Will Goldston products: page 1

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...

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

This 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...

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

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...

• 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

1st edition 1911, 96 pages; PDF 64 pages.

From the introduction by Horace Goldin:

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:

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...

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.

This 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

5. Contents
8. WILL GOLDSTON An Appreciation
12. Introduction

    Part I. Pocket Tricks

15. Shooting at a Match
16. A Different Cigarette Paper Trick
17. A Puzzle Box
17. A Pliable Cigarette
18. The Magnetic Thimbles
19. A New Cut String Restored
20. The Penny and the Pear
21. The Changing Match Boxes
23. The Coin Finder
24. Goldin's Mysterious Rods
25. Novel Thought Transference
26. A String Problem

    Part II. Sleight-of-Hand Pocket Tricks

28. G. W. Hunter
28. The Magnetic Match-box
29. Pushing...

This 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.

The contents spans...

• 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...

• 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...

This 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
  24. Abbott's Spirit Paintings Illusion
  16. Adhering Pips and Blank Cards
  7. Advertise, How to
  5. Advice for the Student
  37. Aeroplane and Trunk...

An autobiographical history of magic, profusely illustrated with diagrams of magic tricks and photographs of Goldston's career.

From the foreword by J. C. Cannell: