The Bat Numbers 1 - 50 (1943 - 1948)
by Lloyd E. Jones

The Bat was the house organ for Magic Limited published by Lloyd Jones that ran from No. 1, Feb. 1943 until No. 86, Feb. 1951 for a total of 86 issues. (This PDF includes numbers 1 to 50. See the second volume for the remaining issues.) It is filled with close-up and stage effects of every kind, and brings you magic by top names like Charlie Miller, Dr. Jaks, Bert Allerton, Charles Jordan, Frank Chapman, T. Page Wright, and many more prominent pros of the era. It was also for a time the Official Organ of the Magic Dealers Association.

Issues run from February 1943 thru February 1948 and include an index. Published irregularly, then monthly starting with Number 13.

1. The Bat - Numbers 1 to 50
2. Index - Numbers 1 to 50

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1. The Bat - Number One - February 1943 - 4 pages
1. Guess Work!! - impromptu mathematical trick
2. The Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
3. New Tricks - reviews
   • Tarbell's Zip-Over Rope Mystery
   • Caesar's Memo Case
   • Loyd's Screen of Bagdad
   • The Principle of Hallucination - Murray Rosenthal
   • Water-Go
   • Berland's Devil Dollar
   • Hummer's Whirling Card
   • Berland's Soap Swindle
3. Ask the Professor?
4. Gag Bag - humor
4. Crossed Colors - R. S. Glover

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5. The Bat - Number Two - n.d. - 8 pages
5. Triumph of the Democracies - Afghan Bands patriotic routine
5. Sabotage - Edward J. Tomasovic - patriotic routine
6. The Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
   • Sambo/Helen effect
7. Coffee Can Exchange - Prof. Glover, M.M.
7. One of the Strangest Paradoxes
8. New Tricks and Reviews
   • Reviews (books)
     • The Magic 36 - William S. Houghton
     • Tricks of the Masters - Will Goldston
     • Manual of Comedy Material - Rajah Bergman
     • Five Star Card Effects - Lu Brent
     • "Claudio's" Mysteries - R. C. Buff
     • Convenient Card Magic - Sergeant H. J. Whittington
     • Figures Are Funny Things - Herbert M. Richmond
     • Finding the Fifth Column - Herbert M. Richmond
     • A Lecture on Child Psychology - Herbert M. Richmond
     • Jack & Jill, The True Story - Ross A. Burley
     • Best Tricks with Slates - Peter Warlock
     • Call the Witness - Sid Fleischman & Bob Gunther
     • Tips on Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
     • Ireland's Yearbook for 1942
   • New Magic (tricks)
     • Chameleon Poker Chips
     • Color-Off - Snyder
     • Kenard's Mystery Box
     • Mar-Mix - Snyder
     • Liberty Magazine Test
     • Kenard's Magikase
     • Black-Out Bag Mystery
     • Berland's Amazing Substitution
     • Nelson's Mindreader's Packet No. 1
     • Erdnase Outdone
10. Ask the Professor?
10. The Shuffle - The Professor
11. Gag Bag - humor
12. Aw Nertz! - Those Contrary Cards
12. Short short-story - humor
12. Special offers - advertising
12. Magician's Talk

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13. The Bat - Number Three - n.d. - 8 pages
13. Double-Kick - R. S. Glover
13. cartoon - MacDonald
14. The Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • A Bad Egg solution - Frederick F. Clark
15. He Performed Under the Big Top - re: Walter Adrian
15. Unfortunate - Alch - humor
15. Cuckoo!!! - card effects
16. New Tricks and Reviews
    • tricks
      • Miko
      • Ring-Off
      • So What
      • The Leopard Card
      • The Chinese Rope Chain Mystery
      • Canned Smoke
      • perfect-O-Wax
      • The Talking Match Box
      • Bengal Turban Mystery
      • A Trick for Milady
      • Soft Soap De "Lux"
      • The Stabbed Deck
      • Ho-Lo-Ma
      • This Is It - Bob Hummer
      • Double Coincidence
    • Books
      • Number One Hugard-Proskauer Sealed Mysteries
      • Greater Magic - John Northern Hilliard
      • Travelling Ghost - Gordon W. Howatt
      • Keith Clark's Celebrated Cigarettes
      • What Next - Tommy Tucker
      • Modern Spiritualism Unveiled - Bishop S. Garrison
17. Card Rationing - George McAthy
18. Ask the Professor?
18. Gamble Trophy Attempt - Lloyd E. Jones
19. cartoon - MacDonald
19. Gag Bag - humor
20. Your Program Wanted
20. Specials - advertising

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21. The Bat - Number Four - n.d. - 4 pages
21. Super Wand-Pen Levitator - Arthur Heinsen
22. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • variation on Hallucination - Lt. Albert Johnson
    • Canned Smoke idea - Edwin Tabor
    • Canned Smoke idea - Senor Maldo
    • A Bad Egg solution - Gerald Kosky
22. More New Tricks and Reviews
    • Cig-Silk-Flowers
    • Not Primigenial - Roger Montadon & Logan Wait
    • Miracle Methods No. 4 - Tricks and Sleights - Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
23. New Tricks and Reviews
    • Hex Appeal! - Solomon Stein
    • Vishnu Rope Miracle
    • Carducky
    • Switch-Er-Roo - Tom Osborne
    • Magic Coin Block
    • Stop Thief! - Bob Hummer
    • Silence! Genius at Work!
    • Miniature Lota
    • Foo-Ling Cup
    • Repeat 20th Century Silks
    • Karson's Rope Through Body
    • Oh Please! - Abbott's
    • Capers with Colors - book - Harold Rice
    • Houdini Card - Snyder
24. More New Tricks and Reviews
    • Patriotic Release
    • Two Way Nu Idea Forcing Deck - Snyder
    • Rolling a Cigarette by Magic - Brema

