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• ... Rope Release / A. E. Bloom
• One Hundred Tricks Without Sleight of Hand. II
• What Every Conjurer Should Know. II
• Second Sight Card Divination / M. Michel
• A Month of Magic
  • Horace Goldin's New Magical Play
  • S.A.M. Magical Carnival
  • Thurston's Complete Programme

• A Pretty Thimble Vanish / Ernest Evangeline
• A Master of Magic / Henry Ridgely Evans
• Comedy Picture Building / Chilton
• A Deceptive Coin Pass / T. C. Bonney
• The Ghostly Silk / R. W. Read
• The Severed Apple / W. H. H. Pugh
• What Every Conjurer Should Know. III
• One Hundred Good Tricks Without Sleight of Hand....

• ... You produce two red Jacks. When you attempt to produce the two black Jacks two red Jacks again will appear. Finally, the four Jacks change into the four Aces.
• ROPES-BLEND (Arthur Setterington): Three ropes, one red, one blue and one yellow, blend together into a large loop of colored rope.
• THIMBLE THROUGH (Peter Warlock): A very straightforward penetration of a handkerchief by a thimble, one thimble only being used.

Magigram magazine ran from 1966 to 1995. It was printed by Supreme Magic Co. and edited with superb ability by Ken de Courcy. The collaborators were the best ever, just to name a few: Ken de Courcy, Edwin, Ian Adair, Peter Warlock, Max Maven, Lewis Ganson, Maurice Fogel, Arthur Carter, George Blake, David Britland, Pavel, George Johnstone, Billy McComb and a certain Aldo Colombini (I had a column for over 20 years on card magic written by Lewis Ganson).

CONTENTS:

• CARD LOCATION (Mark Weston): A spectator selects a card. The deck is dealt in three packets. A spectator selects a packet and on top of it, the selected card appears.
• THIMBLE THRU (Ken de Courcy): A thimble,...

• ... the rubber ball ends up INSIDE the other ball.
• BEWILDERING BALLS (Ravelle and Andreé): Three red balls are placed into a bag and three differently colored balls (say green, yellow and blue) are placed into another bag. The balls change places. Great for stage.
• HEAT TRANSFER (Graham Reed): A thimble is placed into your left hand. The right hand takes a lighter and heats the left hand. When this hand is opened, the thimble is seen to have ...kind of melted.
• ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE (Joe Riding): An impromptu card routine with a regular deck of cards. You know in advance the selected card. ...

• ... cards and when the two packets are spread they contain the same amount of face-up cards.
• BOLT-HOLE (Ken de Courcy): A Joker is placed inside a card case. A card is selected. Now a great transposition occurs: The Joker appears where the selected card was and the selection appears inside the case.
• THIMBLE, CHOPSTICK AND SILK (Michael Symes): A series of three penetrations using the mentioned objects. A thimble penetrates through a silk. Again the thimble penetrates the silk using the chopstick and finally, the chopstick penetrates through the silk.
• SWIVELLEROO PLUS (David Britland): A fancy...

• ... up, face down all the way through.
• RED VERSUS WHITE (Peter Warlock): This is a transposition effect using two balls, say one red and one white. Involves a cup and some sleight of hand. Neat effect.
• VINTAGE TRANSPOSITION (Nicholls Harley): Two freely selected cards change their positions.
• GIANT THIMBLE (Lewis Ganson): A very strong and entertaining routine using a miniature chop cup (or any chop cup as a matter of fact), in many phases.
• DIGITAL DIVINATION (Arthur Carter): A very strong prediction using a deck of cards where, after a deal, you predict how many cards the spectator holds. ...

• ...Vice-Versa
• Up Your Sleeve!
• The One In The Middle
• Bubbles
• That Professor Is A Nightmare!
• Blowing In The Wind
• Gong
• Computer Prediction
• Catching The Wind
• Stabbed Revelation
• Get Off My Spread
• Hofzinser's Again
• Somersault
• Flippant Prediction
• Pin-Acle Prediction
• The Torn And Restored Card
• Quartet
• A Thimble On Your Finger
• Easy False Shuffle
• Fontana Di Trevi
• Rendezvous
• All At Home
• Mismatched Quarters
• Too Simple, Too Good!
• First Thought
• Second Thought
• Alter Ego
• Square
• Manila Coin
• Match The Corner
• Red Baron
• It's About Time
• Submarine Card
• Surprising Demonstration
• Wild Crosses
• Underground...

