The Blueprint Volume 5
by Barry Govan & Ian Baxter & Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor

An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors through Issue Number 5
Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor, new editors starting with Issue Number 6; 47 pages in Volume 5

1. Volume 5, Number 1, July, 1978, 4 pages
1. The Cardsharps Apprentice - Barry Govan
3. Patter for ... The Cardsharps Apprentice
3. Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • Paul Harris' "Supermagic"
4. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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5. Volume 5, Number 2, August, 1978, 4 pages
5. Control Ace Transpo - Derek Martin
6. Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • Harry Lorayne's "The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel"
7. The Seven Routine
8. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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9. Volume 5, Number 3, September, 1978, 4 pages - Danny Tong Issue
9. Copper Silver Brass
10. Notes on the Card in the Wallet
11. One Two Three
12. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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13. Volume 5, Number 4, October, 1978, 4 pages
13. Chinese Linking Rings - Percy Laidler
15. A Tricky Quicky
15. Blueprint In Print - reviews:
    • John Mendoza's "The Book of John"
16. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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17. Volume 5, Number 5, November, 1978, 4 pages
17. Flapjack - Phil Goldstein
18. Blueprint In Print - reviews:
    • J.C. Wagner's "Seven Secrets"
19. Chinese Linking Rings - Percy Laidler - continued
20. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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21. Volume 5, Number 6, December, 1978, 4 pages
21. The Empty Move (cups & balls) - Tom Gagnon
22. Blueprint In Print - reviews:
    • Earl Nelson's "Variations"
    • Shigeo Futagawa's "Introduction to Coin Magic"
23. A Coin Change - Murray Cooper
24. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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25. Volume 5, Number 7, January, 1979, 4 pages
25. The Traveling Dice - Barry Govan
26. The Growing Coin - Murray Cooper
27. Blueprint In Print - Reviews:
    • Ron Wilson's "It's The Little Things ..." lecture notes
    • Johnny Thompson's "Polished Polish Prestidigitation"
28. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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29. Volume 5, Number 8, February, 1979, 4 pages
29. Blueprint's Advice to the Card Manipulator - cartoon
30. Monied Thought - Barry Govan
31. The Missing Card - Barry Govan
32. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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33. Volume 5, Number 9, March, 1979, 3 pages
33. The Master Cups & Balls - Govan, Cooper, McCreanor
36. page missing (Blueroom?)

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37. Volume 5, Number 10, April, 1979, 4 pages
37. Loc-Ace-tion - Harry Lorayne
38. Fantasy in Colour - Woody Landers
39. Blueprint In Print - Barry Govan Reviews:
    • Shigeo Takagi's "Coin Routine"
    • Karl Fulves' "Self Working Card Tricks"
39. The Face Down Card - Andrew Simpson
40. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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41. Volume 5, Number 11, May, 1979, 4 pages
41. Thumb Coin Vanish - Garry O'Brien
42. High Speed Aces - Phil Goldstein
43. Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter Reviews:
    • "Fred Braue on False Deals"
43. Crooked Dice
44. The Blueroom - editorial comments

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45. Volume 5, Number 12, June, 1979, 4 pages
45. The Flying Dice - Murray Cooper
47. The Red-Backed Card - Dino Proctor
47. Blueprint In Print - Murray Cooper Reviews:
    • Jon Racherbaumer's "Arch Triumphs"
48. The Blueroom - editorial comments

word count: 18821 which is equivalent to 75 standard pages of text