Ireland's Year Book in Magazines & Journals

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• Mentalissimus
• Patter Presentations
• The Reading Mind Book Test
• Two New Magical Accessories
• Pipe Dreams! (That Work)
  • Smoking Empty Pipes
  • Stretching A Pipe
  • Comedy Climax For Pipe Production
  • Hola Havana!
  • Acrobatic Cigar
  • Card In Cigarette
  • Climax For Cigarette Thru Handkerchief
  • New Penetration Of Handkerchief By Cigarette
  • Production Of Giant Cigarette And Holder
  • Cigar Rises Out Of Tube
  • Tobacco Jar Fantasy
  • Tobacco Bowls
• Rice Fantasia
• Mutilated Parasol In Miniature
• Menta Ad
• How I Vanish Milk
• Botania Finale
• Production From Foil
• Coin Fan
• Milk Carton Dove...

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• The Magician Of The Yearbook - Ron Urban
• The Princess And The Royal Rope (A Patter Story)
• Trickities II (The First Trickities Is In The 1958 Yearbook)
• Phantom Tube And Candle Routine For Children
• Routine For A Rubber Dove
• Seek A Peek Plexiglas Clip Board
• "Coo Coo" Savon
• Idea For A Lota
• A "Refreshing" Lecture
• Make Safety A Habit
• A Day At The Races
• Counterfeiter's Dream
• Yeow!
• Old Glory Be!
• Hypo Phoney Routine
• The Fantastic Bill Transposition
• Presto Coin Stand
• New Multipurpose Card Exchange Folder
• Magic Roulette
• Chinese Symbol Gag
• The Miser's...

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• THE GIRL ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE
• TWO PRICELESS GAGS
• IDEAS FOR MAGICIANS
• CLEAR-VU BILL VANISH
• METAPOUR
• TRICKITIES
• PERSONAL TOUCH TO THE PAPER HAT
• THIMBLE TRANSPOSED
• PORTFOLIO OF TRICKS BY ALLESSANDRO
  • The Demon Dollar
  • A Cigarette Routine
  • Number Divination
  • Lie Detector
  • Four Ace Control
  • Magic Sum
  • Transposition Cards
  • Allessandro's Gag Kit
• ONE AT A TIME COINS
• ACES IN HAND
• HALLOWEEN ADAPTATION FOR SQUARE CIRCLE
• PATTER FOR THE TOM BOWYER REPEAT BILL TRICK
• BUILD- IT- YOURSELF PRODUCTION ILLUSIONETTE
• RIGHT CARD - WRONG COLOR
• SATAN'S SATIN
• A GROUP OF IDEAS...

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• Safety Cut
• Passee Egg Vanish
• Arizona Quickie Mental Routine
• Tie And Untie
• Dove Production And Vanish
• Doll Production And Levitation And Vanish
• Patter Presentation And Set Up For Mr. & Mrs. Green
• Musical Telepathy With Add-A-Number
• Comedy Finish For Slydini Paper Tear
• Rate Of Exchange Routine For Coin Capers
• Patter Presentation For The Milk Pitcher
• Brainwave Number
• Idea For Mr. Skunk Trick
• Ultra Citation
• Penny And Nickel Transposition
• Color Divination
• Three Lights On A Match
• Hubert, The Undernourished Rabbit
• Modern Club Act With Patter
  • Only A Roomer ...

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• Greetings...
• Linking Rope Routine
• Who Gets The Prize
• The East India Card Trick
• Impromptu (?) Rigid Hank
• Cherchez La Rabbit
• Miracle Necklace
• Mrs. Murphy's Christmas Tree
• Allessandro's Marksmanship Act
• Divine Touch
• Allessandro's Comedy Routine No. 1
• Comedy Magic Routine No. 2.
• Comedy Convention Skit
• Allessandro's Cigarette Routine
• Magic Quickies
• Our Book-Within-A-Book-Feature (Leonard Austin)
  • Triple Transportation
  • No Beer
  • Sands Of Time
  • Production Box
  • Enchanted Cylinder
  • Aladdin’s Lamp
  • Silk Color Change
  • Novel Card Appearance
  • Sugar And Spoon Transportation ...

