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The Sphinx Volume 35 (Mar 1936 - Feb 1937)John Mulholland ... | 97 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1936 | |
| Keith Clark. | 108 |
| Charlie Leedy's Patter Lines. | 108 |
| Magical Maxims. By S. H. Sharpe. | 108 |
| Staff Artist. | 108 |
| Dervish Devotions. By Silent Mora. | 109 |
| George W. Hunter Dies. | 110 |
| Duval Reports. | 110 |
| Welsh Miller Dies. | 110 |
| Louis King Dies. | 110 |
| Current Magic: Edited by Baffles. | 111 |
| - Thimble Thot. By Vernon. | 111 |
| - The Tambourine Production. By Neal Elias. | 111 |
| - The Deuce You Say! By Paul Morris. | 111 |
| - Double Deceptions with Thimbles. By Henry Snyder. | 112 |
| - Why Not? By Frank Flint. | 112 |
| - Mysterious Expansion. By Marcus Bloch. | 112 |
| - Pointers. By William Meyers. | 112 |
| - Sleigh Bells.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 36 (Mar 1937 - Feb 1938)John Mulholland
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| VOLUME 36 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1937 | |
| Le Paul. | 4 |
| Charlie Leedy's Patter Lines. | 4 |
| Magical Maxims. By S. H. Sharpe. | 4 |
| Miracles For Sale. | 4 |
| The Lightning Bird. By Keith Clark. | 5 |
| Ghost Eyes. By Jack McMillen and Judson Brown. | 6 |
| Further Ideas. By Jacques Morintell. | 6 |
| Ribbons and Bouquet. By J. Brown. | 7 |
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The Sphinx Volume 37 (Mar 1938 - Feb 1939)John Mulholland ... | Chow: Production of a Seven-Story Pagoda. Production of a Complete Banquet. Production of Two Lighted Lanterns. The Return of Three Stars to Their Cave. Flower into Goldfish. Fan Dance. The Twenty Color-Changing Coins. | 89 |
| Current Magic: Edited by Baffles. | 92 |
| - Bank Night. By R. M. Jamison. | 92 |
| - Thimble and Cigarette. By Luedke The Magician. | 92 |
| - The Tube of Wung Foo. By Joseph Rukus. | 93 |
| - Mystery Water Tube. By Joseph Rukus. | 93 |
| - An Uncanny Detection. By Tan Hock Chuan. | 93 |
| - Lucky We Have Sleeves! By Paul Morris. | 93 |
| - More About Sleeves. By Paul Morris. | 94 |
| - Still Sleevin' By Paul Morris.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 38 (Mar 1939 - Feb 1940)John Mulholland
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| VOLUME 38 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1939 | |
| Harry Kellar. By Nate Leipzig. | 4 |
| Three Conventions. | 4 |
| Charlie Leedy's Patter Lines. | 4 |
| From Letters to the Editor. | 4 |
| Kellar's Magic. By Elmer P. Ransom. | 5 |
| Harry Kellar. By Harry Houdini. | 6 |
| What I Learned From Kellar. By Grant Stuart. | 6 |
| "I Met Kellar" By Dorny. | 7 |
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The Sphinx Volume 42 (Mar 1943 - Feb 1944)John Mulholland ... | Le Gros. | 168 |
| Newspaper Publicity for Magicians. By Albert F. Munroe. | 169 |
| Jud Cole Dies. | 170 |
| Rabbit Eggs. | 170 |
| Where They Are. | 170 |
| Looking Back from Martial to Magical. By Verrall Wass. | 175 |
| Abbott's Get-together. | 176 |
| Editor's Page. | 178 |
| Squawks. By Frazee. | 179 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 179 |
| Magic In Print: Latest Thimble Magic. Shoot The Works. Secrets. Catalogue. | 179 |
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| NO. 9: NOVEMBER 1943 | |
| Cover. | 192 |
| You Should Know Jack Trepel. | 192 |
| Christopher's Snappy Silk Production. By Milbourne Christopher. | 193 |
| The Sugar Trick. By Tom Osborne. | 195 |
| Dr. Brochu's Telepathy Card Trick. By Dr. R. Brochu. | 195 |
| Check Please.... |
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The Sphinx Volume 43 (Mar 1944 - Feb 1945)John Mulholland ... | Squawks. By Frazee. | 47 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 47 |
