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459. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
460. Volume 5 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1938 - 40 pages
365. Contents
373. Editorial
374. Let's Have Spectacle - Hilaire White
374. Seen This Trick? - John Carpenter
375. News of Magicians
377. Contributed By
     377. The Mexican Coin Vanish - Rupert H. Slater
     378. Two Good Tricks for Your Christmas Party - J. P. Donovan
          • Is Seeing Believing?
          • A Coin and a Packet of Cigarettes - Gravity Defied
     378. The Mysogynist - Capt. J. R. Cleland
     379. Production of Flags...

84 pages

523. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
524. Volume 6 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6, Number 1 - December, 1939 - 24 pages
461. Contents
462. Will Goldston wishes all Readers in the Army, Navy and Air Force ... A Happy Christmas and Good Luck in 1940
462. Book Reviews - Charles Hepworth
     • Books
       • Entertaining Children With Magic - Eddie Clever
463. Editorial
464. Ventriloquism in War Time - Arthur Prince
465. News of Magicians
466. The Magicians' Club
466. The Aladdin Brotherhood of Magicians
467. Contributed By
     467. Two Tiny...

This bundle includes all issues including the two page supplement from volume 5 which is missing in most files. This magazine was cut short due to the start of WWII. It is an eclectic collection of - at that time - completely new and innovative tricks, apparatus, and effects. It also covers the magic scene with reports, reviews and other newsworthy contributions. Will Goldston was very well connected and could draw contributions from the best magicians world-wide.

This is an early publication by Will Goldston. It is a kind of smorgasbord of tricks, illusions, apparatus, hand shadows, plays, and advertisements for his Gamage Ltd.

• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I
  • Latest Method For Performing Soup Plate And Handkerchief Trick
  • The Egg, Card, And Wand Balance
  • A Novel Trick
  • A Good Slate Trick
  • The Wine Bottle And Card Trick
  • The Latest Pip Card Trick
  • A Neat Handkerchief Trick
  • Mystic Canteen And Birdcage
  • The Egg And Straw Balance
  • Handkerchief Spinning Trick
  • The Table Lifting
  • A New Slate Trick
  • Slate Writing
  • Twenty-Five Balloons Produced From A Hat
  • Rifle And...

As the title suggests, this is a collection of simple magic tricks, stunts, and experiments separated in two parts. The first part teaches tricks which require no special apparatus, the second part teaches tricks which require some gimmick or apparatus.

• Introduction
• Part I: Tricks Without Apparatus
  • The Movable Fetters
  • A String Trick
  • The Paper Loops
  • How To Make A Paper Tree
  • Making A Basket
  • The Magic String
  • The Wonderful Die
  • The Broken Match
  • Picking Up The Ring
  • The Penny And The Paper
  • A Match Trick
  • Balancing The Penny
  • The Revolving Penny
  • Flicking The Card
  • Squeezing The Shilling ...

Contents:

• CARD TRICKS
  • A Forcing Pack which can be Shuffled
  • The Card on Tape
  • A Card Changing Stand
  • A Trick with Giant Cards
• COIN TRICKS
  • A New Coin Box
  • A New Stack of Coins
  • A New Coin Vanish
  • The Travelling Farthings
  • The Chinese Coin Trick
  • The Linked Coins
  • The Newest X-Ray Block
• CLOCK TRICKS
  • The Tell-Tale Clock
  • The Clock Maker
  • The Vanishing Clock
• HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
  • The Burned and Restored Handkerchief
  • A Handkerchief and a Bottle of Ink
  • Thought Reading with Silk Handkerchiefs
  • The Newest Matter Through Matter
  • Improved Pistol to Vanish a Handkerchief
  • A Mysterious...

This was Goldston's first magic publication, a mix of magic, some juggling, and a bit of other variety arts such as shadowgraphy and chapeaugraphy.

From the Introduction:

• Introduction
• The Wedding Ring passed through a Handkerchief
• The Candle and Handkerchief Illusion
• The Devo Card Trick
• The...

Softcover hole punched. Probably had a string through the holes which is missing. On the cover the name Stanton Carlisle is written with a ballpoint pen. Likely this copy belonged to Stanton Carlisle at some point. Cover somewhat damaged and torn at the spine. For details on the content see the digital edition.

Hardcover in green cloth stamped. Former retail sticker on back. For details on content see the digital edition.

