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The Sphinx Volume 16 (Mar 1917 - Feb 1918)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 16 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1917 | 1 |
W.B. Marks Bio | 3 |
Magical Jingles By Schulte | 3 |
Literature | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 4 |
- The Spokane Mystic Club C.W. Talbott | 4 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 4 |
- Ray Newton Route | 4 |
- The Yogi Club Of Philadelphia H.F. Kenna | 5 |
- R.I. Society Of Magic | 5 |
- National Conjurors Association C.J. Hagen | 5 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard | 5 |
- Doings Of The Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test | 6 |
- W.J. Hilliar In The Vaudeville Breeze Says | 6 |
- Do You Remember | 6 |
- Golden Gate Assembly Of S.A.M. H.Syril Dusenbery... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 15 (Mar 1916 - Feb 1917)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 15 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1916 | 1 |
Charles Neil Smith Bio | 3 |
The Value Of Patter By G.F. Schulte | 3 |
When The Magician Quit | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 4 |
- Spot Lights From Hartford, Conn. Clarence T. Hubbard | 4 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 5 |
- Demons Of Baltimore Robert W. Test | 5 |
- Leipzig In Providence, R.I. C. Fischer | 6 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians G. Warren Keane | 6 |
- Order Of The Magi Fred Measures | 6 |
- The Magicians' Club Of New York Louis Jaeger | 6 |
Antiquity Of The Word "Magician" By G.G. Laurens | 6 |
An Improved Handkerchief And Candle Trick Len Sewell | 7 |
Disintergration... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 14 (Mar 1915 - Feb 1916)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 14 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1915 | 1 |
Chats With Magicians By H. Syril Dusenbery | 3 |
- Clarence T. Hubbard | 3 |
Also Ran (Poem) | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
- S.A.M. Francis J. Werner | 4 |
- New York News Items By Queercus | 4 |
- The Magicians' Club Of New York Maurice Roth | 4 |
- Providence, R.I., News C. Fischer | 4 |
- The Chicago Magicians' Club Jerry Taylor | 5 |
- New And Notes From Chicago Perry Taylor | 5 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domzalski | 5 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery | 5 |
- St. Louis, Mo., Notes C. Frederic Hiestand | 6 |
- What's On In London Yelma | 6 |
- London Letter H. Rice | 6 |
- National... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 13 (Mar 1914 - Feb 1915)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 13 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1914 | 1 |
The Editor Picture | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
- S.A.M. Report R. Van Diem | 4 |
- New York Magical Notes Joe Klein | 4 |
- Society Of Twin City Magicians L.H. Van Camp | 4 |
- Buffalo Notes Ladson Butler | 4 |
- The Demons' Club Of Baltimore Magicians Charles F. Oursler | 5 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians W.H. Domalski | 5 |
- Spot-Lights From Hartford Clarence T. Hubbard | 5 |
- Society Of Twin City Magicians L.H. Van Camp | 6 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery | 6 |
- London Letter Yelma | 6 |
- Glasgow, Scotland News W.E. Bell | 7 |
- News From Melbourne, Australia J.P. Goulston... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 12 (Mar 1913 - Feb 1914)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 12 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1913 | 1 |
Robert Heller (William Henry Palmer) Bio | 3 |
To Tear A Complete Deck Of Cards In Two By Russell | 3 |
What Happened To Jones Contest | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
- Ed. Reno's Route | 4 |
- Dana Walden's Route | 4 |
- Australian News C. Williams | 4 |
- London Letter Yelmah | 5 |