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25. The Bat - Number Five Extra - n.d. - 4 pages
25. Impromptu Card Routines
27. Card Tricks - Special Decks
    • Mene-Tekel Pack
    • Svengali Deck
    • Stripper Deck
    • Brain Wave Deck
    • Out Of This World
    • St. Leon Deck
    • Nu-Idea Deck
    • 400 Tricks You Can Do - Howard Thurston
    • Secrets of Magic and card Tricks - Blackstone
    • Deucy
    • Magic Card System
    • Thirty-Two Impromptu Card Tricks
    • Stacks and Stacks of Cards - Val Evans
    • What Next? - Tommy Tucker
    • Miko
    • Midget Magic - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Camera Cards
    • Sealed Mysteries
    • Cuckoo!
    • Eights and Deuces
    • Nu Way Three Card Monte Trick
    • Two Card Monte
    • Hallucination No. 2
    • Scrambled Thought Waves [sic: Thoughtwaves] - Clayton Rawson
27. Good Books on Magic
    • Tarbell Volume 1
    • Tarbell Volume 2
    • Tarbell Volume 3
    • Greater Magic
    • Tricks of the Masters
    • Forging Ahead in Magic - John Booth
    • Making Magic Pay - H. Syril Dusenberry
    • Fifty Card Sleights
    • Convenient Card Magic
28. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
28. Sealed Mystery Series - advertisement

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29. The Bat - Number Six - n.d. - 8 pages
29. The Perfect World - Wayne H. Rohlf
31. Ask the Professor?
31. Collector's Corner
32. Magic Limited's Selected Magic - review/advertisement
    • Miniature Card Magic - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Camera Cards
    • Fifteen Sealed Mysteries
    • Sealed Mysteries
    • Illusion Magic - Karson
    • Swami Holdout
    • Tarbell No. 3
    • Ireland's Year Book 1943
    • Secrets - U. F. Grant
    • Annemann's Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
    • Latest Thimble Magic - Duke Stern
    • The Joker Takes Leave
    • D-Lite Mystery
    • Eddie Hudson's Confoosing Card
    • Razz-A-Ma-Tazz - Tom Osborne
    • Everybody's Magic - Collins Pentz
34. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • Earl Rybolt sold his library to Lloyd E. Jones
    • Laughing Rabbit Calendar
35. Performing Tricks Hard Work, Master Of Deception Says - re: Dunt look Neow (Harry G. Shaw)
36. cartoon
36. A Letter From Home - humor

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37. The Bat - Number Seven - n.d. - 4 pages
37. Numerology De Luxe - Professor El Tab
39. Boozehound's Dream - Professor El Tab
39. Tricks & Reviews
    • Anti-Gravico
    • Six Trix for 1944 - Bob Hummer
    • Napkin Magic - Tom Osborne
    • Aquarius Wand
    • Karson's Rope Thru Body
40. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
40. Gag Bag - Prof. El Tab - humor

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41. The Bat - Number Eight - n.d. - 4 pages
41. St. Leon's Razor Blade Switch - Victor St. Leon
43. Two More St. Leon Effects
    • Nest of Boxes Routine
    • The Wandering Card
44. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • Bob Gunther weds
    • Hallucination-Improved!
    • Speaking of Pink Elephants! - Charles T. Jordan

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45. The Bat - Number Nine - Charles T. Jordan Memorial Issue - n.d. - 8 pages
45. Jordan Search Leads to Grave
47. Favorite Jordan Tricks
    47. Long Distance Mind Reading
    48. Coluria
    49. Psychic Ring Release
    52. The Vanishing Coin
49. A Search That Led to the Grave - Death of Old Friend mourned by Madison
50. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • grab bags
51. Gag Bag - Charles T. Jordan - humor
51. Ask the Professor?
52. Selected Charles T. Jordan Magic
    • The C. T. J. Detection
    • The climax!
    • Paper Tearing Supreme
52. Its New - Hexed vision - advertising
52. So You Like Mental Magic? - advertising

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53. The Bat - Number Ten - n.d. - 12 pages
53. Magical Master of Ceremonies
    54. The Foundation
    55. Books and a File
    56. The Opening
    56. Running Gags
    57. Slates
    57. Paper
    58. Handkerchiefs
    58. Ropes
    59. Pantomime
    59. Cigars
    59. Wands
    60. Egg-Bags
    60. Cards
    61. Regular Work
    61. Looking Ahead
61. jokes
61. Gag Bag - humor
    • Sophisticated Soft Soap
    • From Australia
    • Do You Remember When? - Harry Opel
62. Without Benefit of Counsel! - humorous introductions, etc.
64. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • Magic Limited to manufacture trick decks
64. cartoon - Alain?
64. jokes

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65. The Bat - Number Eleven - n.d. - 4 pages
65. Svengali's Prophecy - Jack Vosburgh - Svengali Deck effect
66. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
66. Between the Lines
67. Any Card Thought Of - Stripper Deck effect
67. Introducing Vosburgh
67. Behind the Back Mix-Up - Stripper Deck effect
68. Gag Bag
    • The Color Changing Toothpick - Jack Vosburgh

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69. The Bat - Number Twelve - n.d. - 4 pages
69. Simplex Lit Cigar Production - Allen Lambie
70. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • post war plans in Allied Nations
    • TARFU Deck
71. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - effect collection
    • To Begin With
    • The Feke Itself
    • Turn About
    • How Money Turns One's Head
72. Ask the Professor?

