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Brother of Society of Mary. Learned at age 25 while recovering from polio. Famous amateur cardman since having been publicized in 1958 by Paul LePaul. Highly and subtly creative, he invented the Final Ace (1953), the Hamman Count (1958), Homing Card (1959), Micro Macro (1959), Fan-To-See (by 1964), Hal-Deuce-Ination (by 1966), Flushtration Count (by 1969), Gemini Count (1974), Blushing Joker, etc. 1981 AMA Creative Fellowship.

See Paul LePaul, LePaul Presents the Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman, S.M. [1958, 47pp]; Stephen Minch, Seven Deadly Miracles (1984, 37pp); and Richard Kaufman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman (1989, 252pp)....

The Magigram, Volume 11, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

988 pages. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 11, Number 1, September, 1978, 72 unnumbered pages - Kelly's Eye [British Bingo slang for one]
2. advertisements
9. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
10. American Trip 1978 - as seen by Edwin [Hooper]
18. October Event - Magic Circle Annual Banquet - announcement
18. Walter (Zaney) Blaney - Suggests
19. Kennaugh Kalling - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
21. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
23. Unusual Items from the Magigram Collection - cartoon
24. Card in...

Volume XV (June 1957 - May 1958), Jean Hugard, editor

123 pages

Note that Houdini's 'Unmasking' Fact vs. Fiction by Hugard ran as insert pages in each issue of Volume 15 and the first eight issues of Volume 16. Two pages from each of these issues do not appear here as they were extracted and compiled in a separate ebook.

1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XV, Number 1 - June 1957 - 12 pages
1. Card-Coin Liaison - Jean Hugard
2. Backstage - Frank Joglar
   • S.A.M. Convention
     • Thursday Night
     • Friday Night
     • Saturday Night
     • Sidelights
   • Festival of Magic
   • TV Topics
3. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers ...

Volume XIX (September 1961 - August 1962), Fred Braue & Blanca López, editors

144 pages

1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XIX, Number 1 & 2 - September & October 1961 - 12 pages
1. Two-Card Reverse - Harry Lorayne
2. Backstage - Frank Joglar
   • Here and There
   • Christopher
   • News and Notes
   • Books to Come
   • Bits and Pieces
2. That Gimmicked Issue - comment about the previous issue
2. Old-Timers' Delight - F.B.
3. The Flying Card - Jay Bedsworth
4. Potpourri for Card Fanciers
   • Under Foot - Al Thompson
   • Blue-Eyed Cards - Art Lyle
   • Rub-A-Dub-Dub Jr. - Gerald Kosky
   • Reverse &...

January 1961 - December 1961
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

591 pages

1. Pre-Publication Advertising sheet
1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 1 - January 1961 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Sid Lorraine
2. Cover Portrait - Sid Lorraine
3. Contents
4. Sketch of Percy Abbott
5. In Memoriam - re: Percy Abbott - 1886-1960
6. Gone, But Never Forgotten ... Howard Melson - by Gene Gordon
8. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
9. Doves Doves Doves - Jack LaWain
12. Oriental Cabinets - W. W. Durbin
14. Snap It - Mike Miller
16. Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
    • How to Make a Million...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

627 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 1 - January 1970 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Hans-Gerhard Stumpf
2. Cover Portrait - Hans-Gerhard Stumpf - by Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Wrist Turn Passes - Edward Marlo
8. Let's Make a Date - re: Combined Chicago I.B.M. and S.A.M. Magic Show - Neil Foster
9. Eddie's Miracle Rollers - Eddie Joseph
14. Academy of Magical Arts Awards
15. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Colour Tape - Johnny Ould
      • The Sikari Hand Flash Pot - Johnny Ould
      • The Sikari Shooting Wand - Johnny Ould
      • The...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

657 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 1 - January 1971 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Eddie Joseph
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - The Josephs - Eddie and Sarah
6. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • nutmeg grinder as cigarette holder - Paul Fishman
7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Prelude to Oil and Water
12. Subject: Summer Resorts - Dave Seebach
13. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Squaring the Circle - David Sigaful
    • Silk Caddy or A Changed Heart
14. Sid Lorraine's...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

666 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 13, Number 1 - January 1973 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ed Mishell
7. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Ed Mishell - by Leslie Guest
9. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Club 71 - now quarterly
      • Mystics - to cease publication
    • With The Dealers
      • Robert Nelson [NC] - list
      • Norm Osborn's Magical Trading Post
      • Cube in a Tube - Arthur Setterington
      • ring and string trick - Richard Durham
      • Double Feature - Sid Lorraine ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

