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Hocus Pocus Junior The originall of Legerdemaine, and how it come first into this Kingdome
The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 5
Kurt Perels Produktionen egyptischer Zauberkünstler on Egyptian magic and stunts
Related to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 5) 77
Kurt Perels Produktionen egyptischer Zauberkünstler II. on Egyptian magic and stunts
Related to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 6) 93
Kurt Perels Produktionen egyptischer Zauberkünstler III. on Egyptian magic and stunts
Related to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7) 108
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die weisse Magie on the history of white magic, Philadelphia, Pinetti, Compars Hermann, Ludwig Döbler, Robert-Houdin
 Moderne Magie 6
Carl Willmann Verschiedenes Prof. C. Herrmann from Vienna, magic in Brazil, Dr. Costa Brito, old playing cards and history of playing cards, cheated magic dealer anecdote
 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 10) 159
Louis Nikola Argument
  • History of memorized/stacked decks in magic
  • Basic description of some features of the Nikola system
 The Nikola Card System 9
Joseph Leeming How We Got Our Pack of Cards History of playing cards
 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 1
Bruce Elliott Dr. Elliott about Dr. James W. Elliott
 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 250) 998
Unknown Prologue - Of Coins and Conjuring History of Coin Magic
 Modern Coin Magic xv
Jay Marshall, Dr. Jacob Daley Double Tribute Dr. Daley's notes for the speech and the program of the Nate Leipzig memorial in 1954 in New York
 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 302) 8
Jay Marshall The Jinx on The Jinx and Theo Annemann
 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 317) 71
Peter Graef, Jay Marshall Keller, The Worlds Greatest Magician notes on Kellar's programm from October 1900 and his tricks
 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 323) 100
Harry Houdini Magic Made Easy / Houdini's Magic Book catalog reprint
 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 341-2) 179
Martin Gardner The Curiosities of Peirce History of mathematical card tricks, history of Charles Peirce's work
 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 2
Various The Afghan Bands Moebius strip used for magic, provides the basic method and a history/bibliography of the Moebius strip in magic (Afghan Bands was named by Prof Hoffmann)
 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 70
Jay Marshall Chicago: Magic City reprint from Rogue Magazine, with pictures of Marshall Brodien, Johnny Platt, Senator Crandall, Frank Everhart
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 40
Unknown A Real Chinese Magician on Mr. Chu from Hong Kong, pictures of Chu and his shop
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 81
Faucett Ross The Manuscript Story How the $20 manuscript was put together
 Early Vernon 7
Dai Vernon Sales Letter The letter introducing the prospectus that described the ten effects to be included in the $20 manuscript
 Early Vernon 10
Faucett Ross The Prospectus Faucett's description of the ten Vernon miracles that was submitted to Fulton Oursler
 Early Vernon 11
Paul Curry Chapter Two: The Old, Old Tricks magic history, Egyptian magicians, The Discovery of Witchcraft, Charles Dickens, Cagliostro, Pinetti, Robert-Houdin
 Magician's Magic 11
Paul Curry Chapter Three: The Magician's Image on Alexander Herrmann, Hoffmann's Modern Magic, Harry Kellar, Howard Thurston
 Magician's Magic 37
Paul Curry Chapter Four: Houdini and After on Harry Houdini, T. Nelson Downs, Nate Leipzig, Fred Keating, Joseph Dunninger, Emil Jarrow, Ade Duval, Cardini, Jack Gwynne
 Magician's Magic 47
Paul Curry Chapter Five: The New Conjurers on Milbourne Christopher, amateur magicians, famous actors, authors and other celebrities, who did magic, John Scarne, Clayton Rawson, Jimmy Grippo
 Magician's Magic 65
Paul Curry Chapter Six: What Became of Gravity on the Indian Rope Trick, levitation
 Magician's Magic 79