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73. The Bat - Number Thirteen - January 1945 - 4 pages
73. Commando Garrote - Carl Sten
74. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • The Bat becomes a monthly
    • news from English magician Chris Charlton
75. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Another Financial Reverse
75. Ask the Professor?
76. Gag Bag
    • Impromptu Poker Deal - Gerald Kosky

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77. The Bat - Number Fourteen - February 1945 - 4 pages
77. Magical Melee - Everett Samuels
78. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • D Y K T A W O ? ? ?
    • new magazine - Conjuror's Monthly
79. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Heads Up
    • The Fiery red Head
80. Gag Bag

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81. The Bat - Number Fifteen - March 1945 - 4 pages
81. Ollo Poprida
82. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • blown egg & goldfish
    • curtain raiser
    • Clayton Rawson
82. Gag Bag
83. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Color Blind
    • Pass The Matches
    • A Matching Game
84. Book Test - Charles Miller

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85. The Bat - Number Sixteen - April 1945 - 4 pages
85. 21 cent Trick - Everett Samuels
86. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • yage potion
87. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Three On A Match
87. Gag Bag
88. jokes

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89. The Bat - Number Seventeen - May 1945 - 8 pages
89. The Magic Square - Lloyd E. Jones
    93. Even Magic Squares
90. Multiple Square - Ellis Stanyon
91. Franklin Squares
92. Gag Bag
94. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
95. Photo of Hardeen
96. Theo. Hardeen Dies

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97. The Bat - Number Eighteen - June 1945 - 6 pages
97. The Trick that Made a Name - Bob Hanko
98. Introducing Bob Hanko
99. Routine Versatile - Bob Hanko
101. Theo. Hardeen Dies - continued
102. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments

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103. The Bat - Number Nineteen - July 1945 - 4 pages
103. Radio Mind Reading - Professor Elkan M. Lipka
104. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
105. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
     • Three On A Match
     • Heads and Tails
106. Snafued by Snafu - Professor El Tab
106. Gag Bag

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107. The Bat - Number Twenty - n.d. (August 1945) - 4 pages
107. Jordan Card Routine - Charles T. Jordan
     • The Inseparable Aces
     • The Ready Reckoner
     • The Pair Detection
     • Dead Easy Location
     • The Nifty Key
108. jokes
109. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
     • The Vanishing Match
     • The Match Through the Handkerchief
     • The Diminishing Match
     • Stretching a Match
110. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments

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111. The Bat - Number Twenty-One - September 1945 - 4 pages
111. Will De Sieve, Fred Moore & Joe Ovette - re: Clippo
112. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
113. Gag Bag
114. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • R. C. Buff
     • Arnold Belais - 2 effects
114. Gag Bag

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115. The Bat - Number Twenty-Two - October 1945 - 4 pages
115. appearance of writing on slates - A. L. Paulsen
116. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
116. Gag Bag
117. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Unendlich
118. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • Amazing Transformation - Edwin Tabor
118. The Why Not Card Trick - Murry L. Rosenthal
118. cartoon - Lou Lilly

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119. The Bat - Number Twenty-Three - November 1945 - 8 pages
119. The Human Pump - Frank Chapman
120. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
121. Magician No. 1 - re: Blackstone - Maurice Zolotow
124. Gag Bag
124. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • Aubry Perry - 2 effects
     • Edwin Tabor
125. Magic of Yesteryear
     • To Knock a Tumbler Through a Table
125. Keep up with the world - Freling foster - re: robot "Isis"
126. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The Floating Cigarette
126. cartoon - Larier (?)

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127. The Bat - Number Twenty-Four - December 1945 - 4 pages
127. This is Your Number - Theron Fox
128. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
128. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • separating the coins
     • Arnold Belais
128. Gag Bag
129. Warringer's Whiz - gimmick for vanishing a pipe
130. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Lighted Cigarette Production
     • Zundeo
130. cartoon - Colin Allen

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131. The Bat - Number Twenty-Five - January 1946 - 4 pages
131. The Telephone Trick - Oakland Conjurer's Association
132. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • formation of B.A.T. - Brotherhood of American Tricksters
132. Miniature Card Magic Additions
     • A Quicky
133. Gag Bag
134. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Florescos
134. Selectosilko - Frank Chapman
134. cartoon - Cramer

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135. Super-Bat - Number Twenty-Six - February 1946 - 6 pages
135. Oh Nursie Nursie
136. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
136. Gag Bag
137. The Great Nicola (William Nicol) dies
137. Programs & Ideas - George Austin
138. 'Taint what you do - 'tis the way that-cha do it - Tenkai
140. cartoon - Kirk Stiles (?)

