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Gambling Memorabilia Crooked and Square

Featuring Selections from the Collection of Dale A. Whitman. Including Cheating Devices; Rare & Unusual Books on Poker, Gambling, Cheating & Gaming; Crooked and Fair Dice; Playing Cards; Poker Chips; Wheels of Fortune; Trade Catalogs; Prints; Decorative Objects; and Associated Ephemera.

1st edition 2012, 71 pages.

A Selection of Collectible and Unusual Gambling Memorabilia

Including Rare Books; Early Playing Cards; Crooked Gambling Devices; Roulette & Gaming Wheels; Loaded Dice; Poker Chips; "Juice" Joints; Decorative Objects and Posters; Trade Stimulators; and More.

1st edition 2013, 63 pages.

The Devil's Picturebook

Featuring Rare Playing Cards, Games, and Artwork; Antiquarian Books; Ephemera and Advertising; Tiles, China, Royal Bayreuth Porcelain; Cheating Devices, Dice, and Chips; Gambling Memorabilia & More.

1st edition 2014, 145 pages.

• ...
  • ... PUPPETS
  • THE MAGICIAN
• CHAPTER VIII. - CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LABORATORY.
  • OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN
  • AIR AND ITS ELEMENTS - CARBONIC ACID
  • FORMATION OF SALTS-INSTANTANEOUS CRYSTALLIZATION
  • TREE OF SATURN
  • TO PRODUCE GAS FOR LIGHTING PURPOSES
  • THE GRAVEN EGGS
• CHAPTER IX. - MATHEMATICAL GAMES.
  • The Dice Trick.
  • THE TOWER OF HANOI AND THE QUESTION OF TONQUIN
  • THE PACKER'S SECRET
• CHAPTER X. - NATURAL SCIENCE IN THE COUNTRY.
  • A COLLAR OF NUTS
• CHAPTER XI - MECHANICAL TOYS, ETC.
  • ACROBATIC APE
  • TO LIFT A MAN WITH FIVE FINGERS
  • ATTRACTION
  • THE MAGIC GLASS
  • A FANTOCCINI TOP
  • A SMALL LOOM...

• ...
  • ...The Conductibility of Metals
  • Dilatation of Bodies by Heat
• CHAPTER VI.—LIGHT, OPTICAL ILLUSIONS, ETC.
  • Refraction
  • Vision and Optical Illusions
  • Persistence of Impressions on the Retina
• CHAPTER VII.—ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
• CHAPTER VIII.—CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LABORATORY
• CHAPTER IX.—MATHEMATICAL GAMES
  • The Dice Trick
• CHAPTER X.—NATURAL SCIENCE IN THE COUNTRY
• CHAPTER XI.—MECHANICAL TOYS, ETC.
• MARVELS OF THE ELEMENTS.
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTION.
  • CHAPTER II.—CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LABORATORY
  • CHAPTER III.
  • CHAPTER IV.—NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
  • CHAPTER V.—NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS. (Continued.) ...

• News & Reviews around the studio with Geoff
• Tanpari Touch Who's Joking'
• All Rhodes lead to enlightenment. Magic news culled from the media
• Patrick Page makes a welcome return to our page with a new routine and presentation for a Classic effect
• Basic Card Technique, part 18 - The...

• News and reviews with Geoff
• Henrique as only he can be
• Ian Adair presents Cartoon Capers for the children
• Eddie Dawes once more collects his thoughts
• Peter Duffie with a dark widow
• ChiKANEry - this month Peter is courting Jokers
• New Competition for year 2001 Your chance to win ...

• ... a recent radio programme about exposure and the Magic Circle
• Al Smith and his gobsmacked punters
• Jim Breedon: turns detective with a magical thumb print.
• Peter Duffie: shows four cards with backs but no faces, which suddenly become printed. No, there are no extra cards!
• Steve Jones: uses dice to locate the aces.
• Peter Kane: has a method of causing a card to pass from one pile to another, which is totally different to the one he describes in the last issue.
• Werner Miller: presents an ingenious effect with a standard ESP deck.
• Barrie Richardson: describes a finesse to use when produdng...