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• Our Magician Of The Yearbook Billy Mc Comb
• An Act For A Lazy Magician
• One Out Of Five
• Top Hat Square Circle Ten Rabbit Production
• Sympathetic Linking Ropes
• Routine For Squircle
• A Matter Of Life And Death
• Education For Magic
• Silent Vent Act
• All Fair Impromptu Spell
• All Fair Count Down
• Thin Air Liquid Vanish
• Eight Ladies?
• The Palmist
• Magic From Magic
• The Kiss Of A Borgia
• Hoops And A Girl
• Bobby Bernard's Close Up Chicanery
• Signed, Sealed And Delivered
• Bluff Ace Assembly

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• Tricky Tidbits
• For The Green Chlorophyll Card
• Our Magician Of The Yearbook For 1954 - Del Ray
• The Royal Assembly
• Fourteen Effects With The Fourteen Of Clubs
• Mickey Mouse And His Magic Coats
• The Jackpot Cigarette Trick
• The Magnetic Ball
• Golf Ball To Silk
• The Human Volcano
• The Spectator Does A Card Trick
• Perfect Diminishing Pack Of Cigarettes
• Felix The Snake
• Torn Smoke
• The Ireland Handling For A Jumbo Two Way Forcing Deck
• Bamboo Chinese Sticks
• Sockard
• What To Do With A Slick Ace
• Sez You Giant Card Trick
• The No Gimmick Slate Gimmick
• The Foolproof Necktie...

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• The Famous Jimmy Trimble Rope Routine
• An Innovation With The Squared Circle
• Tricks With A Folding Card
• Mccallum's Rainbow Knife Routine
• Tip On Bottomless Glass
• Paper Tearing With A Color Change Tube
• Routine For The Ireland Multiplying Watches
• Follow Up On Hummer's Rare Coin Stunt
• Three Lighted Cigarettes
• Master Billiard Ball Routine
• Production Of Four Solid Billiard Balls
• Catchy Thimbles
• A Spectacular Check Book
• Comedy Card Rising Trick
• Two Math Ticklers
• Patter For Block-Kord
• Cat And Canary - Quickie Version
• A Japanese Bird
• The Skunk Wringer
• The Rabbit...

This was the last volume in the series of Year Books Laurie Ireland published.

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• salute To Our Collectors
• Love & The Magic Collector
• The Brotherhood Of Magic
• Wild Magic
• Fire Bowl From Paper Bag
• The Super Duper Safety Match
• Indian Maid Escape
• Flaming Torch To Cane
• Red The Crook
• Clock Vanish Idea
• Snow White Dove Production
• Topper Production
• Cane To Dove
• A Tip
• Johnny Brown's Split!
• Johnny Brown's Instant Silk
• From A Mentalist's Notebook
• Mommy!!
• Aristocratic Finger Chopper Routine
• Prof. Cheer Bits
• Paper Plate Caper
• Flower Production Dox
• Supersonic Silks ...

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• Karrell Fox - Instant Fun For Everyone!
• How To Be A Comedian In One Easy Lifetime
• Thoughts On Magical Comedy
• An A B C Of Magicomedy Bits
• What Do Magicians Do When They Aren't Magishing?
• Magic Isn't Funny
• Our Sense Of Humor
• If It's Laughter You're After ...
• 3 Oriental Boxes
• Magic Slept Here
• Pretty Snaky
• Red White & Blue
• Foam Plastic And Magic
• Flight Thru Space
• Hoy Deploy
• Transesp
• Tish Kebob
• Betty Hal - Astra Gal
• Make Safety Your Watchword
• A "Drop" Of Coffee
• Lines For Safety
• Ball That Went On A Trip
• Flying Carpet Card Trick
• Openers
• Teeth...

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• Six More Hummers
  • The Four G Men
  • The Card On The Window Pane
  • Double Thought
  • A Rare Coin Stunt
  • A Possible Impossibility
  • Imagination
• Three Magical Beauties
  • Making A Production Out Of The Pyramid Puzzle
  • Chlorophyll Gag Card
  • The "Trey (Tray) Of Diamonds" Gag Card
• Match-A-Card
• Cavorting Cards
• Animal, Vegetable And Mineral
• Build It Yourself Nest Of Boxes
• The Cigarette Vending Machine
• The Extra Load
• Kirk's Comedy Spaghetti Winder Gag Prop
• A Paper Folding Routine
• Secrets Of Sharpshooting
• Ali's Eyeful
• Flower Floats
• Telephone Fooler
• Boxadime
• Idea For...

