The Bat Numbers 51 - 86 (1948 - 1951)
by Lloyd E. Jones

Issues run from March 1948 thru February 1951 and include an index. Numbers 51 to 86.

1. The Bat - Numbers 51 to 86
2. Index - Numbers 51 to 86

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361. The Bat - Number Fifty-One - March 1948 - 8 pages
361. Darn Clever These Chinese! - Frank M. Chapman
362. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
362. Gag Bag
362. Reverse Magic - Johnnie Murray
363. Psychic Slate Mystery - Frank M. Chapman
364. Puzzle Corner
364. What This Country Needs - James Kolocotronis
365. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The "Nine" Coincidence
     • The Prophetic Pair
365. The Key Mysterious
366. Keeping TAB
     • Maurice F. Raymond obituary
     • Open Sesame - reviews in Genii
     • The Card Expert Entertains - Dariel Fitzkee
367. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • May selection - Joe Karson's World's Fastest Card Trick
     • March selection - Strongest Thought
     • April selection - Gravatt's Gimmick
     • push for subscriptions
     • catalog
367. Recent Library Acquisitions
368. advertisements

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369. The Bat - Number Fifty-Two - April 1948 - 8 pages
369. Optogramma - Val Evans
370. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
370. Gag Bag
     • let's Go To Bat - Joe Karson
     • News Flashes
372. Penny Routine - James Kolocotronis
372. photo of Norma Banderbob
373. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Clean Cut Reverse
374. Puzzle Corner
375. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • April selection - Optogramma - Val Evans
     • May selection - Karson's World's Fastest Card Trick
     • push for subscriptions
     • Hit The Jackpot 25
375. Recent Library Acquisitions
375. advertisements

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377. The Bat - Number Fifty-Three - May 1948 - 8 pages
377. The Peregrinating Halves - J. B. Bobo
378. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
378. The Gag Bag
380. Puzzle Corner
380. My Favorite Trick - Thurston, Houdini, Dante & Nicola
381. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Certain
     • Inevitable Discovery
     • 22 Discovery
     • Shuffled Discovery
382. A Lesson in Psychology - Sid Fleischman
383. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • B.A.T. (not Bat, which is this magazine) will continue
     • May selection - Karson's World's Fastest Card Trick
     • June selection - Gravatt's Gimmick
     • Hit The Jackpot 26
383. Recent Library Acquisitions
383. advertisements

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385. The Bat - Number Fifty-Four - June 1948 - 8 pages
385. Francisco's Midnight Spook Show
     • Steve Juhasz Shepard show
386. The Gag Bag
     • Corn from the Francisco Show
389. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Miller's Discovery
     • Test Discovery
     • Big Casino Count Down
     • Before Your Eyes
390. Did You Know - re: celluloid
390. Cigarette - Frank M. Chapman
391. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Gravatt's Gimmick - delayed again
     • June selection - Single Rope Penetration - Tommy Jones
     • July selection - Thought Transcribed - Eddie Clever
     • Melt-Away Card Vanish - Allan Lambie
     • Hit The Jackpot 28
391. Puzzle Corner
392. advertisements

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393. The Bat - Number Fifty-Five - July 1948 - 8 pages
393. C. A. - Calling Annemann? - Capillary Action
394. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
395. Four Card Stock - Alan Deerfield
396. Keeping TAB
     • Chester Morris
     • Denis Draginis
     • addition to Out To Lunch
     • Henry Banderbob
     • Wilfred Johnson [Jonson?]
     • A. G. Hylent's daughter dies
     • Walter Adrian
     • The Counts of Conjuring
     • Magicdotes - Robert Orben
     • Comedy Caravan - Robert Orben
     • I.B.M. Convention - New Orleans
     • Hit The Jackpot 29
397. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Card in Pocket Discovery
     • Novelty Card Trick
     • Mysterious Mental Selection
     • The Magic Thrust
398. The Gag Bag
398. Puzzle Corner
399. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • another presentation for Melt-Away Card Vanish
     • August selection - Muir's Laugh Lines
     • Jackpot moved to Keeping TAB
     • to balance a newspaper on one finger
     • S.A.M. Convention coverage next month
     • Single Rope Penetration
398. Recent Library Acquisitions
398. Department of Unexpected Information - re: first thimble
398. advertisements

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401. The Bat - Number Fifty-Six - August 1948 - 8 pages
401. Who Wrote the Tricks of Charles T. Jordan?
402. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
402. Gag Bag
404. advertisement
404. A Mathematical diversion - Charles T. Jordan
404. cartoon - Tim
405. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Stamp It
406. Puzzle Corner
406. Keystone Card Discovery - Charles T. Jordan
407. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Melt Away Card Vanish - comments by Robert D. Rafferty
     • Muir's Laugh Lines Number Two at printer
     • additional gossip
     • Dr. Clarence Talbot given engraved silver plate for 35 years as President of The Spokane Mystic Club
     • John Braun to retire as editor of The Linking Ring
     • Bruce Elliott re: Capillary Action
     • Dizzy Dice
407. advertisements

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409. The Bat - Number Fifty-Seven - September 1948 - 12 pages
409. News of the 13th Annual Convention - Pacific Coast Association of Magicians - Reno
410. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
410. Gag Bag
416. Any Card Spell - Gerald Kosky
416. Bill in Cigaret - from the routine of The Leightons
417. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The Five Card Trick
418. Puzzle Corner
     • photo of three puzzlers: Ross Burley, Edwin Tabor & Monte Dernham
418. My Invisible Pass - James Kolocotronis
419. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • push for subscriptions
     • September selection - Official Wise Guy Card Trick - Joe Karson
     • other September selection - a "hot" little novelty
419. Recent Library Acquisitions
419. advertisements

