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Wizard Magazine Volume 1-4 (Apr 1947 – Jun 1951) by George Armstrong
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Wizard Magazine (1947 – 1956)
These are the first four volumes of the Wizard Magazine as a PDF which you can download. It includes a hyperlinked index.
1st edition April 1947 – June 1951; 1595 pages.
Volume 1
No. 1
George Armstrong / Jasper Maskelyne
George Armstrong / Impromptu Book Test
John K. Bays / Fantasy Fare
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic
No. 2
George Armstrong / Robert Harbin
George Armstrong / Number Prediction
John K. Bays / No No Children’s Effect
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 1
No. 3
George Armstrong / Wilfred Tyler
Wilfred Tyler / Breakaway Match-box
John K. Bays / Flash Card
Jimmy Flowers / Forbidden Marriage
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 2, Early Secular Magicians
No. 4
George Armstrong / Claude Chandler
Roy Cowl / Impromptu Book Test
Billy McComb / William Discovers a Card
John K. Bays / A Comedy Hit – Silk Production
Milbourne Christopher / Projecta Card
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 3, From the Old to the New
No. 5
Rupert. H Slater / Prelude to the Miser’s Dream
George Armstrong / Col Ling Soo
John K. Bays / The Canny Sixpence
John K. Bays / Magical Monologue Lexicon
Jack Lamonte / Thimble Thumbling
Phil Wye / “Pop-Up Tie” Ups, Presentation Idea
No. 6
George Armstrong / Douglas Francis
Travers Cooper / Double Crossed
John K. Bays / Humpty Dumpty
W.A. Drew / Flash Welding Magic
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 4, Hocus Pocus
No. 7
George Armstrong / Gabrielle Varley
John K. Bays / Skipping Rope and Hoop
Zaharee / Odd Odes
C. Steffensen / The Third Card
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 5, Pinetti
Zaharee / Bashful Lady
No. 8
George Armstrong / Knox Crichton
Douglas Francis / Fully Fashioned
John K. Bays / Blue Bird – Yellow Chick
Tom Sellers / Walking Through a Sheet of Glass
Peter McDonald / Colour Conscious
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 6, After Pinetti
No. 9
Jack Lamonte / Lenz
Douglas Francis / Thumbs Off!
John K. Bays / The Tumbling Clown
Jack Lamonte / The Diagonal Shift
Peter McDonald / Cost of Living
S. Taylor / Ghost Bell
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 7, The Ghost Shows
No. 10
George Armstrong / Max Andrews
Peter McDonald / Comedy Quickies
John K. Bays / Sleightly Knotty
Tom Sellers / The Secret’s Told
C. Steffensen / Mystery of the Second Card
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 8, Romance of the Automata
No. 11
George Armstrong / Horace King
John K. Bays / Silken Lady
Bill Bishop / And then the Jog
Betty King / Animal Crackers
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 9, Robert Houdin
No. 12
George Armstrong / Bill Stickland
Jack Lamonte / Topical Tear
Peter McDonald / A Plea for the Mysterious
John K. Bays / My Sweet Assistant
Travers Cooper / Cash Card Comedy Burnt Note
Les Vincent / You almost do as I do
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 10,Thumbnail Sketches
Volume 2
No. 13
George Armstrong / Harold Taylor
Reg Gayton / Fickle Flight
Verall Wass / 24 Tricks with a Slat Frame
Travers Cooper / Super Sucker
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist, Introduction
Hubert Lambert / Moving Mucilage
Jack Lamonte / L’Affaire du Coeur
John K. Bays / The Final Vanish
No. 14
George Armstrong / Eddie Joseph
Reg Gayton / Predestination
Tom Sellers / Piles of Aces
Milbourne Christopher / Flying Flower
Verall Wass / Tricks with a Slat Frame
Peter McDonald / Fleet Street
Eddie Joseph / Hazelism
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
R.C. Ritson / Chat for Conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro
James. B. Findlay / Collections and After
No. 15
George Armstrong / Paula Baird
Reg Gayton / The Windmill
E.L. Baffel / Just Jane
Allan Lambie / Attention-March!
