Magic & Conjuring: page 43

Numbers 253-256

228 pages

1. Vol. 46, Part One, Number 253, [1957] [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. editorial comments - George Armstrong
   • Farewell to an Old Friend
   • Magic and Television and News
2. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
   • Routines
     • The Regular Routine
     • The Riler
     • The Boomerang
10. The Card Tricks of Gerry Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
    • The Four Fours Trick
15. Back-Palm Coin Switch - Mark Weston
16. Salutations to Robert-Houdin: His Life, Magic, and Automata - series by S. H. Sharpe
    • Section Two - Robert-Houdin, The Arch-Conjurer
      • Robert-Houdin's...

Numbers 249-252

173 pages

1. Vol. 45, Number 249, March, 1956 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Extra photo plate page 1 - Winners of the George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
   • The Kalanag Revue
   • The Sorcar Controversy
2. My Magic - series by Bridger Lewis
   • Rope Through Stick
   • Rope Through Leg
   • Silk Transpo
5. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
   • The Twin Principle
   • Preparing the Outfit
   • Defining the Principle
8. The Card Tricks of Jerry [sic] Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
   • Four Aces and Four Kings
11. Magic for the Concert Platform Magician - series...

Numbers 245-248

285 pages

1. Vol. 44, Number 245, March, 1955 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
2. The Zodiac Deck - Vivian St. John
   • A Card Vocabulary
   • Making the Zodiac Deck
   • Any Card Called For
   • The Colour Change Deck
     • To Show the Spot Cards Mixed
     • To Show the Spots All Black
     • To Show the Spots All Red
     • To Show the Backs All Red
     • To Show the Backs All Blue
     • To Show the Backs All Blue with Spots All Black
     • To Show the Backs All Red with Spots All Red
   • The Routine
     • The Brainwave Deck
     • Colour Change Routine
     • Any Card Called...

Numbers 241-244

236 pages

1. Extra photo plate page 1 - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Vol. 43, Number 241, March, 1954 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Index pages]
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
   • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
2. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini - continued from V-42
   • "Name O'Card"
     • The Break Cards
     • The Spelling Cards
     • Special Spellers
   • Variations on a Theme
     • Divined by Spelling
     • The Card is Known
     • Behind the Back
6. For Sleight-of-Hand Enthusiasts - New Four Coin Production - E. Brian MacCarthy
7. The Conjurer's Table Cover...

Numbers 237-240

231 pages

1. Vol. 42, Number 237, March, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Extra photo plate page - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Foreword - by the editor
   • comments about the new format
   • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
2. Excelsior - article by George Johnson
3. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
   • Foreword
   • The Counting Down Principle
     • Card of the Zodiac
   • The Key Card Principle - I. The Merlini Key Card
     • Using the Merlini "Key"
     • Normal Location
     • Shuffling Off and Glimpsing
     • The Force
     • Discarding the Key
     • Convocational...

Numbers 233-236

237 pages

1. Vol. 41, Number 233, March, 1952 [48 numbered & 14 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XL Index pages]
1. The King is Dead - Long Live the Queen
2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Apparatus Trick Competition
     • First Prize - Monkey Trap - Luigi Ruggeri
     • Second Prize - Chinese Tea Caddy - Arthur F. G. Carter
     • Third Prize - Flash Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
   • Keeping the Record Straight
   • In Father's Footsteps?
3. An Experiment with Time - Arthur F. G. Carter
5. The Repeating Fire-Bowl - Will Dexter
8. Where Was It? - A. C. Newitt
9. Cord Through Fingers - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
12. Card--Glass and Hat - John...

Numbers 229-232

235 pages

1. Vol. 40, Number 229, March, 1951 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXIX Index pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Thank You
   • So Here We Are
   • Looking Back
3. Apparatus Trick Competition
   3. Penetrating Pack - R. W. Edwards
   6. "Flash" Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
   8. The Smoked Card - Johnny Geddes
10. Patter in Rhyme - A. C. Newitt
    • For the "All Backs" Effect - Dai Vernon
    • Routine to Accompany "All Backs" Patter in Rhyme
13. Hickory Clock - E. Subkleve (Transvaal)
17. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
    17. Nofors Card in Cigarette
    21. The Spectator Predicts
    27. Purely Co-incidental ...

