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January 2015 - December 2015
1160 pages

[Note: The online content of the issues, such as audio and video files, are currently not part of this product. I am checking to see if I can add these files at a later date, but there is no guarantee I can give at this point.]

1. Genii - Volume 78, Number 1 - January 2015 - 96 pages
1. Cover - Walter Rolfo, FISM Italy 2015 President
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    10. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    10. online audio file available - Speaking of Max [Maven]
    10. online video file available - Face to Face - Matthew Field interviews John Carney
11. In Memoriam - Bobby Bernard (1931-2014) - by Brian Sibley
    • online video file available - In Memoriam - Bobby Bernard
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • online audio file available...

The Magigram, Volume 12, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

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

1. Volume 12, Number 1, September, 1979, 80 unnumbered pages - New Series
2. advertisements
13. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
14. Routine for Cabinet of Canton - M.K. Francis
14. A Credit - testimonial
15. My Magic World - Edwin [Hooper]
22. Bouquets! - testimonials
23. Adair's Dove Column - Ian Adair
    • Clean Sweep - Jack Bridwell
    • Ian's Dove and Cage
24. Quick on the Draw - puzzle - Alan Ward
    • Swift Shift - puzzle
25. Blake's...

Volume XII (June 1954 - May 1955), Jean Hugard, editor

144 pages

145. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XII, Number 1 - June 1954 - 12 pages
145. Atomic Radio Vanish - Dick Richards & Abril Lamarque
146. Backstage - Frank Joglar
     • Sidelights
     • Best Show
     • Brain Sessions
     • Close-Up
     • New and Amazing?
     • Wizards at Work
     • Banquet
     • Odds and Ends
     • Jottings
     • Mad Magician
     • Albacker
     • Answer
     • T.A.O.M.
147. The Smoking-Multiplying Pipes - Arnold Belais with Roy Benson
148. Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Miracle Card Changes - Ed Marlo
     • The Magic Seven - Ed Marlo
     • Kornfidentially...

November 1993 - October 1994
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors

844 pages

1. Genii - Volume 57, Number 1 - November 1993 - 68 pages
1. Cover - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams Conjure Up the Spirit of Houdini
5. In This Issue - contents
20. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
21. Houdini - A Special Issue - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams
    21. Houdini, A Magician for the Ages - Patrick Culliton
    23. Outline - Society Sketch - by Harry Houdini
    24. Bahl Yahn and the Strong Man - by Harry Houdini
    26. Manny - Patrick Culliton
    27. Flight and Magic - Harry Houdini
    29. Buried Alive...

January 2011 - December 2011
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1200 pages

1. Genii - Volume 74, Number 1 - January 2011 - 104 pages - Free Parlour Monte trick from Card-Shark Enclosed
1. Cover - Houdini - Art and Magic
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
12. Now Performing
13. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Ancedoting Versus Anecdotage
    • Flashback to 1982
    • Ti Food
14. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • On Practicing Magic ... and Other Issues
18. In Memoriam - The World Loses a Citizen - Charles Reynolds 1932-2010 - by Jamy Ian Swiss
19. Fast and Loose - harry Anderson
    • The...

January 2012 - December 2012
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1180 pages

[Note: The online content of the issues, such as audio and video files, are currently not part of this product. I am checking to see if I can add these files at a later date, but there is no guarantee I can give at this point.]

1. Genii - Volume 75, Number 1 - January 2012 - 96 pages
1. Cover - The 12th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    11. online video file available - A Visit to Magic Land
    11. online audio file available - Speaking of Max
    11. online video file available - More Genii Speaks
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • online audio file available
    • Practice Makes ... ?
    • More Meanings of Meaningful Magic?
    • Caught Up On Your Reading Yet?
14. Now Performing
22. The Genii Session - Roberto...

This volume, book three in the trilogy, is all about the psychology in magic. Mechanics alone, a sleight or move, are not sufficient to produce a strong magic effect. Dexterity by itself is more like juggling. Only if misdirection, the psychological aspect of deception, is added into the mix, will one be able to create a truly magic experience.

There aren't many good works on misdirection. This is one of the must read ebooks, a classic in the theory of magic. A shorter but modern discussion of misdirection can be read in Pocket Power by Jarle Leirpoll.

