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The Magic Wand Volume 43 (1954)George ArmstrongNumbers 241-244
236 pages
- Extra photo plate page 1 - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
- Vol. 43, Number 241, March, 1954 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Index pages]
- Foreword - George Armstrong
- The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
- 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
- For Sleight-of-Hand Enthusiasts - New Four Coin Production - E. Brian MacCarthy
- The Conjurer's Table Cover...
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The Magic Wand Volume 42 (1953)George ArmstrongNumbers 237-240
231 pages
- Vol. 42, Number 237, March, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
- Extra photo plate page - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
- Foreword - by the editor
- comments about the new format
- The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
- Excelsior - article by George Johnson
- The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
- Foreword
- The Counting Down Principle
- 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...
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The Magic Wand Volume 41 (1952)George ArmstrongNumbers 233-236
237 pages
- Vol. 41, Number 233, March, 1952 [48 numbered & 14 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XL Index pages]
- The King is Dead - Long Live the Queen
- 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?
- An Experiment with Time - Arthur F. G. Carter
- The Repeating Fire-Bowl - Will Dexter
- Where Was It? - A. C. Newitt
- Cord Through Fingers - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
- Card--Glass and Hat - John...
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The Magic Wand Volume 40 (1951)George ArmstrongNumbers 229-232
235 pages
- Vol. 40, Number 229, March, 1951 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXIX Index pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Thank You
- So Here We Are
- Looking Back
- Apparatus Trick Competition
- Penetrating Pack - R. W. Edwards
- "Flash" Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
- The Smoked Card - Johnny Geddes
- Patter in Rhyme - A. C. Newitt
- For the "All Backs" Effect - Dai Vernon
- Routine to Accompany "All Backs" Patter in Rhyme
- Hickory Clock - E. Subkleve (Transvaal)
- Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
- Nofors Card in Cigarette
- The Spectator Predicts
- Purely Co-incidental
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The Magic Wand Volume 4 (Sep 1913 - Aug 1914)George Mackenzie MunroNumbers 37-48
188 pages
- Cover, Vol. 4, No. 37, September, 1913 [16 pages]
- Mr. D. J. Brewer - profile
- Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
- A Ventriloquial Accessory - report of a novel effect
- A Shell Disposal - George Johnson - a billiard ball move
- Obituary
- Some Early Recollections - article by C. de Vere
- Our Letter Box - letters to the editor
- North of England Notes and Notions - news and comments by Charles F. Waite
- Haggis - from S. & S., Dundee - notes on magic in Scotland
- Shadow-graphy - column by Louis Nikola
- Book Notes - reviews
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The Magic Wand Volume 39 (1950)George ArmstrongNumbers 225-228
226 pages
- Vol. 39, Number 225, March, 1950 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- The Piddingtons
- The Birthday Volume
- The Competitions
- N.A.M.S.
- Roundabout
- The 'Perfection' Card Rise - John Blunt
- Pulse-Beat Mentalism - article by Roy Cowl
- Do You Know? - quiz
- Miranda Dives - Billie Francis
- Sellers Magic - series by Tom Sellers
- The Ballot Box Colour Force
- The Rising Cigarette
- The Paper Napkins - Percy Bee
- The Ring on String Loop - A. C. Newitt
- Answers - to the quiz on page 7
- Three Tricks - John K. Bays
- 1. - Super Silk Penetration
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The Magic Wand Volume 38 (1949)George ArmstrongNumbers 221-224
245 pages
- Vol. 38, Number 221, March, 1949 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Vol. XXXVIII Index pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- A Thank You
- Time for Action
- Where Does Our Money Go?
- The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
- A Pleating Tip
- Statistics
- Mainly for Mentalists - series by Arthur F. G. Carter
- The Psychic Ace Prediction
- Bottle Baffle! - Wilfred H. Tyler
- Transposition Extraordinaire - Paul Sleight (Belgium)
- The (Biseautee) Direct Palm
- Lighting a "Spent" Match - Victor Farelli
- Effect as Seen by the Audience
- Origin of the Devices Employed
- Preparation
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The Magic Wand Volume 37 (1948)George ArmstrongNumbers 217-220
254 pages
- Vol. 37, Number 217, March, 1948 [48 numbered & 18 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- A Word of Thanks
- Resolutions
- Hotel Entertainment
- What is Wrong?
- Opening Effects
- Reading Matter
- Three New Series
- Magical Publications and The General Public - article by Bill Bishop
- Mainly for Mentalists - A New Series by Arthur F. G. Carter
- Tray Trix - A New Series by Verrall Wass
- Stripe=O!
- The Laughing Buddha
- The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
- The Magic Letter Box - correspondence
- Letters to a Collector -...
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The Magic Wand Volume 36 (1947)George ArmstrongNumbers 213-216
261 pages
- Vol. 36, Number 213, March-May, 1947 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Magic for the Amateur
- The Dealers
- Our New Artist
- Magical Broadcasts
- Indian Magic
- The Tribulations of a Publisher
- Colour Changing Water - P. C. Sorcar (India)
- The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
- The Princess and The Pirate - Lamonte
- 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
- Mug's Game...