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421. The Bat - Number Fifty-Eight - October 1948 - 8 pages
421. Who Wrote the Tricks of Charles T. Jordan? - An Open Letter to Bruce Elliott
422. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
424. Gag Bag
425. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Victor's Discovery
     • The Double-Backed Discovery
     • Gravatt's Double Backed Discovery
     • Perfect Location
426. Photographic Coins of 1948 - Bob Gunther
426. Puzzle Corner
427. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • The Brotherhood of American Tricksters [B.A.T.] to terminate in February 1949
     • new Buying Plan to start in January 1949
     • November selection - Magidotes - Robert Orben
     • December selection - Repeating Rabbits
     • January selection - Entertaining by Magic - Hermann Pallme
     • final selection - Magic from A 2 Z - Arthur Leroy
     • plus - Strange Interlude - Joe Karson
     • Mel Stover - puzzle
428. advertisements

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429. The Bat - Number Fifty-Nine - November 1948 - 8 pages
429. Trailing The Dove-Tail Shuffle To It's Lair - Charles T. Jordan
     • 1. Close - Range Mind Reading
     • 2. Long Distance Mind Reading [see Bat #9, page 47]
430. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
432. Puzzle Corner
433. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Eerie Cards
     • Cards and Matches
434. Gag Bag
     • Columnist Minus Best Shirt After Contact With Fox, Expert Magician - reprint
435. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • shipment this month - conclusion to the B.A.T.
     • new buying Plan
     • and other gossip
435. Keeping TAB
     • Clayton Rawson to edit the Unicorn Mystery Club News
     • Robert Lund to be editor of Conjuror's Magazine
     • bit with magnets
     • Edwin Tabor written up in the Berkeley Gazette
     • photo The Society of Quad City Magicians entertaining Dell O'Dell
436. advertisements

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437. The Bat - Number Sixty - December 1948 - 8 pages
437. Who Is He? - with photo
438. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Who Is He? - Glenn G. Gravatt
439. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • hollow and hinged wooden egg with rubber bird and egg - Bartl
     • Brahma Rings
     • Neptune Fishing - Bartl
440. Trailing The Dove-Tail Shuffle To It's Lair - Charles T. Jordan - continued
     • 3. The Premo
441. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The Professor's Card Trick
     • Spectacle Discovery
     • "4th or 5th" Discovery
     • Two Person Card and Number
442. Gag Bag
442. cartoon - Keinen & Tim
443. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • List of B.A.T. selections
443. Puzzle Corner
444. advertisements

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445. The Bat - Number Sixty-One - January 1949 - 8 pages
445. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Lloyd E. Jones Presentation
     • A Mishap
446. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
446. advertisements
448. Puzzle Corner
449. Trailing The Dove-Tail Shuffle To It's Lair - Charles T. Jordan - continued
     • 4. A Novel Detection
450. Trickster Monthly
     • Welcome Buying Plan
     • Baffling Bugs - Ernie Kolb
     • Twisting the Lion's Tail
     • Heart Throb - Eddie Joseph
     • Laughing Rabbit Calendars
451. Gag Bag
     • Eyster "Egg" - reprint
     • sparklers
     • The Comedy closing of Jimmy James
451. Herschal Comedy Effect
452. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Stunner Card Miracle
     • Count Ten
     • A Cutting Discovery

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453. The Bat - Number Sixty-Two - February 1949 - 12 pages
453. Jean Foley - photo
454. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • The Bill Tube ideas
     • Jean Foley
     • Read This! - subscriptions expire
455. Surprise Sponge Climax - Dr. L. Rothbart
455. Simplex Telephone Trick - James Kolocotronis
455. Ovette's Better Ball to Ribbon
456. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Lloyd E. Jones Card in Tube
     • Flash Bill and Tube Presentation
457. advertisements
458. Dante's "The Foolies of 1949" - program
458. The Dante Show for 1949
459. Cyclopedia? Of Magic - Henry Hay - published
459. Puzzle Corner
459. Trickster Monthly
     • Buying Plan
460. Gag Bag
     • Locks Hold Magician - reprint
     • Magician Foiled - reprint
     • A Very Tricky Christmas Greeting from The Larricks - from Christmas Card
461. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Thumbwriter Discovery
     • Found on the Forehead
     • Flying Reverse
     • Salted Card
462. Trailing The Dove-Tail Shuffle To It's Lair - Charles T. Jordan - continued
     • 5. The Dealing Dovetail Detection
462. Table Lifting
463. Honestly, Mr. Washington, We can not tell a lie! - advertising
464. Foley's Magic Shop - advertising

