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1. ... Fourth Annual Close-Up Convention – Gordon Miller
15. Tom-Foolery – Tom Mullica
    • The AF Card Location – Tom Mullica
17. Sid Lorraine’s Chatter – Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The Cabot Street Cinema Theatre News
      • Cauldron
    • Video Magic
      • Dai Vernon Revelations Vol. 2 - Videonics
      • Dai Vernon Revelations Vol. 3 - Videonics
      • Dai Vernon Revelations Vol. 4 - Videonics
    • Among the New Books and Tricks
      • O.I.C.U.F.E.S.P. Volume 10 – Howard Adams
      • Try Uebog [Danish] - Spinoza
      • Booths in History – John Nicholls Booth
      • A Visit with Larry Jennings – Jim Patton & Ron Vergilio
      • A Lifetime...

This is the 3rd edition which includes an additional chapter by Dai Vernon and another one by Dr. Daley. (The popular Dover version is a reprint of the 2nd edition and is lacking these two interesting chapters.) This book describes serious stuff. Card moves and tricks for the advanced card man. (For an excellent introduction to card magic see The Royal Road to Card Magic or the Card College series.) Expert Card Technique lists and explains in detail a large quantity of card moves. Card moves are abundant and any good card man will come up with his own variations and twists due to his constant use of cards and tireless perfection of...

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     • ... Vol. 3 - Robert Orben
     • vent act - Paul Stadelman
     • Still More Miracles in Mentalism - Robert Nelson
     • Fanto Billo - Allen Lambie
     • Magicol
   • Readers Would Like to Know
   • Tip of the Month
     • contact paper & tapes
25. Magic Vest Button
26. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
    • Master Chain Escape
28. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • dialog - Louis Mide
29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • The Impossible Prediction
30. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • more paper folding
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
32. Your Kidding...

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     • ... No. 2
     • The Magical Bookie
     • Genii
     • The New Jinx
     • The Mentalist, June-July-August
   • reviews
     • Yogi-Gram
     • Backstage with the Magigals
     • Roseburg Woodsman, September
21. Folding Paper Masks - re: Shari Lewis & Irving Desfor
22. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Three
23. Aladdin's Flowers - Ren Fetzer
24. The Cheery Cups - Eddie Joseph
25. Magic License Plate - re: Bob Ford
26. To Flourish Or Not To Flourish, That is The Question - Francis Haxton
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert...

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   • ... Detective
   • Mexican with a Memory
   • Mexican Divination
   • The Skillful Mexican
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • women in magic
    • Magical Mutterings
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mind Reading?
40. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter 15
41. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Final Curtain -
42. Notice! To "Gloves to Dove" Owners
43. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • fortune cookie recipe - Ron Fable
45. A Christmas...

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   • Deceptions with a Short Card - Dr. George Casaubon
   • The Abracadabra Summer Special
   • Bohleno's Five Original Performance Proven Mysteries - Roger Montandon
   • Square and Circle Magic - R. C. Buff
   • Handkerchief Frame Magic - Charles Sjorgren
   • Stars of Magic, Series 2
     • No. 1 - Dai Vernon's Triumph
     • No. 2 - Dai Vernon's Cutting the Aces
     • No. 3 - Dai Vernon's Spellbound
     • No. 4 - Dai Vernon's Kangaroo Coins
   • Cosmic Eye - effect - Jerry Ross
   • Little Johnny Jones' Gem Publicity Trick
   • catalogue - Bob Nelson
   • Pentagram announcement
   • Phoenix, Nos. 108 to 111
   • The Bat, Nos. 32 & 33
   • Tommy Wonder's Dope...

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   1. ... Jordan Series - Theo. Annemann
   30. The Jinx, Number 18, March, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
   30. The Jinx, Number 19, April, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
   30. The Magic Wand, March-May, 1936, No. 16, Vol. XXV - George Johnson
   31. Conjurer's Chronicle - Wilford Hutchinson
   31. The Dragon, Vol. 5, Number 3, March, 196 - Vernon Lux
   31. The Magician's Digest, Vol. 2, Number 6 - Donald Hendricks
   31. Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 2, Issue 6, April, 1936 - Ring 59
   31. Magic Catalog, No. 5 - L. L. Ireland
31. Death of mother of Dr. F. E. VanDeVere
32. Howard Thurston
33. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part One ...