Peter McDonald / A “Mental” Speller
Zaharee / Zaharee’s Magic
John K. Bays / X-1-2 Football
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
George Armstrong / Learn to Hypnotise
No. 16
George Armstrong / Frank Baumforth
Reg Gayton / Floral Telepathy, Code for Two Way Act
Zaharee / Incredible Coin Change
Verall Wass / Tricks with a Slat Frame
Stanley Davis / Double Spelling Bee
Teral Garrett / The Card Sword
George Armstrong / Dead Name Test
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
R.C. Ritson / Chats for conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro 2
No. 17
George Armstrong / Voltaire
Zaharee / Incredible Coin Vanish
Reg Gayton / I Thought You would
Peter McDonald / Nutty Notions
Roy Green / Roy Green’s Lamp Routine
Tom Sellers / Free Choice
John K. Bays / Yellow Red Flash Penetration
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Explanation – Waking Stage
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
R.C. Ritson / Chats for conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro Part 3
No. 18
George Armstrong / Frederick Barlow
A.C. Newitt / The Acrobatic Match
Yogi / A Day at the Races
Peter McDonald / Sugar and Spice
Reg Gayton / Goldilocks
R.C. Ritson / Chats for conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro Part 4
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise
No. 19
George Armstrong /George Sylvestre
Travers Cooper / Discovery by Reverse
Reg Gayton / Make Your Mark
Allan Lambie / No Smoking – No Coin
Hubert Lambert / Lacteal Levitation
Stanley Davis / Out of this World
Verall Wass / Slat Frame Routine, Visible Vanishing Die
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist, How to Write your own Dialogue
Professor Herwin / Chats for conjuring Cognosenti, Historical Profile
No. 20
George Armstrong / John Ramsay
Travers Cooper / Strike me Pink
Jack Lamonte / Silk to Matchbox
Stanley Davis / Colour Blind
Chester Morris / Chester Morris and his Magic
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise Part 6
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Magical Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 21
George Armstrong / Carl Ramon
Travers Cooper / Just Crackers
Zaharee / Three Trees
Roy Green / Prelude to the Rice Bowls
Reg Gayton / Repeat Finale
Peter McDonald / The Scarlet Pimpernel
John K. Bays / He Caught Some Coins
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist The Skull & Telephone
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Hypnotic Sleep
R.C. Ritson / The Literature of Conjuring
No. 22
George Armstrong / Stanley Collins
Madame Minar / Flash Addition
Peter McDonald / Impromptu Productions
Jack Lamonte / Sucker Matchbox
George Armstrong / Svengali’s Telephone
John K. Bays / Bigger Smokes
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist Two Voices, one Figure
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Awakening the Subject
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 23
George Armstrong / Tom and Eileen Harris
Reg Gayton / In the Balance
Travers Cooper / Thought Vibrations
Travers Cooper / One Finger Colour Changes
Phil Wye / “Think-A-Card”
Joe Stuthard / It’s Coincidence
Verall Wass / Slat Frame Routine, The Cubes of Chu Chin Chow
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Post Hypnotic Suggestion
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist, The Burglar and Policeman
No. 24
The Great Nixon
The Great Nixon / Note the Number
Travers Cooper / Three Little Fishes
Peter McDonald / Odd Stunts with Matches
Jack Lamonte / Bottom Jump!
Hen Fetsch / Master Key, Seven Keys Effect
A.C. Newitt / Spelling Soldiers
Harold G. Beaumont / Jumbo Cards to Pocket Climax
John K. Bays / Rizla Magic
Geoffrey Hursell / Suckers All!
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Questions & Answers
Volume 3
No. 25
George Armstrong / The Lord Auckland
Al Koran / Triple Miracle Card Stab
Francis Haxton / Coincidental
Jack Hughes / Single Handed Fantastic Block
George Wallman / Sin-Feu
Oscar Oswald / A Cigarette “Gasper”
Norman Conquest / A frame Without a Flap
George Armstrong / The Supersonic Card Prediction
Maurice Hurling / Childrens’ Ventriloquist The Age Groups
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 26
George Armstrong / Oswald Rae
Roy Green / The Omelette Pan
Hubert Lambert / In Lighter Vein
Milbourne Christopher / Stretching a Ribbon
Frederick Lowe / Obedient Magnet
Harry Vernon / Under Cover Stab
Peter McDonald / Which Way?
W.B. Wilson / Lost Week-End
Percy James / The Hungry Jack, Easy to remember Card Stack
George Armstrong / It’s in the Bag
S.H. Sharpe / Ware Hypnotism
Jack Lamonte / Lenz at the Café Anglais, Show Review
Maurice Hurling / The Children’s Ventriloquist, The Psychology of Children
R. C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 27
George Armstrong / Serl Taunt
Harry & Don Parrott / Red Ridinghood & the Witch
Tom Sellers / The Glass-House Card
Ron Whittaker / The 5th Card
Julius Sundman / “3 to 1”
Hans Trunk / The Volunteer
Peter McDonald / An Infernal Message
L.J. Thomas / Say When Coins
Maurice Hurling / The Children’s Ventriloquist Confidence
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
S.H. Sharpe / Ware Hypnotism
No. 28
George Armstrong / George P. Greetham
Evere / Trouble in the Tower
Anonymous / Heck I’m Stuck
Harry & Don Parrott / Three Little Piggies
Geoffrey Hursell / Atomised
W.J. Mathewson / Something for Nothing
Peter Seymour / Anti-Gravity Billiard Ball
S.H. Sharpe / Ware Hypnotism
Maurice Hurling / Childrens’ Ventriloquist
No. 29
George Armstrong / Al Koran
Al Koran / Salute to Vernon
Al Koran / Green Mystery
Al Koran / Penny-Thru
Al Koran / Multiple Reverse
Al Koran / Thimbles Ad Lib
Al Koran / Giant Fan Location
Al Koran / Touch Prediction
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Conjuring Cognoscenti, Old Play Bills
No. 30
George Armstrong / Ali and Yolanda
Travers Cooper / You do it this Way!
