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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.

Contains over 100 ideas, tricks, routines and novelties with the Cups and Balls. Contains over 40 illustrations, engravings and photos. Includes the original Mohammed Bey routines and three authentic Easy Indian Cup routines. For beginners and experts alike.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Publisher's...

The coauthor, John Northern Hilliard, is well known to conjurers as Howard Thurston's advance-man and editor and author of conjuring books. There are lots of references to magic and scenes in the novel that will delight the magician, such as: "They've thimble-rigged Turkey, shifted the cut on Germany, and run in a cold deck on England. Do you think they'd hesitate to turn a trump from the bottom to win this trick?"

1st edition 1913, 351 pages; PDF 137 pages.

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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...

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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...

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

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   1. ... Pack just Shuffled (New Method)
   153. Balancing Feats
   155. Walnut Shells and Pea
   156. The Restored Cut
   157. The Garter Trick
159. IX. Miscellaneous Tricks
     159. Flash Paper
     160. A New Fire Flash
     161. Conjurer's Ammunition
     162. Smoke from Two Empty Pipes
     162. Fire-eating Trick
     163. Exploding Soap-bubbles
     164. The Tube and Ball
     166. The Ubiquitous Thimble
     169. The Mysterious Tambourine
     171. The Bran and Dove Plates
     173. The Wandering Stout
     175. A Crystal Water Mystery
     177. The Wizard's Breakfast
     180. The Hydrostatic Tube
     183. The Hydrostatic Tumbler
     185. Paper Cone, Watch, Rabbit, and Boxes
     188. The Magical Production of Flowers
     195. Magic Incubation
     198. The Wizard's Omelet
     199. The Wonderful...

1. ...Supreme Special Vouchers
49. Adairs Ideas - comments from Ian Adair
    • Coin in the Ball of Wool Production
51. Ways and Means of Entertainment - Wilfred Tyler
52. Ropes and Rings - George Sydney Hutchinson
53. Duet - Jeremy Crockett & Ken de Courcy
    • And Generally ...
    • The Chinese (Atomic Rice) Cups
57. Chinese Thimble Thru - Ken de Courcy
59. Bate's Way - Jimmie Bates
    • Jimmie's Routine and Patter for: Sympathetic Silks"
63. Edwin Calling! - comments from Edwin Hooper
65. advertisements

84. Volume 1, Number 3, January-February, 1967, 42 unnumbered pages
85. advertisements
88. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken...

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   1. ...
      • ...
      • Does She Love Me?
      • Blindfold-Gag
      • Crazy Telephone Book-Test
      • Giant Memory
      • Pro-Story
      • The Deputy
   474. The Professor and the Lady - Burlesque Telepathy Routine for Two Performers
   478. Cod-Horoscopes
   480. Gags for Two Handed Cod-Telepathy
481. Sew What - aka Invisible Mending - thimble routine - Malcom Taylor
486. The Blind Barber's Game - Arthur Setterington
487. A Letter from Rink of Holland
488. Chip-Change - Ulrich Keuler
489. A Sweet Sequence - Ken de Courcy
491. The Alpha Card Routine - Sam Dalal
493. Forecast into the Future - wisdom
493. Edwin Writes ... Not the Same!
493. Sentenced! - joke
494. Dice and Lemon - Ravelle and Andree ...

1. ... - Gordon Bailey
208. Arthur Carter Column - The Mysteries of Arthur Carter
     • The Magic Mirror
209. Crazy Sponge Ball Routine - Joe Riding
210. Two Gags from "Tiny"
211. Magic at The Purple Onion - testimonial
211. cartoon - Crockett
212. Topper Martyn Visits The Magic Castle
213. Super Suit - Sam Dalal
214. Lee's Thimble Routine - with Werry's Technicolour Thimbles
215. A Professional Table - Ken Johnson
216. Further Thoughts on ... Billy McComb's "Lenny the Leprechaun" - Harry Carnegie
217. Supreme Showcase - Sam Dalal
     217. Introduction
     217. Voodoo
     219. Only Death is for Certain ...
     220. The Book That Isn't
     221. Certificate of Merit
     221. Graphology (Hand-Writing Analysis)
     223. Pure Matchic
     224. The Voodoo Rites of El Shama...