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141. Super-Bat - Number Twenty-Seven - March 1946 - 4 pages
141. Bowman's Bullseye
142. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
142. Department of Unexpected Information - re: playing cards
142. Gag Bag
143. Bit for The Bat - Mariano Palhinha
143. A Penny Sucker? - Joseph Ovette
144. The Great Nicola (William Nicol) obituary
144. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Candela
144. cartoon - Sgt. Neil Sessa

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145. The Bat - Number Twenty-Eight - April 1946 - 6 pages
145. The Check Cop Steal - Carl Sten
146. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Mandrake the Magician (Leon Mandrake)
147. The Deuce to Tray - Jack Mcmillen
148. The Travellers
148. Opening - William Murata
148. Gag Bag
149. Mr. Clubb Goes Beserk - Frank M. Chapman
150. Mystery of the Sixteen Digits - Bill Woodfield
150. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Brilliant
150. cartoon - RIP

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151. The Bat - Number Twenty-Nine - May 1946 - 6 pages
151. A Pain in the Deck - Sid Fleischman & Bob Gunther
152. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
153. The Gag Bag
154. Glass Wand Routine - James L. Hawkins
     • Rubber Band Gimmick
154. George Washington Night
155. Milk Pitcher Magic - "Hen" Fetsch - excerpts
156. A Tip for Your Tip - Al Gerwin
156. Lloyd Jones' father passed away

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157. The Bat - Number Thirty - June 1946 - 6 pages
157. Sailin' Silks - Robert Gunther
157. Paper Tear - Harry Kellar
158. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
158. The Proper Way to Handle a Rabbit
158. Gag Bag
159. Neat Silk Production - origin unknown
159. Purse Mys'try - Frank Chapman
159. Tap-Tap - Frank Chapman
160. Oakland Magical Party & Gloria Baylinson
160. Puff - Frank Chapman
160. Bull's Eye - T. Page Wright
161. Impromptu Match Routine - Frank Chapman
160. Department of Unexpected Information - re: playing cards & thumb tips
161. The Makin's - Frank Chapman
162. Kontact! - Frank M. Chapman
162. cartoon

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163. The Bat - Number Thirty-One - July 1946 - 6 pages
163. Disintegrosphere - Frank Chapman
164. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • pledge from a Davenport, Iowa junior club
164. Gag Bag
165. Ad for John Calvert's Luxury Airliner
165. Flash Color Change Silk - Frank Chapman
165. Department of Unexpected Information - re: how to make a thumb tip
166. Norma Banderob
166. The Bashful Bartender - Howard L. Warringer
167. Boutonniere - Frank Chapman
167. It's a Date - Frank Chapman
168. fan it! - Frank Chapman
168. cartoon - Saxon

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169. The Bat - Number Thirty-Two - August 1946 - 6 pages
169. Fourth Dimensional Silks - Edwin Tabor
     • The Jumping Silk
     • Silk in Separation
     • The Gordian knot
170. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • survey of what service men like in entertainment
170. Gag Bag
171. That Magic Touch - S.A.M. Convention report
     173. tricky little knot tie - Milbourne Christopher
172. Silk Stretch - Harold Beaumont
174. With Silk - Howard Warringer
174. She Floats on Air - Sherms
174. Restoring a Fly

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175. The Bat - Number Thirty-Three - September 1946 - 8 pages
175. 1950 Milk Pitcher - Lambie
176. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • interest in Milk Pitcher magic is up
176. Gag Bag
177. Department of Unexpected Information
177. Birds of a Feather - Gerald Kosky
177. The Sucker Card Palm - Jack McMillen
177. Repeat coin Gag - Harold G. Beaumont
178. Joe Ovette dies - obituary
180. Trick Stuff - Walter B. Gibson article reprint

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183. The Bat - Number Thirty-Four - October 1946 - 6 pages
183. The Rabbit and the Hat - Alan Beech
184. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Everett Morgan dies
184. Gag Bag
184. cartoon
185. Cocktail Pix - Frank M. Chapman
186. Signor Bustelli's coin Transmission - James L. Hawkins
187. Thurston of the Clergy - re: Rev. Paul Lloyd - newspaper reprint
188. Paper Time - Harold G. Beaumont

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189. The Bat - Number Thirty-Five - November 1946 - 6 pages
189. Marked, Torn and Restored Card - Maurice Rooklyn
190. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • letter of thanks from Mrs. Fran Ovette
190. Gag Bag
191. Introducing Maurice Rooklyn
192. Card Through the Handkerchief
193. Miniature Card Magic Additions
     • Miracle Miniature Photography
193. Hobby Horse - from a match book - Johnnie Murray
194. New No Switch Sucker Egg - James L. Hawkins
195. cartoon - Timothy J. Donlin

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195. The Bat - Number Thirty-Six - December 1946 - 6 pages
195. Tricks to Teach Your Dog
     • Three Languages!
     • Take a Card!
     • Boredom
196. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • new club - TAB - announced
196. Gag Bag
198. Chameleon Thimbles - Douglas Francis
199. City Amateur Tops Magician - reprint
199. When Your Number Comes Up - Frank Chapman
200. cartoon - Timothy J. Donlin

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201. The Bat - Number Thirty-Seven - January 1947 - 12 pages
201. Watch in Loaf - Frank M. Chapman
202. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
202. Gag Bag
204. cartoon - Timothy J. Donlin
205. Virgil show review
206. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Self-Working Prediction
     • Turno
     • Queenie Turns Over
     • Twin Aces
207. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Aqua Beado
     • Mento Test
     • The Magic Penny
     • End of First Year - February Selection
     • Alternate Selection
     • List of Alternatives
     • Million Dollar Puzzle
     • Hit the Jackpot
208. Shepard Show - review
     • An Apology
210. Group Photo - The Golden Gate Assembly, S.A.M.
210. Shattering Flask - Everett Samuels
210. Among the Dealers
     • Wallace Magic Shop
     • Circle Magic shop
     • Sterling Magic - sold to Roy Hall
     • Will Desmond
     • Tommy Windsor
     • National Magic Company
     • louis Tannen
211. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Clayton Rawson in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
     • Memoirs of Robert Houdin
     • Pentagram - Peter Warlock
     • Abracadabra - Goodliffe
     • Jackpot - Tommy Windsor
     • Magic Monthly - Goodliffe
     • Erik Benjamin Kanter - born
     • I'll Bet You Can't
     • meet T. R. (Tommy) Thomson
     • Ways and Means - Al Baker
     • Bert Easley
212. Recent Library Acquisitions
212. A Comedy Git - Roscoe Gaylord
212. advertisements