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465. The Bat - Number Sixty-Three - March 1949 - 12 pages
465. R. C. Buff - photo
466. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • continuation of B.A.T. as part of The Bat
     • R. C. Buff & The Modern Magi
     • R. C. Buff aka Claudio, the Magician
467. Modern Magi Magic
     • The Sliding Thumb - R. C. Buff
     • Monkey Business - Roy Eaton
468. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • Druvos
     • A Druvos Variant
     • Sucker!
469. Trailing The Dove-Tail Shuffle To It's Lair - Charles T. Jordan - concluded
     • 6. The Rolling-Off-A-Log Detection
     • 7. The Full Hand
470. Premonition? - defense of Eddie Joseph's effect
471. The Modern Magi - R. C. Buff
     • a ball in glass effect - C. Roy Eaton
     • Salt Go! - C. Roy Eaton
     • Instanto Change of Cigarette to Bouquet - Allan Lambie
     • Try This With A Thimble - R. C. Buff
472. advertisement
472. Puzzle Corner
473. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Discoveries Using Key Cards
     • "Off-Color" Card Location
474. Gag Bag
     • The Comedy Chalk Talk Artist - Paul W. Curtiss
     • Invisible Rabbit - W. H. Pershing
     • Comedy Kit - Monte Harris
     • $1,000 Challenge Hypnotic Feat - P. C. Sorcar
     • Opening Patter for Cards - Lee Clark
475. advertisements

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477. The Bat - Number Sixty-Four - April 1949 - 12 pages
477. Past Presidents P.C.A.M.
478. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Conventions: S.A.M. (Denver), P.C.A.M. (Hollywood) & I.B.M. (Chicago)
     • Past Presidents of P.C.A.M. since its inception in Seattle in 1933
     • Sid Fleischman
     • song published - Do You Remember - Julia (& Jim) Thompson
479. P.C.A.M. convention Plans
479. The Structural Elements of a Magical Act - Caryl S. Fleming
480. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Prolix Spirit Answers - Wilbur Kattner
     • Answer Number One
481. The Dusenbery Deviller - H. Syril Dusenbery
482. Television Emmy winner is a girl with a story - re: Shirley Dinsdale - reprint
482. The Inseparable Pair - Royal H. Brin, Jr.
482. 30th Century Ropes and Rings - Cyro
483. Puzzle Corner
483. A Billiard Ball Finale - Joseph Ovette
484. Gag Bag
     • Man Overboard - Tom Barton
     • The Vanishing Matches
     • The Stars of the Firmament
     • The Wonderful Vanishing Umbrellas
     • Candidates for an Oscar
485. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The Inquisitive Jack
     • Easy Card Discovery
     • Simple Location
485. Now Ready - Dai Vernon's Select Secrets - new edition
486. advertisements
488. P.C.A.M. flyer

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489. The Bat - Number Sixty-Five - May 1949 - 12 pages
489. caricature of Caryl S. Fleming
490. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Magic in the Modern Manner - Orville Mayer - printed
     • magic contest
     • Caryl S. Fleming
     • P.C.A.M. Convention plans
     • Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans dies
     • Edward M. Reno dies
     • Harry Blackstone recovering
     • Gerrie Larsen completed 13 TV films
     • John J. McManus challenges John Mulholland to perform Dr. Hooker Rising Card Trick
     • Earl Rybolt breaks hip
     • Scarne on Cards now out
491. Music for the Magical Act - Caryl S. Fleming
492. Da Vinci's Dexterity - Richard Gray
492. Confusion to the Nth Degree - Richard Gray
492. The Dissolving Card - Henry Hardin
493. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Headline Prediction
494. Puzzle Corner
494. performers at the P.C.A.M. Convention
495. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Mental Touch
     • Sandwich Card Trick
     • Foretold
496. Gag Bag
     • Light Comedy - Len Belcher
496. photo - Jimmy Eyster producing a live chinchilla
496. Tommy Windsor Celebrating 25th Year - reprint
497. Magic Contest
     • The Prizes
     • The Rules
499. advertisements
500. P.C.A.M. flyer

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501. The Bat - Number Sixty-Six - June 1949 - 12 pages
501. photo - Tommy Windsor
502. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Tommy Windsor
502. Puzzle Corner
503. Miniature Rapping Hand - Dr. Stanley Jaks
503. Thirty-One - Wilbur Kattner
503. Thoughts on Being an M.C. - Frank L. Wagar
504. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Spiritualistic Test
505. 21st Annual Conference - Society of American Magicians (Denver)
506. Saturday, April 9th Proclaimed "Tommy Windsor Day" - reprint
509. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Face Up and Face Down
     • Mistakes Will Happen
     • The Name Spells the Card
510. advertisements
511. Magic contest
512. advertisements

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513. The Bat - Number Sixty-Seven - July 1949 - 12 pages
513. photo - Jimmy Sanders
514. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • The Bat is now the official organ of the Magic Dealers Association
     • Merv Taylor - new M.D.A. President
     • Ralph Read - new M.D.A. Secretary
     • Jimmy Sanders - King of the Color Changing Knives
     • Sid Fleischman has a daughter
     • Orson Welles' Black Magic released
515. Sanders Knife Routine - for set of 3 Color changing knives
     • Move Number 1
     • Move Number 2
     • With One Knife
     • With Two Knives
     • Removing the Handles
516. Pentagram Presents
     • Ultra-Anti-Gravity - Olle Oson Liberg
517. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Bill Tube Production
     • Production Continued
518. The I.B.M. - The 21st Annual convention (Chicago)
519. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Mistakes Will Happen (Variation)
     • Three File Discovery
     • Matched Selection
520. Puzzle Corner
520. advertisements
521. News of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians Convention
     • 14th Annual Convention, Hollywood
523. advertisements