1. ...Puzzles Which Entertain - Peter Rees
18. The Blind Rabbit's Problem - puzzle
19. To Be ... Or Not To Be - business of magic - Ken de Courcy
20. Mailbox - correspondence
21. Gags with the Self-Lighting Bulb - David Taylor (New Zealand)
22. Numbered - a card effect - Joe Riding
23. A Routine for Supersonic Spacemen - Jack Gittings
24. Wow! - testimonial
25. Thimble Change - Subir Kumar Dhar
27. Glug, Glug, Glug - patter routine - Paul Graham
28. Mysterious Writing - W.L. Lawrence
28. Daffy Definitions! - jokes
29. Showcase - Spotlight on Mentalism - Stanton Carlisle
    29. photo of Stanton Carlisle
    30. Tarot Trickery
    30. The Unknown Power
    31. The Brain-Buster Tarot Routine for...

The Magigram, Volume 8, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

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

1. Volume 8, Number 1, September, 1975, 72 unnumbered pages - New Cover! New Series! New Magic!
2. advertisements
7. Let's Face It - editorial...

The Magigram, Volume 10, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

1022 pages. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 10, Number 1, September, 1977, 72 unnumbered pages - Here We Go Again!
2. advertisements
9. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken...

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...

1. ...Kid's Stuff - testimonial
357. Blake's Bafflers - George Blake
     • Caps, Coins & Chips
359. One Handed Trigger Spin Off Deal - C.F. James
361. A Routined Hat Production - Eric and Margaret Hawkesworth
363. The Tucker Four - Stephen Tucker
     • The Turn Over Book-Test
     • The Chinka-Chink Idea!
     • Static Power
     • The Sponge Thimble
365. A Variation on Booby Prize - Tony Hanscombe
366. Matchstick Magic Show - Alan Ward
367. Thought Interceptor - Brian Thompson
368. Make Someone Happy - advice
368. Fun with Mickey Mouse - Richard Webster
369. Adair's Dove Column - Ian Adair
     • 1-2-Three Box
371. Locked Birthday - Charles Temple, Jr.
371. The Nineteenth Force - Stephen Grewcock
372. Lucretia Encore...

1. ...A Letter from Stanton Carlisle - testimonial
230. A Pack Vanishes - John Howie
231. Ring Rhapsody - Ravelle and Andree
232. Your Key - Ernie Jones
233. Smile-A-While - jokes
234. Four Coins Production - Tom Sellers
234. A Study in Anti-Gravity - Frank Richmond
236. 30th Century Silks - Ravelle and Andree
237. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
240. Chameleon Thimble - Adi Kaufmann
240. Super Service - testimonial
240. More Lines - jokes
241. Permutation Plus - Arthur Setterington
242. Harry Stanley Reminisces
243. The One-Eared hares - puzzle
243. advertisements

1. Volume 16, Number 5, January, 1984, 66 pages, including front & back covers
257. advertisements
265. Lets Face It - editorial...

1. ... - editorial by Ken de Courcy
298. Earthly Powers - Richard Vollmer
301. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
303. My Feet Are Killing Me - Howard Long
304. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • Calculated Deception
305. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
308. Fabian's A Thimble on Your Finger - Aldo Colombini & Will Ayling
310. Ace Production - John Cornelius
311. On Mentalism - Val Andrews
313. Psychic-Glass Routine - Val Andrews (?)
314. A Routine for Len Belcher's "Prevue" - Val Andrews (?)
315. General Election - Ian Adair
316. Patter Routine for Block-Cord - Ken de Courcy
316. Kane - testimonial
317. Simplicity...

1. ... - testimonial
64. advertisements

1. Volume 18, Number 2, October, 1985, 73 pages, including front cover
73. advertisements
81. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
82. Circus Days - a Series - Tommy Rowe
    • Chapter 6 - The Grand Finale
85. But Don't Do Any Magic - Leslie Melville
86. A Quick Thimble Colour Change - Wolfgang Riebe
87. Harry Stanley Reminisces
89. Even More Whispers from the Wings - Harold Long
90. Diminishing Aces - John Yeager
91. Ian Adair Showcase
    91. Fireproof Paperback Test
    93. Twin Cut Coloured Restoration
    94. Rising Damp
    95. Repeat Production - Using Two Panel Box
    96. Perplexing...