Paul Curry Chapter Seven: Into Thin Air on disappearance
 Magician's Magic 101
Paul Curry Made Whole Again on sawing a person in half
 Magician's Magic 137
Paul Curry Chapter Nine: Ties that Do Not Bind on escapes
 Magician's Magic 153
Paul Curry Chapter Ten: The Power of Thought on mentalism and the history of the two person telepathy
 Magician's Magic 173
Paul Curry Chapter Eleven: Of Things to Come on predictions
 Magician's Magic 193
Paul Curry Chapter Twelve: The Quick and the Dead on spiritualism, seance, Fox Sisters, Davenport brothers
 Magician's Magic 205
Jay Marshall, Jack Gwynne Houdini and Ponzi Gwynne anecdote of the rooster called Ponzi Gwynne, pictures of correspondence from Houdini to Jack Gwynne
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 9
Unknown Jack Gwynne in U.S.O. picture of Jack Gwynne, Oswald Rae and Eddie Joseph in India
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 24
Unknown Beauty of Magic on Celeste Evans, with picture
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 60
Unknown 93 Years Ago - A Lady Magician on Madame Cora
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 61
Unknown Picture from the Jack Gwynne collection picture with True Duvall, Anne Gwynne and Swan Cardini
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 64
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner on Afghan Bands History on Mobius strips in magic
 Newspaper Magic 125
Gene Anderson Historical Methods Description of different methods (Al Baker, Slydini, Page, Elmsley, Grant, Neil Foster)
 Newspaper Magic 135
Unknown Karrell Fox with pictures
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 3
Unknown Magic Slept Here on the mattress in the Charlie Miller Suite
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 35
Unknown Salute to Our Collectors on collectors and collections, Dr. Albo, James Findlay, Senator Crandall, Milbourne Christopher, Houdini
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 3
Frances Ireland Marshall Love & The Magic Collector on Jay Marshall's collection, with picture
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 9
Harry Houdini The Romance of Magical Collecting on his collection
Also published here
  • in "Magic" Vol. 2n No. 9. December, 1910
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 12
Frances Ireland Marshall The Brotherhood of Magic pictures of the Marshall collection, a young Harry Blackstone sr., Houdini, Davenports, Compars Hermann, Alexander Hermann, Theo Hardeen, Nicola, Howard Thruston, Harry Thurston, Von Arx
 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 17
Jeff Busby General, Historical, and Cardmen Type Notes crediting information
 Into the 4th Dimension... and Beyond 11
Robert Albo, Eric C. Lewis, David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Bambergs and Okito
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs 1
Robert Albo, David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg, Eric C. Lewis Fu-Manchu - History & Show
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs 191
Al Mann The Center Tear Controversy on the history of the first publishing of the center tear, includes Baker, Thompson, Loraine, Dunninger, Sunshine, plus other takes on the center tear, The Sans Tear Center Method (Annemann), The Unseen Tear (Ron Baillie) and Sealed and Torn Messages (Al Mann)
Related to Mental-Ettes 13
Patrick Page A Short History of Magic
The Big Book of Magic 11
Robert Albo, Patrick Page, Marvin Burger Magic Craftsman Past and Present
  • England
  • Germany
  • United States of America
 Classic Magic with Apparatus 1
Karl Fulves 1 - The Art of the Impossible
The Magic Book 1
Karl Fulves Magic and Its Professors
The Magic Book 7
Karl Fulves 10 - Ultimate Impossibilities
The Magic Book 179
Karl Fulves de Kolta's Inventions
The Magic Book 183
Karl Fulves Egyptian Hall Mysteries
The Magic Book 183
Karl Fulves Howard Thurston
The Magic Book 185
Karl Fulves The Bullet Catch
The Magic Book 185
Karl Fulves Selbit's Mile a Minute on P. T. Selbit's inventions
 The Magic Book 187
Karl Fulves Le Roy and De Biere
The Magic Book 188
Karl Fulves Horace Goldin
The Magic Book 188