Jack Lamonte / 20th Century Transposition
Evere / Telepathic Trio
Tubby White / Bonzo
Harry Vernon / Multiple Silk Production
Percy James / Coincidence and Four Kings
Peter McDonald / “Say When” ideas
George Greetham / P. No Cut Rope Trip
R.C. Ritson / Playbills – Chung Ling Soo
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Conjuring Cognoscenti, Chung Ling Soo
No. 31
George Armstrong / Vernon Lee
Peter McDonald / The Irish Sweep
Jack Lamonte / The Cut Change
Edward H. Hopkinson / Like a Drink?
Geoffrey Hursell / See the Point? Scissors to Pencil
Travers Cooper / Triple Transit
Percy James / Raving Madgic!
S. Wilmot / Comedy Quickies
J. Lockhart Davidson / Orange Squash
No. 32
George Armstrong / Joe Stuthard
Allan Lambie / An Expensive Opening
Douglas Francis / This is Magic, A Complete Act
Peter McDonald / Double Speller
Don Maskell / Telephone Directory Test
Sidney De Hempsey / Plays for Safety
Peter McDonald / A Coin Transposition
Jack Lamonte / Slip Repeat
Percy James / Figures don’t Lie
Anonymous / Make it Yourself 1, Crystal Ball
No. 33
George Armstrong / Jean Carlin
Percy James / Out of the Wood, Scientific Experiment
Edward H. Hopkinson / Omega Paper Tear
Lawrenco / Paper, Ball and Silk
Jack Lamonte / Hot Drink!
J. F. Orrin / I Play your Thoughts
Jack Lamonte / One Card’s Ambition!
Minar / Silk Cut
Julius Sundman / The “Finished” Silk
Peter McDonald / Medium-Mystic Card Effect
Peter McDonald / The Thought Reader
William Beecham / “All Clear” & the Teen-agers
Jack Lamonte / Comedy Quickies
James. B. Findlay / The First Wizard
Anonymous / Make it Yourself Series, Vanishing Cane
No. 34
George Armstrong / Howard De Courcy
Travers Cooper / The Diving Deuces
Peter McDonald / The Return of The Scarlet Pimpernel
Edward H. Hopkinson / Three Coin Sleights
Jack Lamonte / Second to (N)one
A.C. Newitt / The Sweep
Jack Lamonte / Comedy Quickies
Harry Carnegie / The Learner
George Armstrong / More about It’s in the Bag
John K. Bays / The Wings of Thought
George P. Greetham / A Combined Cigarette & Coin Routine
George P. Greetham / Direct Mis-Direction
Edward H. Hopkinson / The Chiro Card Code
Peter McDonald / Telepathy without Worry
Johnny Geddes / A “Coin Rack” Dodge
No. 35
George Armstrong / Francis White
Charles Harrison / Simple yet Convincing!
G.E. Arrowsmith / The Reverend The Discriminating Joker
Derek Whipp / Note in Cigarette
Frank Butler / Crystal Clear
Robert W. Edmanson / The Personal Card
Roy Darnley / The Elusive Silk
Wilfred H. Tyler / A Patriotic Paddle
Eddie Ward / “Just Chance” Made Certain
Anonymous / A Remarkable Invention
No. 36
Jack Lamonte / Maurice Fogel
J. Lockhart Davidson / Say When with Wine and Water
Wilfred Tyler / I’ll be Blowed
Cyro / Triple Stop Mystery
Harry Carnegie / The Indian Rope Trick
Stanley Davis / A Glance, A Slip & A Slide
A.C. Newitt / Another Coin Vanish
Douglas Francis / “Match”-Ical
Peter McDonald / You Find the Dead Name
Tom Sellers / “Where’s Pluto?”
Percy James / Some Square
Volume 4
No. 37
George Armstrong / Johnny Geddes
Johnny Geddes / Zingaree’s Silvercop
Johnny Geddes / Peter the Painter
Johnny Geddes / Gipsy Joe
Johnny Geddes / The Shoplifter, Routine for Hughes Card Ring
Johnny Geddes / All Change
Johnny Geddes / Turn-up Teaser
Johnny Geddes / Mad Mindreading
Johnny Geddes / Impromptu Pencil Vanish
Johnny Geddes / Comedy Quickies
Johnny Geddes / The Unrestored Card
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Introduction
Johnny Geddes / Russian Shuffle Discovery
No. 38
George Armstrong / Jack Hughes
Roy Cowl / Razor Blades without Tears
Harry & Don Parrott / Lollipops
Wilfred Tyler / Silks from a Silk
Brian Gee / The Very Awkward Card
Jack Lamonte / Comedy Wand
Cyro / The “Cee-Bee” Giant Card Vanish
Peter McDonald / A “Crazy” Card Stunt
Lawrenco / Comedy Giant Match
Johnny Geddes / Deceiving Sleeving’
Eddie Hopkinson / A Comedy Card Revelation
John K. Bays / The Cigarette Swindle
Anonymous / Seven by Three
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Let Your Figure Live
No. 39
George Armstrong / Sorcerers Society Liverpool
Frederick Lowe / Nothing but the Truth
Louis S. Histed / Gravity in Reverse
Oscar Paulson / Ministry of Brood Relations
Osmond Dellis / Milk, Glass and Hat
Dick Simonds / Bits of Business for Boys and Girls
George S. Reade / The Photograph of a Conjurer
Anonymous / The Last Coin
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Alter Ego
No. 40
George Armstrong / Terry Hall
Frederick Lowe / The Spirit Bell
Reginald Thompson / Problems of the Semi-
Monty Wynne / Is there a Trick here?
