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Max Andrews' Magic Magazine: Volume 5 (Apr 1956 - Sep 1956)
by Max Andrews

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Max Andrews' Magic Magazine: Volume 5 (Apr 1956 - Sep 1956) by Max Andrews
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Max Andrews' Magic Magazine: Volume 5 (6 issues)
Published by Max Andrews and Vampire Magic, 144 pages

Volume 5, Number 1, April, 1956, 28 numbered pages without covers

  1. advertisements
  2. Meet - - Bob Lawrence
  3. Contents
  4. Editor's Page - Max Andrews
  5. Cooze Gags for the Mag - Frank S. Cooze
  6. The Vampire Club - report by "Buck"
  7. Sleights, Moves & Subterfuges - series by Eddie Joseph
    • Silken Smoke
  8. Dry-Wet - John Graham Reed
  9. Pasteboard Prangers - a new series by Peter A. McDonald
    • No. 1 - Out of Becker
  10. Focus on Magic - series by George Blake
    • Close-Up Magic
      • Coins of Lucifer
        • The Unexpected
        • How and What
        • Set-Up
        • Presentation
  11. Cyro's Pearls - Being Gems from His Collection - series by Cyro
    • "Two in the Hand - "One in the Pocket"
  12. Routine for ... "Fade-Away Ink" - Roger Clipsham
  13. Comedy is My Business - series by Johnny Geddes
    • Phan-Phare
  14. The Combination Deal - Ravelli
  15. Testimonials - correspondence
  16. advertisements

Volume 5, Number 2, May, 1956, 28 numbered pages without covers

  1. advertisements
  2. Meet - - John Hayward
  3. Contents
  4. Editor's Page - Max Andrews
  5. The Vampire Club - report by "Buck"
  6. Pasteboard Prangers - a new series by Peter A. McDonald
    • No. 2 - Somersault Street
  7. My Favourite Colour Change Ball - Porter (South Africa)
  8. Focus on Magic - series by George Blake
    • Close-Up Magic
      • The Tramps and The Ducks
        • Good "Story Magic"
        • That Missing Tramp
        • Right-Left-Right
        • More Tramps & Ducks
  9. A Review - on [Eddie Joseph's] "Mirage" - George Blake
  10. Sleights, Moves & Subterfuges - series by Eddie Joseph
    • Silken Smoke (continued)
  11. Cyro's Pearls - Being Gems from His Collection - series by Cyro
    • Lost and Found - or A Scrambled Mess
  12. Gags for the Mag - Frank S. Cooze
  13. Wit for Wizardry - Malcolm C. Black
  14. The Floating Pips or 3-D Magic - Trevini
  15. Right Out of "Ravelli's" Depth
  16. Northern Magic Circle - information and report
  17. advertisements

Volume 5, Number 3, June, 1956, 28 numbered pages without covers

  1. advertisements
  2. Meet - - Our Magic Shop
  3. Contents
  4. Editor's Page - Max Andrews
  5. Double Divination - Trevini
  6. The Vampire Club - report by M.A.
  7. Parcel from India - this has proved a Terrific success at children's shows - Johnny Doel
  8. Sleights, Moves & Subterfuges - series by Eddie Joseph
    • The Unseen Silkworm
  9. Again - "Figaro" - Roger Clipsham
  10. Focus on Magic - series by George Blake
    • Close-Up Magic
      • The Tramps and The Ducks?
        • First Surprise
        • Second Surprise
        • Credit
        • A Gimmick
        • Under the Counter
        • All Set
        • Stolen Ducks
        • Those Trams Again
        • Build It Up
  11. Gags for the Mag - Frank S. Cooze
  12. Young Ideas - Peter Humphries
  13. The Flying Joker - G. N. Rhodes
  14. Word Puzzle - Malcolm C. Black
  15. Comedy is My Business - series by Johnny Geddes
    • Knots to You!
  16. Pasteboard Prangers - series by Peter A. McDonald
    • No. 3 - 101st Card in Wallet
  17. Cyro's Pearls - Being Gems from His Collection - series by Cyro
    • The Zodiac Card Effect
  18. Northern Magic Circle - information and report
  19. advertisements