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525. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Sixty-Eight - August 1949 - 16 pages
525. photo - Merv Taylor
526. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • What's With The Bat - reprint
     • Bob Gunther has a son
     • S.A.M. & I.B.M. to hold joint convention in Chicago in 1950
     • Murder's No Accident - novel - Sid Fleischman
     • Merv Taylor
527. The Gag Bag
     • Juggling for Fun - Larry Weeks - gags
     • gags and ideas seen at the recent conventions
528. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Unique Discovery
     • Miracle Spread
     • Cardomatic
529. Among the Dealers
     • It's Magic & Haskell Trick Cools Magicians - reprints
     • Deep Freeze from Bob Haskell
     • Dick Swanson
     • Marko dies
     • Max Holden, Ex-Vaudeville Magician, Dies - reprint
     • Max Holden
530. Ormond McGill - "East Indian Miracles" show
531. Pop! - John Murray
532. The Bill Tube - Frank M. Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Production Finishes!
     • Multum In Parvo Supreme - Ross A. Burley
534. Abracadabra Presents
     • The Temple of Justice - Len Belcher
     • The Altar of Truth - Len Belcher
535. Puzzle Corner
535. How's That Again?
535. advertisement
536. Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
     • membership list
     • Terror Eyes - Gene Gordon
     • Glassaway - Gene Gordon
     • rubber bands - Peter Raven
     • Devano Rising Cards - Ralph Greenough
     • Stan Payne Rabbit
537. advertisements

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541. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Sixty-Nine - September 1949 - 12 pages
541. photo - Gene Gordon
54. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • Gene Gordon
542. Puzzle Corner
     • 3+3=12 - Answer to "How's That Again?"
543. Slow Burn - Sid Fleischman
543. cartoon - Johnnie Murray
544. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • patter theme - Glyndon Smith
545. Johnnie Murray's page
     • Who's Crazy?
     • Sugar Lump
     • Bottle Business (Miniatures)
     • Ship in a Bottle
546. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The "Twenty Six" Location
     • Pusho
547. Among the Dealers
     • Ralph Greenough & Tannen's
     • catalogues - Tannen & Tiny Grant
     • Ralph Hull's Delirium Tremens Deck available again
     • Haskell's Card Sword
     • additions to M.D.A. membership list
     • S. S. Adams has purchased Fun, Inc.
     • Boss Magic company purchased assets of Chicago Magic Company
     • Rufus Steele's 52 Amazing Card Tricks now available
     • Jack Chanin
     • Percy Abbott & Harold Alberto
     • Dolph Rudin - Fifteen Puzzle
548. The Gag Bag
     • gags and ideas seen at the recent conventions
549. advertisements

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553. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy - October 1949 - 16 pages
553. photo - Tom Dethlefsen
554. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Percy James' Telocator in September Modern Magi
     • Frank Chapman
     • one section of the Bill Tube is really a tiny Phantom Tube - Frank Chapman
     • Chris Charlton
     • Bats Also Come Back - reprint
     • Tom Dethlefsen
555. Tie Trickery - Richard Gray
556. Puzzle Corner
557. Plastic Slat Card Frame with Card Frame Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
     • Indestructible Card
     • The Bashful Card
557. Minar's Horn of Plenty - Minar
558. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • Brain Buster Combo
558. Women Wanted - ad reprint
559. Johnnie Murray's page
     • vanish of a paper match
     • A Lou Tannen Card Silk attached to Bang Gun
560. The Magic Bat - The Unknown Card - S. K. Vasantha Kumar
561. Ace City Magician, Charlie Howard, Dies - reprint & article
562. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Push Discovery
     • Spectator's Selection
     • Triple Discovery
562. cartoon - J. Murray
562. Dante Show quits State Fair Ground - reprint
563. Among the Dealers
     • D. Robbins & Company - free catalog
     • Jean Foley
     • Walter B. Gibson weds Litza Raymond
     • Bill Sullivan's story trick - Across the Border
     • Edgar Ralston
     • Terror Eyes
     • 1950 Abbott's Get-Together cancelled
     • Dick Swanson
     • Tommy Windsor
     • Back to Kenton Party
     • Delirium Tremens Deck
     • Peter Raven
564. The Gag Bag
     • Melvin Brockhaus
     • little rubber lizards
     • Talking Teeth
     • Halloween ideas
565. Tricoincido - Eddie Clever
565. advertisements

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569. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-One - November 1949 - 16 pages
569. photo - Lloyd W. Chambers
570. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • S.O.S. [Selling Out Sale]
     • Lloyd W. Chambers
     • Mental Magic - Al Baker - to be released
     • Unbelievable - a Double Daring Publication
     • Canasta--atsanac - Robert Gable
     • Plant Hypnosis - Robert Gray
     • Ghostly Seconds - Vynn Boyar
     • two page newspaper spread - Robert Nelson
     • Insurance Policy - Tommy Windsor
     • Jack Hughes
     • The Piddingtons
     • Big Magic Contest
     • Expert Card Technique - out of print
     • The California Magic Club
     • The Bat not part of S.O.S.
571. Snake in the Basket Routine - Jumbo Snake Basket Routine - Gene Gordon
572. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Best 26 Key Card
573. Puzzle Corner
574. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • month prediction using matches
     • a Brain Buster combo
576. The Gag Bag
     • Talking Teeth
     • keeping goldfish active
     • carrying the Anti-Gravico gimmick
     • Holiday Season show ideas
577. Among the Dealers
     • Rattle Bars - Star Magic
     • Roger Montandon's Juggler's Bulletin to be replaced with a Juggling Annual
     • Dave Robbins - new location
     • Ralph Read planning Slydini tour
     • Diablo Slate - Holden's
     • Cube-A-Libre - Golden Gate Magic
     • Haines' House of Cards
     • Piff-Paff-Poof Outdone - Hall Magic
     • Edgar Ralston - nesting plastic thimbles
     • Robert Orben in Genii
578. advertisements
580. Here We Go Again! - S.O.S.
581. advertisements