- S.A.M. Report Francis J. Werner | 6 |
- Yogi Notes Gustav L. Bohn | 6 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians Notes W.H. Domzalski | 6 |
- Cincinnati Notes Charles N. Smith | 6 |
- San Francisco News H. Syril Dusenbery | 7 |
- Pacific Coast Society Of Magicians | 7 |
- Providence, R.I., Notes John H. Percival | 7 |
- Rhode Island Society Of... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 11 (Mar 1912 - Feb 1913)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 11 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1912 | 1 |
Les Frimines - Mr. & Mrs Harry J. Freeman Bio | 3 |
A Little Combination By Surgeon Rell M. Woodward | 3 |
Mind Reading Idea By Russell | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
- Chicago Magicians' Club B.L. Gilbert | 5 |
- Boston Notes S. Wilson Bailey | 5 |
- London Letter Albert Lewis | 5 |
- Odds And Ends Clarence T. Hubbard | 6 |
- Kobb's Comments | 6 |
- Washington, D.C. News Chas. S. Eby | 6 |
- Baltimore News John Dewitz | 6 |
- Cleveland Notes Grdina | 7 |
- Magic In Nashville T.J. Crawford | 7 |
- Columbus, O. News E. Carson Blair (Kona Byata) | 7 |
- Society Of Professional Magicians J.E. Pierce | 7 |
- San Francisco... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 10 (Mar 1911 - Feb 1912)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 10 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1911 | 1 |
S.A.M. Masthead | 2 |
Iona Bio | 3 |
Dr. Hoston Explains | 3 |
A Suggestion For The Rising Cards By V.K. Allison | 3 |
A Good Opener by T.C. Bonney | 3 |
Is It "I"? (Poem) By Charles Neil Smith | 3 |
Two Magicians Starting At About The Same Time But In Different Fields Of Work Are Now At The Top | 4 |
Laurant Picture | 4 |
Flour And Water Trick By S.B. Blodgett | 5 |
The World Of Magic | 6 |
- Mystico's News | 7 |
- Society Of Detroit Magicians | 7 |
- S.A.M. Report Francis J. Werner | 8 |
- English Letter Fred Sinclair | 8 |
- London Letter Harold Webbe | 9 |
- Chicago Letter I.F. Halton | 9 |
Editor's Page | 10 |
- Editor's... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 9 (Mar 1910 - Feb 1911)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 9 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1910 | 1 |
Hamley's Palace Of Magic And Mystery | 3 |
The World Of Magic | 4 |
Echoes From Beanville Hal Olver | 5 |
New York Notes Edward Beadle | 6 |
News From Austria Ottokar Fischer | 6 |
An Up-to-date Table By L.T. Scott | 6 |
Knife And Cards By Alon Lord | 6 |
The Devil's Flight By Jos. Dunninger | 7 |
A Boost By Walden & Heverly | 7 |
Siggestion For "Sucker Box" Workers By Camella | 7 |
Finishing Touch For Cups And Balls By G.V. Long | 7 |
Dyeing Of Handkerchief (New) By Dr. Robert T. Boyd, Jr. | 8 |
Egg And Handkerchief By Chas. Sekavec | 8 |
A Long-felt Want | 8 |
Magic In St. Pauls And Minneapolis | 9 |
- Thurston Picture... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 8 (Mar 1909 - Feb 1910)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 8 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1909 | 1 |
S. Wilson Bailey Bio | 3 |
- Handcuff Collection Picture | 3 |
Magician's Doings | 4 |
Dr. Elliott's Horizontal Lift Card Rise | 5 |
A Testimonial To M. Felecian Trewey By Henry Ridgely Evans | 6 |
- Trewey Picture | 6 |
- Trewey's Den Picture | 6 |
Extracts From My Program By David P. Abbott | 7 |
- "Extracts" Continued | 8 |
A Sure Winner | 9 |
The Society Of Detroit Magicians | 9 |
Editorial Announcement | 10 |
- The April Number | 10 |
The Society Of American Magicians | 11 |
The Reason Why By William R. Caulk | 12 |
Current Magical Literature | 13 |
The Society Of American Magicians (Cont. from page 11) | 14 |
A Testimonial... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 7 (Mar 1908 - Feb 1909)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 7 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1908 | 1 |
Kansas City, Mo., March 15, 1908 | 2 |
Heard At The Seance Joke | 2 |
