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Bamberg, [Tobias Leendert] "Toby", then since 1903 "Theo" Aka "Okito" (name derived from Tokyo). Eldest son of David Tobias "Papa" Bamberg. Learned at age 11 assisting father. Pro illusionist with pseudo-Japanese act since 1893. Invented vanishing wand in 1887 and fall-apart box (jointly with Carl Willmann) by 1908.

Played the Lisbon Coliseu 1900; Casino de Paris 1900, 1901, and 1902 (4 weeks); the Paris Folies-Marigny 1902 (2 weeks); Madrid; and the Winchester Hippodrome 1902-03. "Toby" (Tobias) informally became "Theo" (Theodore) in 1903 at the insistance of his bride. Then played the London Tivoli 1903 (as "Okito and Polising"); St. Petersburg 1904; Europe...

Wrote 3 booklets: Mohammed Bey's routines for the Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick (1952, 8pp), Mohammed Bey's Routine with the Okito Coin Box, and More Mohammed Bey Routines with the Okito Coin Box (1956, 11pp), the latter 2 being reprinted together as Mohammed Bey's Routines with the Okito Coin Box and More (1963). Tricks and articles in Greater Magic, Jinx, Sphinx, Phoenix, New Phoenix, Hugard's Magic Monthly, and Pallbearers Review.

Review by Al Smith in Pabular:

"Neither of the authors will be strangers to Pabular readers and both have inventive and original minds. Eric, of course, invented the Boon writer, in the first place, so his niche in magical history is as assured as that of Elmsley, Okito and the many others, who have given us utility items, with uses so numerous that only the limitations of the human imagination place restrictions upon them.

So what of the book itself. Its presentation is decidedly upmarket. Stitched and perfect bound with high quality paper and softboard...

In 1911, Okito was in partnership with Joe Klein in a magic shop on Broadway, New York. Joe suffered from indigestion and kept his boxes of pills in a drawer in the shop. Okito often handled the pill boxes and noticed that the lid would fit on both bottom and top and in each case, the box looked the same. He had some made up in metal instead of cardboard, of such a size as to take coins and so the "Okito Coin Box" was born. Since they were first marketed by the Bamberg Magic and Novelty Company, dealers all over the world have manufactured and sold these boxes. Different ideas have been incorporated,...

CONTENTS

• Cards Through Table
• There's Something Missing
• Cutting the Aces
• Cups and Balls Idea
• J. R. False Cuts
• Four Ace Routine
• Silver and Copper Double-Cross
• Celebration Supreme
• Dove Appears
• J. R. Middle Deal
• Dice Vanish
• Chinatown Half and Coin Box Routine
• Another Twist on the Chinatown Half
• Thoughts Transposed
• Goldfish in Glass Idea
• Paul Copp's Coin Through Handkerchief
• Coins Through the Table
• New Twist on the Dime Through Table
• Snap It
• Comedy Card Rise
• Card in Pack of Cigarettes
• J. R. Method for Lapping a Card
• Okito Box Routine ...

1. ... The Mould
26. Steve Bedwell - The Gung-ho Gymnastic Cards
29. Steve Bedwell - The Utility Deck Switch
31. Stuart Bowie - Dictionary 600
35. Stuart Bowie - From Behind The Spotlight
38. Janet Clare - A Woman's Eye View Of Magic
40. Aldo Colombini - Aces A Go-Go
42. Alistair Cook - Tip Off
43. Alistair Cook - Cook's Coin Box Routine
47. Rob Cox - Close Up For Children
50. Roger Crosthwaite - Plus One, Minus Two
52. Roger Crosthwaite - Poker Deal Assembly
55. Dusty - Keeping The Job
57. Dusty - Colours Across
59. Keith Fields - There's No Business Like (Trade) Show Business
62. Dan Garrett - Triangle Teleportation
64. Paul Gordon - (W)ith...

Es sind in jedem Band über 60 Routinen, Tricks, Ideen, Moves und Gimmicks beschrieben, und das aus fast allen Bereichen der Zauberei. Es gibt (viele bisher unveröffentlichte) Tricks mit Münzen (u.a. die Scottish Coins Routine und meine Variante des Fred Kaps Chinese Coin Trick), Tricks mit der Okito Dose, mit Poker Chips, Färbemessern, Umschlägen, Karten, Kronkorken, Schreibblöcken, Zeitungen, Seilen, usw. Zusätzlich auch einige theoretische Artikel, die interessante Themen behandeln. Wer meine bisherige Arbeit kennt, der weiss, dass ich in meinen Seminaren und Veröffentlichungen immer eine breite...

This is a compilation of all 17 Lewis Ganson Teach-In booklets. And as a bonus you will also get the 7 Know-How booklets which was the Series that was supposed to continue the Teach-In Series.

