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Born in Hamburg, Germany. Moved to USA. Pro dealer in Chicago (A. Roterberg, at 145 Illinois Street) by 1894 to 1916, selling his mail order business in 1908 to Ralph W. Read and his shop to Arthur and Carl Felsman in 1916.

Invented Multiplying Thimbles (8 on 2 hands version).

Warren Wiersbe flourished as magician in the 1940s with close-up magic and wrote three booklets Action with Cards, Mental Cases with Cards and Tantalizing Thimbles.

He is best known as an American pastor, Bible teacher, conference speaker and a prolific writer of Christian literature and theological works. Warren Wiersbe was ordained as pastor of Central Baptist Church in 1951. He is most famous for his series of 27 books in the "Be" series: Be Real, Be Rich, Be Mature, Be Joyful, etc.

Dr. Wiersbe has become a well known and trusted Bible theologian and scholar throughout Fundamental and Evangelical circles.

Wrote (as "Loyd") Loyd's Master Manipulation of Thimbles (1931; repr 1949, 37pp) and Producing Lighted Cigarettes (1936, 22pp). Article in Genii.

Invented the Ireland Thimble Holder, Cage of Ophira, Multiplying Golf Balls (by 1931), the red-black shuffle (by 1935), and Jo-Ann Duck (by 1937).

Wrote Ireland Writes a Book [1931, 35pp], Exclusive Magic From Our Notebook [1933, 22pp, with King], etc. Edited Ireland Yearbook 1934-54.

Engineer. Semi-pro sleight-of-hand manipulator of coins, balls, and thimbles. 1949 FISM 1st prize in manipulation; 1951 FISM Grand Prix (given by default when Frakson declined the award). Wrote It's Easier than You Think (1952, 191pp; repr in 2 vols). Movies on billiard ball and thimble manipulation (1950s). British Ring Past President. 1971 AMA Visiting Magician of the Year. SAM Hall of Fame.

Billed as "Master of Mystery". Semi-pro card, mental, and thimble magic for clubs, colleges, and hotels. A teacher by profession was a magician from Morristown, New Jersey. Served 41 months in the US Army Signal Corps.

Wrote Exciting Experiments in E.S.P. (1970, 76pp). Tricks in Genii, Magick, and Jinx.

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   1. ... Vanishing Salt Shaker
   163. 2. Traveling Lumps of Sugar
   166. 3. The Magnetic Knife
   167. 4. The Obedient Spoon
   167. 5. The Jumping Candle Flame
   168. 6. Vanishing Salt
   169. 7. The Enchanted Seed
   170. 8. The Orange to the Apple
   170. 9. The Vanishing Knife
   171. 10. Swallowing a Knife
   171. 11. Five Knife Trick
   172. 12. The Bridge of Knives
174. XV. THIMBLE TRICKS
     174. 1. The Floating Thimble
     175. 2. Handkerchief Through Thimble
     176. 3. Magnetic Thimbles
     177. 4. The Tell-tale Thimbles
     178. 5. Red, White and Blue
179. XVI. TUMBLER TRICKS
     179. 1. The Over-full Tumbler
     180. 2. A Two Tumbler Trick
     180. 3. Pouring Smoke
     181. 4. Non-breakable Glass
     182. 5. A Surprising Detection
     182. 6. Lifting...

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   176. 1. The Taped Slates
   177. 2. The Three Spirit Slates
   179. 3. The Spirit Name
   180. 4. The Spirit Hand
   181. 5. Contact Telepathy
   182. 6. Reading Sealed Message
   183. 7. Improved Envelope Test
   184. 8. The Great Rope Tie
186. XV. SUGAR TRICKS
     186. 1. Floating Sugar
     186. 2. Burning Sugar
     187. 3. The Cloud of Sugar
     187. 4. The Mystic Letter
189. XVI. THIMBLE TRICKS
     189. 1. A "Vanishing" Thimble
     190. 2. Color-changing Thimble
     190. 3. The Jumping Thimble
     191. 4. Thimble From Paper
     192. 5. Thimble Through Handkerchief
     194. 6. Complete Penetration
196. XVII. WATCH TRICKS
     196. 1. The Stop Watch
     196. 2. Number Six
     197. 3. Telling the Time
     198. 4. The Mystic Alarm Clock
     199. 5. The Watch from...

From the Foreword:

• Foreword
• Thimble And Wine Glass
• A Juggling Feat
• The Rod And Ring
• A Humorous Card Item
• The Jardine Ellis Slate Mystery
• An Experiment In Telepathy
• Card Divination
• The Holder Of The Egg
• The Measured, Cut, And Restored String
• Coin Levitation
• The Magnetised Knife
• The Floating Wand

1st edition 1925, 32 pages; 1st digital edition...

• ... Stunner"
• The "Timil" Card Trick
• The "Red Demon" Card Mystery
• Twelve Novel Manipulations
• Chris Van Bern's "Pearl Mystery" Card Trick
• The Egg and Handkerchief Mystery
• The Butterfly
• The "Tunnel" Colour Change
• A Novel Changer, Vanisher or Loader
• A Lesson in Magic - and Some Eggs
• An Unique Thimble Sleight
• An "Ink-red-u-lous" Trick
• The Drawing-pin Mystery
• "The Waiter's Dream"
• Chris Van Bern 16 Card Trick
• The Brass Card Box
• The Mysterious Light
• The Affinity of Color

In this catalog Eddie Joseph and all his publications and separately sold tricks received a separate section. Abbott is also operating their own printing presses and advertises to print business cards, letterheads, handbills and show cards for magicians. A price list is included at the very end. ...

