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The Gen Volume 20 (1964)

by Harry Stanley & Lewis Ganson
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The Gen Volume 20 (1964) by Harry Stanley & Lewis Ganson
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On the covers are

  • Roy Baker
  • Esme Levante
  • Al Flosso
  • Jay Ose
  • The Magic Castle
  • Roger Crosthwaite
  • Jack Mayes
  • Oliver Mackenzie
  • Horace Bennett
  • Bob Olson
  • Valerie and Robert Swadling
  • Keith Lawrence
332 pages
  1. Volume 20, Number 1, May, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Roy Baker
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Mainly Manipulative
    • Tissue Vanish - Robert Hamilton
  4. Magic with Apparatus
    • Out of the Rut - or The Devil of a Box - Norman Rhodes
  5. Money Magic
    • Hypno-Tisn't - Horace Bennett
  6. Magic for Youngsters
    • Turkish Delight - Len Belcher
  7. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • Magic with a Flourish - Noel Stanton
      • Top Card Turnover
      • Ambitious Card Turnover
      • Variation
      • After Dai Vernon
      • After Jerry Andrus
      • London Colour Change
  8. Tricky Trading-Stamps - Val Andrews
  9. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Here We Go Again!
    • Mystic Craig
    • Rico
    • John Shearer
    • Joel Nash
    • Sven Kindbom
    • South Africa Week
    • Discussing Magic
    • Lewis Ganson
  1. Volume 20, Number 2, June, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Esme Levante
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Rope Magic
    • Riddles with Rope - Tom Sellers
      • 1. The Loops on the Rope
      • 2. The Migrating Knot
      • 3. The Tie on Silks
      • 4. Another Cut and Restored Rope
  4. Money Magic
    • Bennett's Buffaloe - Horace Bennett
  5. Magic with Apparatus
    • Just As I Thought - Len Belcher
  6. The Feast of Lanterns - Len Belcher
  7. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • 4. Magic with a Flourish - Noel Stanton
      • 1. Visual Change
      • 2. Single Card Change
      • 3. Pivot Colour Change
      • 4. Variation on the Notis Cacscade
      • 5. Flick Up Flourish
  8. Beer and Blossoms - Ken de Courcy's Practicalities
  9. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • London 2 pm - Chicago 4:40 pm
    • Las Vegas
    • Aware of the Possibility of Great Heat
    • Dunes Hotel
    • Bill Larsen
    • The Magic Castle
    • Disneyland
    • Chicago
  1. Volume 20, Number 3, July, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Al Flosso
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Name Revelation - John Bargoli
  4. Card Magic
    • Piet Forton's "Lucky Numbers" - Lewis Ganson
  5. Magic for the Pocket
    • Ball-Balance - No Skill Required - Val Andrews
  6. Magic with Apparatus
    • Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! - Charles Clifton
  7. My Angel - Ken de Courcy
  8. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • 5 - More Equally Unequal Ropes
  9. Close Up Magic
    • Shell-Die Subtleties - Val Andrews
      • 1. Die Through Sheet of Plastic
      • 2. Vanishing Coin
      • 3. Square to Sphere
      • 4. Die Thru' Table
  10. The Wet Card Discovery - Ken de Courcy's Practicalities
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Thank You
    • Disneyland
  1. Volume 20, Number 4, August, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Jay Ose
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Money Magic
    • Transposition - Horace Bennett [USA]
  4. The Crazy World of Val Andrews
  5. Card Magic
    • For Card Items - Tom Sellers
      • 1. A "Double Face" Force
      • 2. A Trick Using the Charlier Pass
      • 3. An Open Fingers Card Change
      • 4. False Shuffle for an Arranged Pack
  6. Predicta-Card - David Bornstein [Denmark]
  7. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Voodoo - Albert Spackman
  8. Many Years Ago - And It Happened - John Pickstone [re: Max Malini]
  9. Magic with Apparatus
    • Peekaboo - The Handy Changing Mat - Val Andrews
  10. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • Variations on Equally Unequal Ropes
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Faucett Ross
    • The Great News
    • Johnny Hart
    • Jay Marshall
    • New York