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• Jack Gwynne
• The Turn-Over Vanish
• Houdini And Ponzi Gwynne
• Penny - Thru
• Tricky Farmer
• Tips On Ball Handling
• Severed Silk
• Balloon Trix
• The Safety Salesman
• Following Directions
• Jack Gwynne In U.S. O.
• Linking Rings
• Stock Market Manipulations
• Banging The Bang Gun Around
• "It's So Nice To Have A Ham Around The House"
• When The Flag Goes By
• The Invisible Match Box
• "X Marks The Card!"
• Bob Lewis' Top Hat Illusion
• On The Establishment Of Comedy
• Krazy Kumpass
• Stronger Than Dirt
• Beauty Of Magic
• 93 Years Ago - A Lady Magician
• Nun To Present Magic Shows At St. Vincent...

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• O'day's Fried Egg
• Mysterious Cigarette And Match Production
• A Spooky Spots Finish
• Second Portfolio Of Tricks
  • Ambitious Card Routine
  • 54 Card Trick
  • Your Card!
  • Dime, Penny And Bottle Cap
  • Obedient Cigarette
  • The Flying Match
  • Anti-Gravity Match
  • Pull Thru Matches
  • Flying Ink
  • Wine, Milk And Ink
  • Vanishing Lapel Flower
  • Pistol And Silk
  • The Amazing Ladies' Slipper
  • Chinese Pop Bottle
  • Crystal Flower Ladder
• A Sticky Idea
• E Z Magazine Test
• Classified
• Funny Cigar Gag
• Tricky Telepathy
• Flash Dollar Bill Change
• The Mike Zen’s Card Act
• A Pack Of Lies
• The Sands...

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• Albert Goshman
• Card & Bill Idea
• Impromptu Eye Surgery
• A Rose By Any Other Name---
• Mystery Magazine Book Test
• The Golf Balls & Hat
• Liquid Production
• Magic With Trading Stamps
• Safety Magic
• The Four Fours
• Yeager's New Ones
• Sucker Knife Finale
• Faro: The Game With A Past
• Our Profile: Bob Arno
• The Zombie By John
• "Other Magicians..."
• Preface
• The Anna Eva Fay Act
• Kirk Stiles' Magic Coloring Book
• New Wrinkles For Torn Cards
• Miki's Methods
• The Fun Bottle
• Our Cover

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• Par Avion Via Air Mail
• World's Unique Magic Bartender
• Thimbles Unanimous
• Visible 20th Century Silks
• Bouquet Production
• Silk-N-Cups
• Twin Pipe Trick
• "Poor Man's" Roll-On Table
• Thoughts On Ranch Bird
• New Routines For Your Shelved Magic
• On Misdirection
• Two Ideas
• Kid Trick With A Rope
• Gung Ho Box Routine
• Impromptu Atomic Routine
• Knot Routine
• Magic Helper
• Written In Blood
• Loads Of Fun
• Cat's Eyes
• Hocus Pocus With Chop Cup
• Every Magician Has One!
• Comedy Sawing Ending
• A Smart Opening
• You, Too, Can Tie A Turban
• Technicolor Prediction
• Three By Jack Avis ...

This Year Book includes a wonderful article on the Chicago magic bar scene by Jay Marshall. It originally appeared in Rogue Magazine.

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• When Old Friends Meet
• Shades Of Sorcery
• The Safety Magician
• Safety, A United Effort
• The Vanisher
• Tips On This And That
• Dots A Dandy Presentation
• Trickities 3
• Coin Combination
• Die Box Routine
• Bubble Trouble
• Fingerless Psycho
• Grant Plus Karrell Fox
• A New Card Spatula
• Two Tips
• Southern Accent
• Table Trick
• The World Of Illusion
• Patter For Neil Foster’s Center Tear
• An Original Coin Comedy
• The Many Uses Of Chen Lee
• Squaring...