| Al Baker Comments on a Magic Gathering. | 48 |
| Where They Are. | 48 |
| Chang In Buenos Aires. By E. Leslie Briant. | 49 |
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| NO. 3: MAY 1944 | |
| Cover. | 60 |
| Miracles For Sale: Anti-Gravico. Menge's Climax Egg Bag. De Luxe Writer. Dun-A-Trix. Five Famous Forces. JoBaka. | 60 |
| The Thimble Routine. By Tom Osborne. | 61 |
| Russell's Hongkong Urns. By Billy Russell. | 62 |
| The Midget Slates Grow Up. By Jack Paul. | 63 |
| Glass Egg and Bird Trick. By Robert W. Gifford. | 63 |
| A Stage "Pocket Trick". By Stuart Cramer. | 64 |
| The Tennis Racket Card. By H. Syril Dusenbery. | 65 |
| Spirit Ball. By J. Edward... |
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The Sphinx Volume 44 (Mar 1945 - Feb 1946)John Mulholland
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| VOLUME 44 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1945 | |
| The Famous Crystal Casket. A present-day version of a trick featured by John Wyman. By John Mulholland. | 5 |
| Mind Reading Card Tricks. By Al Baker. | 6 |
| Frame and Handkerchiefs. By Carlos H. Colombi. | 8 |
| "The Rabbit Hat". By Sgt. Milbourne Christopher. | 8 |
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The Sphinx Volume 45 (Mar 1946 - Feb 1947)John Mulholland ...
| Magic Calendar. | 309 |
| Augustus Rapp. By Al Munroe. | 310 |
| The Tarbell Testimonial. By Dorny. | 316 |
| London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 321 |
| Paris Notes. By Victor Farelli. | 321 |
| Editor's Page. | 322 |
| Squawks. By Frazee. | 323 |
| 25 Years Ago. | 323 |
| Magic In Print: You Don't Have to Be Crazy. The Great Balsamo. Nite-Club Thimble Magic. Magic For All. Thumbs Up! | 323 |
| Where They Are. | 324 |
| 1947 Magic Calendar. | 325 |
| Augustus Rapp's Views. As Told to Al Munroe. | 325 |
| Alexander Herrmann. Died December 17, 1896. | 326 |
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| NO. 11: JANUARY 1947 | |
| Cover. | 338 |
| Meet The Dealers. | 338 |
| No Ghost Tube. By George Johnson. | 339 |
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The Sphinx Volume 46 (Mar 1947 - Feb 1948)John Mulholland
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| VOLUME 46 |
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1947 | |
| The Sphinx Awards 1947 | 4 |
| The Spinning Girl. By George La Follette. | 5 |
| The Parasol Trick. By P. C. Sorcar. | 6 |
| Improved Bill Tube. By Lestorte and Rowbotham. | 7 |
| The Marvelous Blocks. By Edward W. Massey. | 8 |
| My Talisman. By H. Ernst | 9 |
| The Tambourine Rings. By George De... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 48 (Mar 1949 - Feb 1950)John Mulholland
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1949 | |
| The Cover. | 4 |
| Magic in Print: Cyclopedia of Magic. Controlled Miracles. Thanks to Leipzig! John Ramsay's Routines With Cups and Balls. The Card Wizard. Blackstone's Tricks Anyone Can Do. Deux Conferences Sur La Prestidigitation. | 4 |
| Card in the Jug. By Geo. Johnstone. | 5 |
| Sorcar's Dictionary Trick. By P. C. Sorcar. | 6 |
| "Come Black". By John Giordmaine. | 7 |
| Three From Five is Nothing. By George DeMott. | 8 |
| Exchanging the Pack. By Arthur Buckley. | 9 |
| My Innocent Thimble "Pull". By Carlos H. Colombi. | 10 |
| The Taming of the Shmoo. By Peter Van Note (With Eric Weinberger). | 10... | | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
The Sphinx Volume 49 (Mar 1950 - Feb 1951)John Mulholland ... | They Are. | 237 |
| Ball Is Round. By Puzzling Pierson. | 238 |
| Magic Query Answer. | 239 |
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| NO. 11: JANUARY 1951 | |
