Will Goldston products: page 2

This is an interesting compilation of material - a mix of short portraits and Goldston's personal recollections of various magicians - some famous, some not, as well as some of their tricks and secrets. The result is a fairly extensive collection of tricks of all kinds and denominations. Includes many illustrations and photos of the contributors.

The first edition was issued in the same style as Goldston's famous Locked Books series, but without the clasp.

Excerpt from the introduction:

This book is the trick section of Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. Goldston felt that the trick section was the part that magicians would be most interested in and thus made it available as a separate book.

• Introduction
• The Newest Chinese Bat
• The Thought Reader
• Performing Matches
• The Best Penetrating Coin
• A Borrowed Handkerchief Burned
• A Mysterious Match
• Swallowing A Solid Wand
• Which Cigarette?
• The Vanished Egg
• The Expanding Egg
• The Newest Card Changing Box
• The G. W. Hunter Pull
• Cigarettes...

Programmes, ventriloquial dialogues, juggling, cartooning, paper folding, care of animals and birds.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Excerpt from the introduction:

There are not many short biography compilations in magic and this one by Goldston is still one that is being consulted frequently. The most extensive one is by Bart Whaley (Who's Who in Magic) but while Whaley covers many more magicians he does not include portraits. Goldston includes many portraits of magicians and his biographical sketches can sometimes be much more extensive than in other such compilations. Goldston groups magicians as professionals, semi-professionals, and amateurs. He covers 90 professional magicians, 50 semi-professional magicians, and 69 amateurs.

1st edition 1934, 114 pages; PDF...

From the introduction by Horace Goldin:

Hardcover in landscape bound with string. This copy is in excellent condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

Hardcover in green cloth stamped. Former retail sticker on back. For details on content see the digital edition.

Softcover hole punched. Probably had a string through the holes which is missing. On the cover the name Stanton Carlisle is written with a ballpoint pen. Likely this copy belonged to Stanton Carlisle at some point. Cover somewhat damaged and torn at the spine. For details on the content see the digital edition.

This was Goldston's first magic publication, a mix of magic, some juggling, and a bit of other variety arts such as shadowgraphy and chapeaugraphy.

From the Introduction:

• Introduction
• The Wedding Ring passed through a Handkerchief
• The Candle and Handkerchief Illusion
• The Devo Card Trick
• The...

Contents:

• CARD TRICKS
  • A Forcing Pack which can be Shuffled
  • The Card on Tape
  • A Card Changing Stand
  • A Trick with Giant Cards
• COIN TRICKS
  • A New Coin Box
  • A New Stack of Coins
  • A New Coin Vanish
  • The Travelling Farthings
  • The Chinese Coin Trick
  • The Linked Coins
  • The Newest X-Ray Block
• CLOCK TRICKS
  • The Tell-Tale Clock
  • The Clock Maker
  • The Vanishing Clock
• HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
  • The Burned and Restored Handkerchief
  • A Handkerchief and a Bottle of Ink
  • Thought Reading with Silk Handkerchiefs
  • The Newest Matter Through Matter
  • Improved Pistol to Vanish a Handkerchief
  • A Mysterious...

As the title suggests, this is a collection of simple magic tricks, stunts, and experiments separated in two parts. The first part teaches tricks which require no special apparatus, the second part teaches tricks which require some gimmick or apparatus.

• Introduction
• Part I: Tricks Without Apparatus
  • The Movable Fetters
  • A String Trick
  • The Paper Loops
  • How To Make A Paper Tree
  • Making A Basket
  • The Magic String
  • The Wonderful Die
  • The Broken Match
  • Picking Up The Ring
  • The Penny And The Paper
  • A Match Trick
  • Balancing The Penny
  • The Revolving Penny
  • Flicking The Card
  • Squeezing The Shilling ...

This is an early publication by Will Goldston. It is a kind of smorgasbord of tricks, illusions, apparatus, hand shadows, plays, and advertisements for his Gamage Ltd.

• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I
  • Latest Method For Performing Soup Plate And Handkerchief Trick
  • The Egg, Card, And Wand Balance
  • A Novel Trick
  • A Good Slate Trick
  • The Wine Bottle And Card Trick
  • The Latest Pip Card Trick
  • A Neat Handkerchief Trick
  • Mystic Canteen And Birdcage
  • The Egg And Straw Balance
  • Handkerchief Spinning Trick
  • The Table Lifting
  • A New Slate Trick
  • Slate Writing
  • Twenty-Five Balloons Produced From A Hat
  • Rifle And...

This bundle includes all issues including the two page supplement from volume 5 which is missing in most files. This magazine was cut short due to the start of WWII. It is an eclectic collection of - at that time - completely new and innovative tricks, apparatus, and effects. It also covers the magic scene with reports, reviews and other newsworthy contributions. Will Goldston was very well connected and could draw contributions from the best magicians world-wide.