Numbers 225-228

226 pages

1. Vol. 39, Number 225, March, 1950 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Piddingtons
   • The Birthday Volume
   • The Competitions
   • N.A.M.S.
   • Roundabout
3. The 'Perfection' Card Rise - John Blunt
6. Pulse-Beat Mentalism - article by Roy Cowl
7. Do You Know? - quiz
8. Miranda Dives - Billie Francis
10. Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
    • The Ballot Box Colour Force
    • The Rising Cigarette
12. The Paper Napkins - Percy Bee
16. The Ring on String Loop - A. C. Newitt
17. Answers - to the quiz on page 7
18. Three Tricks - John K. Bays
    • 1. - Super Silk Penetration ...

Numbers 221-224

245 pages

1. Vol. 38, Number 221, March, 1949 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • A Thank You
   • Time for Action
   • Where Does Our Money Go?
3. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
   • A Pleating Tip
   • Statistics
6. Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter
   • The Psychic Ace Prediction
8. Bottle Baffle! - Wilfred H. Tyler
10. Transposition Extraordinaire - Paul Sleight (Belgium)
    • The (Biseautee) Direct Palm
13. Lighting a "Spent" Match - Victor Farelli
    • Effect as Seen by the Audience
    • Origin of the Devices Employed
    • Preparation ...

Numbers 217-220

254 pages

1. Vol. 37, Number 217, March, 1948 [48 numbered & 18 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • A Word of Thanks
   • Resolutions
   • Hotel Entertainment
   • What is Wrong?
   • Opening Effects
   • Reading Matter
   • Three New Series
5. Magical Publications and The General Public - article by Bill Bishop
7. Mainly for Mentalists - A New Series by Arthur F. G. Carter
   • Psychological Forces
8. Tray Trix - A New Series by Verrall Wass
   • Stripe=O!
   • The Laughing Buddha
11. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
14. The Magic Letter Box - correspondence
15. Letters to a Collector -...

Numbers 213-216

261 pages

1. Vol. 36, Number 213, March-May, 1947 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Magic for the Amateur
   • The Dealers
   • Our New Artist
   • Magical Broadcasts
   • Indian Magic
   • The Tribulations of a Publisher
5. Colour Changing Water - P. C. Sorcar (India)
7. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
9. The Princess and The Pirate - Lamonte
12. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe
    • General Programme of the Experiments Invented and Performed During the Course of my Representations
    • The Inexhaustible Bottle
15. Mug's Game...

Numbers 209-212

203 pages

1. Vol. 35, Number 209, March-May, 1946 [38 numbered & 4 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. To Friends and Readers of The Magic Wand - George Johnson introducing the new editor
2. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Magic Wand Changes Hands
   • What of the Future?
   • A Word of Thanks
   • Change of Address
   • A Competition
   • The Young Magician
3. Fire-Walked to Prove Faith - news
4. The Vanishing Wand - Tom Sellers
   • The Vanishing Wand
   • Magic Welding
   • The Ta. Ta. Cigarettes
6. The Magic Words - Leonard Ashton
8. Snowman in Reverse - Jimmy Pring
9. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
11. For the Egg...

Numbers 205-208

184 pages

1. Vol. 34, Number 205 March-May, 1945 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Book Famine
   • A Tale of Woe
   • Visible Magic
2. H. G. Sparks - obituary (due to enemy action)
3. Up, Lift - J. F. Orrin
5. The Pairing Knots - Milbourne Christopher
6. Cataleptic Calico - Leslie R. King
7. A Drum Tube Effect - Leslie Brown
8. The Exposer - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
10. Deduction - Stanley Davis
11. A Magic Wand Competition
11. Nap Stack - Stanley Davis
12. The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
16. The Super Ultra Sympathetic Packs - Len J. Sewell
17. One Teaspoonful in Water Four Times a...