• ...Peter Kane describes some ingenious faro faradiddling.
• Werner Miller has a joker sandwiched between two face-up jacks on top of a packet. After a shuffle, a previously selected card is found sandwiched between the jacks, and the joker is on the bottom.
• Alan Ward goes every step
• Chris Wardle matches 3 cards
• Ali Cardabra gambles with cards and dice
• Ian Adair's Floppy Flower Show, a fun-filled Just Chance, angled towards the young.
• Ian Adair introduces a mystery involving a children's card game, he also offers a paddle trick aimed at the same age group and a floppy flower show!
• Tom Batchelor is into spinning coins and gives several methods...

• ... Cull-Stock
• Greekmanship Phoney Cull Stock - 1
• Greekmanship Phoney Cull Stock - 2
• The Mystery Of The Seventh Card
• The Punched Cards For The Seventh Card
• Scalbert's Master Mystery
• An Untested Test
• Scalbert's Musical Mystery
• Reading A Nap Hand
• Telling The Time
• The Mystery Of The 3 Dice
• Scalbert's Double Deal
• Scalbert's Mystery Of The Zodiac
• Mystery Of The Zodiac
• The Mystery Of The Zodiac
• Nikola Pairs
• Mutus Memory
• Divination Frame
• Pocket Divination Stand
• Eight Kings Play Nap
• Scalbert's Express System
• Scalbert's Express Cull Shuffles
• The Royal Dice
• Injog Only
• Moffat's...

These 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.

• No. 49
  • George Armstrong / Charles Cole
  • Geomental Rayond / Two Person Mentalism
  • Dennis Barnes / Opening to a 4...

1. ...
   • ... Competition
   • Children's Effect Competition
   • Magical Copyright
   • The Index
   • The End of Another Year
   • A Pleasant Task
148. The Roundabout - series by Claude Chandler
     • The Silks to Pocket
     • The Anti-Gravity Knife
151. The Die is Cast - Frank Butler
     • The Hidden Number
     • Plural Dice
     • Captive Dice
     • "Albuto" Dice
     • Go-Bang!
     • Anchored Dice
     • Produx
157. The Appendix to Robert-Houdin's "Confidences" - translated by S. H. Sharpe - continued from page 126
     • The Enchanted Vase
     • The Horn of Plenty
161. Mainly Manipulative - E. Brian MacCarthy
     • In Two Places at the Same Time
168. See-Sawcery - J. F. Orrin
170. Cigar to Ribbon Routine - John K. Bays
172. The Cups and Balls Board - board & servant by A. C. Newitt
174. A Card Prediction - Phil Wall
175. Letters to a Collector - series by James B. Findlay
177. The Magic Angle - Bill Bishop
     • Part VII
       • Recognition...

1. ...
   • ... Mind Mirror - Jack Vosburgh
   • Spellbound - Jack Vosburgh
   • Card Conjuring - Wilfrid Jonson

145. Vol. 39, Number 228, December, 1950 [48 numbered; 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
145. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • Christmas Greetings
     • Magic Circle Grand Seance
147. The Devilish Dice - Wilf Huggins
148. Monkey Chase - An Unusual "Telephone" Card Trick - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
151. The Biter Bitten - A. C. Newitt
152. two pages missing
154. An Aid to Coinsters - J. F. Orrin
156. Coincidence - or--? - Jimmy Flowers
157. A Rose By Any Other Name - poem by Anon.
158. The Electra Card - S. P. Bowman
159. Telepathy - or What? - article by Verrall Wass
161. Two Threes to Finish - John K. Bays
     • The First Three
       • 1. Choice Cigarette
       • 2. Adventures of a Sixpence
       • 3. Dragon's Eyes
     • The Second Three
       • 1. The Cups and...