Karl Fulves Maurice Raymond
The Magic Book 190
Karl Fulves Harry Houdini
The Magic Book 190
Al Mann Another Chapter on the Center Tear on the history of the Center Tear, on Joe Ovette, Annemann, Sid Lorraine
 The Tesseract 12
Al Mann What is it? letter from Sid Lorraine to Al Mann about the history of the Center Tear, comments by Mann and xerox of Lorraine's notes from 1928, copy of the manuscript "What is it?" by Joseph Ovette from 1931
 The Tesseract 12
Al Mann Don Pedro story of Don Pedro from Buenos Aires, witnessing a center tear and ashes on arm routine in 1926
 The Tesseract 18
Mario Carrandi Jr. Magic Posters reprint of posters, Thurston, Kellar, Houdini, Brindamour, Germain,Alexander, Rouclere, LeRoy, Talma, Bosco, Chung Ling Soo, Levante, Chang, Chefalo, Carter, Okito
 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 265
Sandy Spillman Dunninger, The Man and the Myth on Dunninger
  • Electric Quality
  • Write Something Hard
  • Distributed Envelopes
  • The Program
  • Errors were Impressive
  • The Skeptics
  • Professional License
 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 225) 1125
Barry Wiley The Indescribable Phenomenon on Anna Eva Fay
  • Compared with Houdini
  • She Excited her Audience
  • Featured a Two-Part Routine
  • The Cabinet Act
  • The Question-Answering Routine
  • At the Rate of Three a Minute
  • Exposures Brought Headlines
  • Always Available to Reporters
  • Call her an 'Actress'
 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 231) 1155
Hugh Riley In the Beginning there was Man historical notes / assumptions on mentalism
  • Past Tense, Future Perfect
  • Impression Methods
  • The Data Bank
  • Girolamo Scotto
  • Second-Sight Acts
  • One-Man Mentalism
 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 261) 1305
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland Dealarama pictures of magic shops in London, International Magic Shop, Repro Magic, Martin Breese, London Magic Centre, Alan Alan's Magic Spot, Davenport & Co, Ace Place Magic Studi
 Babel (Issue 1) 16
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland Repro 71 article on the magic shop "Repro 71" by Geoff Maltby
 Babel (Issue 2) 8
Marcus R. Henvit The Amazing Newmann on C. A. George Newmann
 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 275) 1375
John Ramsay Ramsay Reminiscences on Professor Morgan, Charlier, Old Malabar, Barnum, Magic Circle, Will Goldston, J. O'Neill Fisher, Charles Morrit, Horace Goldin, Chung Ling Soo, P. T. Selbit, Lewis Davenport, Dr. Byrd-Page, Walford Bodie, Allam Shaw, Nate Leipzig, Ernest Thorn, Max Sterling, Bob Gysel, Will Blyth, Dai Vernon, Max Holden, John Mulholland, Jack Salvin, G. W. Hunter, Edward G. Brown, Victor Farelli, The Flying Sorcerers, FISM 1950, Slydini, Francis Carlyle, FISM 1958, John Howe, Milbourne Christopher
 The Ramsay Finale 73
Al Mann Phone-Voyance history of tricks over the phone
Related to
  • John Northern Hillard's "Twentieth Century Telepathy" in "The Sphinx", Vol. 3; No. 12, 1905
 Phantom Voices 6
Robin Robin, Pamela Young Vernonana Portfolio Photos (with captions) of various Vernon-related memorabilia throughout history, collected from Bruce Cervon, Bill Bowers, Irene Larsen, Bill Larsen and Faucett.
 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 vii
John Nevil Maskelyne Jacques de Vaucanson - The Mechanical Genius
Automata 12
John Nevil Maskelyne Robert-Houdin's Automata also on the Jaquet-Droz family (called Le Droz)
 Automata 14
Unknown Sixty Years is a Long Time "The Maskelyne Family story reprinted from their 'Diamond Jubilee Programme' 1873 to 1933"
 Automata 23
Will Ayling The Rising Cards (History and Comment)
Knowing The Rising Cards 5
Stephen Minch Introduction
From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 1
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Le Premiére Partie des Subtiles et Plaisantes Inventions & The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 2
Stephen Minch J. N. Hofzinser (1806-1875)
From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 27
Carlos Alberto Molinari Dinastia Bamberg on the Bamberg dynasty
Also published here
  • "Fake", 1966.