| Trade Winds. By Frances Ireland. | 248 |
| The Cover. | 248 |
| "The Phantom Pipe". By Lu Brent. | 249 |
| A Parasol Fantasy. By Tom S. Palmer. | 250 |
| Advanced Mentalism. By Herman Yerger. | 251 |
| Removable Thumb with Thimble. By Magrum the Magician. | 252 |
| Extraordinary Ordinary Cards. By Verral Wass: Mystic Numbers. Q! Q! Quadruplets. | 253 |
| A Consummation To Be Desired. By Arthur Punnar. | 255 |
| Letter: Fu Manchu. | 255 |
| London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 256 |
| South American Notes. By E. Leslie Briant. | 256 |
| Magic Query. | 256 |
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The Sphinx Volume 50 (Mar 1951 - Feb 1952)John Mulholland
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| NO. 1: MARCH 1951 | |
| The Magnetic Card. By Blackstone. | 9 |
| Tarbell's Oranges. By Harlan Tarbell. | 10 |
| Levante Levitation. By Les Levante. | 11 |
| The Robert Harbin Flower Growth. Robert Harbin. | 12 |
| The Bewitched Tubes. By Okito. | 13 |
| Hindu Rope Mystery. By Birch. | 14 |
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The Reformed GamblerJonathan H. Green ... - ... A. M. C. Smith - Taken to the New York City Prison - Life in the Tombs - Examined and Acquitted - Return to New Haven - Kindness of the Citizens, &c
- CHAPTER VIII: Arrests and Trials
- CHAPTER IX: The Defaulter
- CHAPTER X: The Gambler's Cabin
- CHAPTER XI: The Game of Thimbles; Dr. Bennett, the King Thimble Player - The Young Man with two such Piercing Eyes - Best Two in Three
- CHAPTER XII: The Preacher and the Gambler, a True Scene on Board a South-Western Steamer
- CHAPTER XIII: The Man of the Mountains; or Hypochondrias Cured
- CHAPTER XIV: Patch Coat; The Gentleman's Game; or Diamond cut Diamond
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Gamblers' Tricks with CardsJonathan H. Green Scores of street scams, swindles, and card table ruses are explained in this 163 page ebook, guaranteed to separate a sucker from his money just as quickly today as when this tome was first written in the mid-1800s. Don't read this book to cheat -- instead, get it for protection so you don't become... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
Gamblers' Tricks With Cards Exposed and ExplainedJonathan H. Green This is an unusual mix of contents including magic card tricks, card games and how gamblers cheat at those games, other swindles and scams, a section on dice and cheating at dice games, as well as moralizing against the evils of gambling.
Jonathan H. Green was a reformed gambler, who made a career... | $8 to wish listPDF |
Games and Tricks with CardsJonathan H. Green
You will find here card tricks, cheating exposes, card games, and gambling stories.
A later expanded version of this book was published under the title Gamblers' Tricks With Cards Exposed and Explained.
- Chapter I
- Invention Of Cards
- Mysterious Trick Of Thirty Six Cards; Telling The Card...
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Dunninger's Tricks De LuxeJoseph Dunninger & Joseph J. Quod 
- Dunninger Mango Tree Illusion
- The New Shower Of Gold
- The Vanishing Bowl Of Water
- The Dunninger Floating Ball Illusion
- Dunninger's Tri-Card Mystery
- A New Chair Servante
- A New Color Change
- The Wonderful Phonograph Illusion
- The Vanishing Dock Box
- The Dunninger Spirit Frame
- The Dunninger Rabbit Box
- An Effective Thimble Vanish
- The Vanishing Chair
- Quod's "All Change" Card Trick
- Dunninger Spirit Card
- Dunninger's Improved Card Reel
- Egg-Bag, Egg & Bird Trick
18 pages; PDF 28 pages. | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
The New Conjurors' Magazine: Volume 2 (Mar 1946 - Feb 1947)Julien J. Proskauer & Walter Gibson  ... - ...