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585. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Two - December 1949 - 16 pages
585. caricature of F. M. Chapman
586. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Lloyd E. Jones featured in November issue of Profitable Hobbies
     • Johnnie Murray's mother passed away
     • Frank Davies dies
     • U.N. working on an international copyright law
     • John B. Lewis dies
     • Bert Waring honored
     • Frank M. Chapman
587. Atomic Power - Eddie Joseph
588. advertisements
590. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Best 26 Key Card (Variation)
     • Adding the Pips
591. Puzzle Corner
591. John B. Lewis, Jeweler, Dies at 50 - two reprints and article
591. match on coin - Johnnie Murray
591. advertisement
592. The World Is Topsy-Turvy On the Side of Wonder Hill - reprint
594. Among the Dealers
     • congratulations Conjuror's
     • Gene Gordon moves
     • Unbelievable - card mystery
     • Magic limited Calendars
     • nesting thimbles - Edgar Ralston
     • Ronald Haines - free rules for Canasta
     • Dave Robbins & Company considering more expansion
     • Invisible Prediction - Hall Magic
     • Rope-E-Scape - Hall Magic
     • Holden's Diablo Slate
     • Holetite Pencil - Sanders Magic
     • Magic Contest ended
     • Wandering Lipsticks - Star Magic
     • Cube-A-Libre - Golden Gate Magic
595. advertisements
596. The Gag Bag
     • zipper banana gag
     • Glassaway idea - Edwin Tabor
597. advertisements
598. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • spring snake in a bill tube gag - Johnnie Murray
598. 300 Lbs. or Over - ad reprint
599. advertisements

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601. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Three - January 1950 - 20 pages
601. photo of Stan Payne
602. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Slydini appeared locally
     • Magic Contest ended
603. Bunny Book - James Lee
     • About Rabbits
     • Rabbit Production
     • Loading Passe Passe Bottle & Tube
     • Lota Bowl Load
     • Hat Loading Bunny Bundles
     • Box or Hat Loading
     • Fish Bowl Bunny
     • James Lee's Bunny Bundle Collar
     • Bunny Production from Newspaper
     • Another Newspaper Load
     • The Newspaper Rabbit
     • The Care and Feeding of Spring Rabbits, Puppets, or Any Magical Prop Made of Fur
607. advertisement
607. Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
609. advertisements
611. The Gag Bag
     • A Few Quickies and Ideas
     • some bunny ideas
     • photo of James Lee
612. The Magic Bat - Sympathetic Card - S. K. Vasantha Kumar
612. The Magician's Alphabet - Charles Cabot
612. Stan Payne says not to overdo fake rabbit kicking
613. Keeping TAB
     • Stan Payne & Star Magic
     • Bill Brema, last of the Brema's dies
     • Slydini Pacific Coast Tour
     • Pete's Prestidigitator - re: Raymond C. Gericke - reprint
     • Joins Exclusive 50-50 club - Magician Cuts Reporter - re: Robert Harbin - reprint
     • Aided Ill Executive Offered By Widow - the late Tom Boyer - reprint
615. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • miscellaneous ideas
616. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Best 26 Key Card (Variation)
     • Adding the Pips
617. advertisements
818. Puzzle Corner
618. Minar's Son's Coffee Pot of Plenty - Minar
618. Slydidi's advice on handling a dummy bunny
619. advertisements

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621. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Four - February 1950 - 12 pages
621. photo of Edwin Tabor
622. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Edwin Tabor
     • J. B. Bobo
     • Surprise Packages
     • Stull Magic rumored to be closing
     • Tenkai and Okinu to return to West Coast
623. The Little Dice Trick - J. B. Bobo
624. A Hole in the Head - Ace Gorham
625. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • "The Answer in the Dark" - Jack Yeager
     • Divination Tube - Frank M. Chapman
626. How to Throw a Seven - John Larrick
626. advertisements
627. The Gag Bag
     • Johnnie Murray - floating matches
     • Johnnie Murray - name on sugar cube
     • Mariano Palhinha - uses for the Buddha Money Mystery
628. Among the Dealers
     • Jean Hugard hit by car
     • Acme Novelty Company joins M.D.A.
     • Nelson Enterprises - Secret Invention
     • Tom Dethlefsen in new location
     • Merv Taylor expands
     • Star Magic - M.C. Bow Tie
     • Al Caroselli dies - with reprint
     • ads by M.D.A.
     • Hall Magic - new list
     • Magic Limited's S.O.S.
     • announcements for future issues
629. Homing Cane - Edwin Taboe
629. advertisement
630. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Automatic Location
     • Los Magicos Location
631. advertisements

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633. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Five - March 1950 - 12 pages
633. photo of Bert Waring
634. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • the future of M.U.M.
     • an evening with Harold Agnew & Lyle Laughlin (Carlyle)
     • Bert Waring
635. Triple Thimble Tricks - Hen Fetsch
     • Thimble Gone
     • Thimble Repeat
     • Thimbletrate
     • Mental Thimble
     • Thimble Pass
     • Dime in Thimble
     • Thimble Full
     • Thimble Tip
636. advertisements
637. Tabbed - Pete Post - clippings re: Magigals
638. Hecklers Don't Worry Sonny---He Dishes It Right Back - clipping re: Sonny Richards
639. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Great Substitution - Gerald Kosky
640. Puzzle Corner
640. cartoon - Tim
641. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Mental Detection
642. The Gag Bag
     • a beer with two heads - Johnnie Murray
     • buffalo nickel gag - Johnnie Murry
     • Easter paddle idea - Bert Hansen
643. advertisements

