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A Magician's Swan SongWill GoldstonAn autobiographical history of magic, profusely illustrated with diagrams of magic tricks and photographs of Goldston's career.
From the foreword by J. C. Cannell:
The exposures he makes range from the most spectacular and elaborate illusions to the smallest pocket trick. His book, indeed, is the alpha and omega of magic. He conceals nothing, hides no secrets.
The careful researches which I had to make in order to tell the public exactly how Houdini achieved his escapes and performed illusions which seemed like miracles, led me to think that I had exhausted all the resources of magic. But,... | $9 to wish listPDF |
Annual of Magic 1915-16Will GoldstonThis is the last book in the 'Magician Annual' series of Goldston. It carries a slightly different title, 'Annual of Magic' instead of 'Magician Annual', but otherwise is kept in the very same style and type of contents as all the other books in this series. Beside tricks, illusions and patter, you will find a lot about magicians of this era. For example the "Who's Who and Why" is an interesting article.
1st edition, 1916, Will Goldston, London; 72 pages.
- A
- Abbott's Spirit Paintings Illusion
- Adhering Pips and Blank Cards
- Advertise, How to
- Advice for the Student
- Aeroplane and Trunk...
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Easy Magic With Patter 1Will Goldston
- Always a Conjurer
- The Tell-Tale Card
- The Cards And Boards Illusion
- The Magic Blow
- The Aladdin Three Card Trick
- The New Changing Card
- The "Newest" Second-Sight Card Case
- The "Sybil" Rising Cards
- A Bad Memory
- The "Spelling Bee" In Various Forms
- The New Spelling Bee
- The Two Travellers
- The Halter Trick
- The Secret Escape
- The Magic Curl
- The Drawing Pin Stunt
- The Hypnotic Sixpence
- Odds And Ends
- A Little Catch
- Balancing A Penny On The Fingers
- The Disappearing Bottle
- The Performing Coin
- The Mesmerised Pencil
- The Three Thimbles And The Pea
- The Floating Needle
- The Torn Strip...
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Easy Magic With Patter 2Will Goldston
- Facing An Audience
- The Organ Pipes Trick
- The Bowl And Paper Cone
- The Austin Temple Frame And Handkerchief
- The Ruler And The Handkerchief
- The Penny In The Handkerchief
- The Mysterious Clock Dial
- The Pyramid Flag Production
- The Dyed Handkerchiefs
- The Broken Plate
- The Thought-Reading Penny
- The Best Torn And Restored Paper Trick
- The Simplest Rising Card Trick
- The Magic Rose Bushes
- The Thimble And The Handkerchief
- New Sun And Moon Trick
- The Missing Card
- First You See It
- Teaching A Trick
- The Changing Pack Of Cards
- The Three Predictions
- The Aladdin Production Box
- Bertram's Trick...
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Exclusive Magical SecretsWill GoldstonThis is the first volume in the famous series of locked books by Will Goldston. He writes in his introduction about his motivation to publish this book: "My aim from the beginning has been to gather together from all sources everything new and big in magic that has not been fully explained before." And indeed we have contributions from the finest magicians living at that time: Chung Ling Soo, Harry Houdini, Servais Le Roy, Conradi, Chefalo, Oswald Williams and Chris Van Bern and others. And don't forget that Goldston himself was a prolific inventor of illusions, many of which are included in this work.
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Further Exclusive Magical SecretsWill GoldstonThis is the third volume in the famous series of locked books by Will Goldston.