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213. The Bat - Number Thirty-Eight - February 1947 - 8 pages
213. Push Button Diablerie - Sid Fleischman & Bob Gunther
214. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
214. Gag Bag
215. The Expanded Shell Half
216. photo of Joe Tersnay
216. Double Dealing Dollar
216. Among the Dealers
     • Percy Abbott - for shame
     • Jackpot - Tommy Windsor
     • Golden Gate Magic
     • Merv Taylor
217. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • The Blue Bug, Off the Beaten Path, I'll Bet You Can't & top Secrets
     • Watch This One - J. B. Bobo
     • Thomas Palmer
     • Abracadabra
     • Professor Flat
     • The Knothole - Jerry Arends
     • Magic Is Fun
     • The Cornish Pixie
     • and other gossip
218. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Controlled Coincidence (Impromptu)
     • Blue Intruder
219. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • February Selections - Ashes Up! & Emerald Mystery
     • March Choice a Good One - The Prolix Spirit - Wilbur Kattner
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • Short Shots
220. Recent Library Acquisitions
220. Department of Unexpected Information
220. Books on Conjuring
220. advertisements

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221. The Bat - Number Thirty-Nine - March 1947 - 8 pages
221. Ringo - J. B. Bobo
222. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • five favored card tricks
222. Gag Bag
223. Utility Ring - John Larrick
223. cartoon - R. S. Glover
224. T-E-M-P-O - H. Syril Dusenberry
224. Among the Dealers
     • Sedgehill Industries
     • Smart Business - Tommy Windsor
     • Sherms
     • Flight Three - Herman l. Weber
     • Stull Magic
     • List No. 30 of Caesar, List No. 11 of louis Tannen, etc.
     • Ronald Haines buys business of late John Snyder
225. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • April TAB Selection - Patter Parade - Robert Orben
     • Applause - Berland
     • Cups and Balls - Senor Mardo
     • Encyclopedia of Patter - Robert Orben
     • Bert Allerton & Frederick G. Braue
     • Maurice Rooklyn
     • Les Levante
     • Art Jennings
     • Four Full Hands of Card Tricks - Charles T. Jordan
     • Will Desmond
     • 16th Annual Magi-Fest
     • Counts of Conjuring
     • and other gossip
226. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Discoveries by Mathematical Calculation
     • Automatic Location of Chosen Card
     • Watch Me Closely
227. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Editorial
     • Sensational!
     • April B.A.T. Selections
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • Short Shots
228. Recent Library Acquisitions
228. advertisements

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229. The Bat - Number Forty - April 1947 - 8 pages
229. Sympathetic Silk - Carl Sten
230. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Walter Price and wife - deaths by fire
230. Gag Bag
231. Startling Swim Suit Colors Developed by Berkeleyans - reprint
231. Hypnotist Works By Television - re: Peter Casson - reprint
231. cartoon - Tim
232. Puzzle Corner
232. Mystic Candle and Silks of Enchantment - J. C. Walter
233. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Walter B. Gibson
     • Rufus Steele
     • Magic at Your Fingertips - "Hen" Fetsch & Milbourne Christopher
     • Watch This One! - J. B. Bobo
     • S.A.M. Convention & Martin Gardner
     • I.B.M. Convention
     • P.C.A.M. Convention
     • Patter Parade - Robert Orben
     • Four Full Hands
     • Something New - May Selection - Out of the Spook Cabinet - Herman L. Weber
     • Carl Ballantine
     • T.A.O.M.
     • Arthur Buckley
     • and other gossip
234. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Forty Nine
     • Color Tells
235. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • May Selection - Patter Parade - Robert Orben
     • Encyclopedia of Patter - Robert Orben
     • Milk Pitcher Magic - "Hen" Fetsch
     • Magician Killed For His Stalling - newspaper reprint
     • Johnny Murry - gag
     • E. L. Hodges - puzzle
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • and other gossip
236. Recent Library Acquisitions
236. Odds and Ends - Frank M. Chapman
236. advertisements

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237. The Bat - Number Forty-One - May 1947 - 8 pages
237. Funny Bunny Business - "Hen" Fetsch
     • Bunny Hat
     • Toy Bunny
     • Tail Light
     • Black Bunny
     • Snap Tail
     • A Short Tail
238. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
238. Gag Bag
239. figures for Funny Bunny Business
240. Puzzle Corner
240. The Match-ic Penny - Douglas Francis
241. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Watch This One! - J. B. Bobo
     • 33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases - Burling Hull
     • Dai Vernon
     • Lane's Patter Book
     • This Week magazine
     • Will Desmond
     • Harry Canar
     • Tom Dethlefsen
     • The Magic Wand to reappear
     • Harry K. Shigeta
     • Dr. Zina Bennett
     • The Blackstone Show
242. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Perplexity
     • Miracle Card Location
243. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • it's June
     • Bunco Cards
     • A Piece of the Future
     • Benefit Performance by the Vancouver Magic Circle
     • Carl Jones
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • Jackpot No. 16
     • Johnnie Murray - match effect
     • Kilroy Was Here - sticker - Professor El-Tab
244. Recent Library Acquisitions
244. Boy to Girl - Edwin Tabor
244. advertisements
244. cartoon - Tim