    • Homeward Bound
    • Jens Korth
  1. Volume 20, Number 5, September, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: The Magic Castle
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Card Magic
    1. It's Easy - Leo Behnke
    2. Topsy-Turvy Cutting of Aces - Gerald Kosky
  4. Money Magic
    • A Coin in a Tumbler - Ross Bertram
  5. Mainly Manipulative
    • A New Coin Change - Dai W. Vernon
  6. Close Up Magic
    • Slippery Rocks - Dick Zimmerman
  7. Rope Magic
    • The Jay Ose Thumb Tie - Faucett W. Ross
  8. Magic for the Pocket
    • The Bagly Yarn Trick - Faucett W. Ross
  9. A Letter from Dai Vernon - A Snappy Lift
  10. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Dai & Jay
    • The Magic Castle
    • The Grand Salon
    • The Music Chamber
    • Falling Freda
    • Smallest Concert Hall
    • The Close-Up Room
    • Dining Rooms
    • Johnny Hart
    • Thick Ear Department
    • "Daggering"
  1. Volume 20, Number 6, October, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Roger Crosthwaite
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Money Magic
    1. Twice Through - Ken de Courcy's Practicalities
    2. Matching Money - Ken de Courcy
  4. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Newspaper Test - Albert Spackman
  5. The Golden Age of Magic - John Pickstone
    • The Query
    • More of Malini
    • Some of Byrd-Page and De Biere
  6. Mainly Manipulative
    • Sleightly Coin-fusing - Horace Bennett
  7. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • After Peeking - Dai Vernon
      • 1. Pressure Fan
      • 2. Spread Location
      • 3. To Shuffle the Card to the Top with the Riffle Shuffle
      • 4. Double Peek Control
      • 5. Three Break Control
      • 6. Multiple Peek Control
      • 7. Transferring the Break
      • 8. A Spectator Finds His Own Card
      • 9. Adaption of the Greek Break for Card Stabbing
  8. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Convention Time
    • Successful
    • Facilities
    • International Show
    • Mayor's Reception, Dance and Cabaret
    • Dealers' Demonstration
    • The Ken Brooke Lecture
    • The Competition
    • Ali Bongo
    • The Fountain of Ribbons
    • Classics in the Modern Manner
    • Close-Up Magic Session
    • Club Night
    • Marconick Lecture
    • The Gala Show
    • The Fogel One Man Show
  1. Volume 20, Number 7, November, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Jack Mayes
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Close Up Magic
    • Bennett's Jardine Ellis Ring Routine - Horace Bennett
  4. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Managramay - Leslie May
  5. Tom Sellers' Mental Magic
    • Catching a Thought
    • The Number Behind the Door
  6. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • Note in Cigarette - Roger Crosthwaite
  7. 1-2-3 Prediction - Albert Spackman
  8. Coin-Mentality - Albert Spackman
  9. Magic for Youngsters
    • A Giant for Christmas - Len Belcher
  10. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Magic Circle Festival
    • Harry Clarke
    • "At Homes"
    • Alan Shaxton
    • A Scottish Issue
  1. Volume 20, Number 8, December, 1964, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Oliver MacKenzie
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Magic from Scotland - Frederica, complier
    1. The Writing on the Arm - Frederica
    2. Card Magic
      • Doctor's Orders or A Nine Card Trick - Jim Craig
      • Where Did They Go? - Stuart Leith
    3. Mental and Spirit Magic
      • Cross Words Across - Leslie May
    4. Silk Magic
      • Two Silk Effects - Tom Sellers
        • The Fly-Over Silks
        • An Aid for the Dyed Silks
  4. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • JADUSUI or The Hindu Needles & Thread - Roger Crosthwaite
    • Note in Cigarette Transposition - Roger Crosthwaite
  5. Sphere-O-Silks - Bill Scott
  6. Silk 'N Tumblers - Dave Campbell
  7. Money Magic
    • The Honest Coin Vanisher - Bob Farrell
  1. Volume 20, Number 9, January, 1965, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Horace Bennett
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. The Magic of Horace Bennett
    1. Coins from Hand to Hand
    2. The Ringer
    3. Suit Yourself (A Version of Dr. Jacob Daley's Sequacious Spades)