Paul Fleming wrote:

• ... PROPHESY: You write 6 digits on a card and give to anyone to hold. The digits are visible to the person holding them. Members of the audienc call out 4 digits while another person on the phone chooses 2 more. The six digits choosen are the ones on the card! Baffling beyond words to say the least.
• DAY OF JACKAL: A perfect stranger is called and asked to name three items. These three items have been written down before the show and held by the audience.
• WIZARD WALK: According to Mann this item alone is worth the price of the book. Call anyone over the phone tell him to get the telephone directory...

• ... PROPHESY: You write 6 digits on a card and give to anyone to hold. The digits are visible to the person holding them. Members of the audienc call out 4 digits while another person on the phone chooses 2 more. The six digits choosen are the ones on the card! Baffling beyond words to say the least.
• DAY OF JACKAL: A perfect stranger is called and asked to name three items. These three items have been written down before the show and held by the audience.
• WIZARD WALK: According to Mann this item alone is worth the price of the book. Call anyone over the phone tell him to get the telephone directory...

• ... his KIS Coin routine
• David J Brown interviews Jeff McBride
• Watch Peter Kane's Expanding card display
• Air in the Hats. A new series by Mel Moore
• Stephen Tucker's Miracles focus on the Berglas Effect
• Eddie Dawes collects info on the Milkman's Wallet, a library without books and the Collector's day
• Ian Adair's first class stamp collection
• Ali Cardabra produces an instant puppet
• Jim Breedon's Magic Pen writes of boxes of rings and things
• Phil Goldstein's Symboligarchy
• Werner Miller with yet more cupidity
• Unclassified ads. Buy, Sell or announce for free
• Soumya Deb has a bit of spare...

September 1948 - August 1949
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

376 pages (8 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 13, Number 1 - September 1948 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Arthur Buckley
8. Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
   • The Welcome Mat
   • Loot
   • Things I Like
   • Things I Don't Like
   • Dollar Value
   • Editors
   • Teletrixters
9. All Change - Len J. Sewell
10. What? Another Square Circle? - Mike Zens
11. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
12. Original Coin Sleights for Experts - Arthur Buckley
13. Arthur Buckley - by Theo. Bamberg "Okito"
14. Comedy Technique - First Article of a Series - Robert Orben ...

January 2002 - December 2002
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1168 pages

1. Genii - Volume 65, Number 1 - January 2002 - 96 pages
1. Cover - Mac King
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
12. The Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Dustin Stinett
14. Messages - Your Thoughts
    • Stephen Minch
    • Brett Sears
    • Christopher H. Hanna
    • Dennis Marks
    • Tim Wallace
    • Andy Schneider
    • Bryan Lizotte
    • Bob Loomis
    • Jeff Brown
    • Magicmike2013Aaol.com
    • Ulf Morling
18. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • On John Ramsay
      • John Ramsay - Personal Moments
      • John Ramsay - The Man ...

January 2007 - December 2007
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1400 pages

1. Genii - Volume 70, Number 1 - January 2007 - 120 pages - Free "Bruise" Enclosed from Creative Magic
1. Cover - Tony Chapek
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Magic: A Joking Matter?
    • Is Magic and Infinite Game?
    • Everybody has ADD
    • There May Be More to Mitt-Reading Than Palms
13. Cartoon - Rich Powell & Josh Mandel
15. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
16. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Assemblage II - Continued from November...

January 1951 - December 1951
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 16, Number 1 - January 1951 - 32 pages
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Lota-Gorda - George F. Wright
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Good Wishes
5. Matching the Card - Carl C. Newbold
6. Spotting the Spot - Eddie Joseph
6. Envelope and Handkerchief - Augustus Rapp
7. Coin and Matchbox Effect - Joseph Ovette
7. [Stewart] James Case Dismissed
8. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
   • Fun with Talking Teeth
   • The Party - A Skit with Talking Teeth
9. A Card in Balloon Idea - Joseph...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

639 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 1 - January 1967 - 56 pages
1. Cover - John Daniel
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - The Great Blackstone
5. Contents
6. Cover Portrait - Jon Daniel's World of Fantasy - by Neil Foster
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Patter for Die Box
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Patter for Torn & Restored Newspaper
      • Patter for the Money Maker
11. Letter to the Editor - by Windy Higgins...