• ...
  • ... Trick (new method.
  • Long-distance Second Sight
• CHAPTER VIII: MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS
  • Flash Paper
  • A New Fire Flash
  • Conjurer's Ammunition
  • Smoke from Two Empty Pipes
  • A New Fire-eating Trick
  • Exploding Soap-bubbles
  • Walnut Shells and Pea
  • The Garter Trick
  • The Tube and Ball
  • The Ubiquitous Thimble
  • The Multiplying Wand
  • The Restored Cut
  • The Mysterious Tambourine
  • The Bran and Dove Plates
  • The Wandering Beer
  • A Crystal Water Mystery
  • The Wizard's Breakfast
  • The Hydrostatic Tube
  • The Hydrostatic Tumbler
  • Watch, Glass, and Handkerchief
  • Paper Cone, Watch, Rabbit, and Boxes
• CHAPTER...

1. ...Chapter Five: SWITCH IS WHICH?
33. Chapter Six: THE BLACK AND WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS
38. Chapter Seven: THE NEW POCKET COIN TRICK
43. Chapter Eight: SLOW MOTION COIN VANISH
46. - Ramsay's Favourite
47. - Repeat Coin Through Hand
49. APPRECIATIONS OF JOHN RAMSAY'S SKILL
50. Chapter Nine: JOHN RAMSAY
55. Chapter Ten: THIMBLES
61. Chapter Eleven: THE RAMSAY TEN THIMBLE PRODUCTION
66. Chapter Twelve: ONE CUP AND BALL ROUTINE
70. Chapter Thirteen: CUT AND RESTORED ROPE ROUTINE
77. Chapter Fourteen: EIGHT CARDS TO POCKET
89. Chapter Fifteen: COLOUR CHANGE
92. APPENDIX

• ...
  • ... Were Called Greeks
  • Gaming Table Slang And Manoeuvres
  • Specimen Of A Quasi Gaming House Circular
• CHAPTER VIII. The Doctrine Of Probabilities Applied To Gambling.
• CHAPTER IX. The History Of Dice And Cards.
  • Cards
• CHAPTER X. Piquet, Basset, Faro, Hazard, Passe-Dix, Put, Cross And Pile, Thimble-Rig.
  • Piquet
  • Basset
  • Faro, Or Pharaoh
  • Hazard
  • Passe-Dix
  • Put
  • Cross And Pile
  • Thimble-Rig
• CHAPTER XI. Cock-Fighting.
• CHAPTER XII. The Turf, Historical, Social, Moral.
• CHAPTER XIII. Fortune-Telling By Cards (For Ladies).
  • Fortune-Telling Forty Years Ago; Or, The Story Of Martha...

• ... card effect.
• Libation - Boldly produce a glass of (real) wine.
• Turnabout - Fools magicians.
• The Razor's Edge - Threaded razor blades on thread.
• Location No. 1 - Card location.
• Up Devil! - Card effect using the previous move.
• Me, Too! - New method of the Invisible Pass.
• Pop-Up - Impromptu thimble through handkerchief.
• A Deck Is Born - Produce a full deck of cards from nothing.
• Location No. 2 - Card location.
• Cortini? Frascati? Cremation - No-gimmick torn and restored paper strip.
• In Conclusion
• About the Author

"For me, the author's irreverent style had me hooked after the...

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...

Audley Walsh teaches you two wonderful routines including script ("The big bad wolf and the three little pigs" and "Time marches onward") plus a set of sponge ball moves. He uses a bell which he and the spectator ring several times during the routine. This is a very interesting idea for misdirection as well as camouflaging moves and palms.

The moves you will learn are

• finger palm or finger pinch
• finger pinch with two sponge balls
• pick up
• ring the bell
• thimble move
• sleeving
• lapeling

1st edition 1936 8 pages; revised and enlarged 1940; original 12 pages; PDF 17 pages.

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).

An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors; 52 pages in Volume 3

1. Volume 3, Number 1, July, 1976, 4 pages - cover has drawing of a monster with cards
1. The Blueroom - editorial comments
2. Coin Sandwich - Barry Govan
2. Blueprint In-Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • "The Complete Mike Rogers"
3. The Dice of Zohar - Tom Gagnon (USA)

5. Volume 3, Number 2, August, 1976, 4 pages - no cover
5. The Blueroom - editorial comments
6. The E.R. Thimble Routine - Errol Robinson, described by Murray Cooper
8. Blueprint In-Print - reviews:
   • James B. Alfredson...

