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1. Vol. 40, Number 229, March, 1951 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXIX Index pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Thank You
   • So Here We Are
   • Looking Back
3. Apparatus Trick Competition
   3. Penetrating Pack - R. W. Edwards
   6. "Flash" Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
   8. The Smoked Card - Johnny Geddes
10. Patter in Rhyme - A. C. Newitt
    • For the "All Backs" Effect - Dai Vernon
    • Routine to Accompany "All Backs" Patter in Rhyme
13. Hickory Clock - E. Subkleve (Transvaal)
17. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
    17. Nofors Card in Cigarette
    21. The Spectator Predicts
    27. Purely Co-incidental ...

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55. The Mystery of the Seventh Book - Arthur F. G. Carter
57. The Vanishing Box - Johnny Geddes
58. Spectacular Prediction - Tom Sellers
60. Two Thimble Tricks - A. C. Newitt
    • A Thimble Colour Change
    • A Thimble Penetration
61. Mathemagic - bar stunt
62. The Dark Mystery - Rolf Andra (Germany)
63. Vernon plus Curry - Dennis Barnes
65. A "Magic Wand" Routine - Part One - comprising eight tricks from The Magic Wand Vols. 6-8 - A. W. Churchill
    • Summary of First Four Effects
    • The Glove Trick - A. C. P. Medrington - Vol. 7, No. 10, June 1917
    • Vest Pocket Chinese Rings - Rupert H. Slater - Vol. 6, No. 11, July 1916
    • The Card and Boards - Anon. - Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1915
    • A Card Transposition - Charles Waller...

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   • Little Stranger
   • Five for a Secret
   • Super Sucker
71. A Routine with Giant Cards - The Lady Vanishes - Gordon W. Prunty
72. The Showman - poem by Anon.
73. In the Steps of Merlini - series by Arthur F. G. Carter
    • Tricks with the Merlini Set-Up
      • A Quick Reverse
      • Super Transit
      • Vernon Plus Merlini
      • Koran Plus Merlini
76. Thoughts for the Children's Entertainer - series by Wilfred Tyler
    • No. 2. "Dressing" Rope Tricks fro Children
77. Salutations to Robert-Houdin: His Life, Magic, and Automata - series by S. H. Sharpe
    • Section One - Houdini versus Robert-Houdin (continued)
      • "The Unmasking", Chapter I
        • Significant Events in the Life of...

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"Peter Duffie's The Magic Of Fred Robinson is a wonderful book containing a gold-mine of ideas, subtleties and secrets from one of magic's finest exponents and thinkers. ... The Magic Of Fred Robinson is an excellent book full of wonderful ideas, useful sleights, and powerful effects. More than that, it's a great read and takes me back to the feeling I had when I first read Vernon's Inner Secrets books." - R. Paul Wilson from his 2009 review in Genii.

"I state without fear of exaggerating that Fred was one of the all-time greats; especially with cards." - Dai Vernon

"Card magic and techniques...

Roberto Giobbi's newest survey of sleightless card magic, Card College Lighter, gives the famous Giobbi treatment to 21 baffling card tricks by some of the craft's greatest masters, including Vernon, Annemann, Leech, Maven, Fulves, Hummer, Vollmer and Krenzel. These tricks do not require sleights, but they all show the cunning perspective of a professional performer, guaranteeing astonishing and entertaining results.

Following in the footsteps of his Card College Light, Roberto Giobbi teaches the secrets of professional-caliber card magic, providing insights into the presentation, psychology and routining that make these simple tricks into...

Palming. Allan Ackerman takes you through a staggering list of palming techniques including Tenkai Palm, Gambler's Cop, Vernon Top Palm, Slydini Fan Steal, Marlo Bottom Palm, Side Steal to Palm, Bluff Control, and many more.

Allan Ackerman is one of the world's foremost experts at sleight-of-hand magic with playing cards. Allan is one of those humble down to earth guys with incredible chops. He executes the moves flawlessly and teaches them in a straight forward easy to grasp manner. On this incredible multi-volume series of DVDs, you will be treated to an instructional course encompassing...