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The Magic Wand Volume 35 (1946)George JohnsonNumbers 209-212
203 pages
- Vol. 35, Number 209, March-May, 1946 [38 numbered & 4 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- To Friends and Readers of The Magic Wand - George Johnson introducing the new editor
- 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
- Fire-Walked to Prove Faith - news
- The Vanishing Wand - Tom Sellers
- The Vanishing Wand
- Magic Welding
- The Ta. Ta. Cigarettes
- The Magic Words - Leonard Ashton
- Snowman in Reverse - Jimmy Pring
- The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
- For the Egg...
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The Magic Wand Volume 34 (1945)George JohnsonNumbers 205-208
184 pages
- Vol. 34, Number 205 March-May, 1945 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- The Book Famine
- A Tale of Woe
- Visible Magic
- H. G. Sparks - obituary (due to enemy action)
- Up, Lift - J. F. Orrin
- The Pairing Knots - Milbourne Christopher
- Cataleptic Calico - Leslie R. King
- A Drum Tube Effect - Leslie Brown
- The Exposer - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
- Deduction - Stanley Davis
- A Magic Wand Competition
- Nap Stack - Stanley Davis
- The Roundabout - article by Claude Chandler
- The Super Ultra Sympathetic Packs - Len J. Sewell
- One Teaspoonful in Water Four Times a...
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The Magic Wand Volume 33 (1944)George JohnsonNumbers 201-204
193 pages
- Vol. 33, Number 201 March-May, 1944 [42 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Aid
- Card Miracles
- The Expert
- Squaring the Circle
- A Change-Over Palm with Four Coins - E. Brian MacCarthy
- Ignus - V. A. Menzies
- A Subtle Changing Card - Sydney de Hempsey
- What is a Good Trick? - article by Dr. H. J. Tattersall
- The Dissolving Sugar Trick Improved - Victor Farelli
- Disc and Rope - Allan Lambie
- The Shilling and the Snake - Wilfrid Jonson
- Try This Strange Puzzle - Sydney de Hempsey
- A Little Different - Alfred Frangleton
- A Novel Doll Production - Eric...
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The Magic Wand Volume 32 (1943)George JohnsonThe Magic Wand and Magical Review, Volume 32, George Johnson, editor
Quarterly format
- Vol. 32, Number 197 March-May, 1943 [38 numbered & 6 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Condensed
- How It's Done
- Cups and Balls
- A Boys' Own Book
- A Card Trick in Bed
- Tom Sellers' Magic
- Bombay Blocks
- Prediction Mysterio
- Vanishing Bottle
- Invisible Ink
- A Block and Cord Release
- Six Card Control
- Are You a Good Magician - article by Sikandra
- Card Conjuring for Conjurers - Arthur H. Eydmann
- Flashes from the Forge - H. G. Sparks
- Wedding Rings and Ribbon...
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The Magic Wand Volume 31 (1942)George JohnsonNumbers 193-196
256 pages
- Vol. 31, Number 193 March-May, 1942 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- The Magic Circle
- Fortunes and Misfortunes
- Zodiastar
- A Strange Book
- Magical News
- Professional Help
- To Our Friends
- A New Clock Dial - with Ratchet and Pawl Control - Tom Sellers
- Hypnotic Influence - Max Andrews
- Spots Before Your Eyes - Wilfred H. Tyler
- Tricks, Notes and Notions - Alfred Frangleton
- Slightly Different - Alf's Button
- A New Ball Sleight
- Levitation Extraordinary - by "One of the Boys"
- Slow Motion Card Vanish - Allan Lambie
- Thimble Work - E. Brian...
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The Magic Wand Volume 30 (1941)George JohnsonNumbers 189-192
247 pages
- Vol. 30, Number 189 March-May, 1941 [50 numbered & 10 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- On Active Service
- Designs for Magic
- Aunt Kate
- Old Ideas
- Marketable Magic
- Chemicals
- Diachylon Deceptions
- Harking Back
- Just Cheek - Lavilette
- Getting the Bird - J. F. Orrin
- The Tumble Pass - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
- Doublo and Treblo - C. W. Collier
- Lighted Cigarette Production - Allan Lambie
- Patriotic Silks - Cyril H. Dewey
- The Card in the Balloon - Claude Chandler
- Council Meeting - Tierra Del Fuego Magical Society - humor by...
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The Magic Wand Volume 3 (Sep 1912 - Aug 1913)George Mackenzie MunroNumbers 25-36
192 pages
- Cover, Vol. 3, No. 25, September, 1912 [16 pages]
- Mr. Maurice Hurling - profile
- Our Monthly Chat - little bits of news
- Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries - show review
- Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 3 - Winners of Prizes
- First Prize #18. Initialed and Torn Corner Rising Card
- Second Prize #5. The Mysterious Eggs
- Third Prize #7. A New Card, Handkerchief and Match-box effect
- Our Down-to-Date New Trick Competition - Series 4
- 1. Marksmanship Extraordinary
- Book Notes - reviews
- The Sphinx (American) - August 1912 magazine
...