Cyro / The Donkey’s Tail
Patterson / The Chinese Clock
A.C. Newitt / The “Five to One” Speller
Peter McDonald / Three Bits
John K. Bays / Value for Money
Achim Haekel / Out of this World
Stanley Davis / Slop Shuffle Discovery
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Presentation
No. 41
George Armstrong / Sirdani
Davidson J. Lockhart / The Wandering Milk and Ribbon
Travers Cooper / Cigarette to Ribbon
Luigi Ruggeri / Thoughts in the Smoke
Peter McDonald / The World’s Greatest Wizard
Johnny Geddes / Sorry – No Spider
Chandu / “Boy or Girl?”
Phil Cardo / Vanishing Knot
John K. Bays / The Comedy Match
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Sound and Direction
No. 42
George Armstrong / Hans Trunk
Hans Trunk / The Seal of Secrecy
Franz Holl / The Butterfly
Harry Grauer / Four Ace Transposition
Francis Lebon / The Dove Cage
Franz Holl / The Band of Sympathy
Allan / The Card in Prison
Borra / A Cigarette Act
Anonymous / The Last Coin
Professor Cerny W. / The Impossible Knot
Reinhold Woda / Blindfold Card Divination
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Presentable Props
No. 43
George Armstrong / Ken Swan
Charly Eperny / The Spirit of Cards
Fritz Porupka / In Slow Motion
F. Stadler / The Wonderful Silhouette
John Van Mierl / Is there a Trick here?
Sydney De Hempsey / The Lucky 14
Milbourne Christopher / The Magic Medallion
Anon. / Business Card Backs
John K. Bays / Table Magic Quartet
Billy Prothero / Ball Dropper
Bill Woodfield / Double Reverse
Julius Sundman / Heads or Tails?
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Hints to Beginners
No. 44
George Armstrong / Louis S. Histed
Frederick Lowe / Rainbow Lady
Louis S. Histed / Improved Nikola Spelling
Louis S. Histed / Red Herrings
H.M. Wylie / An Artist’s Dream
A.C. Newitt / A Thimble Penetration
T. W. MacMinn / Match-Box Transposition of Silks
Austin Mitchell / Body Loading Productions from Spectators
A.N. Willoughby / “Stung” Sucker Effect
J.C.A. Reid / Cigarette Levitation
E.C. Newitt / Mathematical and Mental
No. 45
George Armstrong / The Great Masoni
Anonymous / Business Card Backs
T. Nordnes / The Nordnes Glass and Silk Routine
Tom Sellers / Impromptu Touch Prediction
Edward H. Hopkinson / The Card Turns Round
Various Comedy Quickies
John K. Bays / Comic Camera Capers
A.C. Newitt / Another Thimble Penetration
Jimmy Flowers / Fish for Tea
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Children
No. 46
George Armstrong / Travers Cooper
Travers Cooper / Sucker Six Card Vanish
Travers Cooper / Two in Hand Colour Change
Travers Cooper / New Thimble Routine
Anon. / Business Card Backs
Travers Cooper / The Duck Again
Travers Cooper / Coloured Cups and Balls
Travers Cooper / Card through Space
Travers Cooper / A Twist on the Egg Bag
Travers Cooper / Discovery by return
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Atmosphere & Originality
No. 47
George Armstrong / Jay Palmer and Doreen
Jay Palmer / Liquor Cane
Len Belcher / Trimy Brix
Billy Prothero / Shades of Ernnase!
Jack Lamonte / Folding Card Gag
Wilfred Tyler / A Cheeky Chick Trick
Julius Sundman / The Ghost Box
Toni Koynini / Alf’s Button
John K. Bays / Impromptu Magic with Cigarettes
Lawrenco / Kids Preferred
Allan Peterson / The Mystic Knots
Phil Cardo / A Fishy Business
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Illusion or Perfection
No. 48
George Armstrong / Fu Manchu (David T. Bamberg)
Frank G. Cleaver / Four Ace Trick
Reginald G. Rowbotham / A Talking Skull
Marcelo A. Spiller / The Chameleon Card
Carlos A. Marquat / Tamarah’s Prediction
E. Leslie Briant / Girls from Nowhere
Simon M. Reyes / The Travelling Silks
Emilio Torino / Atomic Vibration Mental
Enrique Manfredi / The Manfredi Production Box
Carlos H. Colombi / The “Colombi” Flash Card
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent
This product is also part of:
Wizard Magazine (1947 – 1956)
These are the first four volumes of the Wizard Magazine as a PDF which you can download. It includes a hyperlinked index.