84 pages

523. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
524. Volume 6 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6, Number 1 - December, 1939 - 24 pages
461. Contents
462. Will Goldston wishes all Readers in the Army, Navy and Air Force ... A Happy Christmas and Good Luck in 1940
462. Book Reviews - Charles Hepworth
     • Books
       • Entertaining Children With Magic - Eddie Clever
463. Editorial
464. Ventriloquism in War Time - Arthur Prince
465. News of Magicians
466. The Magicians' Club
466. The Aladdin Brotherhood of Magicians
467. Contributed By
     467. Two Tiny...

111 pages [1 double page]

459. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
460. Volume 5 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1938 - 40 pages
365. Contents
373. Editorial
374. Let's Have Spectacle - Hilaire White
374. Seen This Trick? - John Carpenter
375. News of Magicians
377. Contributed By
     377. The Mexican Coin Vanish - Rupert H. Slater
     378. Two Good Tricks for Your Christmas Party - J. P. Donovan
          • Is Seeing Believing?
          • A Coin and a Packet of Cigarettes - Gravity Defied
     378. The Mysogynist - Capt. J. R. Cleland
     379. Production of Flags...

96 pages

363. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
364. Volume 4 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4, Number 1 - December, 1937 - 24 pages
285. Contents
287. Editorial
288. News of Magicians
289. What is a Book Club Worth? - Hilaire White
291. Reviews - Charles Hepworth
     • Books
       • It's Fun to be Fooled - Horace Goldin
       • Keith Clark's Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks
       • Aus Eins Mach Zehn - Ottokar Fischer
       • Watch Me Closely - Louis Lam
       • General Magic - Will Dale
291. Contributed By
     291. "Zara" Passing a Solid Steel Rod...

160 pages

285. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
286. Volume 3 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3, Number 1 - Summer, 1936 - 40 pages
143. Contents
145. Editorial
145. Elections, 1936
146. Question of the Next Wearer of Thurston's Mantle - Caryl S. Fleming
147. Contributed By
     147. Divination with Cards - Hubert Elliott
     147. Thought Reading Extraordinary
     148. A New Billiard Ball Producer - E. Lewis Philpot
     149. Okito's Inexhaustible Chinese Mat
152. Don't Discard Your Old Apparatus - Will Goldston
153. Bodies for Burial - A Short Story - Howard Jones
155. Ceeley...

160 pages

141. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
142. Volume 2 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2, Number 1 - Summer, 1935 - 40 pages
1. Contents
3. Editorial
3. Elections 1935
4. A Letter to all Members of the Magicians' Club - Horace Goldin
5. Contributed By
   5. A Trick for Card Manipulators - Royal V. Heath
   5. Mento-Test Card Effect - John B. Ward
   6. The Melting Knot - E. Brenton Jennings
   6. Writes Right - Rupert H. Slater
   8. Cyro's Mass Production
   8. The Mysterious Cut
   9. A Goldin Flight - Horace Goldin
   9. The "Do It Again" Rope...

160 pages

141. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
142. Volume 1 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1, Number 1 - Summer, 1934 - 36 pages
1. Contents
3. Editorial
4. A Word to Students - Louis Gautier
4. Elections
5. Contributed By
   5. An Original Bowl and Silk Production - Shu Foo Yai
   5. The Human Penetration Mystery - "Cyro"
   6. Coincidence Extraordinary - Brian Godfrey
   7. "Could You Deal Me a Nap Hand?" - G. W. Hunter
   8. Simplified Reckoning with Hammond's Set-Up Pack - Carlo Rossetti
   9. A Good Production Tube - Le Walke
   10. Cutting a Cigarette...

A total of nine volumes spanning the time from October 1914 to May 1922.

144 pages

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 9 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 9, Number 1 - April, 1921 - 20 pages
1. Contents
2. Dr. "S."A.M. Wilson Objects!
2. Cartoon - A. M. Wilson in Magic World
3. Our Views
   • Magical Depots
4. The Great Maurice [with photograph]
5. News Notes and Notices
6. The Magicians' Club
   • Magicians' Club Dinner to Compeer and Mrs. H. Rea Fitch
   • Our Welcome by the Magicians' Club
   • Who? - Mr. & Mrs. H. Rea Fitch
8. Accepted for Review - Geoffrey Clayton
   • The Magic Art - Donald Holmes
8. Herbert Brooks Retires from Magic
8. American...