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      • ... Chicago Surprise - Whit Haydn
      • Chan Canasta: Afterthoughts - David Britland
87. Classified Ads
88. Subscription Information
88. Advertisers Index

1. Genii - Volume 64, Number 12 - December 2001 - 96 pages
1. Cover - Dai Vernon
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
14. Irving Feldman (Eddie Fields) - Obituary
    14. The Player - Simon Aronson
    14. The Artful Dodger - Jon Racherbaumer
    15. Invisible Man Disappears - Stephen Minch
15. Joseph Michael White - Obituary - Jon Racherbaumer
18. Mortal on Earth: The Silence of Chung Ling Soo - Todd Karr
26. Dai Vernon
    26. Defining The Professor -...

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     • ... Sagert - married
     • Melvin Edward "Mel" Stover - died
     • Ned Rutledge - died
     • Leon "Lee" Falk - died
     • Albert "Logan" Wait - died
   • Dangerous II Top Air
22. In Her Words: Jinger Leigh - Interview by Tina Lenert
29. Marketplace - Michael Close
    • Shadows With Shears
      • Vernon Revelations: The Video Series - Dai Vernon - nine videos
      • Daryl's Ambitious Card Video - Daryl Martinez - video
      • The Golden Shells Video - Bob Kohler - video
      • Powerful Impromptu Card Magic - Paul Gordon - video
      • Behind the Seams - Tony Clark - video
      • Houdini - Chip Taylor Communications...

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35. Card Magic
    • Sliding Glue - William Ewington (Canada)
36. The "Nifty" Cigarette Rise - Tom Sellers
37. Just a Few Words and Bits and Pieces - Val Andrews
    • Did You Hear?
39. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Scoop the Pools - Al Koran
42. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Vernon on the Pass
      • The Black Pass
      • Two Observations on the Standard Pass
      • Location Pass
      • Sprong's Pass
      • Fan Pass Transformation
46. Magic for the Pocket
    • Ten Stars for the Five Star Miracle Wallet - Ken de Courcy's Practicalities
      • 1. Instant Pools ...

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   • ... and Magic
68. The Letter Box - letters to the editor
69. Sale and Exchange

73. Vol. 9, No. 5, July, 1920 [16 pages]
73. Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
    • "Pendy" Comes Back
    • A Conjurer Medium
    • Cash Materialization
    • Juvenile Mystics
    • Don't Bother
    • Heads or Tails
74. The "Vernon" Sleeve Servante - Harry Vernon
74. More Heat Waves - puns by Spitari
75. The "Thirty Card Trick" with variations - Roy Cowl
75. The Wizard's Washing Day - A New Use for Old Apparatus - Norman Hunter
76. Reviews
    • Magic - March 1920 magazine
    • The Magazine of Magic - May 1920 magazine
    • The Sphinx - May 1920 magazine
    • Felsman's Magical Review...

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     • Top Card Glimpse Number 1
     • Top Card Glimpse Number 2
     • A Simple Pickpocket Experiment
     • Top Card Glimpse Number 3
     • The Fan Glimpse
     • Bottom Card Glimpse
12. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
    12. Turn The Pack Over - T. J. Crawford
    13. 'The Passe Passe Silks' - Vernon Cook
    13. Flash Silk Penetration - Vernon Cook
    14. Another Mirror Glass - R. S. Glover
    14. Satan's Time Clock - R. S. Glover
14. Winner Of Sweepstakes Prize - Caryl S. Fleming
15. Thoughts Are Things - Dariel Fitzkee
    • The Stull Rising Card Trick
    • Fooling Yourself with the Shadow Trick ...

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      • ... Wizard Academy: Simple Magic & Stunts - John Carney
   81. Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
       • Speak Easy - Dan Harlan & Jen Weston
       • 24 Seven (Volumes 1 and 2) - John Carey
       • Haunted - Peter Eggink
       • Squeak Technique - Jeff McBride
       • Outstanding - Roberto Mansilla
       • Dai Vernon's Revelations: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (15-disc/two-booklet set) - Dai Vernon
   84. Tricks Reviewed by David Oliver
       • Psychic Pad Folio - Banachek
       • Restored Credit - David Regal
       • FourFit - Reuben Moreland
       • Naked - Salvador Sufrate
       • Empty - Marcus Eddie
       • Timeless - Liam Montier, Andi Gladwin & Joshua Jay
88. Advertisers Index
88. Subscription Information

1. Genii - Volume 75, Number 4 - April 2012 - 104 pages
1. Cover - Yumi
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman ...

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   1. ... of St. Louis, Vol. 3, No. 5 - I.B.M. No. 1
   36. The Gimmic - Hanky Panky Club
   37. The Linking Ring, November, 1936 - I.B.M.
   37. The Magie, November & December Issues, 1936 - Helmut Schreiber
   37. The Sphinx, December, 1936
   37. The Genii, December, 1936 - William Larsen
   37. The Dragon, November, 1936 - Vernon Lux
   37. The Imp, October, 1936
   37. Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurer's Chronicle, May-June, 1936
   37. Davenport's Demon Telegraph, November, 1936
   37. E.M.C.A. Magic News - Collins Pentz [Equality Magicians Club of America]
   38. Giant Card Magic (Ripley's Routine, No. 1) - Sherman Ripley (Mazdah)
   38. Jogesta, Living and Dead Test - Stewart...

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   • The Cheap Close-Up Book - Paul Hallas
   • The Even Cheaper Booklet - Paul Hallas
   • Wayne Dobson's Pro-File - Wayne Dobson
   • Outlines - Wayne Dobson
   • Devastation - Tom Daugherty
   • Total Confusion - Tom Daugherty
   • Double Migration - Tom Daugherty
   • Rolling Revelation - Tom Daugherty
   • The Vernon Chronicles - The Lost Inner Secrets - Volume One - Stephen Minch
   • The Vernon Chronicles - More Lost Inner Secrets - Volume Two - Stephen Minch
   • The Vernon Chronicles - Further Lost Inner Secrets - Volume Three - Stephen Minch
   • The Vernon Chronicles - He Fooled Houdini: Dai Vernon, A Magical Life - Volume Four - Keith Burns & Bruce Cervon
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Many effects from famous magicians such as Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Fred Keating, David Devant, T. Nelson Downs, Ross Horwitz, Nate Leipzig and of course Faucett Ross himself.

• PREFACE
• A Magician and his Magic
  • Faucett Ross
  • Letters to Charlie Miller
  • The Beginning
  • The Business Side
  • Rules and Common Sense
  • Practice
  • The Magician
  • Showmanship
  • A Bargain
  • Advice on Programmes
• Section One: HANDKERCHIEF MAGIC
  • A Glass and a Silk
  • The Colour Change
  • Handkerchief Box Routine
  • Cut, Burnt and Restored Handkerchief
  • Novel Addition
  • Handkerchief Cane
  • Producing a Silk
  • Fountain of Silks
• Section Two: AN ORIENTAL FLAVOUR
  • Snowstorm in...

• ... 2, Stephen Minch
• COLLECTOR'S SCRAPBOOK, Gary R. Frank
• COMBO, Karl Fulves
• COMPLETE CUPS AND BALLS, Michael Ammar
• COMPLETE DUNGEON, Anthony Owen
• CONEY ISLAND FAKIR: THE MAGICAL LIFE OF AL FLOSSO, Gary R. Brown
• CONSERVATION OF MAGIC, Leo Behnke
• CRUISE MAGICIAN'S HANDBOOK, Fred Becker

• DAI VERNON BOOK OF MAGIC, Lewis Ganson
• DAI VERNON'S INNER CARD TRILOGY, Lewis Ganson
• DAI VERNON'S SYMPHONY OF THE RINGS, Lewis Ganson
• DAI VERNON'S TRIBUTE TO NATE LEIPZIG, Lewis Ganson
• DAI VERNON'S ULTIMATE SECRETS OF CARD MAGIC, Lewis Ganson
• DARWIN'S INEXPENSIVE ILLUSIONS, Gary Darwin
• DAVID HARKEY...

The legendary Pentagram Magazine edited by Peter Warlock appeared from 1946 to 1959. It features superb magic from Alex Elmsley, Robert Harbin, Fred Kaps, Stewart James, Dai Vernon, Al Koran, Roy Walton, Arthur Carter, Leslie May, Charles Cameron, Ron Baillie, Jack Avis, Gus Southall, Edmund Rowland, Ed Marlo, Graham Adams and many others.

Every trick can be accessed via the hyperlinked index.

Now the Pentagram is within reach of all those who enjoy great magic.

1st edition 1946-1959; 1311 pages.

• No. 1: October 1946
  • Your Fate In A Teacup / Peter Warlock
  • Super Speller / George Blake
  • Cig-Repeat / Cecil Tebbett
  • Tissue Paper Monte / Tom Sellers
• No. 2: November...

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196. Notice to Quip - series by Richard Merry
     • Number 4 - Money
197. A Magician Explains - series by Lewis Ganson
     • "The Mussey Coin Roll Vanish"
     • J. Demaline's "Foolproof Brainwave and Super Brainwave Packs"
202. Ken de Courcy's Practicalities - series
     • Passing Clouds
204. Chicago on Vernon - article by Francis Ireland
206. "Hen" Fetsch Magic Session - report by Goodliffe

213. Volume 10, Number 8, December, 1954, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Ram Das and Kim
215. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
218. Genial Gerry's "Paper Tearing" - Gerry Findler
219. Master Forcing Pack - Magini ...

The Gen, Volume 14, Lewis Ganson, editor - new editor

On the covers are

• Will Ayling
• Dai Vernon
• Slydini
• Harry Blackstone
• Phoa Yan Tiong
• Harold G. Beaumont
• Milton Woodward and Millicent Cooper
• Rink
• Maurice Rooklyn
• Harry Hickson
• Dany Ray
• John Ramsay

1. Volume 14, Number 1, May, 1958, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Will Ayling
3. Front Page Personality - Will Ayling
4. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
5. A new Card Fan - Dudley Fossum (Wisconsin, USA)
6. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
   • Juggling Tumbler - Will Ayling
9. Bento's Bat - Bento (Holland) ...

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   • Ken and I
   • Apologies
   • John Ramsay

29. Volume 18, Number 2, June, 1962, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: John Ramsay
31. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
32. Mainly Manipulative
    • Poor Man's Triple Restoration - Peter Warlock
37. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Vernon on Ramsay - Cylinder and Coins
44. Card Magic
    • Blind Choice - Jack Avis
47. "Last Word" Four Ace Effect - Francis Haxton
49. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • The Reception
    • John Young
    • Ken de Courcy
    • Goodliffe
    • Peter Warlock
    • Ken Brooke
    • One Trick Alone
    • Knocked...

CONTENTS

• EDITORIAL
  • The Vernon Chronicles – Stephen Minch
  • Editor's Notes – Adam J. Fleischer
  • Where Do You Stand? - Michael Ammar
• WORK & MONEY
  • The Comedy Club Circuit – John Ferrentino
• PERFORMANCE
  • Look Homeward, Angel – Dai Vernon
  • Crossed Destinies – Dai Vernon
  • Tale of the Treasury-worm – Dai Vernon
  • The Twirl Link – Dai Vernon
  • The Rendezvous Force - Dai Vernon
• ART
  • Hat Juggling – Charlie Frye
  • Ideas – John Kennedy

September 1939 - August 1940
Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor and Publisher

403 pages

1. Genii - Volume 4, Number 1 - September 1939 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Maldo
5. Maldo - biographical notes
5. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
5. In This Issue - Contents
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. The Inevitable Rabbit - Jon Kirby
8. "Vernon's" Spirit Slate Routine - Vernon Cook
8. Scattered Shots - L.O. Gunn
9. By Touch Alone - Harlan Tarbell
9. The Traveling Stamps - Loring Campbell
9. Handkerchief Restored - Caryl S. FLeming
10. Noting...

1. ...P.C.A.M. Convention - Chandler Stevens, P.C.A.M. President
317. First Combined Convention - I.B.M.-S.A.M.
     • Warning! - Verne Uker, General Chairman
     • Hotel Sherman - Chicago - Al Leech

329. Genii - Volume 14, Number 10 - June 1950 - 40 pages
329. Cover - Neil Foster
336. The Magi-Market
     • The Ring on the Wand
     • Slow Motion Four Aces - Dai Vernon
     • The Travelers - Dai Vernon
     • spring Guinea Pig - Abbotts
     • Night Cap Tear - Karrel Fox
     • Milk Can Escape - blueprint - Thayer
     • Smart Comedy - George McAthy
     • Pepsi-Cola effect - Richard Himber
     • Spur Trick - Richard Himber
     • Inexhaustible Bottle - Richard Himber
     • The Wandering Lipsticks - Golden Gate
     • Kanter catalogue No. 9
     • Thayer catalogue No. 10
     • Hulse catalogue No. 1
     • Nelson catalogue
     • "This Week" Sunday Supplement for June 4
     • Moderne Merry Widow Illusion -...