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245. The Bat - Number Forty-Two - June 1947 - 8 pages
245. Opening with a Bang - Christopher Charles
245. Stop The Press!! - re: P.C.A.M. Convention
246. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
246. Gag Bag
247. P.C.A.M. Convention - flyer
248. Puzzle Corner
249. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Watch This One! - J. B. Bobo
     • Dye Box Book - Tommy Windsor
     • Electric Bow Tie - Roy Hall
     • Magic Dealer's Association - new officers
     • Ozzie Malini
     • Counts of Conjuring
     • Jack Muir
     • King Tut (Fred Tuttle)
     • C. R. Eaton
     • Out of The Spook Cabinet - Herman Weber
250. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Self Working Card Trick
     • Astrological Card Trick
251. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Greetings
     • Miracle String Trick - Joe Berg
     • The Mystic Tags (Kolar Tag Trick)
     • Secret - Everett Samuels
     • Royal H. Brin - another use for the Magic Penny
     • V. I. MacCanon
     • Dai Vernon
     • Seattle Magic Ring
     • John Murray - Magic Penny and match book
     • Hit The Jackpot
252. Recent Library Acquisitions
252. advertisements

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253. The Bat - Number Forty-Three - July 1947 - 20 pages
253. 19th Annual Conference of the Society of American Magicians - Chicago
254. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
254. Gag Bag
255. Smart Coin Trick - Frank M. Chapman
256. The Flight of Silks - Walter The Magician (J. C. Walter)
256. Cartoon - Tim (Timothy J. Donlin)
256. Spinning Card - Charlie Miller
256. Sucker Color Change - Charlie Miller
257. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Three Card Discovery
     • Sensitive Fingers
258. The Match Box Change - Royal H. Brin, Jr.
258. A Gag - Frank M. Chapman
259. Puzzle Corner
259. Among the Dealers
     • Loyd
     • Lou Tannen - silks
     • Magic at Your Fingertips - "Hen" Fetsch & Milbourne Christopher
     • Die Box Book - Tommy Windsor
     • Raymonde's ceramic items
     • Dick Swanson
     • Bob Stull
     • Tom Dethlefsen
260. "National Nite" - Headliner Show - review
261. Batting Around the Chicago Round Table - Chic Schoke
262. Seattle! - P.C.A.M. Convention
263. P.C.A.M. Convention - flyer
264. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Atomic Coin - Berland
     • Edward Massey
     • Johnny Murray - Coin beneath a glass with Magic Penny
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • photo of Dorny
265. photo of Platt
265. photo of Slyter
265. Magician's Stooge Is Airborne - - re: The Gwynnes - reprint
265. advertisements
266. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Outline of Mystery - Arthur Leroy
     • Three - Six Bits - Frank M. chapman
     • other gossip
     • The Great Leon Assembly
     • Jimmy Eyster
     • Clarke Crandall - Camera Cards routine
     • Tough Guy - Chester Morris Breaks Leg Dancing - reprint
     • R.I.P. - John C. Blessing
     • Scoop!!! - Magic Limited has sole rights to works by Joe Ovette
267. Magic at Your Finger Tips - advertisement
268. Cotton Handkerchiefs - advertisement
268. Something New - advertising
     • Squirting Telephone
     • Coin Tray
     • Coin Sand Frame
     • Hades Fire Bowl
     • A Lid and Load (for above)
     • Magic Pictures
268. Books - advertising
269. advertising
270. Recent Library Acquisitions
270. advertisements

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273. The Bat - Number Forty-Four - August 1947 - 20 pages
273. News of the Convention (P.C.A.M.)
273. I.B.M. Convention
274. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • about writing books for the public
274. Filling The Gag Bag - Robert Orben
275. Comedy Card in Balloon - "Hen" Fetsch
275. Pardon My Persistence - Johnnie Murray
276. Crandall's camera Cards Conception - Clarke Crandall
277. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Easy Card Control
     • Fantastrick
278. cartoon - Tim
278. Up! Deck - Hubert Lambert
279. Puzzle Corner
279. Among the Dealers
     • Tannen's Ultrasilks
     • Mignon Illusion
     • Robert Emerico re: Loyd's Passe Bottles
     • Tommy Windsor's Street Fakir Act
     • Dick Swanson
     • Jean Foley
     • Jack Miller
     • Henry ("Hen") Fetsch
281. photo of John Braun
281. Low Down View of the High Lights Compiled (I.B.M. Convention)
282. Pacific Coast Association of Magicians 1947 Convention (Seattle)
     • Portland Pre-Convention Party
     • photo of new P.C.A.M. President - Caro Miller
284. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Oakland Magic Circle - two different groups
     • Ormond McGill
     • Virgil Show
     • J. B. Bobo
     • Vancouver Magic Circle - Quiz Program
     • Religious Magic Association
     • Counts of Conjuring
     • TAB Selections
       • Three - Six Bits - Frank M. Chapman
       • Outline of Mystery - Arthur Leroy
       • The Hands Only - Senor Mardo
     • Irving Joslyn in Genii
     • additional gossip
     • photo of Lloyd Jones, Dell O'Dell and John Yarmola
285. Close Up Magic - Bert Allerton
286. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • August Selection - Atomic Coin
     • September Selection - The Double Alpha Telephone Newspaper Test - Wilbur Kattner
     • Alternate Selection List - available
     • Johnny Murray - magnet ideas
     • Hit The Jackpot
287. Batting Around Chicago - John Yarmola
287. photo of Joe Ovette as a Chinese magician
287. Vanishing Gold Fish - Magical Ovette
288. Card Surprise! - Lloyd E. Jones
288. advertisements
289. Recent Library Acquisitions
289. advertisements
290. Convention Highlights (P.C.A.M.)
     • Photo of Orla Moody
291. Magic at Your Finger Tips - advertisement
292. advertisements

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293. The Bat - Number Forty-Five [misnumbered as 44] - September 1947 - 16 pages
293. The Bat Takes a Look at Life [the magazine]
294. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • about writing books for the magical fraternity
294. Filling The Gag Bag - Robert Orben
295. Life Goes to a Magicians' Convention - reprint
298. Batting Around Chicago - John Yarmola
298. cartoon - Tim
299. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Elimination Discovery
     • Pirate Card and Envelope
300. It's A Chip - Arthur Leroy
300. photos [from P.C.A.M. Convention?]
302. Puzzle Corner
     • The Mathematical Number
302. Among the Dealers
     • Desmond
     • Magic Dealer's Association
     • Magic Sermonettes - catalog
     • Quad City Picnic a Success
303. Close-Up Card and Handkerchief - Jack Lamonte
303. Dollar Illusion - Arthur Leroy
304. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • October Selection - Three Gags
     • Bob Gunther - stunt with Magic Penny
     • Johnnie Murray - gag
     • Hugh Riley - gag
     • Joe Berg - idea for Instanto Rope
     • Roscoe L. Gaylord - idea for Instanto Rope
     • "Tiny" Notbohm & Clint English
     • Hit The Jackpot
305. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Magic of the Scottish Conjurers Association - book
     • Watch This One!
     • August TAB books shipped late
     • Encyclopedia of Thumb Tip Tricks
     • Harold and Virginia Agnew had a girl
     • Leon Mandrake show in Kansas City
     • Paco Miller shows
     • Rooklyn
     • Francis Martineau
     • Olindo Galluccio's mother dies
     • Earl Wheeler & Card Mondor
306. Confusion - J. B. Bobo
306. Ko'tronis' Vampire Block - James Kolocotronis
307. Recent Library Acquisitions
307. advertisements
307. Last Minute News Flashes
     • Braue has a girl
     • Vic and Carolyn Trask to return from Panama
     • Thanks to Life
     • Clayton Wyatt
308. advertisements

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309. The Bat - Number Forty-Six - October 1947 - 12 pages
309. Half in Bottle Routine - Ralph Deshong
309. T.A.O.M. Convention - W. S. Mahendra
     • Quick-of-Hand Mystics Puzzle 2,500 at Show - reprint
310. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
310. Gag Bag
312. cartoon - Tim
313. Professor Herman Picker - photos of him catching a flying saucer
313. Wild Aces - Dick Armburst
314. Puzzle Corner
314. untitled comments
     • photo - Magigals skit at P.C.A.M.
     • Vancouver Magic Circle - Third Annual Ladies Night and Banquet
     • Seattle Magic Ring - Prestidigitator
     • Oakland Magic Circle - new officers
     • Southern California clubs
     • Capitol City Magic Club - Sacramento
     • Caro Miller
     • Genii Magic Club of San Jose - Third Annual Comic Capers
     • I.B.M. Ring 38 - picnic
     • The Great Leon Assembly - S.A.M. No. 40 - Dealer Nights
315. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Red and Black
     • The Nine Principle
     • Chicago Card Trick
     • Three Predictions
316. Sheldon S. Henry dies - reminiscences
317. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • November selection - Without Mirrors - Christopher Charles
     • Winners of thumb tip material
     • John J. Crimmins has a boy
     • Four born to members of Oakland Magic circle
     • Vancouver Magic Circle - Magical Minutes
     • fair shows
     • Earnie Bryan lost his mother
     • Act of Curt Walter and Carol
     • Tom Osborne married
     • new Tershay Show
     • Dariel Fitzkee
     • The Virgil Show
     • Johnny Platt
     • Bert Easley opens magic shop
318. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • November selection - Ribbon Surprise - R. C. Buff
     • TAB to be revised in 1948
     • Hit The Jackpot 21
       • Screwy Knot - Allan Lambie
       • Bills of Midas - Allan Lambie
     • Allan Lambie - effects with Magic Penny - next month
     • Counts of Conjuring convention
319. Recent Library Acquisitions
319. Confetti to Candy - Joseph Ovette
319. advertisements