148 pages

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 8 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 8, Number 1 - October, 1920 - 24 pages
1. Contents
3. Our Views
   • The Coming Season
4. Oswald Williams - article & photograph
5. News Notes and Notices
6. The Magicians' Club
   • Opening Night of the Season
   • New Members
7. Mediums and Magic - Harry Price
9. Tricks, Tips & Talk
   9. The Newest Rising Cards - Invented by Will Goldston
   9. Silver from Copper
   10. Which Pencil is in the Box? - Charles W. Seers
   10. The Alan Adair Billiard Ball Stand
   11. The Mysterious Lemon -...

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 7 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 7, Number 1 - December, 1919 - 24 pages
1. Contents
3. Our Views
   • Magic Must Flourish Again
4. Will Goldston's More Exclusive Magical Secrets
5. Welcome!
6. Recent Publications - Geoffrey Clayton
   • More Miscellaneous Magic - Percy Naldrett
   • Original Mysteries for Magicians - Brunel White
7. News Notes and Notices
8. Back to Life - Guy K. Austin
9. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by Arthur Ainslie, "Delveen", "Karnack", G. W. Hunter, "Yettmah", Will Goldston
   9. The New Bangle Trick ...

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 6 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

97. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 6, Number 1 - June, 1917 - 16 pages
97. Contents
98. For the Soldiers - An Appeal by Will Goldston
99. Our Views
    • The Old Order Changeth
100. Correspondence
     • from Hugh Herring
     • from G. Clayton
101. News Notes and Notices
102. The Perpetual Almanac
103. The Dissolving Cigar and Glass
104. My Magical Pupils - Will Goldston
106. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by C. Thompson, Anon., Will Goldston
     106. The New Four Ace Trick
     106. Telescopic Flag Rod
     107. The Tweezers Trick
     108. Humour as an Aid to...

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 5 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1916 - 16 pages
1. Contents
2. Magical Questions & Answers - A. Ainslie
3. Our Views
   • The Christmas Wishes
4. Cartoon - "Carlton" Taking a Call - Will Scott
5. News Notes and Notices
6. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by "Welshneck", E. E. Smith, Will Golston
   6. The New Production Chimneys - "Welshneck"
   7. The New Dove Pan - E. E. Smith
8. New Patter for Popular Tricks
   8. Bundle of Wood from hat
   8. Reticules from hat
   8. Balls from hat
   8. Baby from...

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4, Number 1 - June, 1916 - 16 pages
1. Contents
3. Our Views
4. Interview and Photograph - Theo. Bamberg
5. News Notes and Notices
6. Magicians of the Past
   • No. 6 - Alexander Herrmann
7. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by Chris Van Bern, Gordon Freeman, Stanley Collins, E. B. Cole, "Alba", Prof. Hoffman, Theo. Bamberg, B. B. Low
   7. The Ever-Full Glass of Wine - Invented by Chris Van Bern
   7. The "Freeman: Smoke Vase
   8. The Famous Vanishing Cage Trick - Patter
   8. Cravat to Sailor's...

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 3 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 3, Number 1 - October, 1915 - 32 pages
1. Contents
3. Our Views
   • The Second Year
4. cartoon - Gordon Freeman
5. News Notes and Notices
7. The Theodore Bamberg Section - A Chinese Wonder
   • The Production of a Marble Pedestal and Fire Bowl
11. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by "Alba", Woolf-Clyne, "Welshneck", E. E. Smith, Harry Exley
    11. Billiard Ball Squeezed from Thumb
    11. The Famous Drum Head Tube - Patter - Woolf-Clyne
    11. The Double Dissecting Boxes - "Welshneck" ...

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 2 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 2, Number 1 - April, 1915 - 32 pages
1. Contents
3. Our Views
   • The Second Volume
5. News Notes and Notices
7. De Biere's Appearing Billiard Ball
8. The Cubitt Section
   • Hop, Skip and Jump
11. The Malcolm-Movas Section
    • The Dematerialisation of a Ghost
13. Magical Mems - Professor Hoffmann
    • The Elusive Card
15. Stage Sketching - Eric Stone
    • part II
16. My Tricks and how to Work Them - Stanley Collins
    • Improved Penetrating Card Effect
18. Gautier's Astral...

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 1 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 1, Number 1 - October, 1914 - 32 pages
1. Contents
2. To My Brother Magicians all over the World - Will Goldston
   • A Word of Welcome - Louis Hoffmann
3. Patter for the Turban Trick - Wolfe Clyne
4. News Notes and Notices
6. Arthur Price speaks on Ventriloquism
8. My Tricks and how to Work Them - Stanley Collins
   • The Stanley Collins Four Ace Experiment
10. Our Views
    10. Success or Failure
    10. One of the Best - re: Stanley Collins
        12. Illuminated Address presented to Stanley...

It is a bit odd to teach productions of lighted cigarettes in a book for young conjurers, but perhaps those were the days when smoking was considered good for you.

From the introduction:

From the introduction:

• How to give a Conjuring Entertainment ...