1st edition April 1947 – June 1951; 1595 pages.
Volume 1
No. 1
George Armstrong / Jasper Maskelyne
George Armstrong / Impromptu Book Test
John K. Bays / Fantasy Fare
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic
No. 2
George Armstrong / Robert Harbin
George Armstrong / Number Prediction
John K. Bays / No No Children’s Effect
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 1
No. 3
George Armstrong / Wilfred Tyler
Wilfred Tyler / Breakaway Match-box
John K. Bays / Flash Card
Jimmy Flowers / Forbidden Marriage
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 2, Early Secular Magicians
No. 4
George Armstrong / Claude Chandler
Roy Cowl / Impromptu Book Test
Billy McComb / William Discovers a Card
John K. Bays / A Comedy Hit – Silk Production
Milbourne Christopher / Projecta Card
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 3, From the Old to the New
No. 5
Rupert. H Slater / Prelude to the Miser’s Dream
George Armstrong / Col Ling Soo
John K. Bays / The Canny Sixpence
John K. Bays / Magical Monologue Lexicon
Jack Lamonte / Thimble Thumbling
Phil Wye / “Pop-Up Tie” Ups, Presentation Idea
No. 6
George Armstrong / Douglas Francis
Travers Cooper / Double Crossed
John K. Bays / Humpty Dumpty
W.A. Drew / Flash Welding Magic
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 4, Hocus Pocus
No. 7
George Armstrong / Gabrielle Varley
John K. Bays / Skipping Rope and Hoop
Zaharee / Odd Odes
C. Steffensen / The Third Card
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 5, Pinetti
Zaharee / Bashful Lady
No. 8
George Armstrong / Knox Crichton
Douglas Francis / Fully Fashioned
John K. Bays / Blue Bird – Yellow Chick
Tom Sellers / Walking Through a Sheet of Glass
Peter McDonald / Colour Conscious
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 6, After Pinetti
No. 9
Jack Lamonte / Lenz
Douglas Francis / Thumbs Off!
John K. Bays / The Tumbling Clown
Jack Lamonte / The Diagonal Shift
Peter McDonald / Cost of Living
S. Taylor / Ghost Bell
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 7, The Ghost Shows
No. 10
George Armstrong / Max Andrews
Peter McDonald / Comedy Quickies
John K. Bays / Sleightly Knotty
Tom Sellers / The Secret’s Told
C. Steffensen / Mystery of the Second Card
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 8, Romance of the Automata
No. 11
George Armstrong / Horace King
John K. Bays / Silken Lady
Bill Bishop / And then the Jog
Betty King / Animal Crackers
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 9, Robert Houdin
No. 12
George Armstrong / Bill Stickland
Jack Lamonte / Topical Tear
Peter McDonald / A Plea for the Mysterious
John K. Bays / My Sweet Assistant
Travers Cooper / Cash Card Comedy Burnt Note
Les Vincent / You almost do as I do
W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 10,Thumbnail Sketches
Volume 2
No. 13
George Armstrong / Harold Taylor
Reg Gayton / Fickle Flight
Verall Wass / 24 Tricks with a Slat Frame
Travers Cooper / Super Sucker
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist, Introduction
Hubert Lambert / Moving Mucilage
Jack Lamonte / L’Affaire du Coeur
John K. Bays / The Final Vanish
No. 14
George Armstrong / Eddie Joseph
Reg Gayton / Predestination
Tom Sellers / Piles of Aces
Milbourne Christopher / Flying Flower
Verall Wass / Tricks with a Slat Frame
Peter McDonald / Fleet Street
Eddie Joseph / Hazelism
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
R.C. Ritson / Chat for Conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro
James. B. Findlay / Collections and After
No. 15
George Armstrong / Paula Baird
Reg Gayton / The Windmill
E.L. Baffel / Just Jane
Allan Lambie / Attention-March!