1. Volume 6, Number 1, July, 1979, 4 pages
1. Impossible Coin to Pocket - Bob Chesbro
2. Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • Harry Lorayne's "Quantum Leaps"
3. Crooked Dice - continued
4. The Blueroom - editorial comments

5. Volume 6, Number 2, August, 1979, 4 pages
5. Hocus Focus - Barry...

• ...
  1. ...
  36. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
      • Coe Norton
  36. Tri-Miracle - North
  36. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
      • Paul & Cille Morris and their aides de camp
  36. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
      • Gaby Harger and Wanda
  37. Jean Hugard on Thimbles - Milbourne Christopher
      • Flash Thimble
      • The Routine
      • Big Thimble Finale
  38. Try This - 3 Club Restorations
  38. 75 Tricks with a Svengali Deck - Al Stevenson - advertisement
  38. Patter Line - Cliff Green
  39. There's a Doctor in the House - Sid Lorraine
      • Part II
        • Spots
        • Yakkity Teeth
        • Stethoscope
        • Hour Glass...

• 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

• ... Effects All Designed for Close-Up Performing
  • JIM-DANDY VANISHER [Jim Shannon]
  • POP-OFF [W. Bowman]
  • A TWIST THROUGH THE WRIST [John Boyko]
  • NICKEL-PLATED [Derek Vernon]
  • PURSE [Bill Nord]
  • RISE [H. G. Frank]
  • REUNION [Don Tanner
  • VARIANT [John P. Hamilton]
  • ANOTHER RISE [Carlo Rossetti]
  • GHOST THIMBLE [John A. M. Howie]
  • BOLT AND FRAME [G. Legman]
  • THE LOTUS [G. Legman]
  • LOTUS AND BOW-TIE [G. Legman]
• CHAPTER 2 Conjuring with Coins and Paper Money
  • PENNY-TRATION [Harry Baker]
  • WRAPAROUND VANISH
  • FADEAWAY
  • SITTING VANISH [Bill Simon]
  • BACK PALM SWITCH [Charles Eastman
  • SILVER-COPPER [Dr. Theodore Sack]
  • HANK DROPPER [E. Brian MacCarthy]
  • REWARD [John A. M. Howie]
  • THE HARD WAY [Stewart Judah
  • NECROMANCY [Derek Vernon]
  • THE RIP
  • THE FOLD-AROUND
  • PERFECTION [H. P. Graham]
• CHAPTER 3 The Magician Performs with Rings, Ropes, and Silks
  • BAGUETTE [Paquette]
  • THUMB...

• 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.

This is the one work on pure sleight-of-hand to which the term "encyclopedic" is applicable. It presents written and visual instructions on how to perform the choicest specialties of the outstanding experts in card, coin, ball, and thimble manipulation. The sleights are not only explained with admirable clarity but they are analyzed critically and their points of strength (and weakness, if any) are emphasized. The thoroughness with which the author has performed his task is indicated by the fact that he explains five methods...

Partial contents:

• Routine: A Tricky Thimble
• French's Clip Pass
• Don't Drop It
• Presto Chango
• Slippery Sphere
• The Flip Pass
• A Surprise Vanish and Color Change
• Another Card Flourish
• French's Card Stabbing Routine
• Paper and Pasteboards
• French's Transpo Balls
• A Novel Card Fan Vanish
• You'll Like It
• Well! Can You Beat That!
• A...

Here's a look at the contents:

• Introduction
• Capper Card Deal
• My Sucker Handkerchief Trick
• Mental Coincidence
• Bananas, Please
• That's the Way (Weigh)
• The Ace Is Still on Top
• Wade's Whisper Knot
• Thimble to Silk
• Triple Color Change
• You Won't Believe It's So!
• With a Thornton Reel
• Transposition Extraordinary
• About the Author
• Thank You
• Recommended Titles

"A series of clever effects by up-to-date performers." - Leo Rullman

1st edition 1934, PDF 37 pages.

This is number three of Jordan's Ten New Tricks Series. Charles Jordan was an excellent and very innovative magician. He collected in this booklet tricks with balls, ring and rope, thimbles, a book mystery and more.

1st edition, 1920, Charles T. Jordan, Penngrove, CA; 23 pages.

1. Preface
2. 1. The Cord Restored
5. 2. A New Ring Release
8. 3. Coin Divination by James J. Moren
10. 4. Another Date-Reading Trick
12. 5. The Ubiquitous Poker Chips
14. 6. The "Full-View" Color-Changing Thimble
17. 7. The Letter-Mailing Mystery
19. 8. A Clean Ball Production
21. 9. A Manipulative Opening
22. 10. The Book Mystery