Biographical Maro | 3 |
The Magic Spell By Chas. Shepherd | 3 |
Card And Handkerchief Combination By Will Edwards | 3 |
Magician's Doings | 4 |
Cross Escape Or Cross Substitution | 4 |
The Disappearing Egg By Louis C. Haley | 5 |
Coin Effect By Dr. Blanchard | 5 |
Lecture On Thoughts (Explanations) By Maxime Cadet | 6 |
Handkerchief Color Change By Jacob Chasnoff | 6 |
The "Acme" Card Trick By Chas. G. Shepherd | 6 |
How Sad (Poem) By Will Edwards | 6 |
The Card And Jug Trick By Charles Medrington | 7 |
A Novel Card Trick by Henry D. Grout | 7 |
... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 6 (Mar 1907 - Feb 1908)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 6 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1907 | 1 |
Kansas City, Mo., March 15, 1907 | 2 |
Handkerchief And Billiard Ball Illusion By Lewis R. Hilliar | 2 |
Biographical Chevalier Ernest Thorne | 3 |
Vanishing Glass By C. Merrelo Mahood | 3 |
Cane Levitation By James A. Hart | 3 |
Magician's Doings | 4 |
The Passing Show | 4 |
S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 5 |
A Floating Ball Illusion By Robert Madison | 5 |
Extracts From My Own Program By David P. Abbott | 6 |
- "Extracts" (Continued) | 7 |
- "Extracts" (Continued | 8 |
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NO. 2: APRIL 1907 | 13 |
Kansas City, Mo., April 15, 1907 | 14 |
In Memoriam Of Harry N. Stork By John N. Hilliard... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 5 (Mar 1906 - Feb 1907)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 5 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1906 | 1 |
Kansas City, Mo., March 15, 1906 | 2 |
Howard Thurston At Grave Of Dante (Oscar Eliason) Picture | 2 |
Biograpical Clifford P. Norton | 3 |
The Pro And Con Of Spiritualism - By F.W.King Chapter X | 3 |
Spring (Poem) Puck | 3 |
Magician's Doings | 4 |
- In Vaudeville | 4 |
- Magic Shows | 4 |
- Entertainers | 5 |
- New Zealand Notes | 5 |
- English Notes By Henry Whiteley | 6 |
Hartley's Impromptu Magic Table By Robert Hartley | 6 |
The Floating Ball - A New Version By D.A. Breen | 6 |
Gentle, But Effective | 7 |
S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 7 |
Correspondence | 8 |
The Phamtom Ball | 8 |
Inexhaustible Coin Feke Dropper By... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 4 (Mar 1905 - Feb 1906)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 4 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1905 | 1 |
Kansas City, Mo., Mar.15, 1905 | 2 |
- "Foo Vs. Soo" John N. Hilliard | 2 |
Obituary | 2 |
- Mokana (James Mayer Goldston) | 2 |
- G.A. Cooke | 2 |
- Martin Chapender | 2 |
Biographical Harry Whiteley | 3 |
The Dyeing Handkerchiefs John N. Hilliard | 3 |
New Spirit Writing Trick By Chas. O. Williams | 3 |
Magician's Doings | 4 |
- In The Lyceum Field | 4 |
- In Vaudeville | 4 |
- Magic Shows | 5 |
- Entertainers | 5 |
A Village Fiasco | 5 |
Amateur's Column T.J. Crawford | 5 |
- A Good Table For Amateurs Russell-"The Mystifier." | 5 |
English Notes Henry Whiteley | 6 |
Card Vanish By Barton, The Merry Wizard | 6 |
Handkerchief Production... | | $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 3 (Mar 1904 - Feb 1905)Albert M. Wilson
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VOLUME 3 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1904 | 1 |
Chicago, Mar. 15, 1904 | 2 |
The Magician of the Month M. Inez | 3 |
The Pro and Con of Spiritualism By F.W. King Chapter IV | 3 |
Magicians Doings | 4 |
- Chicago | 4 |
- New York | 4 |
- Philadelphia | 5 |
- Detroit | 5 |
- St. Louis | 6 |
- Kansas City | 6 |
- Milwaukee | 6 |
- San Francisco | 6 |
- Omaha | 6 |
- Sioux City | 7 |
- Seattle | 7 |
- Los Angeles, Cal. | 7 |
- Cleveland | 7 |
- Auburn, N.Y. | 7 |
- Here and There | 7 |
- English Notes | 8 |
- Australia | 8 |
- Bengal, India | 8 |
Wrecks, Floods and Fires These With Steamboat Disasters Give Leon Herrmann an Exciting Tour | 9 |