639 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 1 - January 1976 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Kramien
7. Magical Musings - Esther Francis Olson
   • Good Night - The End
7. New Arrival
   • Master Joseph Scott Bialek born to John and Carol Bialey
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Stan Kramien & Co. - No Time for Nostalgia! - by Don Arthur
10. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Correction to "The 'Baby Hummer' Four-Ace Opener" - November, 1975 issue
    • Five by Five Mental Effect
12. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

593 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 1 - January 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Marian Chavez
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Marian Chavez - by Neil Foster
10. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
11. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
12. The Battles of Hastings [re: 1978 British Ring Convention] - Bruce Posgate
14. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • I would Say So - John J. Bogorae
15. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - 40th - Sid Lorraine
    • Browsing Among the New Books and Tricks
      • Just for Laughs - Don Bridwell
      • Magician at the Casino - Sam Dalal
      • Climax Vision - Sam...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

673 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 1 - January 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Geoffrey Hansen
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Seance - new magazine
     • Current Comedy
     • Morrissey Magic Ltd. - catalog
     • Perfect Magic - catalog
   • Books, Tricks, and Things I've Seen
     • My Latest Book - Karrell Fox
     • package of mailing pieces - Irv Weiner
     • Bizarre with Maskelyne ye Mage - Tony Andruzzi - Video tape
     • Conjurer's Psychological Secrets - S.H. Sharpe
     • Signed Bill...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

661 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 32, Number 1 - January 1992 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Carter the Great (poster)
5. Contents
6. Counter Intelligence - reviews
   • Secrets of a Hollywood Fire Eater - videotape - Jack Stevens
   • Owen Moore's Almanack
   • Entertaining with Puppets - Russell J. Hall
   • The Table-Hopper's Source Book - Paul Hallas
   • The Blushing Joker - Brother John Hamman
   • Hal-Deuce-Ination - Brother John Hamman
   • Final Ace Routine - Brother John Hamman
   • Micro Macro - Brother John Hamman
   • Strange Stuff - Volume One - Mike Strange...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

677 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 33, Number 1 - January 1993 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Hal Diamond
5. Contents
6. Cover Story - re: Hal Diamond
7. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
   • D'Alvini I
10. Magic - Madness and Merriment - Dean Montalbano
    • Goldi-Bear and the 36 Locks
11. Riddle Rebus - Ed Harris
12. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
14. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
15. cartoon - Chalk Talk - Ed Harris
16. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Girlfriends - Ed Cherney
18. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
22. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
23. Comic Trickartoon...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

729 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 34, Number 1 - January 1994 - 56 pages
1. Cover - "Obie" O'Brien
5. Contents
6. Geoffrey Hansen's Magic Quiz
11. Counter Intelligence - reviews
    • Out Of This Galaxy - Tom Daugherty
    • Misdirection Seque - Tom Daugherty
    • Utterly Blown Away - Tom Daugherty
    • But Four Wrongs Do! - Tom Daugherty
    • The Sefalaljia Twins - Tom Daugherty
    • Camera Magic - The Magician's Guide To Exceptional Publicity Photos - Anne White
    • Mark Allen's 1994 Catalog
    • Abracadabra - weekly
    • The Quest For The Ultimate Secret - Bob...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

637 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1965 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Walter Zaney Blaney and Joyce
1. Contents
2. Cover Portrait - Walter Zaney Blaney - by Dave Hoy
3. Magic on Today - Neil Foster
4. The Al Wheatley [Chop Chop] I Knew - Jay Marshall
5. Final Curtain
   • Edward M. Massey
6. The Collector's Page - photo - Cardini
7. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
8. Final Curtain
   • Milt Levy
8. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
9. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
9. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
   • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

631 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 1 - January 1966 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Toreno & Guro
4. Cover Portrait - Toreno & Guro - by Finn Huger
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. The Collector's Page - poster - Kar-Mi - Selma
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Dear Professor - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
12. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
12. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happiness ... Is Being...

A great performer presents the work of another great performer, and you end up with an ebook of new and freshly different card effects. Brother John is known for his Final Ace Routine, Halucination, etc., but here is another side of his talents. All tricks with ordinary cards, gathered by Paul LePaul (his close and personal friend), edited into a dozen wonderful effects for the enthusiastic card man. The late Paul LePaul illustrated the material.

• Foreword
• THE MILLION-TO-ONE CHANCE
• THOUGHTS ON THE TRANSPOSITION OF TWO CARDS
• THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE
• THE BLUSHING BRIDE
• THE CLASSICAL...