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321. The Bat - Number Forty-Seven - November 1947 - 12 pages
321. Card Trick Poll - Fred Braue
322. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
322. Gag Bag
324. Yours to Command! - Gerald Kosky
325. The Mexican Miracle (a card coincidence)
324. Your Card Might Be Here - Walter B. Gibson
325. Bert Kalmar laid to rest
325. Card Location - James Kolocotronis
325. Key Card - Joseph Ovette
326. Puzzle Corner
326. The Rugged Vanish - Wilbur Kattner
326. Comedy - Six Card Repeat with Six Cards - Joe Paff
327. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Calling All Cards
     • Telephone Test
328. The Pixie Card Sandwich - V. St. John
329. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • December selection - C.L.I.P. - Clever Little Ideas Presented - U. F. Grant
     • Miraculous Hindu Feats
     • Chester Morris article in October Popular Mechanics
     • Watch closely! - play by Bert Levy
     • first volume of Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic
     • C. L. Boarde treatise on billet work
     • Modern Magi
     • first volume of Magic with Small Apparatus - Dr. Jules Dhotel
     • magic lectures
     • I.B.M. Convention Souvenir Program delivered late
     • Lloyd E. Jones appointed National Deputy of the S.A.M.
     • new Dariel Fitzkee book in the works
     • Hollywood Magic Shop sold
330. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • December selection - Futuristic Foursome - Eddie Clever & James Thompson, Jr.
     • Invisible Coin Pass - Allan Lambie
     • Passe Passe Coins - Allan Lambie
     • Mental Cigarette Control - Allan Lambie
     • Magic Penny Material - Allan Lambie
     • presentation for The Prolix Spirit Slates
     • Hit The Jackpot 22
331. Recent Library Acquisitions
331. advertisements

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333. The Bat - Number Forty-Eight - December 1947 - 12 pages
333. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • The Bat
     • The B.A.T.
     • The TAB
     • Magic Limited
335. Gag Bag
335. Spell Any Name Card Trick - J. C. Walter
336. Puzzle Corner
336. Lightning Silk Production - Harold G. Beaumont
336. cartoon - from Collier's
337. The "Dilly Deck!" - Lloyd E. Jones
338. Giant's Memory - A. Whitaker
338. Cocktail Cup Routine - Bud Spraker
339. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Good-Bye TAB
     • C.L.I.P.
     • Marvelous Hindu Feats
     • Magicana gone
     • The Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnotism - Ormond McGill - Abbott's
     • Ormond McGill - Dr. Zomb Spook Show
     • J. B. Bobo
     • Cyclopedia of Magic - Henry Hay - not ready for 1947
     • Mainly Mental - C. L. Boarde - scraped
     • San Jose Mystic Thirteen installation party
     • The Dallas Magic Circle - show
     • The Vancouver Magic Circle - Third Annual Ladies Night
     • Denver's bid for S.A.M. Convention lost out to Atlantic City
     • Virgil Show had truck accident
     • Mandrake The Magician
     • Golden Gate Assembly - fourth annual Union League Club Show
     • Francisco closes his Midnight Spook Show Tour
340. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • January selection - Pea Can
     • two ideas for October's Three Gags - William A. Ratcliffe
     • Lionel Martelle, Jimmy Hawkins & Johnnie Murray
     • Maurice Rooklyn
     • Roscoe L. Gaylord
     • Abracadabra & International Magic Congress
     • Hit The Jackpot 23
341. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Hummer's Great Discovery
     • Notes on the Great Discovery
343. Recent Library Acquisitions
343. advertisements

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345. The Bat - Number Forty-Nine - January 1948 - 8 pages
345. How to Float a Handkerchief - Sid Fleischman - complete book
     345. The Million Dollar Gimmick - One Man Method - Non-Thread
     348. The Tripod Gimmick
     349. The Acrobatic Silk - One Man Method - Thread
     349. One Minute of Magic
     349. The Self-Contained Rising Handkerchief
346. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
346. The Gag Bag
346. Puzzle Corner
350. photo - James Lee
351. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • February selection - plastic Okito coin Box
     • new alternate selection list
     • gag from Ed Tabor
     • Hit The Jackpot 24
352. Keeping TAB
     • Ireland's Yearbook for 1947
     • The Los Angeles Society of Magicians - new officers
     • Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnotism - Ormond McGill - Abbott's
     • Nelson's Super Prediction Tricks
     • Open Sesame!
     • Mastered Amazement - Koran & Lamonte
     • and other gossip
     • closing of last vaudeville theatre in New York
352. advertisements

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353. The Bat - Number Fifty - February 1948 - 8 pages
353. Obedient Silks - Howard Warringer
354. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
354. Gag Bag
356. Keeping TAB
     • 11th Annual convention of New England Magicians
     • Lueben goes insane on card shuffling bet
     • Bert Easley
     • Fred Robinson
     • Conjuror's is late due to advertisers
     • J. B. Bono
     • Dr. Lazlo Rothbart committed suicide
     • Knights of Magic
357. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Card Mystery
     • Group Detection
     • The Magic of Nine
358. Puzzle Corner
358. "The Never Failing Card" - Gerald Kosky
359. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • March selection - Strongest Thought - Clever & Thompson
     • new membership cards
     • Hit The Jackpot 25 - A Magic Calendar
359. Recent Library Acquisitions
359. advertisements

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6. Magic Limited - Unconventional Report - November 1945 - 4 pages
6. We Love Our Customers better than anybody
   • trip North
6. The Vancouver Party
7. Seattle Magic Ring
9. best sellers on trip

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10. Magic Limited - Unconventional Report - July 1946 - 4 pages
10. I.B.M. Convention - St. Louis
    • cartoon - reprint from St. Louis Star-Times
    • One of 1,000 Magicians Here Rolls Sevens in Technicolor - reprint
    • Amateur Magician Rings Bell With Spirit Trick - reprint
    • Wise Crowd Is As Entertaining As Experts At Magicians Show - reprint

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