The Magic Wand Volume 40 (1951)
by George Armstrong

Numbers 229-232

235 pages

1. Vol. 40, Number 229, March, 1951 [48 numbered & 12 unnumbered cover, advertising pages & Vol. XXXIX Index pages]
1. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
   • Thank You
   • So Here We Are
   • Looking Back
3. Apparatus Trick Competition
   3. Penetrating Pack - R. W. Edwards
   6. "Flash" Ribbon Restoration - Tom Sellers
   8. The Smoked Card - Johnny Geddes
10. Patter in Rhyme - A. C. Newitt
    • For the "All Backs" Effect - Dai Vernon
    • Routine to Accompany "All Backs" Patter in Rhyme
13. Hickory Clock - E. Subkleve (Transvaal)
17. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
    17. Nofors Card in Cigarette
    21. The Spectator Predicts
    27. Purely Co-incidental
    30. Slate Impossibility
34. Len Belcher's Burnt Note
36. The Aye-Cee Miracle Book Test (Improved Version) - Arthur F. G. Carter
37. Milkacle - Dr. H. J. Tattersall
40. Mindreader's Trio - George Joyce
    • The Trilby Prediction
    • Top of the Stack
    • Your Number, Sir!
44. Psychic Colours - Tom Sellers
46. Book Notes
    • Expert Card Technique - Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
    • Sixty Years of Psychical Research - Joseph F. Rinn
    • A Trick for Eddie Clever - George B. Anderson
    • Magicians Advertising Kit - Abra Cadabra Shop
    • Magic as a Hobby - Bruce Elliott
    • Kardkut - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Stars of Magic, Series 7 - Dr. Jacob Daley
      • No. 1. The Cards up the Sleeve
      • No. 2. The Itinerant Pasteboards
      • No. 3. The Cavorting Aces

49. Vol. 40, Number 230, June, 1951 [48 numbered & 10 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Magic Circle
    • Where is N.A.M.S.?
    • Up It Goes!
    • A Happier Note
51. Three Pocket Tricks - John K. Bays
    • Sympathetic Matches
    • With a Cigarette Packet
    • Flash Thimble Transposition
56. Peterson's Magic - series by Allan Peterson
    • The Passe Passe Silks
    • Bluff Coin Vanish
    • Do Your Pores Expand?
    • A Gag Routine
64. A Curious Coincidence - Douglas Glendall
65. An Appreciation of Cyril L. Cullingford - obituary by S. P. Bowman
65. Another "Gold, Silver and Copper" Mnemonic - George Joyce
66. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
    66. Simplest of All Spelling Tricks
    67. The Uncommercial Traveller
    72. Make Your Mind a Blank
    76. The Pack Twins
    79. Verrall's Very Slippery Deck
83. What's The Difference? - gag by W. S. Hartley
84. Apparatus Trick Competition
    84. Impromptu Rising Cigarettes - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
    86. The Rising Cards Again - Tom Sellers
    88. Half a Bottle - Harry Carnegie
89. Mickey's Travels - Minar the Magician (Algeria)
91. Aid to Silksters - J. F. Orrin
94. Patter in Rhyme for the Cards to Pocket Effect - A. C. Newitt
95. Book Notes
    • The Sphinx Golden Jubilee Book of Magic - Milbourne Christopher, compiler
    • Stars of Magic, Series 8 - Slydini
      • No. 1. Cigarette Miracle
      • No. 2. Flight of the Paper Balls
      • No. 3. Flyaway Coin Routine
    • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. VII, Book Edition No. 4 - Fleming Book Co.
    • White Sorcery - Senor Mardo

97. Vol. 40, Number 231, October, 1951 [48 numbered & 10 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • It's on the Market
    • Does It Work?
    • Correction
99. Supplement to A Curious Coincidence - Francis Haxton
100. Apparatus Trick Competition
     100. The Chinese Tea Caddy - Arthur F. G. Carter
     102. The Monkey Trap - Luigi Ruggeri (Italy)
     106. The Rings of Saturn - James Wilson
108. A Slow Thimble Colour Change and Vanish - A. C. Newitt
110. New Angles on the Triple Divination - Tom Sellers
     • Another Angle
112. Concerning An Old Chair - George Johnson
1. Extra photo supplement page - "The Magic Wand" Editorial Chair
113. Touch Again - Arthur F. G. Carter
114. Two Minds - One Thought - Johnny Geddes
116. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
     116. The V.W. Rising Cards
     119. "Cutting" a Card
     124. Blotoff
130. Red Letter Day - Will Dexter
134. Three More Pocket Tricks - John K. Bays
     • Rizla Magic
     • Do As I Do Paper Tear
     • Flaming Powder
137. Peterson's Magic - series by Allan Peterson
     • Bonus Genius
     • Oh! A Card Case Vanish
141. Here's Fun - A Gag for the Children's Entertainer - Lawrenco
142. Marvo, The Marvel - poem by R. Llewellyn Fenn
143. Book Notes
     • Stars of Magic Series - Ross Bertram on Coins
     • Technicolor Follow the Leaders - Peter Warlock
     • 15 Minutes with a Piece of Rope - R. W> Hull
     • Diversions with Dice - Treborix
     • The Problem Deck - Jack Vosburgh
144. Effects
     • The Carnelli Bottle Top

145. Vol. 40, Number 232, December, 1951 [48 numbered; 10 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
145. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • A Merry Christmas
     • Magic Wand Routine Competition
     • The "Magic Wand" Chair
     • N.A.M.S.
     • Does It Work?
147. The Four-Coin Repeat Trick - E. Brian MacCarthy
155. Two For The Children's Entertainer - John K. Bays
     • Cut-Out Express
     • Children's Zoo
159. Penetrating The Impossible - Erling Subkleve (Transvaal)
160. Apparatus Trick Competition - call for votes
161. The Disappearing Silk - Julius Sundman (Finland)
162. Magically Yours - series by Verrall Wass
     162. Pips That Pass in the Night
     165. Going Down
     168. Off With His Heads
     170. Finishing the Four Aces
     174. All Through You
     176. Verrall's Nukard Stand
179. Seller's Magic - series by Tom Sellers
     • A New Magnetic Wand
     • "Any Page" Book Test
181. Prophecy! - a prophecy from The Magic Wand
182. Peterson's Magic - series by Allan Peterson
     • Ball Business
184. The World's Greatest Mindreader - Johan Van Mierlo (Belgium)
188. Vent - (t)rilling - Les Manterfield
     • Training the Voice
     • Choice of Song
     • Outline of an Act
191. The Letter Box - correspondence
192. Book Notes
     • Opus Thirteen - Eric C. Lewis
     • Hobby Magic - Morris N. Young, M.D.
     • "Vampire" Magic Catalogue - Max Andrews