Numbers 201-204

193 pages

1. Vol. 33, Number 201 March-May, 1944 [42 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Aid
   • Card Miracles
   • The Expert
   • Squaring the Circle
3. A Change-Over Palm with Four Coins - E. Brian MacCarthy
4. Ignus - V. A. Menzies
5. A Subtle Changing Card - Sydney de Hempsey
6. What is a Good Trick? - article by Dr. H. J. Tattersall
10. The Dissolving Sugar Trick Improved - Victor Farelli
11. Disc and Rope - Allan Lambie
12. The Shilling and the Snake - Wilfrid Jonson
13. Try This Strange Puzzle - Sydney de Hempsey
14. A Little Different - Alfred Frangleton
15. A Novel Doll Production - Eric...

The Magic Wand and Magical Review, Volume 32, George Johnson, editor
Quarterly format

1. Vol. 32, Number 197 March-May, 1943 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Condensed
   • How It's Done
   • Cups and Balls
   • A Boys' Own Book
   • A Card Trick in Bed
3. Tom Sellers' Magic
   • Bombay Blocks
   • Prediction Mysterio
   • Vanishing Bottle
   • Invisible Ink
   • A Block and Cord Release
   • Six Card Control
8. Are You a Good Magician - article by Sikandra
10. Card Conjuring for Conjurers - Arthur H. Eydmann
11. Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
    • Proclamations
14. Wedding Rings and Ribbon...

Numbers 193-196

256 pages

1. Vol. 31, Number 193 March-May, 1942 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Magic Circle
   • Fortunes and Misfortunes
   • Zodiastar
   • A Strange Book
   • Magical News
   • Professional Help
   • To Our Friends
5. A New Clock Dial - with Ratchet and Pawl Control - Tom Sellers
7. Hypnotic Influence - Max Andrews
9. Spots Before Your Eyes - Wilfred H. Tyler
11. Tricks, Notes and Notions - Alfred Frangleton
13. Slightly Different - Alf's Button
14. A New Ball Sleight
15. Levitation Extraordinary - by "One of the Boys"
16. Slow Motion Card Vanish - Allan Lambie
17. Thimble Work - E. Brian...

Numbers 189-192

247 pages

1. Vol. 30, Number 189 March-May, 1941 [50 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • On Active Service
   • Designs for Magic
   • Aunt Kate
   • Old Ideas
   • Marketable Magic
   • Chemicals
   • Diachylon Deceptions
   • Harking Back
6. Just Cheek - Lavilette
7. Getting the Bird - J. F. Orrin
11. The Tumble Pass - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
    • The Shuffled Set-Up
15. Doublo and Treblo - C. W. Collier
17. Lighted Cigarette Production - Allan Lambie
18. Patriotic Silks - Cyril H. Dewey
20. The Card in the Balloon - Claude Chandler
21. Council Meeting - Tierra Del Fuego Magical Society - humor by...

Numbers 185-188

236 pages

1. Vol. 29, Number 185 March-May, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Newspaper News
   • "You Never Vary"
   • What's in a Name?
   • Scale and Price -- Again
   • The Sense of Humor
   • December Memories
4. Cigarette Mentality - Cyril H. Dewey
5. Shifting Sands - H. W. Ray
6. Wine Production - comments
7. The Ball Through Glass - H. W. Brehaut
8. Tricks of Olden Days - by 'Eav' or W.W.
   • A Coin Move
   • Tissue in Water
   • Bertram's Ring and Handkerchief
10. Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
    • Prologue
    • Another Scene
12. Memories of [Charles] Morritt...