Magic products are being offered in the following categories:

• Accessories
• Advertising Section
• Ball Magic
• Bird Cages
• Block Tricks
• Bottle Tricks
• Candle Tricks
• Canes
• Card Magic
• Change Bags
• Cigarette Tricks
• Close-Up and Pocket Tricks
• Coin and Money Magic
• Comedy Effects
• Cups and Balls ...

Magic products are being offered in the following categories:

• Accessories
• Advertising
• Ball Section
• Bird Cages
• Block Tricks
• Books
• Bottle Tricks
• Candle Tricks
• Cane Tricks
• Card Magic
• Change Bags
• Cigarette Tricks
• Close-Up, Pocket and Intimate Magic
• Coin and Money Magic
• Comedy Effects ...

After the index in the back is a section of 14 pages with additional products. This means it is likely that Abbott catalog #18 is pretty much identical to Abbott catalog #17 except for this final section of products.

Magic products are being offered in the following categories:

• Accessories ...

This ebook - compiled and edited by Martin Breese - gathers together all of Al Koran's magazine articles from The Magic Wand, The Gen, The Wizard and Pentagram. It also features virtually all of the commercial effects that Al released via the Unique magic Studio in London. Included as well are the...

1. ...A Bicycle Built For Profit
24. Too Small
27. Snap Change
30. Crooked Card
33. Three Cards Across
38. The 1971-72 M-U-M Award
39. A Card Trilogy
43. Coins And Cards
45. The Coin Star
47. Ball Manipulation
49. Chicago Balls: The Chicago Ball Trick And A Routine
54. Substitution For Chicago Balls
55. Color Changes
55. - A Color Change Routine
61. - A Rainbow Routine
66. Thimble Theme
70. Thimbles Unanimous
70. - Basic Sleights
74. - Thumble
75. - Marksmanship
75. - A Surprise
76. - Topsy Turvy
76. - Thimble And Thread
77. - Complete Confusion
79. - Rainbow Thimbles
80. - Thumbs Up
80. - Finger Switch Color Change
81. - A Penetration
82. - An Easy Production
83. - Four Thimble Vanish And Recovery
84. - Complete...

Available again at long last is this comprehensive work explaining the brilliant thimble artistry of Jimmy Shannon. Jimmy Shannon was the talk of the magic world in the 1930s and 40s, with his beautifully orchestrated thimble manipulation act. His moves were accepted by experts as the most original, most unusual and altogether fascinating of his day. When the time came for Shannon's moves to be recorded for posterity, the task was given to a young writer who was already making a name for himself: Arthur Leroy. In fact, it was felt that Jimmy Shannon's moves were so entirely different from average...

Someone once commented that "If you want to hide a magic secret, put it in a book or magazine!" There is probably some truth to that statement, as there is "buried treasure" on each and every page of this work. Tricks, ideas, gags, presentations, suggestions and routines from a full complement of...

Baker was a funny and versatile performer who performed and contributed unique routines from mentalism to cards, from stage and parlor to close-up, including a hypnosis show.

Also check out Baker's Bonanza by Hugh Miller.

• Publisher's Preface
• Foreword
• Section One: Card Chicanery
  • Spectator's...

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  • ... Water
  • The "Nifty" Cigarette Rise
  • The Sun And Moon Trick With Apparatus
  • That Extra Ball
  • The Upside Down Glasses
  • A Double Ended Production Tube
  • A Thumb-Tie Notion
  • The Spirit Hand Writes
  • Magic Welding
  • Rising Ring On Wand
  • Kumbak Knots
  • Pepper And Salt
  • Coloured Discs And Cards
  • Handkerchief Thimble Vanish
  • A Torn And Restored Newspaper Notion
  • The Transposing Discs
  • Magic Welding Again
  • A Cigarette Sleight
  • A Candle And Case Routine
  • Choose A Stick
  • Etheric Perfume
  • Threading The Needles
  • "Paper Back" And Ribbon
  • The Transposing Balls
  • Safety Rice Bowls

1st edition 1980, 175 pages;...

• Introduction by Bobby Bernard
• Tunnel Change
• Chanin Drop Vanish
• Himber Vanish
• Ramsay Vanish
• Pick Up Vanish
• Mystery of the Golden Snuff Box
• The Great Sponge Robbery
• Sponge from Hand to Hand
• Four Thimble Vanish
• Cups and Balls
• Wand Spin
• Dice Stacking
• Knife Changes
• Hot Aces
• Two False Cuts
• Nelson Downs Coin Star

• The Pass Surpassed
• Chameleon Card
• Henry Hardin's Handkerchief Production
• B. H. Additional Wrinkle To Show Both Palms At Once
• Additional Wrinkle
• Super-Supreme Force
• Concluding The Effect
• Auto-Operative Shuffle
• Handkerchief Creation
• Climax Color Change
• The Wonder Pass
• The Impromptu Magician
• The Indeceptive Deception
• Burling Hull "Invisible Pass"
• A Unique Thimble "Move"
• Burling Hull Thimble Production

1st edition 1914, 26 pages; PDF 20 pages.

• From the Pen of Leipzig (Nate Leipzig) - 73
• Surprise Sponge Climax (Dr. L. Rothbart) - 74
• A Penny "Sucker" (Joe Ovette) - 75
• Bad-egg-bag (Frank Chapman) - 75
• Utility Card Stealing Apparatus (Howard Warringer) - 76
• Performance Counts - 76

• Visible Thimble Penetration (John B. Ward) - 77
• Comedy of Errors (George Pearace) - 78
• Beats the Band! (Dr. L. Rothbart) - 79
• Match-ic Manipulation (Joe Ovette) - 79
• Silk-'n-coin Production (Howard Warringer) - 80
• Making Modern Magic Catalogs Modern - 80

• The...