1st edition 1927; original 362 pages; PDF 198 pages.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- WILL GOLDSTON An Appreciation
- Introduction
Part I. Pocket Tricks
- Shooting at a Match
- A Different Cigarette Paper Trick
- A Puzzle Box
- A Pliable Cigarette
- The Magnetic Thimbles
- A New Cut String Restored
- The Penny and the Pear
- The Changing Match Boxes
- The Coin Finder
- Goldin's Mysterious Rods
- Novel Thought Transference
- A String Problem
Part II. Sleight-of-Hand Pocket Tricks
- G. W. Hunter
- The Magnetic Match-box
- Pushing...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly (1934 - 1940)Will GoldstonThis 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. | $35 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 1 (Jun 1934 - Mar 1935)Will Goldston160 pages
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
- Volume 1 Index
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1, Number 1 - Summer, 1934 - 36 pages
- Contents
- Editorial
- A Word to Students - Louis Gautier
- Elections
- Contributed By
- An Original Bowl and Silk Production - Shu Foo Yai
- The Human Penetration Mystery - "Cyro"
- Coincidence Extraordinary - Brian Godfrey
- "Could You Deal Me a Nap Hand?" - G. W. Hunter
- Simplified Reckoning with Hammond's Set-Up Pack - Carlo Rossetti
- A Good Production Tube - Le Walke
- Cutting a Cigarette...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 2 (Jun 1935 - Apr 1936)Will Goldston160 pages
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
- Volume 2 Index
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2, Number 1 - Summer, 1935 - 40 pages
- Contents
- Editorial
- Elections 1935
- A Letter to all Members of the Magicians' Club - Horace Goldin
- Contributed By
- A Trick for Card Manipulators - Royal V. Heath
- Mento-Test Card Effect - John B. Ward
- The Melting Knot - E. Brenton Jennings
- Writes Right - Rupert H. Slater
- Cyro's Mass Production
- The Mysterious Cut
- A Goldin Flight - Horace Goldin
- The "Do It Again" Rope...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 3 (Jun 1936 - Mar 1937)Will Goldston160 pages
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
- Volume 3 Index
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3, Number 1 - Summer, 1936 - 40 pages
- Contents
- Editorial
- Elections, 1936
- Question of the Next Wearer of Thurston's Mantle - Caryl S. Fleming
- Contributed By
- Divination with Cards - Hubert Elliott
- Thought Reading Extraordinary
- A New Billiard Ball Producer - E. Lewis Philpot
- Okito's Inexhaustible Chinese Mat
- Don't Discard Your Old Apparatus - Will Goldston
- Bodies for Burial - A Short Story - Howard Jones
- Ceeley...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 4 (Dec 1937 - Sep 1938)Will Goldston96 pages
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
- Volume 4 Index
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4, Number 1 - December, 1937 - 24 pages
- Contents
- Editorial
- News of Magicians
- What is a Book Club Worth? - Hilaire White
- 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
- Contributed By
- "Zara" Passing a Solid Steel Rod...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 5 (Dec 1938 - Sep 1939)Will Goldston111 pages [1 double page]
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
- Volume 5 Index
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1938 - 40 pages
- Contents
- Editorial
- Let's Have Spectacle - Hilaire White
- Seen This Trick? - John Carpenter
- News of Magicians
- Contributed By
- The Mexican Coin Vanish - Rupert H. Slater
- Two Good Tricks for Your Christmas Party - J. P. Donovan
- Is Seeing Believing?
- A Coin and a Packet of Cigarettes - Gravity Defied
- The Mysogynist - Capt. J. R. Cleland
- Production of Flags...
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Goldston's Magical Quarterly Volume 6 (Dec 1939 - Sep 1940)Will Goldston84 pages
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
- Volume 6 Index
- Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6, Number 1 - December, 1939 - 24 pages
- Contents
- Will Goldston wishes all Readers in the Army, Navy and Air Force ... A Happy Christmas and Good Luck in 1940
- Book Reviews - Charles Hepworth
- Books
- Entertaining Children With Magic - Eddie Clever
- Editorial
- Ventriloquism in War Time - Arthur Prince
- News of Magicians
- The Magicians' Club
- The Aladdin Brotherhood of Magicians
- Contributed By
- Two Tiny...
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Great Magicians' TricksWill Goldston
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:
Great Magicians' Tricks is divided into two complete parts, "Magicians of the Past" and "Modern Magicians."... | $25 to wish listPDF |
Great Tricks RevealedWill GoldstonFrom the introduction by Horace Goldin:
The present book is, I think, one of Will Goldston's best perhaps - the best. I am quite certain that the man who cannot learn magic from this book will never be a magician. All kinds of tricks are clearly explained and, to make quite sure that his readers will understand every word, the author has supplemented his clear explanations of tricks with numbers of equally clear illustrations. Looking through the book I find that in many places the letterpress is hardly necessary; the pictures "do the trick".
I should like to add a word of advice to any young man who... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
Juggling SecretsWill Goldston
- Introduction
- Practical Lessons from which the Art may be Learned
- Ball Juggling
- Juggling With Knives
- Juggling With Hats
- Juggling With Plates
- Juggling With A Paper Cone
- Hoop-Rolling Ordinary And Extraordinary
- Juggling With A Basket Of Flowers
- Juggling With A Bowl Of Water
- Balancing Fekes
- Juggling Simplified
- An Australian Juggling Act
- Simple Juggling and Balancing Tricks
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Latest ConjuringWill GoldstonThis 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...