Peter McDonald / A “Mental” Speller
Zaharee / Zaharee’s Magic
John K. Bays / X-1-2 Football
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
George Armstrong / Learn to Hypnotise
No. 16
George Armstrong / Frank Baumforth
Reg Gayton / Floral Telepathy, Code for Two Way Act
Zaharee / Incredible Coin Change
Verall Wass / Tricks with a Slat Frame
Stanley Davis / Double Spelling Bee
Teral Garrett / The Card Sword
George Armstrong / Dead Name Test
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
R.C. Ritson / Chats for conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro 2
No. 17
George Armstrong / Voltaire
Zaharee / Incredible Coin Vanish
Reg Gayton / I Thought You would
Peter McDonald / Nutty Notions
Roy Green / Roy Green’s Lamp Routine
Tom Sellers / Free Choice
John K. Bays / Yellow Red Flash Penetration
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Explanation – Waking Stage
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
R.C. Ritson / Chats for conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro Part 3
No. 18
George Armstrong / Frederick Barlow
A.C. Newitt / The Acrobatic Match
Yogi / A Day at the Races
Peter McDonald / Sugar and Spice
Reg Gayton / Goldilocks
R.C. Ritson / Chats for conjuring Cognoscenti, Cagliostro Part 4
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise
No. 19
George Armstrong /George Sylvestre
Travers Cooper / Discovery by Reverse
Reg Gayton / Make Your Mark
Allan Lambie / No Smoking – No Coin
Hubert Lambert / Lacteal Levitation
Stanley Davis / Out of this World
Verall Wass / Slat Frame Routine, Visible Vanishing Die
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist, How to Write your own Dialogue
Professor Herwin / Chats for conjuring Cognosenti, Historical Profile
No. 20
George Armstrong / John Ramsay
Travers Cooper / Strike me Pink
Jack Lamonte / Silk to Matchbox
Stanley Davis / Colour Blind
Chester Morris / Chester Morris and his Magic
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise Part 6
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Magical Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 21
George Armstrong / Carl Ramon
Travers Cooper / Just Crackers
Zaharee / Three Trees
Roy Green / Prelude to the Rice Bowls
Reg Gayton / Repeat Finale
Peter McDonald / The Scarlet Pimpernel
John K. Bays / He Caught Some Coins
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist The Skull & Telephone
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Hypnotic Sleep
R.C. Ritson / The Literature of Conjuring
No. 22
George Armstrong / Stanley Collins
Madame Minar / Flash Addition
Peter McDonald / Impromptu Productions
Jack Lamonte / Sucker Matchbox
George Armstrong / Svengali’s Telephone
John K. Bays / Bigger Smokes
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist Two Voices, one Figure
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Awakening the Subject
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 23
George Armstrong / Tom and Eileen Harris
Reg Gayton / In the Balance
Travers Cooper / Thought Vibrations
Travers Cooper / One Finger Colour Changes
Phil Wye / “Think-A-Card”
Joe Stuthard / It’s Coincidence
Verall Wass / Slat Frame Routine, The Cubes of Chu Chin Chow
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Post Hypnotic Suggestion
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
Maurice Hurling / The Concert Ventriloquist, The Burglar and Policeman
No. 24
The Great Nixon
The Great Nixon / Note the Number
Travers Cooper / Three Little Fishes
Peter McDonald / Odd Stunts with Matches
Jack Lamonte / Bottom Jump!
Hen Fetsch / Master Key, Seven Keys Effect
A.C. Newitt / Spelling Soldiers
Harold G. Beaumont / Jumbo Cards to Pocket Climax
John K. Bays / Rizla Magic
Geoffrey Hursell / Suckers All!
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
S. Edward Dexter / How to Hypnotise, Questions & Answers
Volume 3
No. 25
George Armstrong / The Lord Auckland
Al Koran / Triple Miracle Card Stab
Francis Haxton / Coincidental
Jack Hughes / Single Handed Fantastic Block
George Wallman / Sin-Feu
Oscar Oswald / A Cigarette “Gasper”
Norman Conquest / A frame Without a Flap
George Armstrong / The Supersonic Card Prediction
Maurice Hurling / Childrens’ Ventriloquist The Age Groups
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 26
George Armstrong / Oswald Rae
Roy Green / The Omelette Pan
Hubert Lambert / In Lighter Vein
Milbourne Christopher / Stretching a Ribbon
Frederick Lowe / Obedient Magnet
Harry Vernon / Under Cover Stab
Peter McDonald / Which Way?
W.B. Wilson / Lost Week-End
Percy James / The Hungry Jack, Easy to remember Card Stack
George Armstrong / It’s in the Bag
S.H. Sharpe / Ware Hypnotism
Jack Lamonte / Lenz at the Café Anglais, Show Review
Maurice Hurling / The Children’s Ventriloquist, The Psychology of Children
R. C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
No. 27
George Armstrong / Serl Taunt
Harry & Don Parrott / Red Ridinghood & the Witch
Tom Sellers / The Glass-House Card
Ron Whittaker / The 5th Card
Julius Sundman / “3 to 1”
Hans Trunk / The Volunteer
Peter McDonald / An Infernal Message
L.J. Thomas / Say When Coins
Maurice Hurling / The Children’s Ventriloquist Confidence
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Cognoscenti, The Literature of Conjuring
S.H. Sharpe / Ware Hypnotism
No. 28
George Armstrong / George P. Greetham
Evere / Trouble in the Tower
Anonymous / Heck I’m Stuck
Harry & Don Parrott / Three Little Piggies
Geoffrey Hursell / Atomised
W.J. Mathewson / Something for Nothing
Peter Seymour / Anti-Gravity Billiard Ball
S.H. Sharpe / Ware Hypnotism
Maurice Hurling / Childrens’ Ventriloquist
No. 29
George Armstrong / Al Koran
Al Koran / Salute to Vernon
Al Koran / Green Mystery
Al Koran / Penny-Thru
Al Koran / Multiple Reverse
Al Koran / Thimbles Ad Lib
Al Koran / Giant Fan Location
Al Koran / Touch Prediction
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Conjuring Cognoscenti, Old Play Bills
No. 30
George Armstrong / Ali and Yolanda
Travers Cooper / You do it this Way!