 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3 72
Roberto Giobbi A Brief History of Playing Cards
Card College — Volume 1 5
Steve Beam The Complete History of Thimble Magic "(Revised, and the revised again.)"
 Digital Effects 207
Dondrake The Early Years History of black art
 Black Art Breakthroughs 5
Dondrake BlackArt in the Parlor More history on black art
 Black Art Breakthroughs 6
David Britland Further Discoveries on Canasta's psychological forces, painting, boustrophedon, movies, Cy Endfield, reports by Fred Taylor, Doug Gibbard, Basil Horwitz and Roy Walton
 Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man — Volume Two 11
Graham Jolley Graham Jolley on Chan Canasta and Al Koran with credit info for Koran's Torn and Restored Newspaper from "Routined Manipulation Finale"
 Chan Canasta — Afterthoughts 5
Val Andrews My Memories of Chan Canasta
Chan Canasta — Afterthoughts 10
David Berglas Opus 13 on the TV-Show Opus 13 and Berglas encounters with Fred Kaps, Hans Moretti and Henk Vermeyden
 The Mind & Magic of David Berglas 254
David Berglas Uri Geller on Uri Geller, metal bending, Robert Harbin
 The Mind & Magic of David Berglas 300
Karl Fulves Introduction memory championship, Hofzinser's work, Robert-Houdin, S. H. Sharpe, history of card magic, Martin Lewis, Paper Engine, Harvey Rosenthal, George Kaplan's The Fine Art of Magic
Related to Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 278
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Fructuoso Canonge
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 20
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Joaquín Partagás Jaquet
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 23
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea José Florences Gili
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 26
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Manuel Rodríguez Saa aka "Conde de Waldemar"
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 29
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea El Aprendizaje de la Magia. Tiempos Difíciles on early Spanish magic books and shops, "El Rey de la Magia", Carlos "Carlston" Bucheli, Emilio Deu Sivit, Jean Carles, Magicus, "La Casa de los Juegos"
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 34
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea La Magia Empieza a Despegar on Spanish magic books from the 40s, 50s and 60s, Santiago de la Riva, Alfredo Florensa
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 37
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Wenceslao Ciuró on Padre Ciuró and his books
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 40
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea La Vanguardia del Ilusionismo on Editorial Cymys, Ricardo Marré, Misdirection magazine, Alfonso Moliné, Pablo Doménech, Magia Estudio, Xevi, Editorial Frakson
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 43
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Apogeo de la Información on TV-Shows, Editorial Páginas , Laura Avilés
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 46
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea La Lista Inacabada. Breve Introducción on Claudinet, Barón de Carlos, Enrico Magoo
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 50
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea La Manipulación on Frakson, Pepe Dominguez
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 52
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea George Bell on Bell, Les Hommes, Hausson, Ayerdi, Arnaldo Curià, Joe Burk
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 53
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea La Manipulación con Cigarros on manipulation with cigarettes, Florences, Frakson
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 56
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Frakson - José Jiménez Sevilla
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 58
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Profesor Alba - Manuel Alba Roja
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 62
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Sandy - Fernando Calvo León
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 64
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Cártex - Ramón Camprubi Alemany
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 67
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Li Chang - Juan Forns Jordana
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 70
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Tolito - Juan José Gorostegui
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 73
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea La Magia Profesional on professional magicians working in Spain, Raymond, Fu Manchu, Cantarelli, Chang, Bustelli, Kalanag, Richiardi Jr., José "Magus" González Delgado, Zongo y Dana, Fred Kaps, Jesus "Jesferh" Fernández Herrero, Denis & Monika Bell, Juan Tamariz, José "Garcimore" Garcia Moreno, Pepe Carrol
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 76