The Subject of Talk Geo. H. Stippe | 9 |
Novel Sleights Old... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 2 (Mar 1903 - Feb 1904)Inez Vernelo
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VOLUME 2 |
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NO. 1: MARCH 1903 | 1 |
Chicago, Mar. 15, 1903 | 2 |
The Magician of the Month Ching Ling Soo | 3 |
Why It Was by Xavier | 3 |
An Interesting Letter T. Nelson Downs | 3 |
Novel Sleights | 4 |
- Modern Thimble Manipulation By Lee Stewart | 4 |
- An Original Cigarette Trick Merle F. Willis | 4 |
- New Vanishing Canary Mora | 4 |
- Rice and Handkerchief Trick Prof. McIntosh | 4 |
- An Old Kite With A New Tail Louis N. Miller | 4 |
- Novel Egg Sleight Lawrence Stone | 4 |
Stories Retold A Magician Among Aborigines | 5 |
Ninty On The Dollar | 5 |
Magic and Magicians Ellison Library | 5 |
Our Letter Box | 6 |
Magicians Doings | 7 |
- Chicago | 7 |
- New... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Michael Close Signature Effects: Workers & Power of PalmingMichael CloseTwo astounding programs jam-packed onto one 150 minute download DVD. This is some of the best of Michael Close. Michael is an extraordinary magician, very thoughtful and meticulous. His Workers Series is legendary. He was editor in chief of MUM the organ of the Society of American Magicians.
Workers: Michael Close is truly a magician's magician. But he does his best work for laymen. His reputation is unsurpassed for entertaining and fooling lay audiences with mind-blowing magic. All of these effects are audience-tested over thousands of performances. It contains the following routines:
... | ★★★★★ $20 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Stanyon's Magic MagazineEllis StanyonMagic was a monthly magazine produced and edited by Ellis Stanyon. It was first published in October 1900 and ran for 177 issues with a break during the 1914 - 18 war and the final issue was published in June 1920.
Ellis Stanyon was a noted magic dealer, author and publisher and in the first issue of Magic he set out his intention which was to 'popularize the Art of Sleight of Hand'. Stanyon's original lessons in magic were published in each issue and formed a significant course of magical instruction. Magic featured close-up effects, routines, stage and parlour magic including some of the... | ★★★★★ $44 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The GenHarry Stanley & Lewis Ganson The Gen magazine was published by Harry Stanley just after WWII. The first issue came out in December 1945. The magazine was published for 26 years with 303 issues covering a total of 8,685 pages. Lewis Ganson, one of the greatest British magical writers ever, was the editor until the magazine changed hands in 1971. It continued under the editorship of Val Andrews for a further two issues as the New Gen.
Virtually every known name in the world of post-war magic made a contribution to the Gen or was featured in its columns. Ken Brooke, for example, contributed 27 items and even the final issue, under the ownership... | ★★★★★ $99 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Magic Wand (1910 - 1957)George Mackenzie Munro & George Johnson & George Armstrong Martin Breese purchased the copyright to the Magic Wand many years ago. He intended to issue material from the magazine in book form and was little to know, at the time, of the advent of digital publishing and ebooks.
The Magic Wand was first published in September 1910 and continued for 256 issues until December of 1957. It began as a monthly magazine and after a decade it was published quarterly. It was edited by George Munro who was succeeded by George Armstrong. It is rare and very hard to find a complete run. The most valuable issues are those containing the serial publication of The Annals of Conjuring. ... | ★★★★★ $99 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Fifth ElementLee SmithTwo strong card effects with a mentalism theme.
