47 entries for W. F. "Rufus" Steele

6 publications by W. F. "Rufus" Steele:
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W. F. "Rufus" Steele
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
Also published here
Variations
 1911
Later Magic
573
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
Also published here
Variations
 1911
Magical Titbits
19
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Foreword 1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
2
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Your Opening 1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
3
Jack-Jack-Jack
Variations
 1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
20
W. F. "Rufus" Steele My Personal Stack No. 14
  • The Stack
  • My Poker Run-Up
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
17
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Earl De Forrest Son John Story No. 38, apparently by Earl de Forrest according to a letter of his to Stewart James (about Charles T. Jordan)
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
35
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Letter "P" Trick No. 47, card and alphabet card are chosen, Queen produced from under performer's shoe, letter is P and the Queen starts to pee
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
42
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Build Up six hands, two rounds, as Rusduck
Related to
Variations
 May 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 61)
249
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Whose Tricks? 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
4
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Improved Jack-Jack-Jack
Inspired by
 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
19
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Bridge and Poker Demonstration memory stacking (last cards remaining in each spectators's hand after card-calling are the selections) followed by poker and bridge demo
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
51
W. F. "Rufus" Steele A Flower For You three signed cards reappear at end of ribbon tied to flower
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
69
Frederick Braue Roundabout with Fred Braue on Paul Rosini's passing, Chang, Vernon, Rufus Steele, Jordan, Arthur Finley, Annemann, Paul Curry, Stewart James, Rober Lund, Paul Fleming and more
 		Oct. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 5)
471
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Paul LePaul A False Riffle Shuffle using Automatic Rear Jog procedure
 		1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
109
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer) 52 Amazing Card Tricks
by W. F. "Rufus" Steele
 Sep. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 4)
584
C. O. Williams, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Card in the Pocket
Inspired by
 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
29
Paul Rosini, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Second-Guess Card Trick No. 145, magician fails and then succeeds in locating selection
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
281
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer) Paul Rosini's Magical Gems
by Paul Rosini (written by W. F. "Rufus" Steele)
 Oct. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 5)
708
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Foreword 1950
Magical Gems
3
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Other Books by Rufus Steele 1952
The Last Word on Cards
2
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Foreword 1952
The Last Word on Cards
4
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Great Rufus Steele cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
Inspired by
  • "Hocus Pocus Card Tricks"
Related to
 1952
The Last Word on Cards
8
Al Leech Hocus Soapus different presentation, cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
Related to
 1952
The Last Word on Cards
10
W. F. "Rufus" Steele They Tell You Nothing spectator pockets some cards and remembers a card at the same position as the number of pocketed cards, card ends up at named number
 		1952
The Last Word on Cards
32
W. F. "Rufus" Steele You Tell Them Everything spectator pockets some cards and remembers a card at the same position as the number of pocketed cards, performer stops dealing at selection and names number of pocketed cards
 		1952
The Last Word on Cards
33
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Robert Parrish Tell and Spell one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found and number of pocketed cards named
Variations
 1952
The Last Word on Cards
34
Oscar Weigle The Weigle Version one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found
Inspired by
 1952
The Last Word on Cards
36
Bob Hummer Five Card Baffle one of five cards is divined, off-beat method
Also published here
  • also in: Blue Ribbon Card Book, Sam Berland
Variations
 1952
The Last Word on Cards
57
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Baffle Follow-Up one of five cards is divined
Inspired by
 1952
The Last Word on Cards
58
W. F. "Rufus" Steele A Lecture With a Cold Deck 1952
The Last Word on Cards
62
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Gambler's Rehearsal elaborated routine with full deck set up, should be credited to Rusduck?
Related to
 1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
90
Jay Marshall Back Talk on Conjuror's Magic Monthly and the death of Rufus Steele, Nat Kane and John McManus
 		1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 330)
131
P. Howard Lyons On Rufus Steele Cut Steele cutting a shuffled deck and then knowing a card at a named position, no method
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
24
John Braun, W. F. "Rufus" Steele 3 Jacks Revamped duplicate Jack, with credit information, see p. 200 for further credits
Inspired by
Related to
  • p. 172 for Lin Searles suggestion
Variations
 Feb. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 4)
157
Dr. Jacob Taub Three Jacks Revamped see p. 200 for further credits
Inspired by
 May 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)
179
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Karl Fulves* Pocket Prediction No. 38, two cards chosen, one used to count down to the other, they are mates
Related to
 1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
58
Bob Hummer Five Card Baffle one of five cards is divined, off-beat method
Also published here
  • also in: Blue Ribbon Card Book, Sam Berland
Variations
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
12
Al Smith (reviewer) The Last Word on Cards
by W. F. "Rufus" Steele
 1983
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 10)
1121
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Murdock Stack in multiple deals, progressively better hands are dealt, see credit correction in issue 2, p. 3, see also The Cardiste
Related to
 Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
25
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Rudolf Braunmüller Gedankenkraft packet cut off and counted, card at that position remembered
 		Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
91
Larry Jennings Prefiguration impromptu
Related to
Variations
 1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
156
Karl Fulves* Last Lines joke from Stewart James about Ralph Read and Rufus Steele
 		1988
Interlocutor (Issue 49)
216
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Ein Willenstest two spectators choose a card each, they are the same, no-touch
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
184
Martin Joyal An Overview of Memorized Stacks
  • Memorized Stack Characteristics
  • Overview of Memorized Stacks
    • The Nikola Stack (Louis Nikola)
    • The Ireland Stack (Laurie Ireland)
    • The McCaffrey Stack (William McCaffrey)
    • The Steele Stack (Rufus Steele)
    • The Marlo Stack (Ed Marlo)
    • The Skinner Stacks (Michael Skinner)
    • The Aronson Stack (Simon Aronson)
    • The Aldrich Stach (Steve Aldrich)
    • The Rix Stack (Claude Rix)
  • Summary
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
49
Karl Fulves* Introduction Siegfried & Roy accident, David Blaine's glass cage stunt, Bill Bennett, World Series of Poker, stage illusions, Charles Dickens Christmas story, Rufus Steele,
 		2004
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)
334
Gabe Fajuri (reviewer) 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy To Do
by W. F. "Rufus" Steele
 Oct. 2012
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 2)
83