1. ... Out of Mind
2. Think Of A Card Routines
3. Magician is only an actor playing the role of a magician
4. Gilbreath Principle
5. Too Perfect Theory
6. How many effects?
7. Creative Process
8. Bottom Deal Applications
9. Philosophy of Magic
10. Trick That Can't Be Explained
11. Origin of Display Pass
12. In Spectator's Hands
13. Vernon's Travellers
14. Effect Categories for Cards
15. Why do Magic?
16. Ten Best Card Effects
17. Practice
18. Best Self-Working Card Trick
19. Starting with Card Magic
20. Tabled Faro/Riffle Shuffle
21. Delayed Setup
22. Program Construction of an Act
23. How to Prepare for a Competition
24. Dirty Cards
25. Constructivism
26. Favorite...

This is a technique, developed by the Professor, how to move the top card into a magician's palm while maintaining a high arch in your palming hand.

runtime: 57s

Replace cards from Tenkai palm back on a partial deck while pushing it toward the spectator.

runtime: 32s

This is a well thought out Dai Vernon version of the Glide. Every finger position and movement has its reason. The Glide is not necessarily the most deceptive move, but it is easy to do. This version is very deceptive. As is so often the case, Vernon elevates a simple move to a masterpiece of deception.

runtime: 1min 8s

This is a turnover pass developed by Dai Vernon.

runtime: 1min 20s

This is a sneaky way to get your key card in the fairest possible manner on top of a selected card.

runtime: 1min 20s

You will learn two more push off double lifts, one by Dai Vernon which is probably the most naturally looking one.

runtime: 1min 13s

This technique is an application of the Vernon Push Off and allows you to table a double.

runtime: 36s

This particular variety of the pull through false shuffle is attributed to Ed Marlo and Dai Vernon.

runtime: 2min 22s

This is a diabolic idea by Dai Vernon to improve on the Zarrow Shuffle. By doing the Zarrow twice he was able to eliminate the initial center block cut.

runtime: 1min 58s

The Elmsley count, developed by Alex Elmsley, is probably the easiest and most deceptive count there is. Allan calls it 'the monster move of the 20th century'. Countless of routines have been devised using this move. The most famous of all is Twisting the Aces by Dai Vernon.

runtime: 2min 43s

Here Allan Ackerman combines Dai Vernon's Optical Move with Larry Jennings' Rhythm Count to achieve an even more visual deceptive rhythm count variety.

runtime: 2min 1s

Dai Vernon's version of the ATFUS achieves a much stronger illusion but is less versatile than Marlo's ATFUS.

runtime: 2min 43s

This move allows you to completely switch out a block for another set of cards, for example switch the four Kings for the four Aces.

runtime: 2min 5s

A wonderful way to reverse one or several cards during a riffle shuffle, developed by Dai Vernon.

runtime: 1min 11s

The Tilt or Depth Illusion was developed by Dai Vernon. It is a great move, wonderfully deceptive and not at all difficult to do. Allan teaches a couple of ways to prepare for the tilt and a few fine points.

runtime: 2min 45s

1. ..."Through the Eyes of a Dealer" on the 37th Annual Convention, IBM British Ring [Harrowgate] - Edwin Hooper
107. Alan Kennaugh at The British Ring Convention
109. Arthur Carter Column - The Mysteries of Arthur Carter
     • Black Jack
110. It's a Dog - Johnny Geddes
111. The Magigram on TV! - Arthur Carter
111. Perfect Tricks! - testimonials
112. Yellow Knots - Johnny Geddes
112. cartoon - Pete Rees
113. Ken de Courcy on Dai Vernon's Matched Spellout
115. To Fill a Space - Oscar Paulson
115. cartoon - Crockett
116. Sawing a Lady in Half (Paper Tear) - Peter Rees
117. Clairvoyance - Stanton Carlisle
117. The Bird Machine - Johnny Geddes
118. Impromptu Coin Vanish and Appearance - Peter Rees
119. Showcase - Tricks with a Jumbo Deck - Ravelle and Andree
     119. Premonition Plus
     120. The Repeating Ace
     121. Jokers All
     122. Spotted ...

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   • The Magic of David Wright
     • Creepy Dice
     • Wright's Ring on Rope
     • Invisible Ring Off Rope (A Sequel)
63. P.S.! S.O.S.! - errata for March 1978 Magigram - Alistair Dabbs
64. Humberside Young Magicians Competition - Arthur Setterington
64. Praise for Elizabeth [Warlock] - from Dai Vernon
64. Shelley's Spells - testimonial
65. advertisements

73. Volume 11, Number 2, October, 1978, 76 unnumbered pages - Hastings Convention Special
74. advertisements
83. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
84. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
86. Why Not Get the Pentagram Too? - Richard Mark
87. Edwin's Magi-Go-Round - comments from Edwin Hooper ...