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea ¿ Y Las Magas? on women in magic, Celine, Mariblanca, Yao Min, Miss Rivelles, Marimar, Mercedes Carrión, Monika Bell, Judith, Ana Tamariz, Laura Avilés
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 81
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Las Sociedades Mágicas on Spanish magic circles, AMA, SEI, Vicente Vea, Javier Arney de Plandolit
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 86
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Fernando Maymó on Maymó, CEDAM
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 89
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Esfuerzos Grandes en Ciudades Pequeños on CIP, Rafael Tecles, Pedro Hernández, conventions
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 91
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Tiempos Modernos on Manuel Lorente Vázquez, Joan Font
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 94
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Actividades de la Sei on Francisco Garcia Cabrerizo, SEI activities, Robert "Dr. Faust" Remartinez
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 95
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Y Más Nombres on Joaquin Navajas, Alberto Cuartero, Manuel Cuesta, Luis Boyano, Juan Escolano, Luis Arza, Juan José Hidalgo, Paco Rodas, Faustino Palmero, Manolo Tena, Justo Alvarez Ascaso, Anthony Blake, Ignacio Grassa, May Roger, Juan Gurrea, Rafael Benatar, Donald Lehn, Ramón Riobóo, Armando Gómez, José de la Torre, Juan Mayoral, Paco Herrero, Sebastián Pons, Jorge Haddad, Alberto Reyes, Charly Miret, Carlos Vaquera
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 97
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Congresos Nacionales national conventions in Spain and list with winners
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 104
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Congresos Mundiales. FISM international conventions, FIsm, list of Spanish winners
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 106
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea La Escuela Mágica de Madrid. Origines on the "Spanish School of Magic", Arturo de Ascanio, Juan Anton, Juan Tamariz, Pepe Puchol, Ramón Varela, Camilo Vázquez, Toni Cachadiña, Ricardo Marré, Luis Garcia, Alfonso Moliné, Pablo Doménech, Joan Font, Oriol y Tino, Manolo Tena, Jesus Etcheverry, La Circular
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 110
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Aportaciones de la EMM on the influence of the EMM, Ramon Mayrata
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 113
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Las Jornadas de El Escorial on the Escorial gathering
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 115
Juan Gallego Luque, Miguel Ángel Gea Estudios Realizados
La Magia Española del Siglo XX 116
Juan Tamariz, Arturo de Ascanio, Ricard Marré, Juan Antón, José Puchol, Ramon Varela, Camilo Vázquez Manifesto Mágico de la EMM manifest from 1971 about the Escuela Mágica de Madrid
 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 119
Luis H. Trueba Breve Historia de una Época Dorada historical notes on the history of Spanish magic in the second half of the 20th century
 Magia y Dramagia 25
Stephen Minch Everything Old is New again
New Era Card Tricks i
Keith "Kip" Pascal History of Coin Snatching References to stealing coins from hands, including pop culture references. Mentions The Amazing Richardson, Bruce Lee and other coin snatchers.
Related to Coin Snatching 13
David Kaye The Origins of Performing Magic For Children
Seriously Silly 19
Stephen Minch A Vivisection of the Bizarre "Appendix I"
history of bizarre magick
 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 149
Gary Plants 1987 St. Louis Magic Jubilee about Michael Skinner's lecture in 1987
 Lecture Notes - Honolulu Hawaii 4
Karl Fulves Conjuring Arts on history and Bill Kalush's Conjuring Arts Research Center
 Prolix (Issue 10) 691
Robert L. Bluemle Jaks to Open on Dr. Stanley Jaks
 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 1
Robert L. Bluemle Jaks in the Box Dr. Stanley Jaks time in Switzerland after the escape from Germany
 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 5
Robert L. Bluemle The Book of Mysteries Stanley Jaks Book of Mysteries with lots of picture of Ken Klosterman's exemplar
 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 15
Robert L. Bluemle Jaks be Nimble Stanley Jaks relocates to the US
 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 25
Dr. Stanley Jaks Jaks be Quick on Stanley Jaks time in New York, correspondence to Swiss magic friends
 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 59
Bob Farmer Credits, History and Comments on the switches just described
 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 375
Ondřej Pšenička Hunting the Butterflies History of one-way decks and edge-marked decks, which led to the Butterfly playing cards
 The Secret of the Butterflies 6