1. ...
   • ...
141. Here's Fun - A Gag for the Children's Entertainer - Lawrenco
142. Marvo, The Marvel - poem by R. Llewellyn Fenn
143. Book Notes
     • Stars of Magic Series - Ross Bertram on Coins
     • Technicolor Follow the Leaders - Peter Warlock
     • 15 Minutes with a Piece of Rope - R. W Hull
     • Diversions with Dice - Treborix
     • The Problem Deck - Jack Vosburgh
144. Effects
     • The Carnelli Bottle Top

145. Vol. 40, Number 232, December, 1951 [48 numbered; 10 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
145. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • A Merry Christmas
     • Magic Wand Routine Competition
     • The "Magic Wand" Chair
     • N.A.M.S.
     • Does It Work?
147. The Four-Coin Repeat Trick - E. Brian MacCarthy
155. Two For The Children's Entertainer - John K. Bays
     • Cut-Out Express
     • Children's Zoo
159. Penetrating The Impossible - Erling Subkleve (Transvaal) ...

1. ... series by James B. Findlay
94. With Borrowed Cards - "Ten To One" Card Miracle - Jack Yates
94. Tricks of the Trade - Magic Words - hint by Nelson Lyford
95. A Swindle Expounded - George Johnson
95. The Magical Review
    • Varied Deceptions - Milbourne Christopher
    • A Stab in the Pack - Douglas Francis
    • Dice Dexterity - Audley Walsh & Ed Mishell
    • Latest 100 Tips on Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
    • Davenport's Lists

97. Vol. 42, Number 239, October, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. On This and That - George Armstrong
    • It's the Latest Thing
    • A "Betcher"
98. Candle Balance - E. Brian MacCarthy
100. The Four Ace Trick (A New Method) - Edward Victor
102. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
     • Two Basic Sleights ...

1. ...
   • ...
   • The Children's Conjurer by H. Abes
   • Professor Wiljalba Frikell's Christmas Entertainements
98. The Card Tricks of Gerry Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
    • The Crazy Card Deck
    • Surprise at the End
    • Calculating Cards
103. My Magic - series by Bridger Lewis
     • Chung Ling Soo's Dice Box
     • The Crystal and the Coin
     • The Ring and Cord
     • Finger-Ring Release
106. Party Assembly - A. W. Roots
107. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
     • Learning the Fundamentals [continued]
       • The Wimco Slide
       • The "V" Slide
       • The One Finger Slide
       • The Cima Slide
       • The Card Slide
       • The Front Slide
       • The "Arc"
       • The "Magic Circle"
       • The Side Slide
       • The Turnover
111. Salutations to Robert-Houdin: His Life, Magic, and...

1. ... - George Armstrong
50. Mathematics, Magic and Mystery - Martin Gardner
    • Mathematics and Cards - The Estimated Cut
    • Mathematics and Common Objects - The Purloined Objects
    • Topological Tomfoolery - Reversing the Vest
    • Magic with Pure Numbers - Rapid Cube Root Extraction
    • Mathematics and Dice - Guessing the Total
52. On Embellishment - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
53. Party for Pamela - Jack Gittings
    • Chapter Three - Silk Production
      • Production of Individual Silks
      • The 'Demon' Wonder Box
      • Toto the Clown
      • Silks from Paper
55. On Nerves - from the late Nelson Lyford's note book
56. My Magic - series by Bridger Lewis
    • The "B.L." Eggs from Hat Routine ...

• ...
  • ... Your Choice
  • The Blow Knot
  • Triple Choice
  • Penetration
  • Instant Off And On
  • Pin-A-Ribbon
  • Impossible Penetration
  • The Indian Rice Mystery
  • Burned And Restored Borrowed Bill
  • Dollar Bill In Cigarette
  • The Great Coat Trick
  • The Priceless Cups
  • The Sponge Balls
  • The Vanishing Coat Hanger
  • Paradise Dice Routine
• With Dessert And Coffee
  • The Vanishing Spoon
  • Heads Or Tails
  • The Coin And Glass Illusion
  • Silver Through Glass
  • Borrowed Ring On Pencil
  • Woofle Dust And Ice
  • Knife Penetration
  • The Numerology Trick
  • The Magic Square
• At The Card Table
  • Mathematical Aces
  • "Your Choice" Four Aces ...

