Svengali Deck - Tom Bowyer
- The Rice Bowls - Roger Barkann
- Impromptu Daub - Gerald L. Kaufman
- Magnetic Fisherman - A. Heller, The Card Board Lover
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- Silks - tip
- Producing a Rope - George Engel
- 3-2-1 - A di-abolical Deception - George G. Kaplan
- Classified Advertisements
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume II, Number 2 - July 1944 - 4 pages - The R.M. Jamison Special Number
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volume 1Jean Hugard Volume I (June 1943 - May, 1944), Jean Hugard, editor
53 pages
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume I, Number 1 - June 1943 - 4 pages
- The WAACS and the Doughboys - story trick
- Editorial
- Presentation - column
- Torn Newspaper to Bouquet
- Torn Paper Classic
- Repetitions
- Striking Experiment - John Batton
- Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
- Classified Advertisements
- Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume I, Number 2 - July 1943 - 4 pages
- Spectacular Flash Opening
- Linking Ring Climax
- The Long and the Short of It - A Sure Force
- Jean-eralities
- The Flap Slate
- Editorial
- Hu-gardenias - kudos...
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Hugard's Magic Monthly (for resale)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... | 2010 / 7 / 27 | | |
Hugard's Magic Monthly IndexJean Hugard For each of the 21 volumes an index was prepared. This is a collection of all these 21 volume indexes.
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Hugard's Collected WorksJean Hugard Jean Hugard was one of the most prolific and illuminating authors of magic. This compilation CDROM holds 22 ebooks, which are all known publications authored by Hugard. Not included are books merely edited by Hugard, except Encyclopedia of Card Tricks because it was rewritten by Hugard rather than edited. Also not included on this disc is Hugard's Magic Monthly which comes on its own DVDROM.
Get a complete file of the writings of a magic legend which will continue to live on for hundreds of years. Many of these books are all time classics and have produced many top notch magicians.
The alphabetical list of titles on the disc are:
Card Manipulations
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