• Card Fans Teach-In
• Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic Teach-In
• Mark Weston's Continuous Cigarette Production Teach-In
• Colombini's Cups and Balls Teach-In
• The Floating and Dancing Cane Teach-In
• Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking Teach-In
• Hindu Thread Trick and Gypsy Thread Teach-In
• Matching the Cards Teach-In
• Okito Box Teach-In
• Rings Supreme Teach-In
• Rovi Reveals Teach-In
• Sympathetic Silks Teach-In
• Three Card Monte Teach-In
• Three Chinese Rings Teach-In
• Two in the Hand Teach-In
• Werry's Fantastic Thimbles Teach-In
• Zombie Teach-In

Free Bonus

• Catching a Marked Bullet
• Knowing the Endless Chain
• Knowing the Chop Cup
• Knowing the Indian Cups and Balls
• Knowing the Egg Bag
• Knowing the Rising Cards
• Knowing the Ropes

• ...
  • ...
  • The Vanishing Dove / Laurence Glen
  • "Ten Little Nigger Boys" Card Trick / C. H. Tickell
  • Tricks with the "Zelka" Hat Fake / Percy Naldrett
• Volume 4
  • Spellit! / C. H. Tickell
  • "Charming Designs" of the Council of the Magic Circle
  • The Carpet Clock / Margaret Mackay
  • Cards and a Hat / H. M.
  • The Okito Tumbler Fake / Wilford Hutchinson
  • A Telepathic Card Effect
  • Patter for "Charm" Combination No. 1 / B. Wayre
  • The Radio Silks / R. R. Pillinger
  • Patter for Charm Combination No. 2 / B. Wayre
  • The Mystery of the Cheese! / Wilfred Leyland
  • "Greens" a Comedy Effect / Wilford Hutchinson
  • The Candle,...

• Foreword
• Useful Tables
• Two Flag Tricks
• The Vice Versa Candles
• A Soaples Case
• Bouquet Production
• A Useful Accessory for the Okito Tumbler
• The Magic of Millinery
• A Box for Vanishing, Exchanging, or Producing
• Novel Wand Production
• A Rag Picture Combination
• A Card Banner
• Palming a Coin
• The Magic Drinks
• Cigar and Candle
• The Hole in the Stocking
• Fire Flashes

1st edition 1921, 32 pages; PDF 22 pages.

Die Holländische Zeitschrift de Magier, das Hausorgan von Mephisto Huis, wurde für einen Jahrgang (1961) auch in Deutsch publiziert. Alle 12 Hefte sind in dieser digitialen Ausgabe inkludiert.

[Es gibt offiziell 13 Hefte weil zu Beginn ein Probeheft publiziert wurde. Jedoch ist dieses Probeheft vom Inhalt gleich mit Heft 1. Daher vom Inhalt gesehen gibt es nur 12 Hefte.]

Heft 1 (April 1961)

• An meine deutsch sprechenden Freunde der Zauberkunst / Cas G. Ziekman
• Lieber...

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • What About the Inventors of Magic?
   • Exclusive Magic in the West End?
   • Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
   • Florida Magic Again
4. Meeting Myster Yaffe - article by PeterWoolley
5. Stage Magic - illusion plans
   • Twin Box Illusion
8. Small Advertisements
9. Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
   • Bound by the Spirits
   • Ethereal Music
   • The Rapping Spirits
   • Levitating Spirits
15. Agent's Directory
16. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • Comedy Breakaway Table and Flash Tray Production - Norman Lee
    • A Note...

BONUS

GINJIRO: "Ginjiro coin box routine" (performance only)
The well-known Japanese dealer and very good coin man, shows us one of his creations in the interpretation of the classic Okito box, also showing his remarkable coin skill. The final climax is really new and mysterious: the box is full of real sand! Beautiful routine...

CURTIS KAM: "Box Jumper"
The famous American magician, among the best coin man in the world, shows us one of his beautiful routines, an original and very visual transposition of silver dollars and china-coins between a purse and an Okito box. Everything is truly magical and visual. Routine to work at the table...

1. ...
   • ... Card Trick
   • Fooling Yourself with the Shadow Trick
   • Good Card Table Material
   • For Close-up Workers
16. Diary of a Magician's Wife - Geraldine Conrad
17. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad
    • Bagdette
    • Oakland Ladies Newsletter - Lile Burke
    • Welcome Home Leona Mendoza
    • Genii Ice Box Rolls - Mrs. Jennie G. Ward
    • Announcement
18. Club Reports
    • P.A.C.M. Progress - Caryl S. Fleming
    • Southern California Assembly No. 22 S.A.M. - Gerald Kosky
    • Mystic 27 - C. R. Mawe
    • Seattle News - Charles N. Smith
    • The San Diego Magicians Club - Marvin Hulick
    • Flash - A. Caro...