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...

September 1940 - August 1941
Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

420 pages

1. Genii - Volume 5, Number 1 - September 1940 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Bernard A. Giannini
5. Bernard A. Giannini - biographical notes
5. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
5. Index- Contents
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. Nite Club Magic - Milbourne Christopher and Russell Swann
   • Opening Tricks and Gags
     • A Blare of Trumpets
     • A Pin Please
     • Introducing the Magician
     • The Rising...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

661 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 30, Number 1 - January 1990 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Melanie [actually Melinda - see February Issue]
5. Contents
6. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
8. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
11. Counter Intelligence - reviews
    • Laugh-Makers Magazine
    • Club 71, Autumn 1989
    • Magickal Childe, Inc. - catalog
    • The Usborne Complete Book of Magic - C. Evans & I. Keable-Elliott
    • The Anthology of Card Magic - Gordon Miller, editor - re-issued
    • The Cabot St. Theatre News Sheet
    • Randy Wakeman Presents
    • Floating Bill - Michael Ammar
    • refill packet...

1. ... - Michael Weber
   • How To Pen a Tell-er
     • How To Play With Your Food - Penn & Teller - book
     • The Magic of Gene Maze - 2 VHS tapes
     • Secret Session #2 - VHS or PAL
     • 1992 Cape Cod Conclave Video - MVN - VHS
     • Mike Maxwell's Incredible Self-Working Card Tricks Volume I - A-1 MultiMedia - VHS
     • Classic Magic - The Larry Jennings Video - A-1 MultiMedia - VHS
     • Bill Severn's Amazing Magic - book
     • Pocket Entertainments - A Series - Bullfinch Press - books
       • Conjuring Tricks
       • Card Games
       • Parlor Games
     • For Grandmas, Grandpas, and...

November 1991 - October 1992
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

856 pages

1. Genii - Volume 55, Number 1 - November 1991 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Doc Eason
5. In This Issue - contents
25. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
26. Doc Eason Feature - The Rocky Mountain Magic of Doc Eason
    26. My First Visit to The Tower - Michael Ammar
    27. Doc Eason Interviewed by Eric Mead
    28. The Tower Magic Bar
    29. Have Card Trick ... Will Travel - Doc Eason
    31. Jamy Ian Swiss on: Magic Bar
        • The Legend Lives
        • The Texture of the Weave
    32. Some Words about Doc from Ray Mertz and Karl Norman
    33. Mertz's...

November 1996 - October 1997
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor

1024 pages Each issue starts with page number one - therefore, each page has an issue number and a page number.

1. Genii - Volume 60, Number 1 - November 1996 - 92 pages
1. Cover - Joel Hodgson
5. Contents
11. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
16. Letters
    • Anniversary Waltz - Stanley Blumenthal
    • Richard Cohn
    • Anniversary Faults - Eugene Poinc
    • Plans for the Future - Molly Meyer
    • Wherever - Eugene Burger
    • T.M.W.K.T.M. - Max Maven
    • Artist Currently Known As - Hamlet Gervorkian
    • Sitting on a Barbed Wire...

January 1945 - December 1945
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 10, Number 1 - January 1945 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Cazan
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Cazan - The Girl Houdini!
4. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • The Trick Brain - Dariel Fitzkee
     • The Modern Magi, November
     • Card Mastery - Michael MacDougall
   • Questions and Answers
7. Magic Promotes War Drives
8. Drink Your Milk - Gene Gloye
9. Stoogeless Tie Trick - Sheldon Levy
9. Or Would You Rather Be a Dope? - McAthy's...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

633 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 25, Number 1 - January 1985 - 52 pages
1. Cover - 1985
7. Contents
8. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
   • Topside
9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
9. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Strange Secrets Volumes 1 & 2 [3 just released] - Abbott's
      • The Bobo Magic Show - Magic, Inc.
      • The Master Illusionists - Mark Walker
      • Spirit Cloth Book - Rhett Bryson, Jr., Dexter Cleveland & Algonquin McDuff
      • A Fragment of...