This book is part biographical, a history of Lewis Ganson - one of the most prolific authors of magic, and a lot of wonderful magic.
It is written in Ganson's usual well-written, well-articulated style. Cards, coins, money magic, mental magic, cups and balls, and much more.
1st edition 1982; 232 pages.
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Bibliography
- Contents
- Index of Photographs
- A Tribute to Lewis Ganson Evening (Edwin Hooper)
- Introduction
- A Tribute from Dai Vernon
- The Music Room
- Jess
- The Burford Arms
- A Magician at the Bar
- The Cap and Pence
- Ellis Stanyon's Limit Four Ace Trick
- Moving On
- My Start in Magic
- Jack Hill's Presentation for the Torn and Restored Strip of Paper
- The War Years
- Home Again
- The Unique Magic Studio
- Germany
- The Story of Lili Marlene
- The Link (Will Ayling)
- The PSI Factor (Peter Warlock)
- Plastic Silks (Peter Warlock)
- Edwin's Rainbow Chips Routine
- Tips on Rainbow Chips (Michael Symes)
- Bobby Bernard's Coin Tunnel
- Cheeky Prediction (Roy Baker)
- Playing With Time (Martin Breese)
- The Name of the Game (Rink/Ganson)
- 'Clever Dick' (Fred Lowe)
- Back to Back with Tony Griffith
- Close-Up Finger-Ring Routine (Tom Johnston)
- Salt Galore (Hubert Lambert)
- Lewis Ganson's routine with Hubert Lambert's Salt Galore
- Bill in Lemon (Cliff Osman)
- Flip Deal (M. A. Perovich)
- Do As I Do - Extra (Dennis Sargeant/Graham Cheminais)
- Ring and String (Mark Leveridge)
- Giant Thimble-Rig
- The Card on the Ceiling (Alfred B. Jones/Tudor Brock)
- Fabian's Final Curtain
- Design For Laughter
- The Swinging Pendulum (Cliff Osman)
- Variation on the Rooklyn Top Palm (Dennis Sargeant)
- Five Coin Flourish (M. A. Perovich)
- Vernon's Variant - Plus (Mike Boate)
- Catching teh Cube
- Super Six (Corvelo)
- Fabian's - Back to the House
- More and More Amazement
- Flight of the Phoenix
- Fluttering Hearts (Phil Goldstein/Max Maven)
- Predicting Money in a Spectator's Pocket (John Booth)
- The Spirit Hand Writes (John Booth)
- Slow Motion Coin Vanish (John Cornelius)
- The Rovi Book Test
- Fold-A-Card (John Cornelius)
- Elmsley - Lewis Count
- Drop the Box
- Card in Crystal (Will Ayling)
- Remember and Forget (M. A. Perovich)
- Seven Card Monte
- Andre Robert's Green Carpet
word count: 74707 which is equivalent to 298 standard pages of text