Numbers 181-184

246 pages

1. Vol. 28, Number 181 March-May, 1939 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Worth While Magic
   • Hotel Show
   • The Passing of Anderton's [former home of the Magic Circle]
   • Miry Magic
   • More Ingenuity
5. Uniting the Nations - H. W. Brehaut
6. The Magic Bran Tub - J. F. Orrin
11. A Production Box - John Robinson
12. On Being Funny - article by H. A. M. Bone
14. The Twentieth Century (Red, White and) Blues - Harold H. Saunders
16. The Rise of Genius - S. H. Sharpe
16. Lemon and Sausage - Wilfrid Jonson
17. Card and Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
    • Just Glimpse a Card
    • Torn and Restored Paper
    • New...

Numbers 177-180

253 pages

1. Vol. 27, Number 177 March-May, 1938 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Regarding a Card Problem
   • Happy Acknowledgements
   • Benevolent Concerns
   • A Magical Weekly
   • A Sot of Bother
   • Cheery Amusement
5. Triple Card Discovery - John K. Bays
6. They Have Laid Aside the Wand - obituaries
   • Tom Fagan
   • Linga Singh
   • Robert H. Gysel
7. A Tunnel Change - H. W. Brehaut
8. The Penetrating Hoop - J. F. Orrin
11. The Four Spots - Lavilette
12. All Bluff - Tom Sellers
13. A Production Box - Leslie Drake
14. An Easy Drum Trick - Tom Sellers
15. Chit Chat - article by Frederic...

Numbers 173-176

244 pages

1. Vol. 26, Number 173 March-May, 1937 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • All The Jokes
   • On the Side of Sanity
   • A Little While Ago
   • Conjuring Books for Boys
3. Obituary
   • Will Blyth
4. Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
   • Cards on Ribbon
   • Cut and Restored Ribbon Box
   • Ring Through the Finger
   • The Novelty Prediction
9. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
12. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • A Novel Penetration
    • A Cigarette Sleight
    • A Good Production
    • Passing a Coin Through the Hand
    • Passe Passe Silks
1. extra...

Numbers 169-172

248 pages

1. Vol. 25, Number 169 March-May, 1936 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • The Social Side of Magic
   • Racketeering In Magic
   • Magical Book Production
   • A Story
4. A Production Tube - Tom Sellers
5. Here? There? Or Where?
7. Magical Television - Capt. J. E. Stone
9. Make a Model First - article by Verrall Wass
11. Jottings from an Old Note-Book - C. Ducarel
    • Endor's Chameleon Paper
    • Mysterious Balls of Fire
    • Novel Indian Fakir's Trick
    • Watch and Milk Trick
    • Eggs From a Borrowed Hat
    • Egg and Tumbler
    • Backward Flight of Silver
    • A Novel Vanish...

Numbers 165-168

252 pages

1. Vol. 24, Number 165 March-May, 1935 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Specialty Acts
   • Newspaper Diversion
   • Television
   • Conjuring Publications
4. Another Flower Growing Idea - Arnold De Brett
5. Three Silks - Stanley Norton
7. Dove Pan Ideas - Bernard Carton
8. The Evolution of the Ghost Tube - S. H. Sharpe
9. A Nutty Notion - Wilfred Huggins
11. Scrybic - an Illusion - S. H. Sharpe
12. The Dissolving Sugar - Victor Farelli
14. Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
16. Style - quotes
17. Jack in (and out of) a Box - Charles Waller
18. Word Wizardry - Tom Sellers
18. New...

Numbers 161-164

236 pages

1. Vol. 23, Number 161 March-May, 1934 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Conjuring Books of the Future
   • Treading on the Gas
   • The Dinner Trick
   • Modern Instruction
   • Youth at the Helm
   • The Ever Ingenious Magician
4. The Monster of Loch Ness - Jules Danby
6. The Prediction of Prospero - Roy Walker
9. A Slow Sleight - The Fadeaway Vanish
10. Splitting the Atom - Wilfred Huggins
12. The Wedding of Mr. Mickey Mouse - C. Barnard
13. Another Silk Vanish - Eric J. Williams
14. Chit-Chat - article by Fred Culpitt
16. Snipping Again - Joseph Fitzpatrick
17. Novel Impromptu Rising...