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645. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Six - April 1950 - 12 pages
645. photo - Carlyle
646. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Carlyle & Wanda Warren
     • Joan Brandon
     • Announcement - Who is the Man of Magic for the Last Half Century?
647. Carlyle's One Hand Card Steal
648. About Town - clippings
     • James W. Farney, 41, Manager of Super Market and Magician, Dies
     • Sleight of Hand-cuffs - re: Thorton Wyman
     • Magician Catches Bullet in Teeth to Amaze His Fellow Tricksters - re: Hubert Lambert
     • Theater Man Asks Return of Coffin; 'All Is Forgiven'
     • Finds Stolen Coffin at High School - re: Ben Toussaint
649. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Nifty Key Card
649. advertisement
650. The Gag Bag
     • Buddha Money Mystery routine - Everett Samuels
     • fruit in bottle - Johnnie Murray
     • rock on roof - Carnell Norvell
651. The Bill Tube - Frank Chapman & Lloyd E. Jones
     • James A. Lucier
     • Coins in Envelope Prediction
     • The Speedy Magician
     • An Un-Matched Transposition
652. Puzzle Corner
652. Among the Dealers
     • Jim Swoger - Responsible for every deck sent to the South Pacific in WWII having a short card
     • Tom Dethelfsen and the return of the Invisible Bovine
     • Gene Gordon - Within the Shuffle
     • Mainly Mental - C. L. Boarde
     • Jim Swoger has taken over the Mark Jacob effects
     • Wandering Lipsticks - Star Magic
652. advertisements

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657. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Seven - May 1950 - 12 pages
657. Larrick's Rabbit Box - John Larrick
658. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • The Man of Magic for the Half-Century?
     • Oakland Magic Circle
     • Lloyd E. Jones - Honorary Member of the Indian Magic Expansion Board
     • Djinn - magical monthly from Copenhagen
660. clippings
     • Nothing up the Beak - re: Walter Gibson & Magic Explained
     • Pete Post says - Pete's Policeman - loaded dice
     • Bob Considine
     • An Old Con Game Is Revived Again - It Seems This Fellow Was Going to Pittsburgh, Too
     • Briton's Magic Fails All But 5 Conventioneers
661. Johnnie Murray's page
     • message on burnt match head
     • The Tagoonie Bugs
     • mouse in ice cube
662. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Just Think
     • Stop, Look, and Think
663. Six Remedies For Stage Fright - Pete Simer
     • 1. Keep Fit
     • 2. Smile Big
     • 3. Feel Friendly or Superior
     • 4. Think of Others
     • 5. Practice
     • 6. The Master Cure - Speak Only When You Have Something to Say
664. advertisements
666. Puzzle Corner
666. advertisements

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669. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Eight - June 1950 - 12 pages
669. Chandler Stevens Pres.-PCAM
670. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr. comes to The Bat
     • Portland Issue
670. Stan Greer extends invitation to Portland & On To Portland! [PCAM]
672. clippings
     • Hand Quicker'n Eye - re: Portland PCAM Convention
     • S.J. Rotary Takes In 7 Newcomers - re: show by Jan Ballen
     • Most Popular Professor Has Strange Notion - re: Dr. Gerald Ehrlich
     • Mr. Magic and J.J. - TV review
     • Amalie Magic theater - TV Review
673. Stage Magic For Amateurs - Charles E. Gurney, M.D.
674. Lord! Give Me Courage to be a Trouper - poem - Bernie Walsh
674. Wrong Again! - Chandler Stevens
675. A Two Card Transposition - Jimmie Stoppard
676. Portland Poona Patter - Price Burlingame
676. Close-Up Quickies - Desmond
     • Vanishing Deck
     • For Coin in Boxes effect
676. Political Economy - R. Vernon Cook
676. advertisements
678. Routine with the 20th Century Silks - Stan Greer
678. advertisements

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681. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Seventy-Nine - July 1950 - 12 pages
681. Unconventional Report - I.B.M. and S.A.M. Combined Convention - Chicago
682. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Edward O. Drane - new President of the M.D.A.
     • Jim Swoger's father dies the day before the Convention
     • Regow's Magic
       • Nu-Kwik Kolor Change
       • Select-A-Drink
       • Ball and Lemon Routine
       • Mix Master Deck
     • Town House - Bouncing Putty
     • Tiny Grant
     • Okito
     • Gemagic
     • Jack Chanin
685. advertisements
687. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Loyd's New Paragon Thimble Penetration
     • Thimble Thoughts
688. advertisements
689. Puzzle Corner
689. Harry A. Canar Dies
690. Edwin Tabor's Reel Trick
690. advertisements