    4. The Name's the Same
  4. Punch's Publicity Piece - Dennis Patten
  5. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • Roger Crosthwaite's Card Magic
      • Escape
      • Manipulative "Pop" Production
      • Tabled L.T.P. [Longitudinal Tenkai Palm]
      • Stab It Routine
      • L.T.P. Tabled Reverse
      • Shuffle Steal
  6. Magic with Apparatus
    • Bang On! - Thos. Barker
  7. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Back to Normal
    • Magicians Generally
    • Congratulations
    • Johnny Hart
    • In London
    • Interest in Magic
    • Magi-Tutors
    • Swadling Swindle
  1. Volume 20, Number 10, February, 1965, 24 numbered pages - cover picture: Bob Olson
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. The Magic of Bob Olson [Wisconsin, USA]
    1. Copper Through Silver
    2. Card Concealment
    3. Ball Penetration and Surprise
    4. Coin Through Handkerchief - 1st Method
    5. Coin Through Handkerchief - 2nd Method
    6. Linking Ring Move
  4. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Smoking Room Only - John Bragoli
  5. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • Roger Crosthwaite's Card Magic
      • Watch It
      • Variations
      • Envelope Reverse
      • Notes on the Needle Switch
      • A Card on Cigarette
      • Penknife Routine
  6. Magic with Apparatus
    • The Flying Baron - Renato dos Santos Reis [Portugal]
  7. Money Magic
    • Four Coin Production - Barry Covan [Australia]
  8. Card Magic
    • One-Way Deckceptions - David Bornstein [Denmark]
    • Production of Cards - Jimmy Clarke
  9. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Finger Flingers
    • Studio Visitors
    • The Tornedo's
    • Lots of Shows
    • Blackpool Convention
    • The British Ring
  1. Volume 20, Number 11, March, 1965, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Robert Swadling
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
  3. Magic with Apparatus
    • Dove on Billiard Balls - Robert Swadling
  4. Money Magic
    • Maupin's Change - Horace Bennett
    • A la Slydini - A Coin Vanish and Recovery - Horace Bennett
  5. Close Up Magic
    • Invisible Dice - Shaz Tonami [Japan]
  6. Illusions
    • More Original Escape Ideas - Charles Ruben [USA]
      • Simplex Escape Cage
      • Operating Table Escape
  7. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • Roger Crosthwaite's Card Magic
      • Delayed
      • Two Ideas from John Gilliland
        • 1. Improved Shuffle Steal
        • 2. Second Card Steal
      • Tabled Pivot
      • Venus Rooms Mirage
      • Card to Spectator's Pocket
  8. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland
    • Rings on an Endless Chain
  9. Billy Russell - The Grand Old Man of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • Howard Thurston
    • The Russell Scrap Books
    • Critic for the Thurston Show
    • Rabbit Production
    • The Floating Lady
    • Bowl of Water Production
  1. Volume 20, Number 12, April, 1965, 28 numbered pages - cover picture: Keith Lawrence
  2. From The Gen Desk - comments from Neville Finney & Lewis Ganson
  3. The Magic of Keith Lawrence
    1. On Edge Coin Vanish
    2. A Working Man's Trick
    3. Impromptu Stacked Deck
  4. Mental and Spirit Magic
    • Restored and Burnt Banknote - Eric Diffen
  5. Money Magic
    • Passe Passe Coins - Ken Russell
  6. Magic with Apparatus
    • Milk to Dove Production - Charles Gauci
  7. Hung One - Hung Two - Hung Three - Jack Roy
  8. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
    • Roger Crosthwaite on Cards
      • Think-A-Card
  9. Mainly Manipulative
    • Two Billiard Ball Colour Changes - Peter Rodda
      • Drop Through Colour Change
      • Colour Change in Transit
  10. Card Magic
    • Double Twin Coincidence - Andy Anthonsen
  11. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
    • Once Again
    • Abracadabra
    • Last Month
    • Be Realistic
    • Blackpool Convention
    • Blasted
    • I.B.M. British Ring
    • The Speeches
    • The Cabaret
    • April Conventions
    • Magic Circle Diamond Jubilee
    • Johnny Hart
    • Billy Stanley
    • New Readers
    • Have Your Gens Bound
    • Dennis Patten

word count: 136661 which is equivalent to 546 standard pages of text

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