1. ...
   • ... and Sugar
   • Number 5. Double Header
   • Number 6. There's Money in Tea
   • Number 7. Melted!
   • Number 8. The Hat
   • Number 9. Recent Note
   • Number 10. Stuffed Olive
195. Genii Juniors - A Page For Junior Magicians (Under Eighteen Years Of Age) - Billy Larsen, Jr., editor
     • Editorial
     • Die Box Routine - Robert Schroeder
     • Fu Lum Card Prediction - Bill Pitts
     • Ark and Saw Notes - Bill Pitts
     • cartoon
196. Chaps Corner - Franklin M. Chapman
     • Reincarnation
196. Prologue for a Magic Show - Fred Faltersack
196. Scatted Shots - L.O. Gunn
197. Paging the Ladies - Geraldine Conrad Larsen
     • Editorial
     • Magigals Installation Dinner ...

1. ... Sleeve - Charles Waller
   • The Tunstile
215. Warning to Magicians! - Dr. Theo. T. Moore
216. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
     • Convincing Coin Magic - Victor Farelli
     • The Dead Do Not Talk - Julian Proskauer
     • Magic That Is Magic - Loring Campbell
     • Scare Mask and Dove - Theodore Bamberg (Okito)
     • The Linking Ring, January
     • The Sphinx, December
     • The Conjurors' Magazine, January
     • Phoenix No. 116
     • The Bat No. 37
     • Abracadabra Nos. 44-47
     • Jackpot No. 2
217. Magigals - Geraldine Larsen
     • Parent Assembly No. One
     • Seattle Assembly No. Two
     • Oakland Magigals Assembly No. Three
     • St. Louis Magigals Assembly No. Four
     • Houdini...

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 ...

1. ...The Invisible Man - William W. Larsen
13. Double Daring - Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • re: a card trick
14. Results of the Genii-Orben Poll - Robert Orben
    • Article Four
15. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
16. Publicity of the Month
    • Ray Muse Sometimes Saws Ladies in Half
    • 'Sawing in Half' Now Without Box [Robert Harbin]
    • Around and About The Sheraton-Biltmore - Harry Baker
    • Harry Baker, Magician, Opens 2-Week Stand At Sheraton-Biltmore
    • Deerhead Show Featuring AN Amazing Act Tonight - Don and Thelma Greenwood
    • It's A Business, Says Conjuror - McDonald Birch
18. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee

1. ...
   • ...
     • ...
15. Durham's Card Prediction - Richard Durham
    • Method No. 2
15. Patter Points - George Schindler
16. Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
    • patter in rhyme for the 20th Century from Bert Douglas
17. Bunny Tie - "Hen" Fetsch
18. Double Daring - Bascom Jones, Jr. & Michael Shields
    • match box trick
18. cartoon
19. Santanelli - photo
20. Hugh Johnson - photo
21. J. O. Justianiani - photo
22. Mysterious Smith and Mme. Olga - photo
23. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Alan Caruba
    • The Pleasing Pirate - Steve Bell
24. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • The Linking Ring, July ...

1. ... Catching - Bud Spraker
190. Silk and Sash - Billy Bell
191. Gems of Magic - William W. Larsen
192. Impromptu Stunts - Lu Brent
     • Match My Line
     • Match Cover Off
     • Torn and Restored Cigarette Trick
     • A Safety Pin Stunt
     • Fish Off the Line
193. More Escape Ideas - Charles Ruben
     • Sheet Metal Box Challenge
     • Torture Ladder
194. Presenting Verne's Varieties - Verne Chesbro
     • The Magician and the Judge
195. Pairing the Pairs - Glenn G. Gravatt
195. Impromptu Location
196. Paying Your Way - Rex, The Ace Magician
     • Are You Distinctive?
197. Kim Evans - photo
198. Publicity of the Month
     • Thomas Hendricks ...

1. ...
   • re: book tests
59. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Bob Hearn
    • John F. Pooley
    • cartoon - Eddie Turner
    • correspondence
60. The Escape Wizards - Richard Weibel
    • Brinda Mour
    • Houdini
61. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen - F. Michael Shields
    • The Telegraph Coin Box
62. Orben on Everything - Robert Orben
63. Magician's Guild of America, Inc. - Drake V. Smith
63. Solution - Magic Cross Word Puzzle
64. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
65. The Society of American Magicians - Ray Muse
    • Parent Assembly
    • Chicago Assembly
    • Demon's Club, Baltimore
    • Omaha Assembly ...

1. ... 2 - October 1955 - 36 pages
73. Cover - Harry Houdini Memorial Issue
75. In This Issue - contents
76. Letters
80. The Genii Speaks
81. The Final Houdini Seance - Taken from the Actual Recording
84. Houdini and Alexander Heimburger - Fred Rickard and Phil Bauer
85. Escape Ideas - Charles Ruben
    • Sealed Paper Box
    • Escape from Lion Cage at City Zoo
    • Some Escape Facts
    • More Escape Ideas
      • Baskets
      • Escape from Tree
      • Simplex Escape Trunk
86. Let's Talk It Over - Burling Hull
    • Let Us Make Our Magic More Impressive
    • Dramatizing Evan a Stage Card Feat
    • Volta "Wow Card Feat"
88. Without...