- ... Christopher
- HAL HAVILAND REVIEWS CALVERT SHOW
- RAMEE SAMI SAYS
- CHATS BY KOLAR
- SHOWMANSHIP FOR MAGICIANS - The Great Leon
- JJP REVIEWS ZOLOTOW'S "THE GREAT BALSAMO"
- CIGARETTE SLEIGHTS - Sam Berland
- MAGIC CAMPAIGN TO SWEEP COUNTRY
- No 10:
- SPEAKING OF PICTURES: Norman Jensen, John Piatt
- THIMBLE PRODUCTION - Jimmie Wilson Sr
- SUPER-LEVITATION - Walton Morris
- MAKE IT SHORT - Marian Day
- YOUTH TRIUMPHS AT PASADENA
- OVETTE'S LEGACY - Glen Towns
- LITTLE EFFECT - BIG RESULTS - C. S. Weller
- IMPOSSIBLE IMP BOTTLE - George Andrew
- PRODUCTION SURPRISE - Bill Kalman
- 3 EFFECTS - By Robert...
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GoodiesKarrell Fox ... - ...
- ...Inflation
- A Soft Rabbit
- Chapter 6: Basket Bitz
- Chapter 7: Still More Tricks Of The Trades
- Tricks Of The Trades
- A "Spot" Announcement
- For A Change
- In The News
- Making It Big
- Knowing The Ropes
- A Big Finish
- Chapter 8: Etc
- Stretch-A-Tie
- Give-Away Tie Clip
- "Foxy" Thimble Holders
- The "Magic Marker"
- Mickey's Table
- Chapter 9: Parting Thoughts
- Sid Sez
- Comedy Magicians I Have Known
- Be Origginal
- "Triple Talk"
1st edition 1991, 170 pages; 1st digital edition 2018, 143 pages.
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Deceiver's DiscourseKen de Courcy These were Ken de Courcy's USA lecture tour notes. It includes great material which puts entertainment first and foremost.
- The Haired Card - a comedy surprise with four outsize cards from a pack.
- Balloon Prediction - three balloons, the audience nominate the colors, these magically burst one at...
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 ... except the summers when he traveled with a carnival, operating the weight-guessing concession. Then since 1926 a full-time pro dealer in Chicago (Ireland Magic Shop). In 1940 married Frances Ireland, who continued the business after his death from cirrhosis of the liver.
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. | |
Ireland's Year Book 1936Laurie Ireland
- Introduction
- Ireland's New Okito Coin Box Routine
- Ireland's Comedy Bullet Catching Trick
- Cups And Dollar Bills
- Ireland's Four Ace Trick
- Just A Little Different Thimble Pass
- Burlesque Explanation Of The De Muth Glass Penetration
- Ireland's Three Sponge Ball Trick
- Annie Oakley Outdone!
- Super Billiard Ball Pass
- The Opium Peddler And His Three Dream Pipes
1st edition 1936, 19 pages; PDF 26 pages. | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
Ireland's Year Book 1938Laurie Ireland
- Preface
- It Changes, It Shrinks, It Vanishes
- Big And Little Sponge Ball Transposition
- Mating The Cards With Jumbo Cards
- Card Control
- Coin Routine With A Silk
- Thimble Holder In The Trouser Pocket
- Thimble Surprise
- One Ahead Coin Routine
- Misdirection For The Two Handed Pass
- Effective Golf Ball Move
- You Caught Me That Time
- Ireland's Two Card Trick
1st edition 1938, 18 pages; PDF 27 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF |
Ireland's Year Book 1945Laurie Ireland
- The Unique Twentieth Century Silks
- Glen Gloye's Necktie Trick
- Practical Suggestions For The Welsh Rarebit Pan
- Card Filtration
- Back To Back
- Betchas
- The Magic Sharpshooter
- Reversette
- An Original Routine With The Milk Pitcher And Other Items Most Magicians Have
- Wild Beer
- My Favorite Card...
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