• Magical News and reviews around the world
• More Television magic and Walt discusses it
• Henrique and a friendly council worker with a historic magical interest
• Letters Brickbats, bouquets and observations
• and the tale of a snotty, salty son
• Magic event diary. Put your society on the map
• Jim Breedon and the Spider and the Fly
• Basic card technique continues with the Jordan/Siva count
• Stephen Tucker must be dealing from a dodgy deck ... the 15 of clubs
• Ian Adair with his Wallaby Wands
• Barrie Richardson revisits the Mount Kenya Paradox
• Bob Ostin is recounting the spots on...

This e-book is LOADED! There are 16 full routines with cards, bills, coins, ESP, food (a levitation), hilarious gags, comedy, science magic, and much, much more. There are many color photos explaining every move and videos of two different switches that you will love to perform.

Below is a preview:

2002 Simplicity Aces - An easy to do version of Elmsley and Jennings' killer classic. This is very direct and ends clean.

COMBO Bill Penetration and Bill Switch - You're going to love this hilarious 8 minute routine for close-up or cabaret. This routine plays very big and will get that applause. ...

A collection of non-card effects

"I need more non-card stuff," is a familiar refrain with most close up magicians. Well, it's Cameron Francis to the rescue as he presents 8 stunning routines with business cards, coins, coin holders, sugar packets and matchboxes. That's right, no playing cards! Just practical, astonishing, real world effects using everyday objects which you will want to add to your repertoire straight away.

• The Unfolding – A business card transpo that means business.
• The Magic Coin – An offbeat Wild Coin routine that will surely lay them flat.
• Business Burn – A...

September 1956 - August 1957
Geraldine Larsen, William Larsen, Jr. & Milton Page Larsen, Editors

468 pages (4 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 21, Number 1 - September 1956 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Fu Manchu
3. In This Issue - contents
6. Next Month
6. Laffs in Magic - cartoon - Jack Holland
7. As We Go To Press - WWL(Jr.)
9. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
   • I.B.M. to Houston
   • New Contest
10. Coin Thru - Larry Becker
12. A Good Opening - Senor Rai
13. Magical Ideas - Judge Charles W. Fricke
    • The Fugitive Card
    • A Prediction Idea
    • Magical Ideas
14. Gravatt's Multiple Match - Glenn Gravatt
14. Wunn-Cutt...

September 1957 - August 1958
William Larsen, Jr., Geraldine Larsen-Baker, Milton Page Larsen, Dorothy Larsen Editors

461 pages (3 double pages) and 2 duplicated page numbers

1. Genii - Volume 22, Number 1 - September 1957 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Mr. and Mrs. Art dvthesource
3. In This Issue - contents
6. Letters
6. Magic Diaper Dialogue - humor - Jack Lloyd
9. The Genii Speaks - W.W.L. (Jr)
   • Geraldine Larsen marries Art Baker
   • No Riddle to Bagley-Biddle
   • Larsen-Mulholland Code
10. Ken Allen's Egg in Paper Plus Contest Winner
    • Lolli-Pop - John Hamilton
    • Salt of the Sea - John Hamilton ...

September 1961 - August 1962
William Larsen, Jr., Editor & Geraldine Larsen-Baker, Publisher

495 pages (1 double page)

1. Genii - Volume 26, Number 1 - September 1961 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Milbourne Christopher
3. In This Issue - contents
11. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
12. Charlie Miller's Ring On Stick Routine - Frank Csuri
14. Smoke and Silks - Eddie Joseph
16. Patter from Dell O'Dell
    • Shirt Off Back
    • Paper Hat And Paper Pants - Old Maid Story
    • Dell's Donald Duck Trick
17. Witch Doctor's Necklace - Glenn Gravatt
18. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - WWL (Jr.)
18. News From England - Wilfred...

September 1962 - August 1963
William Larsen, Jr., Editor & Geraldine Larsen-Baker, Publisher

540 pages

1. Genii - Volume 27, Number 1 - September 1962 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Reveen
3. In This Issue - contents
9. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
10. Streamlined Silks - Dick Zimmerman
12. Name Calling Rabbit - Joseph M. White
13. Wishful Thinking - Eddie Joseph
14. Nuwords For Wonda - Howard A. Adams & Bob Wagner
15. Small Town Talk - Walt Rollins
    • A Mid-Summer Night's Scream
16. Essentials of Showmanship With Magic - Dr. Eugene Gloye
    • Part V - Emphasis
18. Our Cover - Reveen - by Arnold Furst
20. Gems...