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The Gen Volume 16 (1960)
by Harry Stanley & Lewis Ganson

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The Gen Volume 16 (1960) by Harry Stanley & Lewis Ganson
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On the covers are

  • Al Koran
  • Allan Jamieson
  • Lloyd E. Jones
  • Gerald Kosky
  • Peter Pit
  • Douglas Francis
  • Lewis Ganson
  • Mavis Murrell
  • Don Alan
  • Iris and Lester Sharpe
  • Laurence Glen
  • The Tornedo's
304 pages
  1. Volume 16, Number 1, May, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Al Koran
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Card Magic
    • Rainbow Pips - Bernard Shaw
  4. Card Seance - John Howie
  5. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • The Sailor's Trick
  6. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Penetration of a Cigarette
  7. Magic with Apparatus
    • Portfolio of Magic - Norman Rhodes
  8. Magic for the Pocket
    • Copper Capers Reviewed - Gordon Prunty
  9. Close Up Magic
    • A Sweet Little Trick - Ken de Courcy
  10. A Musician Looks at Magic - Sydney Twinn
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley

  1. Volume 16, Number 2, June, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Allan Jamieson
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Silk Magic
    • Transpo Silks - George Munro
  4. Magic for the Pocket
    • Three Blank Routine - Dave Campbell
      • Frederica's Patter and Presentation
  5. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Frederica's Unique Candle Routine
  6. Card Magic
    • A Backward Glance - Leslie May
  7. A 4 Ace Routine - Jim Cook
  8. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • A Dark Seance - De Vega
  9. Magic with Apparatus
    • Noah's Ark Production - Ian Adair
  10. See???? - J. B. Findlay
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley

  1. Volume 16, Number 3, July, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Lloyd E. Jones
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Magic with Apparatus
    • Too Many Bottles - Lloyd E. Jones
  4. 55Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Farther Out of This World - Dr. Raymond L. Beebe
  5. Dodging Prohibition - George Boston
  6. Close Up Magic
    • The Gypsy's Blessing - Robert Haskell
  7. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Over the Telephone - Gerald Kosky
  8. Prediction Chest Idea - Raymond W. Hafler
  9. Nine and Ten Trick - Jay Ose
  10. The Well Stacked Queen - Mel Brown
  11. The New Siamese Aces - Jack McMillen
  12. Card in Balloon - George McAthy
  13. New Divino - Glenn Gravatt
  14. Biddle-Thru - Elmer Biddle

  1. Volume 16, Number 4, August, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Gerald Kosky
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Card Magic
    • Colorcation - John Howie
  4. Reading the Cards - Tom Sellers
  5. Bits and Pieces - Robert Hamilton
    • One - Sponge Ball Vanish
    • Basic Sleight
    • Variation (1)
    • Variation (2)
    • Two - A Coin Vanish
  6. A Study in Anti-Gravity - Frank Richmond
  7. The Dated Card - Ken de Courcy
  8. What's on Your Mind - The Lamberts
  9. Three Thoughts - Arnold de Seiver
    • magi-mental effect with records
    • China Transpo
    • Opus 24
  10. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • The Rink-Pink-Chien Discs
  11. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Hovering Cards - Frederica

  1. Volume 16, Number 5, September, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Peter Pit
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Bar Capers - Ken Brooke
  4. Choc-Luck - Leslie May
  5. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • Crazy Matches
  6. Card Magic
    • Dotto! - Bernard Shaw
  7. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Little but Good
      • One: Convincing Ring Steal - Ken de Courcy
      • Two: Poor Man's Prediction - Hubert Lambert
      • Three: Fancy Card Production - Tom Sellers
      • Four: A Card Quickie - Arnold de Seiver

  1. Volume 16, Number 6, October, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Douglas Francis
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • There's Music in the Air - Gordon Prunty
  4. Mental Dice-ception - John Bragoli
  5. Magic for Youngsters
    • Kuller Error - Frederica
  6. Money Magic
    • Transposition of a Marked Coin - De Vega
  7. Card Magic
    • The Centre Card Transfer - Edward Marlo
      • No Binary Today
  8. Anniversary Cards - Ken de Courcy
  9. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • More Good Little Things
      • One: Make Your Own Money - Geoffrey Hunt
      • Two: Tantalising Tube - Hubert Lambert
      • Three: A Card Prediction Using the Rough and Smooth Principle - Tom Seelers