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Latest Conjuring (used)Will GoldstonHardcover in green cloth stamped. Former retail sticker on back. For details on content see the digital edition. | $50 to wish list |
Looking Into The FutureWill GoldstonThis is a collection of cold reading methods including palm reading, astrology and preparing horoscopes. It also includes a collection of news reports about spirits, ghosts and other weird and unusual occurrences.
- PREFACE
- CRYSTAL GAZING
- ASTROLOGY
- The Horoscope Of Will Goldston
- PALMISTRY OR CHIROMANCY
- Practical Points on Palmistry
- THE PLANCHETTE
- WHAT IS SPIRITUALISM?
- Rules and conditions for the Spirit-Circle
- EXPERIENCES
- Weird Happening At Lamberhurst
- Locks And Bolts Of No Avail
- Spirited Away
- Wonderful Proofs
- Robert Houdin Mystified
- Remarkable Test
- Majuba Visions
- Curious...
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Magazine of Magic (1914 - 1922)Will GoldstonA total of nine volumes spanning the time from October 1914 to May 1922. | $65 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Magazine of Magic Volume 1 (Oct 1914 - Mar 1915)Will Goldston
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 1 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 1, Number 1 - October, 1914 - 32 pages
- Contents
- To My Brother Magicians all over the World - Will Goldston
- A Word of Welcome - Louis Hoffmann
- Patter for the Turban Trick - Wolfe Clyne
- News Notes and Notices
- Arthur Price speaks on Ventriloquism
- My Tricks and how to Work Them - Stanley Collins
- The Stanley Collins Four Ace Experiment
- Our Views
- Success or Failure
- One of the Best - re: Stanley Collins
- Illuminated Address presented to Stanley...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 2 (Apr 1915 - Sep 1915)Will Goldston
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 2 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 2, Number 1 - April, 1915 - 32 pages
- Contents
- Our Views
- News Notes and Notices
- De Biere's Appearing Billiard Ball
- The Cubitt Section
- The Malcolm-Movas Section
- The Dematerialisation of a Ghost
- Magical Mems - Professor Hoffmann
- Stage Sketching - Eric Stone
- My Tricks and how to Work Them - Stanley Collins
- Improved Penetrating Card Effect
- Gautier's Astral...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 3 (Oct 1915 - Mar 1916)Will Goldston
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 3 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 3, Number 1 - October, 1915 - 32 pages
- Contents
- Our Views
- cartoon - Gordon Freeman
- News Notes and Notices
- The Theodore Bamberg Section - A Chinese Wonder
- The Production of a Marble Pedestal and Fire Bowl
- Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by "Alba", Woolf-Clyne, "Welshneck", E. E. Smith, Harry Exley
- Billiard Ball Squeezed from Thumb
- The Famous Drum Head Tube - Patter - Woolf-Clyne
- The Double Dissecting Boxes - "Welshneck"
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Magazine of Magic Volume 4 (Jun 1916 - Nov 1916)Will Goldston
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4, Number 1 - June, 1916 - 16 pages
- Contents
- Our Views
- Interview and Photograph - Theo. Bamberg
- News Notes and Notices
- Magicians of the Past
- No. 6 - Alexander Herrmann
- Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by Chris Van Bern, Gordon Freeman, Stanley Collins, E. B. Cole, "Alba", Prof. Hoffman, Theo. Bamberg, B. B. Low
- The Ever-Full Glass of Wine - Invented by Chris Van Bern
- The "Freeman: Smoke Vase
- The Famous Vanishing Cage Trick - Patter
- Cravat to Sailor's...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 5 (Dec 1916 - May 1917)Will Goldston
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 5 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1916 - 16 pages
- Contents
- Magical Questions & Answers - A. Ainslie
- Our Views
- Cartoon - "Carlton" Taking a Call - Will Scott
- News Notes and Notices
- Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by "Welshneck", E. E. Smith, Will Golston
- The New Production Chimneys - "Welshneck"
- The New Dove Pan - E. E. Smith
- New Patter for Popular Tricks
- Bundle of Wood from hat
- Reticules from hat
- Balls from hat
- Baby from...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 6 (Jun 1917 - Nov 1917)Will Goldston
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 6 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 6, Number 1 - June, 1917 - 16 pages
- Contents
- For the Soldiers - An Appeal by Will Goldston
- Our Views
- Correspondence
- from Hugh Herring
- from G. Clayton
- News Notes and Notices
- The Perpetual Almanac
- The Dissolving Cigar and Glass
- My Magical Pupils - Will Goldston
- Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by C. Thompson, Anon., Will Goldston
- The New Four Ace Trick
- Telescopic Flag Rod
- The Tweezers Trick
- Humour as an Aid to...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 7 (Dec 1919 - May 1920)Will Goldston
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 7 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 7, Number 1 - December, 1919 - 24 pages
- Contents
- Our Views
- Magic Must Flourish Again
- Will Goldston's More Exclusive Magical Secrets
- Welcome!