Jack Lamonte / 20th Century Transposition
Evere / Telepathic Trio
Tubby White / Bonzo
Harry Vernon / Multiple Silk Production
Percy James / Coincidence and Four Kings
Peter McDonald / “Say When” ideas
George Greetham / P. No Cut Rope Trip
R.C. Ritson / Playbills – Chung Ling Soo
R.C. Ritson / Chats for Conjuring Cognoscenti, Chung Ling Soo
No. 31
George Armstrong / Vernon Lee
Peter McDonald / The Irish Sweep
Jack Lamonte / The Cut Change
Edward H. Hopkinson / Like a Drink?
Geoffrey Hursell / See the Point? Scissors to Pencil
Travers Cooper / Triple Transit
Percy James / Raving Madgic!
S. Wilmot / Comedy Quickies
J. Lockhart Davidson / Orange Squash
No. 32
George Armstrong / Joe Stuthard
Allan Lambie / An Expensive Opening
Douglas Francis / This is Magic, A Complete Act
Peter McDonald / Double Speller
Don Maskell / Telephone Directory Test
Sidney De Hempsey / Plays for Safety
Peter McDonald / A Coin Transposition
Jack Lamonte / Slip Repeat
Percy James / Figures don’t Lie
Anonymous / Make it Yourself 1, Crystal Ball
No. 33
George Armstrong / Jean Carlin
Percy James / Out of the Wood, Scientific Experiment
Edward H. Hopkinson / Omega Paper Tear
Lawrenco / Paper, Ball and Silk
Jack Lamonte / Hot Drink!
J. F. Orrin / I Play your Thoughts
Jack Lamonte / One Card’s Ambition!
Minar / Silk Cut
Julius Sundman / The “Finished” Silk
Peter McDonald / Medium-Mystic Card Effect
Peter McDonald / The Thought Reader
William Beecham / “All Clear” & the Teen-agers
Jack Lamonte / Comedy Quickies
James. B. Findlay / The First Wizard
Anonymous / Make it Yourself Series, Vanishing Cane
No. 34
George Armstrong / Howard De Courcy
Travers Cooper / The Diving Deuces
Peter McDonald / The Return of The Scarlet Pimpernel
Edward H. Hopkinson / Three Coin Sleights
Jack Lamonte / Second to (N)one
A.C. Newitt / The Sweep
Jack Lamonte / Comedy Quickies
Harry Carnegie / The Learner
George Armstrong / More about It’s in the Bag
John K. Bays / The Wings of Thought
George P. Greetham / A Combined Cigarette & Coin Routine
George P. Greetham / Direct Mis-Direction
Edward H. Hopkinson / The Chiro Card Code
Peter McDonald / Telepathy without Worry
Johnny Geddes / A “Coin Rack” Dodge
No. 35
George Armstrong / Francis White
Charles Harrison / Simple yet Convincing!
G.E. Arrowsmith / The Reverend The Discriminating Joker
Derek Whipp / Note in Cigarette
Frank Butler / Crystal Clear
Robert W. Edmanson / The Personal Card
Roy Darnley / The Elusive Silk
Wilfred H. Tyler / A Patriotic Paddle
Eddie Ward / “Just Chance” Made Certain
Anonymous / A Remarkable Invention
No. 36
Jack Lamonte / Maurice Fogel
J. Lockhart Davidson / Say When with Wine and Water
Wilfred Tyler / I’ll be Blowed
Cyro / Triple Stop Mystery
Harry Carnegie / The Indian Rope Trick
Stanley Davis / A Glance, A Slip & A Slide
A.C. Newitt / Another Coin Vanish
Douglas Francis / “Match”-Ical
Peter McDonald / You Find the Dead Name
Tom Sellers / “Where’s Pluto?”
Percy James / Some Square
Volume 4
No. 37
George Armstrong / Johnny Geddes
Johnny Geddes / Zingaree’s Silvercop
Johnny Geddes / Peter the Painter
Johnny Geddes / Gipsy Joe
Johnny Geddes / The Shoplifter, Routine for Hughes Card Ring
Johnny Geddes / All Change
Johnny Geddes / Turn-up Teaser
Johnny Geddes / Mad Mindreading
Johnny Geddes / Impromptu Pencil Vanish
Johnny Geddes / Comedy Quickies
Johnny Geddes / The Unrestored Card
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Introduction
Johnny Geddes / Russian Shuffle Discovery
No. 38
George Armstrong / Jack Hughes
Roy Cowl / Razor Blades without Tears
Harry & Don Parrott / Lollipops
Wilfred Tyler / Silks from a Silk
Brian Gee / The Very Awkward Card
Jack Lamonte / Comedy Wand
Cyro / The “Cee-Bee” Giant Card Vanish
Peter McDonald / A “Crazy” Card Stunt
Lawrenco / Comedy Giant Match
Johnny Geddes / Deceiving Sleeving’
Eddie Hopkinson / A Comedy Card Revelation
John K. Bays / The Cigarette Swindle
Anonymous / Seven by Three
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Let Your Figure Live
No. 39
George Armstrong / Sorcerers Society Liverpool
Frederick Lowe / Nothing but the Truth
Louis S. Histed / Gravity in Reverse
Oscar Paulson / Ministry of Brood Relations
Osmond Dellis / Milk, Glass and Hat
Dick Simonds / Bits of Business for Boys and Girls
George S. Reade / The Photograph of a Conjurer
Anonymous / The Last Coin
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Alter Ego
No. 40
George Armstrong / Terry Hall
Frederick Lowe / The Spirit Bell
Reginald Thompson / Problems of the Semi-
Monty Wynne / Is there a Trick here?