1. ...
   • ...
114. A Court Scandal - effect by Dorian
114. Northern Magical Society - club news
114. Jules Danby's "Spirit" Wand - prop
115. Do the Public Care or Why Worry? - article by Stanley Witcher
115. The Phantom Bunny - effect by Dorian
116. Entre Nous - A Magical Melange by Magicians for Magicians
     • Cards and Dice - E.V.
     • The Cracked Watch Glass - Gordon
     • A Handkerchief Vanish - G.A.J.
     • Pouring Liquid from a Bottle - S.W.
     • Orange and Postal Order - R.W.
     • Matchbox and Matches - errata for page 97
118. Sale and Exchange

121. Vol. 8, No. 7, September, 1919 [24 pages]
121. Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
     • Of What Use?
     • Our Hobby
     • "The Boy Conjurer"
     • One...

1. ... Oracle - G. O. Cox
214. The Nailed Pack - Bruce Hurling
215. Book Reviews
     • Lessons in Conjuring - David Devant
     • Indian Conjuring - Major L. H. Branson
     • Easy Conjuring (without apparatus) - Will Baffel
     • Expert Magic - Percy Naldrett, compiler
     • Practical Patter - Oswald Rae
216. A Trick with Dice - from Mathematical Recreations
217. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed By Our Readers
     • A Good Card Trick - Billy O'Connor
     • General Post with Handkerchiefs - Bert White
     • A Handy Clip - G. J.
     • A Lightning Silk Production - Oswald Rae
     • A "Sliding Die" Finish - Jay Galway
     • Cataloguing a Magical Library - Harry Price
     • The Flash at the Finger Tips - Edward Bagshawe
220. Magical Society Notes
     • The Magic Circle
     • The Sheffield Circle of Magicians
     • The British Magical Society
     • Leeds Magical Society
     • Society of...

1. ...
   • ...
   • Sealed Message Reading
126. Rope Tricks - John K. Bays
     • Indian Fantasy
     • A Somewhat Different Rope Trick
129. Cigarette Magic - E. Brian MacCarthy
     • Thumb-Slide Vanish No. 1
     • Thumb-Slide Vanish No. 2
     • A Dodge for Cigarette Production
131. The Dissolving Coin - Charles Wicks
134. Dice - A Happy Ending - J. F. Orrin
135. The Le Dair Cut and Restored Rope - Jack Le Dair
136. A Useful Servante - Peter Alden
137. The "Thirty Card Trick" Without Palming - Charles Harrison
143. Devising or Displaying - article by Verrall Wass
145. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
     • The Magic Corkscrew - G.J.
     • Torn Strip to Tumbler- Prof. Cyro
146. More Modern Magical Methods- Allan Peterson
     • The Illusive Lady
     • A.P. Silk Production
150. The Wonder...

1. ...Vol. 25, Number 171 October-November, 1936 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
109. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Season - And All That
     • Degrees Again
     • Tricks of To-Day
     • Wonderful Things
     • The Saucepan of Duprez
113. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
     • A New Coin Sleight - Tom Sellers
     • Torn Cigarette Paper - B. Millard
     • The Mento Dice Effect - Prof. Cyro
115. A Question of Time - Stanley Norton
116. More Polish - article by E. Brian MacCarthy
118. Rah, The Elephant - cartoon
119. The Biff-Bat Mystery - Prof. Cyro
120. Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
     • unnamed goblet effect
     • A Tricky Tree
     • Curious Chalk
     • The Floating Flame
125. Original Card Manipulation - J. Armstead & F. Haywood
     • Passing Cards
     • Repeating Colour Change
     • A Repeative Manipulation Effect
129. Three Magical...