- Recent Publications - Geoffrey Clayton
- More Miscellaneous Magic - Percy Naldrett
- Original Mysteries for Magicians - Brunel White
- News Notes and Notices
- Back to Life - Guy K. Austin
- Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by Arthur Ainslie, "Delveen", "Karnack", G. W. Hunter, "Yettmah", Will Goldston
- The New Bangle Trick
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Magazine of Magic Volume 8 (Oct 1920 - Mar 1921)Will Goldston148 pages
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 8 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 8, Number 1 - October, 1920 - 24 pages
- Contents
- Our Views
- Oswald Williams - article & photograph
- News Notes and Notices
- The Magicians' Club
- Opening Night of the Season
- New Members
- Mediums and Magic - Harry Price
- Tricks, Tips & Talk
- The Newest Rising Cards - Invented by Will Goldston
- Silver from Copper
- Which Pencil is in the Box? - Charles W. Seers
- The Alan Adair Billiard Ball Stand
- The Mysterious Lemon -...
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Magazine of Magic Volume 9 (Apr 1921 - May 1922)Will Goldston144 pages
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 9 - bound volume cover and Index
- Index
- The Magazine of Magic - Volume 9, Number 1 - April, 1921 - 20 pages
- Contents
- Dr. "S."A.M. Wilson Objects!
- Cartoon - A. M. Wilson in Magic World
- Our Views
- The Great Maurice [with photograph]
- News Notes and Notices
- 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
- Accepted for Review - Geoffrey Clayton
- The Magic Art - Donald Holmes
- Herbert Brooks Retires from Magic
- American...
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Magic for the ForcesWill Goldston
- Preface
- The Penny And Box Lids
- Another Coin Trick
- Thought-Reading With Cards
- Sense Of Touch
- Card Changes To A Rose
- The Fountain Of Cards
- The Ribbons And Flag
- One From Fifty-Two
- A Thought-Reading Trick
- Passing A Thimble Through A Borrowed Silk Handkerchief
- The Deceptive Half-Crown
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Magical Hints and Valuable InformationWill GoldstonProgrammes, ventriloquial dialogues, juggling, cartooning, paper folding, care of animals and birds.
Excerpt from the introduction:
The suggestions for suitable programmes for different occasions form a unique feature of this book. Many books of magic give away secrets of tricks but leave the reader to judge for himself which tricks should be shown to children, which to adults if children are present, which to an audience of adults, and so on. By suggesting the right tricks for different occasions I trust I have helped some readers along the difficult road to success. After all, if the road... | $9.50 to wish listPDF |
Magician Annual 1907-8Will GoldstonThis was the first Magician Annual Will Goldston compiled and edited. It covers quite some ground. From juggling and optical illusions, to ventriloquism and palmistry. Of course you will find also magic illusions, tricks and patter. And if you want to read a little bit about hoop rolling, you can, too. These Magician Annuals are real fun to read. They are a great window into the past.
1st edition 1908, Gamage Ltd., London; 98 pages.
- The Editor to His Readers, Will Goldston
- Juggling Manipulations, Paul Cinquevalli
- Crayon Drawing for the Stage, J. F. Burrows
- Barrel and Packing-Case Tricks,...
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Magician Annual 1908-9Will GoldstonThis is the second volume in Goldston's Magician Annual series. It has a nice little section on Chapeaugraphy and a large section on patents. You will find there all kind of improvements to various apparatuses. And there is biographical information and recollections of famous magicians as well as a lot of photos of celebrities.
1st edition, 1909, London; 96 pages.
- The Editor to His Readers, Will Goldston
- Comedy Jugglers, The Great Weiland
- Famous Magicians, Robert Ankele
- Living Marionettes, Leah Laurie
- Card Tricks, Dr. Elliott
- My First Appearance on the Stage as a Magician, W. N. Winget
- Episodes...
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