  1. Volume 16, Number 7, November, 1960, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Lewis Ganson montage
  2. "Substitute" Gen Desk - comments from Harry Stanley
  3. Magic and Printing - comments from Harry Clarke
  4. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Channelled Thoughts - Leslie May
  5. Card Magic
    • 21 Plus or Minus - Gerald Kosky
  6. Spinning Cards - Noel Stanton
  7. Milk Magic - Arnold de Seiver
  8. The Whirling Cigarette - Ken de Courcy
  9. You Are Wanted - Hubert Lambert
  10. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • Concentrated Cut
  11. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Cards of Coincidence - Dai Vernon
  12. Giant Memory Plus - W. J. Cheal

  1. Volume 16, Number 8, December, 1960, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Mavis Murrell
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Magic with Apparatus
    • Communications Balloon - Len Belcher
  4. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Thought Reading by Telephone - John Kenyon
  5. Close Up Magic
    • Growing Under Glass - "Mo" Howarth
  6. The Power of "G" - Norman Rhodes
  7. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • Elastic Rope
  8. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Tricks from Tom Sellers
      • 1. The Match Rocket
      • 2. Finding the Marked Cigarette
      • 3. The Linking Safety Pins
      • 4. A Different Impromptu Card Rise
      • 5. The Penetrating Cup
  9. Card Magic
    • The Trained Cards - Frederica
  10. The Birthday Card - Robert Hamilton
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley

  1. Volume 16, Number 9, January, 1961, 28 numbered pages - cover caricature: Don Alan
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • Rink's Sympathetic Coins
  4. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Bending Spoon - Slydini
      • First Method
      • Second Method
  5. Silk Magic
    • Unique Silken Sorcery - Tan Choon Tee (Singapore)
  6. Magic with Rope
    • Fantastic Cord- Plus - Harry Gammon (Clown Car)
  7. Close Up Magic
    • What Name - Leslie May
  8. Card Magic
    • Three Colour Changes - Tom Sellers
      • 1. The Fly Past Transformation
      • 2. A New Card Transformation
      • 3. The Simple Card Change
  9. Variations on a Theme - Frederica
    • Item No. 1 - Quad-Cut
    • Item No. 2 - Fantastrick
    • Item No. 3 - Spectulator
  10. Card and Magazine - Arnold de Seiver
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley

  1. Volume 16, Number 10, February, 1961, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Iris and Lester Sharpe
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Magic with Apparatus
    • A Clear Fiddle - Don Credo
  4. Ken de Courcy's presentation for Al Koran's "£1 Note Under the Three Cups"
  5. Silk Magic
    • Hypersilk - Norman Houghton (Toronto)
  6. Close Up Magic
    • Hue, Hue and Hue - Len Belcher
  7. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Coins Through - by Psychology - Slydini
  8. Card Magic
    • Miracle Spell - John Bragoli
  9. Sorry Madam - Ken Miller
  10. Thought Sandwich - Peter McDonald
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley

  1. Volume 16, Number 11, March, 1961, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Laurence Glen
  2. The Associated Wizards of The South Golden Jubilee - letter from Jeffrey Atkins
  3. Magic for the Pocket
    • Bolted - Fred Lowe
  4. The Telescopic Card - Fred Lowe
  5. Silk Magic
    • Where the Rainbow Blows - William G. Strickland
  6. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • The Spirit Painting - Oswald Rae
  7. Magic with Apparatus
    • The Rose Garden - Will Ayling
  8. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Marconick's Trouble Free Production of Billiard Balls
  9. Close Up Magic
    • Gozinta Pencil - Cecil Keech
  10. Magic for Youngsters
    • Bang On - Wilf Tyler
  11. Make It Easier! - Geoffrey Robinson
  12. Review - comments from Harry Stanley

  1. Volume 16, Number 12, April, 1961, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: The Tornedo's [sic]
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Card Magic
    • A Card in the News - Robert Hamilton
  4. A Top Change - Robert Hamilton
  5. Huechoose - Len Belcher
  6. Close Up Magic
    • Double Scotch! - John R. Mallichan
  7. Chameleon Cocktail - Don Credo
  8. Money Magic
    • Coins on Fingers - Frederica
  9. Magic with Apparatus
    • The Poster Artist - Ken de Courcy
  10. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • Three In One
      • The Floating Cards
      • Card Through the Hand
      • Sliding Glue
  11. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Match Colour Telegraphy - John Bragoli
  12. Lewis Ganson Explains - series
    • Magic on Film - article
  13. Quartet - Tom Sellers
    • 1. - Those Infectious Spots
    • 2. - A String Penetration
    • 3. - An Easily Made Cigarette Dropper
    • 4. - Three Dice Prediction
  14. Review - comments from Harry Stanley

word count: 141077 which is equivalent to 564 standard pages of text