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The Magic Wand Volume 29 (1940)George JohnsonNumbers 185-188
236 pages
- Vol. 29, Number 185 March-May, 1940 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- 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
- Cigarette Mentality - Cyril H. Dewey
- Shifting Sands - H. W. Ray
- Wine Production - comments
- The Ball Through Glass - H. W. Brehaut
- Tricks of Olden Days - by 'Eav' or W.W.
- A Coin Move
- Tissue in Water
- Bertram's Ring and Handkerchief
- Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
- Memories of [Charles] Morritt...
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The Magic Wand Volume 28 (1939)George JohnsonNumbers 181-184
246 pages
- Vol. 28, Number 181 March-May, 1939 [52 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- 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
- Uniting the Nations - H. W. Brehaut
- The Magic Bran Tub - J. F. Orrin
- A Production Box - John Robinson
- On Being Funny - article by H. A. M. Bone
- The Twentieth Century (Red, White and) Blues - Harold H. Saunders
- The Rise of Genius - S. H. Sharpe
- Lemon and Sausage - Wilfrid Jonson
- Card and Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
- Just Glimpse a Card
- Torn and Restored Paper
- New...
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The Magic Wand Volume 27 (1938)George JohnsonNumbers 177-180
253 pages
- Vol. 27, Number 177 March-May, 1938 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Regarding a Card Problem
- Happy Acknowledgements
- Benevolent Concerns
- A Magical Weekly
- A Sot of Bother
- Cheery Amusement
- Triple Card Discovery - John K. Bays
- They Have Laid Aside the Wand - obituaries
- Tom Fagan
- Linga Singh
- Robert H. Gysel
- A Tunnel Change - H. W. Brehaut
- The Penetrating Hoop - J. F. Orrin
- The Four Spots - Lavilette
- All Bluff - Tom Sellers
- A Production Box - Leslie Drake
- An Easy Drum Trick - Tom Sellers
- Chit Chat - article by Frederic...
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The Magic Wand Volume 26 (1937)George JohnsonNumbers 173-176
244 pages
- Vol. 26, Number 173 March-May, 1937 [56 numbered & 12 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- All The Jokes
- On the Side of Sanity
- A Little While Ago
- Conjuring Books for Boys
- Obituary
- Miscellaneous Magic - Tom Sellers
- Cards on Ribbon
- Cut and Restored Ribbon Box
- Ring Through the Finger
- The Novelty Prediction
- Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
- Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
- A Novel Penetration
- A Cigarette Sleight
- A Good Production
- Passing a Coin Through the Hand
- Passe Passe Silks
- extra...
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The Magic Wand Volume 25 (1936)George JohnsonNumbers 169-172
248 pages
- Vol. 25, Number 169 March-May, 1936 [56 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- The Social Side of Magic
- Racketeering In Magic
- Magical Book Production
- A Story
- A Production Tube - Tom Sellers
- Here? There? Or Where?
- Magical Television - Capt. J. E. Stone
- Make a Model First - article by Verrall Wass
- 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...
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The Magic Wand Volume 24 (1935)George JohnsonNumbers 165-168
252 pages
- Vol. 24, Number 165 March-May, 1935 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Specialty Acts
- Newspaper Diversion
- Television
- Conjuring Publications
- Another Flower Growing Idea - Arnold De Brett
- Three Silks - Stanley Norton
- Dove Pan Ideas - Bernard Carton
- The Evolution of the Ghost Tube - S. H. Sharpe
- A Nutty Notion - Wilfred Huggins
- Scrybic - an Illusion - S. H. Sharpe
- The Dissolving Sugar - Victor Farelli
- Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
- Style - quotes
- Jack in (and out of) a Box - Charles Waller
- Word Wizardry - Tom Sellers
- New...
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The Magic Wand Volume 23 (1934)George JohnsonNumbers 161-164
236 pages
- Vol. 23, Number 161 March-May, 1934 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- 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
- The Monster of Loch Ness - Jules Danby
- The Prediction of Prospero - Roy Walker
- A Slow Sleight - The Fadeaway Vanish
- Splitting the Atom - Wilfred Huggins
- The Wedding of Mr. Mickey Mouse - C. Barnard
- Another Silk Vanish - Eric J. Williams
- Chit-Chat - article by Fred Culpitt
- Snipping Again - Joseph Fitzpatrick
- Novel Impromptu Rising...
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The Magic Wand Volume 22 (1933)George JohnsonNumbers 157-160
237 pages
- Vol. 22, Number 157 March-May, 1933 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Introduction
- A New Levitation
- Magic on the Screen
- Long-Distance Magic
- Forthcoming Books
- The Season
- The Happy Hare Hunt
- Producing a Cannon Ball
- The Bewildering Spheres - Rupert H. Slater
- The Spirit Slates Supreme - Bruce Hurling
- Thought Transference - Jhano
- A Pretty Card Effect - Tom Sellers
- Imitation is-- - Wilf. Huggins
- A Lesson in Magic - Wilfrid Jonson
- Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
- The Bewildering Block
- The "Fantom" Four
- The Vanish...
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