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693. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Eighty - August 1950 [misnumbered as 1959] - 16 pages
693. P.C.A.M. Portland Convention
693. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • T.V. in conventions
     • Geoffrey Buckingham & film magic
     • Thimble Notes
698. clippings - re: P.C.A.M. Convention
     • Mayor Gets "Rabbit"
     • Mishap - Jean Foley cuts tie of Harry Clayton
     • New Tricks
     • Capital 'Prop' for Magic Hat
     • Magic Shown By Visitors
699. clippings
     • Walter Winchell - bar gag described
     • Pete Post says - Payoff Pete - trick with a bill
     • Wood Soanes - lizard game
     • Magician's Cash Box No Mystery to N.Y. Thief - re: Milbourne Christopher
     • Magician Needs Nimble Tongue to Go With Agile Fingers, Says [Byron] Fish
700. Ford Times - Paul Bunyan versus the Conveyor Belt - William Hazlett Upson - re: Mobius Strip
701. Color Change Extraordinary - Royal H. Brin Jr.
701. advertisement
702. Dealer News
     • wand set
     • stamping outfit to make expanded shells
     • Sky Hook
     • Mar-Vel-Us Deck - Joe Berg
     • Zebrasilk - Golden Gate Magic
     • Merv Taylor's production Box
     • baby skunk - Star Magic
     • Wandering Lipsticks - Golden Gate Magic & Star Magic
     • Jimmie Muir's Laugh Lines No. 4
     • McAthy's Smart Comedy
     • Patter for Standard Tricks - Robert Orben
     • rubber squirting mouse
     • card box
     • Bouncing Putty
702. Puzzle Corner
703. The Gag Bag
     • Jay Bedsworth - fake man in sofa
     • Jack McCoy - gag line
     • Johnnie Zandt - gag line
     • Jay Bedsworth - gag line
     • Ernie Bryan - gag line
     • Senator Crandall
     • Karrel Fox
     • Desmond - hook through tongue
     • Cliff Davidson - mental magic
     • P.A.C.M. trophy winners
704. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Thoughtful Joker
     • Card and Number Detection
     • Simplicity Location
705. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Jumping Thimble - Richard Gray
706. Cig. To Pipe - Lu Brent
706. advertisements

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709. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Eighty-One - September 1950 - 12 pages
709. photo - Bill Shelly
710. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • a kit of impromptu material
710. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
711. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Chameleon Thimble - Joe Berg
     • The Great Thimble Illusion - Norman Houghton
712. clippings
     • A Hobby? He Has 'Em in Bunches - re: R. S. Glover
     • Pete Post says - Payoff Pete
     • Galli Learns Fishing Trick, Pays $25 Fine - re: Galli Galli
     • Magician Brotherhood Entertains Lu Brent
     • Baghdad Bagatelle - re: Bob Fischer
     • Magician Rides Bicycle Blindfolded in Calcutta - re: Gogia Pasha
713. Fancy One-Hand Deal - Gerald Kosky
713. Puzzle Corner
714. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • You Do As I Do
     • Draw Coincidence
715. W. C. Shelly - cover personality
715. Among the Dealers
     • Math Miracles - Wallace Lee
     • Linking Ring set - D. Robbins
     • What I Know About Women - D. Robbins
     • Morris Fox of Royal Magic
     • Regow's Ball and Lemon Routine
     • Haines' Blok-Kord
     • Bob Nelson's publicity
     • Tiny Grant - catalog
715. advertisements
717. The Gag Bag
     • Caro Miller - business card using a Wolf Pack
     • Glenn Gravatt - Wolf Pack as a Stripper Deck
     • A Suggested Routine - Everett Samuels
     • Henk Vermeyden's Triks - magazine from Holland
     • Corvello finds a thought of card on table
     • Arnold Belais - long pocket
     • Up The Sleeve - Royal H. Brin, Jr.
718. advertisements

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721. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Eighty-Two - October 1950 - 12 pages
721. photo - James Swoger
722. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • TAB to be revived
     • James Swoger
     • list of tricks registered with the M.D.A. mailed to members
722. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
723. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Card in Pocket
     • Dual Sympathy
     • Sympathetic Decks
724. Puzzle Corner
724. advertisements
725. The Gag Bag
     • Tom Dethlefsen - stamping "Sample" on bills
     • a box for that unexpected call
     • Johnnie Murray - broken cigarette gag
     • Magic Hand Puppet Rabbit to light cigarette
     • Willane - rabbit in hat
726. Climatic Rope - Royal H. Brin, Jr.
726. advertisements
727. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Sleight of Hand Production of Five Thimbles - Jimmie Wilson, Sr.
     • Famous Names in Thimble Magic
728. TAB is Back!
729. Close-Outs - New & Used Magic - Magic Limited advertising
730. Silks & Pallette - Mariano Palhinha
730. Among the Dealers
     • Nu-Kwik Kolor Change - Regow's
     • Magical Gems - Paul Rosini
     • Math Magic - Wallace Lee
     • Zebrasilk - Golden Gate Magic
     • Baby Stinker - Star Magic
     • Four 2 One rope effect - Mecca Magic Studio
     • Douglas Magicland catalog
     • Within The Shuffle - Gene Gordon
731. advertisements