The Third Degree
The first spectator thinks of a card, the second spectator picks a
card which is placed on the table under a glass, and then the third
spectator selects a card which is removed from the deck and then
visually changed into the card on the table, and the card under the
glass becomes the first spectator's thought of card.
Fifth Element (thought of card to pocket)
The spectator is shown five cards and asked to think of any one of
them. The five cards are placed one at a time into the spectators hand
and he is challenged... | $14 to wish listPDF |
PabularNick Bolton & Fred Robinson & Eric Mason Here is the complete file of Pabular, one of the most remarkable and influential magazines ever published.
Pabular was first published in 1974 by Nick Bolton and ran for just over eight exciting volumes. It is probably the finest ever British close-up magazine to be published. It was mainly edited by the well-respected Fred Robinson (later by Walt Lees and Stephen Tucker) and the art editor throughout was Eric Mason.
The first effect in the magazine was by Roy Walton and contributors include: Jack Avis, Gaeton Bloom, John Carney, Tony Corinda, Ted Danson, Will Dexter, Bob Driebeek, Shiv Duggal, Peter Duffie, Alex Elmsley, Dominique Duvivier, Cy Endfield, Bob Farmer, Flip, Piet Forton,... | ★★★★★ $41 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Wizard Magazine Volume 5-8 (Jul 1951 - Jul 1956)George ArmstrongThese are the second four volumes of the Wizard Magazine as a PDF which you can download. It includes a hyperlinked index.
1st edition July 1951 - July 1956; 1733 pages.
Volume 5
- No. 49
- George Armstrong / Charles Cole
- Geomental Rayond / Two Person Mentalism
- Dennis Barnes / Opening to a 4 Ace Routine
- O.H. Patterson / My Rings on Rope
- Len Belcher / My Card Stab
- Tom Sellers / Simplex Card Prediction
- John K. Bays / Famous Magicians
- A.C. Newitt / Why Use the Pass
- Harry Thomas, Max Linden / The Tomlin Coin Box
- Jack Lamonte / Opening for the Egg Bag Routine
- Philcardo / Bouquet for...
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Wizard Magazine Volume 1-4 (Apr 1947 - Jun 1951)George ArmstrongThese are the first four volumes of the Wizard Magazine as a PDF which you can download. It includes a hyperlinked index.
1st edition April 1947 - June 1951; 1595 pages.
Volume 1
- No. 1
- George Armstrong / Jasper Maskelyne
- George Armstrong / Impromptu Book Test
- John K. Bays / Fantasy Fare
- W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic
- No. 2
- George Armstrong / Robert Harbin
- George Armstrong / Number Prediction
- John K. Bays / No No Children's Effect
- W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 1
- No. 3
- George Armstrong / Wilfred Tyler
- Wilfred Tyler / Breakaway Match-box
- John K. Bays / Flash...
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Wizard Magazine (1947 - 1956)George ArmstrongThe Wizard was one of Britain's leading magic magazines and was published by George Armstrong between 1947 and 1956. There were 95 issues containing more than 3000 pages. Here is the entire run as searchable PDF, including a hyperlinked index.
It contains 945 effects, articles and features on every aspect of magic from hundreds of prominent contributors including: Billy McComb, Al Koran, Jack Lamonte, Ken Brooke, Arthur Carter, Chandhu, Milbourne Christopher, Carlos Colombi, Edward Dexter, Prince Drakon, Hen Fetsch, Douglas Francis, Lewis Ganson, Louis Histed, Jack Hughes, Roy Johnson, Fred Lowe, Max Malini, Jay Palmer, Edmund Rowland, S.H. Sharpe, Hans Trixer, Verrall Wass, Mark Weston and Jack Yates.
1st edition 1947-1956; 3328... | ★★★★★ $39 more than one type to choose fromPDF_facsimile PDF_facsimile (on CDROM) |