Volume 5, Number 4, July, 1956, 20 numbered pages without covers

  1. advertisements
  2. Meet - - Serl Taunt
  3. Contents
  4. Editor's Page - Max Andrews
  5. correspondence
  6. Don't Miss This! - Shatter Your Audience - G. N. Rhodes
  7. Sleights, Moves & Subterfuges - series by Eddie Joseph
    • Thimble Trickery
  8. The Vampire Club - report by "Buck"
  9. Cyro's Pearls - Being Gems from His Collection - series by Cyro
    • The Rapid Rabbit Production
  10. Pasteboard Prangers - series by Peter A. McDonald
    • No. 4 - All Fair Mental Speller
  11. Comedy is My Business - series by Johnny Geddes
    • Fun with Fruit
  12. London Ventriloquists' Society
  13. Focus on Magic - series by George Blake
    • Close-Up Match-ic
        • Glide Through
        • Penetration
        • Heads Off!
        • Impossible Link
        • Synopsis
  14. Northern Magic Circle - information
  15. Northern Magic Circle - News and Notes
  16. advertisements
  17. Transvaal Magicians Circle - news
  18. advertisements

Volume 5, Number 5, August, 1956, 20 numbered pages without covers

  1. advertisements
  2. Meet - - Dr. P. J. Chatterjee-Cardo
  3. Contents
  4. Editor's Page - Max Andrews
  5. Two E-Z Sleights - Roxy (Rio de Janeiro)
  6. correspondence
  7. Sleights, Moves & Subterfuges - series by Eddie Joseph
    • Shifting Sands
  8. Pasteboard Prangers - series by Peter A. McDonald
    • No. 5 - The Coin Prediction
  9. Comedy is My Business - series by Johnny Geddes
    • Abra-Card-Abra
  10. Focus on Magic - series by George Blake
    • Close-Up Match-ic
        • A Try-Out
        • Second Nature
        • The Gateway
        • Headless
        • A Fourth "Hold"
  11. Books and Manuscripts on Magic Given to Library of Congress
  12. Cyro's Pearls - Being Gems from His Collection - series by Cyro
    • Home Cooking
  13. Northern Magic Circle - information
  14. Northern Magic Circle - News and Notes
  15. advertisements

Volume 5, Number 6, September, 1956, 20 numbered pages without covers

  1. advertisements
  2. Meet - - John Giordmaiane
  3. Contents
  4. Editor's Page - Max Andrews
  5. South American Magic - Carlos H. Colombi
    • Columbi's Mystery
  6. Focus on Magic - series by George Blake
    • The Spider and The Fly
        • A Clue
        • In Passing
        • The Knot
        • Another Knot
        • Three Alternatives
        • Experiment
  7. Postbag - correspondence
  8. Sleights, Moves & Subterfuges - series by Eddie Joseph
    • A Capricious Combination
  9. Comedy is My Business - series by Johnny Geddes
    • Takin' the Mickey
  10. The Twenty-Five Signposts - Arthur H. Eydmann
  11. More Comedy Wit for Wizardry No. 2 - Malcolm C. Black
    • Punsters' Panel
  12. Two from G. N. Rhodes
    • Rope & Tumbler Illusion
    • and now - Treble Chance
  13. Still More Comedy - Cooze Gags for the Mag - [Frank S. Cooze]
  14. Northern Magic Circle - News and Notes
  15. advertisements

word count: 82628 which is equivalent to 330 standard pages of text


Reviewed by Tony Noon (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★   Date Added: Monday 23 May, 2022

This magazine contains invaluable information relating to the formation and first few months of the U.K.s Northern Magic Circle. I was researching an article for the society's sixty-fifth anniversary last year.