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733. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Eighty-Three - November 1950 - 16 pages
733. The Half Century's Man of Magic - Harry Houdini 1874-1926
734. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Inside Magic - George Boston
     • New Ways to Mystify - Robert Parrish
     • TAB plan explained
734. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
735. The Half Century's Man of Magic - Harry Houdini
736. Fifth Annual T.A.O.M. Convention - M. B. (Doc) Mahendra
739. The Bill Tube - Chapman & Jones
     • Drink Vanishes - Reappears in Impossible Place
     • Wilf Watson - calls Bill Tube his pill holder
739. advertisements
740. The Gag Bag
     • The Wolf Concentrates - Gerald Kosky
     • Snake-Rope - Allan Lambie
     • Johnnie Murray - removing shirt from vent figure
741. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Four Card Do As I Do
     • You Did It
     • "Do As I Do" Prediction
742. Puzzle Corner
742. advertisements
743. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Literature for Thimble Magic - Charles R. Blyth, Jr.
     • Johnnie Murray - cup-through-cup move for thimbles
744. clippings
     • Oakland Magic Circle gift a T.V. to Naval Hospital
     • "Silly Putty" Craze
     • Tower Ticker - re: Jackie Miles
745. TAB is Back!
746. Among the Dealers
     • Silk Gun Routines - Town House Magic
     • Laugh Lines No. 5 - Jimmie Muir
     • Christmas cards - Regow's
     • Ed Mellon's routine for Nu-Kwik Kolor Change
     • Kardcut - Hen Fetsch
     • Professional Patter - Robert Orben
     • Wit Parade - Red Baker & Milt Larsen
     • Buma
     • Pet Milk Can - Golden Gate Magic
746. Helpful Stage Hints
747. advertisements

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749. The Bat - Number Eighty-Four - December 1950 - 12 pages
749. photo - Johnnie Murray
750. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • February to be last monthly Bat issue - plans for an annual issue
750. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
751. Double-Brain-Wave-Premonition - Nyle Rothenbach
753. Puzzle Corner - Monte Dernham, editor
754. advertisements
755. clippings
     • Local Police Captain Goes Hunting Criminals Armed With Brand New Weapon - A Crystal Ball - re: Al Mogul
     • Pete's Payoff
     • Harry Usher, Vaudeville Star, Succumbs at 59
     • Off With That Blockhead! - re: King George as a vent
     • Buzz Ball - radioactive golf ball
756. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Thimble Notes to continue after The Bat
     • The Leipzig Move - De Vega
     • A Tenkai Acquitment - Bob Gunther
756. Meet "Cover Boy" Johnnie Murray
757. The Gag Bag
     • Merv Taylor hand buzzer to simulate broken gimmick in a rising card effect
     • Who Is That? - Richard Gray
     • Flash Fun - Richard Gray
     • Nyle Rothenbach - on the Wolf Pack
     • Harbin's Dippy Magnet variation
     • Three-Card Outrage - Norman Houghton
758. Among the Dealers
     • Scarne on Card Tricks
     • The Imperator Mental Test - Bryce Chambers
     • The New Look for the Magic Show - R. E. Arthur
     • Hen Fetsch's Kardkut variations
758. advertisements

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761. The Bat - Number Eighty-Five - January 1951 - 12 pages
761. photo of "Ted" & Jimmie "M.C." Muir
762. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • what happens after The Bat?
     • J. B. Bobo working on second book
     • first issue of "What's Doing"
762. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
763. Die Cocka-Lorum A Larrick - John Larrick
764. clippings
     • Modern Aladdins - telephone magicians
     • Superman - re: Frank Harris bullet catch
     • Grapette's P-R- trick - re: Phil Huckabee
     • Guilty Plea in Bogus Coin Case - re: John Lamb & Arthur Wendell
     • Stvling Bloke? - re: two small boys
     • Spooks Prowl Fort For Midnight Show - re: Chan Loo
765. Our Cover Duo "Ted" & Jimmie "M.C." Muir
765. Among the Dealers
     • Nu-Klick Kolor Change Gimmick contest - Jim Swoger
     • Ted Collins
     • Father Lloyd - second mail course in magic
     • Gene Gordon
     • Dick Swanson
     • Dave Robbins
     • Psychoanalysis - Chandu
     • TAB Book Club
766. The Gag Bag
     • For Baby Sitters - Johnnie Murray
     • Nyle Rothenbach - miniature deck gag
     • A Sucker Effect - W. G. Craigen
     • bird in audience gag
766. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
767. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Thimble Thru Hand Back - Royal H. Brin, Jr.
     • A Juggling Thimble Catch - Chester Dobksi
     • Random Notes
768. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Predicto
     • Another "You Do As I Do"
     • Transposition in Reverse (No. 1)
769. Constant Reader - Norman Houghton
770. Puzzle Corner - Monte Dernham, editor
770. advertisements

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773. The Bat - Voice of the M.D.A. - Number Eighty-Six - February 1951 - 12 pages
773. photo - Lloyd E. Jones
774. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • last of The Bat - start of What's Doing?
     • bound Bats
774. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
775. The Capture of Black Carew - Frank M. Chapman
776. clippings
     • Magicians of Two States Gather for Annual Frolic; Large Crowd Views Show - re: Illinois & Iowa magicians
     • There is Nothing Up My Sleeve but a Magician - re: Ring 38
     • Magic - San Francisco magicians
     • Wendell Corey Gets in the Shuffle - re: Harry Mendoza
     • Clown Prince - re: Ed Freeman
777. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Transposition in Reverse (No. 3) [No. 2 not included]
     • Transposition in Reverse (No. 4)
778. Thimble Notes - Charles R. Blyth, Jr., editor
     • Thimble on String - Chester Dobksi
778. advertisements
779. The Gag Bag
     • Bewitched Broom - Richard Gray
     • The Flat Flat Rabbit - Nyle Rothenbach
779. cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
780. Kutto Kardo - Nyle Rothenbach
780. advertisements
781. cigarette Pet - Lu Brent
782. Puzzle Corner - Monte Dernham, editor
782. advertisements

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