Hardcover in landscape bound with string. This copy is in excellent condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

From the introduction by Horace Goldin:

There are not many short biography compilations in magic and this one by Goldston is still one that is being consulted frequently. The most extensive one is by Bart Whaley (Who's Who in Magic) but while Whaley covers many more magicians he does not include portraits. Goldston includes many portraits of magicians and his biographical sketches can sometimes be much more extensive than in other such compilations. Goldston groups magicians as professionals, semi-professionals, and amateurs. He covers 90 professional magicians, 50 semi-professional magicians, and 69 amateurs.

1st edition 1934, 114 pages; PDF...

Excerpt from the introduction:

Programmes, ventriloquial dialogues, juggling, cartooning, paper folding, care of animals and birds.

Excerpt from the introduction:

This book is the trick section of Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. Goldston felt that the trick section was the part that magicians would be most interested in and thus made it available as a separate book.

• Introduction
• The Newest Chinese Bat
• The Thought Reader
• Performing Matches
• The Best Penetrating Coin
• A Borrowed Handkerchief Burned
• A Mysterious Match
• Swallowing A Solid Wand
• Which Cigarette?
• The Vanished Egg
• The Expanding Egg
• The Newest Card Changing Box
• The G. W. Hunter Pull
• Cigarettes...

This is an interesting compilation of material - a mix of short portraits and Goldston's personal recollections of various magicians - some famous, some not, as well as some of their tricks and secrets. The result is a fairly extensive collection of tricks of all kinds and denominations. Includes many illustrations and photos of the contributors.

The first edition was issued in the same style as Goldston's famous Locked Books series, but without the clasp.

Excerpt from the introduction:

This is the Magico reprint of this classic title. Hardcover without dustjacket in excellent condition. For the content see the digital edition.

This work was sponsored by the Quaker Oats Company and includes ads for their Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice products.

• How to Tear Paper Napkin After It Is Twisted
• Mysterious Trick With Paper
• Trick of Unsmashable Match Box
• Here Is a Number Trick With Which to Baffle Your Friends
• How to Remove Dime Under Glass Without Touching Either
• How to Invert Glass of Water Without Spilling It
• How to Fill Glass Twice Without Emptying First Contents
• Tells How to Blow Candle Out Through Bottle
• Here's How You Can Add Five Matches to Six and Make Nine
• Three Matches Can Be Lifted With One
• How You Can...

Softcover in very good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

The magic in Controlled Miracles is a composite of both skill and subtlety. Subtlety has been invaded to the maximum; skill has been kept at its minimum point. The majority of the effects are with cards. At the back of the ebook you will find a few tricks with coins and cigarettes.

Edited by Bruce Elliott and illustrated by Frank Garcia.

1st edition 1949; PDF 36 pages.

Table of Contents

4. Contents
5. Foreword
7. A Matter Of Miracles
8. Cut Control
9. The Chinese Cut
10. Simpl—Speller
11. Simon False Table Cut
13. The Stab Force
14. Miller’s Card Change
17. The Card In The Hat
19. Dual Discovery
20. The Grippo...

• written by Bill Simon
• illustrated by Ed Mishell
• edited by Bruce Elliott
• introduction by Dai Vernon

1st edition 1954; PDF 33 pages.

Table of Contents

5. Table Of Contents
6. Foreword
6. Introduction
7. In General
9. Card Effects
9. - The Mathemagician
9. - Eye Doubt It
11. - The Flash Change
17. - The Turnabout
18. - The Impulsive Ladies
19. - The Four Packet Shuffle
21. - Two Up
23. - The Vital Prediction
23. - The London Illusion
28. Miscellaneous Effects
28. - Sponge Surprise
29. - The Ring On Wand
31. - The Coin Transposition And Climax

This book was edited by Jean Hugard and illustrated by Stanley Jaks.

Martin Gardner had the following to say:

"Bill Simon has achieved an astonishing mastery of the medium. His mind is constantly probing for new and subtler moves, and bold effects which break fresh paths in the card jungle. In this book he has given generously the fruits of his thinking and experience. The result is a book almost certain to become one of the basic texts of modem card conjuring."

This ebook covers many entertaining plots, novel sleights, shuffles and fancy cuts as well as useful information on practice, structuring, presentation, audience...

Booklet stapled in very good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

This work compares the contents of Jean Hugard's Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks, and The Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks by Glenn G. Gravatt, to see which effects and discussions were kept, altered, or deleted by Hugard. It will also identify those effects added by Hugard.

1st edition 2020, PDF 19 pages.