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• The Homemade Magician
• Penny Dime Transposition
• On The Spot
• Out-Witted
• Loaded Spook
• Dark Thoughts
• Impromptu Twentieth Century Silks
  • Eggs From Handkerchief
  • Another Here, There And Everywhere
  • Tip For Anti Gravico
  • A House Of Cards
• Now What?
• Tuning Up
• By Chance Alone
• A Self Lighting Candle
• The Blue Quints
• Silks From Nowhere
• Three Golden Pyramids Of The Valley Of Oom
• Tom Fitzgerald's Passe Passe Bottles
• New Use For A Forcing Deck
• Rope Records And Ribbon
• Card Telepathy De Luxe
• The Flight Of Thought
• The Mystic Ringer
• A Portfolio Of Bar And Close Up Tricks ...

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• About The Year Book . . .
• A Detective's Dream
• New Effect For The Color Changing Knife Routine
• Card Force For The Stage
• Knock Out Prediction
• Unsigned - Sealed - Delivered
• Thumb Fun
• Comedy Bit With The Wrist Chopper
• The Easy Comedy Golf Ball Routine
• Self Working Double Load Lota, With A Comedy Routine
• A Modern You Do As I Do Trick
• The Invisible Card Routine
• Rubber Ice Cream Cone Routine
• The Boomerang Card
• Jack Yeager's Portfolio Of Magic Tricks And Ideas
  • A Bar Gag
  • "Flash" Cigarette In Handkerchief
  • The Yeager Four Ace Trick
  • Card In Egg Routine De Luxe ...

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• About The Year Book............
• The Community Chest Card Trick Or The Red Feather Card
• Community Chest Routine And Patter For The Square Circle
• New Idea For The Paddle Trick
• Restless Cigarettes
• Rabbit Out Of Top Hat
• Stage Size Out To Lunch Trick
• The Golf Ball "Egg" Bag
• To Vanish The Last Ball
• A Switch For The Mentalist
• Nice Doggy!
• Paper
• Glorifying Your Magic
• A Flash Paper And Match Stunt
• Joseph Dongu's Do As I Do Trick
• Production Load
• My Favorite Rising Card
• The Never Ending Tie
• Do You Drink?
• Producing Two Flashes Of Flame
• Billiard Ball To Playing Card ...

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• Introduction
• Tying And Untying Knots In A Cord Without Letting Go Of The Ends
• The New And Improved Ink Handkerchief And Turnip Trick
• A Checker Mystery
• Carlton King's Rabbit Box
• Ice Cream Cone Production
• A Dollar Bill In Candle Effect
• Nelson's Candle Trick
• Bossie Cow
• The Shrinking Glass Of Milk
• Words And Music
• The Jack Yeager Thumb Tie Trick
• The N. E. Book Test
• Three Linked Discoveries
• Triple Climax To Cups & Balls
• The Stripper Combine
• Glendi's Mental Photography - The Dream Photograph
• Magic In Milk Containers
• Thimble Box
• Clock Dial Card Prediction

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• My Blendo Load
• Amazing Coincidence
• You Can't Lose - Apparently!
• Okito Goes Mental
• My Favorite Routine With Otto The Duck
• Two Tips On Tricks
• One Card In 52
• Dice Stack Addenda
• A New Idea On Rising Cards
• Confetti And Milk
• Method For An Unprepared Blendo
• Drink Your Milk
• Cut Ribbon Gag
• About Tables
• Wine To Beer A Chemical Trick
• Utility Glass
• The Floating Glass
• Candy From The Air
• Paper Lady An Illusion For Production Of A Girl
• An Addition To Reversette
• The Crystal Flame
• The Magic House
• Checkers To Pear To Rice
• Colossal Glass Of Beer Production
• Tic Tac Toe...

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• The Unique Twentieth Century Silks
• Glen Gloye's Necktie Trick
• Practical Suggestions For The Welsh Rarebit Pan
• Card Filtration
• Back To Back
• Betchas
• The Magic Sharpshooter
• Reversette
• An Original Routine With The Milk Pitcher And Other Items Most Magicians Have
• Wild Beer
• My Favorite Card Routine
• Cold Fire — The Magic Torch
• The Earl Morgan Floating Ball
• Using A Dart Board
• Balloon To A Bouquet Of Flowers
• The Hindu Rope Trick
• The Z Ray Box
• The Inexhaustible Hat
• Tantalizing Thimbles
• Rodeo Magic
• "That's All" Wand
• A New Idea On The 20th Century Trick
• The Joe...