Cyro / The Donkey’s Tail
Patterson / The Chinese Clock
A.C. Newitt / The “Five to One” Speller
Peter McDonald / Three Bits
John K. Bays / Value for Money
Achim Haekel / Out of this World
Stanley Davis / Slop Shuffle Discovery
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Presentation
No. 41
George Armstrong / Sirdani
Davidson J. Lockhart / The Wandering Milk and Ribbon
Travers Cooper / Cigarette to Ribbon
Luigi Ruggeri / Thoughts in the Smoke
Peter McDonald / The World’s Greatest Wizard
Johnny Geddes / Sorry – No Spider
Chandu / “Boy or Girl?”
Phil Cardo / Vanishing Knot
John K. Bays / The Comedy Match
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Sound and Direction
No. 42
George Armstrong / Hans Trunk
Hans Trunk / The Seal of Secrecy
Franz Holl / The Butterfly
Harry Grauer / Four Ace Transposition
Francis Lebon / The Dove Cage
Franz Holl / The Band of Sympathy
Allan / The Card in Prison
Borra / A Cigarette Act
Anonymous / The Last Coin
Professor Cerny W. / The Impossible Knot
Reinhold Woda / Blindfold Card Divination
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Presentable Props
No. 43
George Armstrong / Ken Swan
Charly Eperny / The Spirit of Cards
Fritz Porupka / In Slow Motion
F. Stadler / The Wonderful Silhouette
John Van Mierl / Is there a Trick here?
Sydney De Hempsey / The Lucky 14
Milbourne Christopher / The Magic Medallion
Anon. / Business Card Backs
John K. Bays / Table Magic Quartet
Billy Prothero / Ball Dropper
Bill Woodfield / Double Reverse
Julius Sundman / Heads or Tails?
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Hints to Beginners
No. 44
George Armstrong / Louis S. Histed
Frederick Lowe / Rainbow Lady
Louis S. Histed / Improved Nikola Spelling
Louis S. Histed / Red Herrings
H.M. Wylie / An Artist’s Dream
A.C. Newitt / A Thimble Penetration
T. W. MacMinn / Match-Box Transposition of Silks
Austin Mitchell / Body Loading Productions from Spectators
A.N. Willoughby / “Stung” Sucker Effect
J.C.A. Reid / Cigarette Levitation
E.C. Newitt / Mathematical and Mental
No. 45
George Armstrong / The Great Masoni
Anonymous / Business Card Backs
T. Nordnes / The Nordnes Glass and Silk Routine
Tom Sellers / Impromptu Touch Prediction
Edward H. Hopkinson / The Card Turns Round
Various Comedy Quickies
John K. Bays / Comic Camera Capers
A.C. Newitt / Another Thimble Penetration
Jimmy Flowers / Fish for Tea
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Children
No. 46
George Armstrong / Travers Cooper
Travers Cooper / Sucker Six Card Vanish
Travers Cooper / Two in Hand Colour Change
Travers Cooper / New Thimble Routine
Anon. / Business Card Backs
Travers Cooper / The Duck Again
Travers Cooper / Coloured Cups and Balls
Travers Cooper / Card through Space
Travers Cooper / A Twist on the Egg Bag
Travers Cooper / Discovery by return
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Atmosphere & Originality
No. 47
George Armstrong / Jay Palmer and Doreen
Jay Palmer / Liquor Cane
Len Belcher / Trimy Brix
Billy Prothero / Shades of Ernnase!
Jack Lamonte / Folding Card Gag
Wilfred Tyler / A Cheeky Chick Trick
Julius Sundman / The Ghost Box
Toni Koynini / Alf’s Button
John K. Bays / Impromptu Magic with Cigarettes
Lawrenco / Kids Preferred
Allan Peterson / The Mystic Knots
Phil Cardo / A Fishy Business
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent, Illusion or Perfection
No. 48
George Armstrong / Fu Manchu (David T. Bamberg)
Frank G. Cleaver / Four Ace Trick
Reginald G. Rowbotham / A Talking Skull
Marcelo A. Spiller / The Chameleon Card
Carlos A. Marquat / Tamarah’s Prediction
E. Leslie Briant / Girls from Nowhere
Simon M. Reyes / The Travelling Silks
Emilio Torino / Atomic Vibration Mental
Enrique Manfredi / The Manfredi Production Box
Carlos H. Colombi / The “Colombi” Flash Card
Fred Atkins / Random Reflections on Vent