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• A Different Kind Of Penetration
• Routines For Clippo
• Matchless Magic
• An Alka Seltzer GAG
• A Pick Pocket Gag
• Ideas For Wiztax
• Cigarettes - Cigars - Pipe
• A New Deal In Poker
• Douglas Kelly's Telephone Trick
• A Suggestion For A New "Levitator"
• A Bit Of Patter
• New Routine For The Quarter In The Beer Mug
• Making The Most Of The Newspaper Tearing Trick
• The Health Magician
• Black Jack Magic
• The Card In The Mirror

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• The Card In The Sandwich
• Misdirection Card Change
• Card And Whiskbroom
• Everready Pencil Trick
• The Coca Cola Bottle And Nipple Effect
• Card Control
• The Spirit Bar
• The Vanishing Cane For Close Up
• A Hanging Episode
• Magician's Lucky Card
• Deuces And Trays
• Manipulative Dollar
• Reverse Card Trick
• Ireland's "Live Bait" Card Fishing Trick Manuscript
• Color Change With A Laugh
• A Diachylon Trick

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• Introduction
• Yogi Ray's Night Club Milk Glass
• Jack Becomes An Aviator
• Chix - Levitation
• Buy Bonds
• A Tip On A Tip
• Victory Birdhouse Silk Production & Vanish
• Mental Disclosure
• Sense And Nonsense With Cards
• A Routine For The Twentieth Century And Other Standard Magic
• Glorifying The Dancing Handkerchief
• The Migrating Card
• A Follow Up
• Four Corks And A Hat
• Two Number Tricks
• Gag With A Lady's Purse
• A New Wrinkle For The Passe Passe Comedy Bottles
• Your Mind Has Told Me So
• Rope Through The Neck
• Bottle Of Smoke
• Modern Chapeaugraphy
• Sgt. Jack Blades' Balls And...

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• Preface
• It Changes, It Shrinks, It Vanishes
• Big And Little Sponge Ball Transposition
• Mating The Cards With Jumbo Cards
• Card Control
• Coin Routine With A Silk
• Thimble Holder In The Trouser Pocket
• Thimble Surprise
• One Ahead Coin Routine
• Misdirection For The Two Handed Pass
• Effective Golf Ball Move
• You Caught Me That Time
• Ireland's Two Card Trick

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• The Rabbit Bag
• A Novel Pigeon Production
• The Human Pin Cushion Torture Box
• How To Clean Celluloid Eggs
• Surprise Finish For The Alarm Clock Production
• A Modern Noahs' Ark
• The Artist Draws A Picture Of A Rabbit And The Picture Comes To Life

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• Introduction
• Ireland's New Okito Coin Box Routine
• Ireland's Comedy Bullet Catching Trick
• Cups And Dollar Bills
• Ireland's Four Ace Trick
• Just A Little Different Thimble Pass
• Burlesque Explanation Of The De Muth Glass Penetration
• Ireland's Three Sponge Ball Trick
• Annie Oakley Outdone!
• Super Billiard Ball Pass
• The Opium Peddler And His Three Dream Pipes

From the introduction:

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• Introduction
• Hints For Amateurs On Forcing Cards
• The Automatic Jig Saw Puzzle Worker
• To Fully Restore The Card
• A Perfect False Riffle Shuffle
• A False...

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• The Prize Winner Rope Trick
• Patter For Any Newspaper Trick
• The Care Of Celluloid Gimmicks
• A Bit Of Patter For The Snake In The Basket, Snake That Unties Itself Or Any Other Snake Trick
• Charlie Levett's Idea On The Miracle Egg Trick
• The Patriotic Illusion
• The Utility Loaf Of Bread
• Are You Psychic?
• Earl Morgan's Rising Elame
• Ed Marlo's Simple Dice Routine
• High Caliber Production
• How To Wind And Tie A Turban
• Old Sour Puss
• Laurie Ireland's Blindfold Poker Deal
• You Always Have A Handkerchief......!
• The Little Bunny That Eats!
• The Brassiere
• The Little Hindu ...

This was Laurie Ireland's first Year Book. Many more would follow. From the introduction:

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• Introduction
• Ireland's Rubber Band Thumb Tie Method
• A Tip On Tongueing A Cigarette
• Goofy Deck
• Troublewit Idea For Children
• Here There And Everywhere Card Routine
• More Golf Ball Moves
• Cups And Balls...