Magic Magazine Editorial Board: Magic for Beginners ©1976 The Magic Magazine, Drake Publishers Inc., NY & London Hardcover, w/dj, 8.5x11" 159 pages Also in Softcover, perfect-bound, 8.5x11", 159 pages

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Contents:

9 Stage One Magic to Begin With

10 The Ancient Art of Magic
20 How to Saw a Girl in Half
22 Roy Brashear’s Color Changing Ball Tube
23 Gary Wade’s Card Penetration
24 Randy Mayben Mister Wizard
25 Steve Sawhill’s Rabbit from Newspaper
26 Stanley Blumenthal’s Hypnotic Eyes of Houdini
27 Jeff Gruenewald’s “Stop”!
28 Walking Through Glass
29 How to Defy Gravity
30 Tracy Gilbert Making a Card Appear
31 You Can Tear a Telephone Book in Half
32 Paper Magic You Can Do
34 Misdirection
35 Bob Goone’s Color-Changing Water to Silks
36 Pass Fan Flourish!
39 Mark Utesch’s Mysterious Coin
40 Water on the Elbow
41 Mark Evan’s Miracle Tube
42 Michael Keen’s “Beaten” Brain Waves
43 Ron the Magnificent’s Appearing Soda
44 Cray Augsburg The Enlarging Dice
45 North Bigbee’s The Witch Illusion
47 Mark Raynor’s Vanishing Coin
48 Henry Devrie’s Fingerprints Never Lie
49 Tommy Glynn’s Magic Numbers
50 Jim Burden’s Fly Pennies Fly
51 Laura Orndorffs Magic Tubes
52 Mike Meleason’s The Toothpick Trick
53 The Book Flip
54 Mark Trawinski’s Flame Productions
55 The Magic Broad - Jump
56 Light and Shadow Illusions
58 Cane Magic
60 Simple Card Force
61 Dave McNight’s Future Machine
61 Eric Miller’s Frog Hair and Match
61 Lynol Armero’s Mystic Cards
62 With Deadly Aim
62 Jerry Clancy’s Quarter Penetration
63 Chris Gubitose’s Knots from Nowhere
64 The Rising Initial
65 Disappearing Coin
66 Col. Flapp’s Enemy Silks
66 Matthew Martin’s Water from a Silk
67 Self-Knotting Silks
68 How to Stretch Your Arm
69 Flash Card Stab
70 How to Stay Dry Under Water

71 Stage Two: Sleight of-Hand Trickery

73 Further Card Sleights and Their Uses
74 The Kings and Tens
75 The E.V. Semi-Circular Colour Change
77 A Color Change Card Effect
79 Method of Reversing the Bottom Card I
81 A Move for the “Rising Cards”
82 “Face to Face” Pack Effects
87 A “Fan” Card Change
89 A “Quick” Reversed Card Trick
91 A False “Riffle Shuffle”
94 The Cards and Handkerchief Effect
99 The Four Mental Cards
103 The Sense of Touch
104 “Sighting” a Card in the Pack
105 “The Sense of Touch”
106 The Magnetized Cards
110 A Restored Tape and Ring Effect

119 Stage Three: Tips, Tricks and Talk

121 One Man’s Opinion
121 Costly Cover
122 A Funny BiJ] Bit
122 Smooth Floating Ball
122 Karger’s Coin Stack
122 I Through the Ribbon
123 Cigarette Machine
123 Coin Catching Comedy
123 Flash TV Frame
123 Brainwave Deck Gag
124 Baker Slate Tip
124 Much Into Little
124 Torn Center Tip
125 Buzz Saw Ideas
125 Four Ink Spots
126 Move for Mentalists
126 Knife Through Coat
127 Shooting a Candle
127 Bubble Gum Magic
128 Squaring the Circle
129 Silk in Box
129 Three Messages
129 Vanishing Beer
130 Coin Advertising
130 Another Coin Ad
131 Salt Passe
131 Transparent Passe Passe
131 Massey Slate Tip
132 Plastic Spray
132 Baker Advice
132 Knot Trick
132 Pormor Magic
133 Silk Race
133 Reel Knot
133 Shooting Surprise
134 Slat Frame Stunt
134 Eye Flashes
134 Magic Bar Secret
135 Devano Rising Cards
135 Mirror Magic
135 Mistletoe Magic
136 Through the Button Hole
137 Scotch Tape Holder
137 Drinking a Full Glass
137 Ribbon Fantastique
138 Silk Surprise
138 Quick Tricks
139 Card in Ball
139 Match to Dollar
139 Hollow Egg Idea
140 Christmas Card Trick
140 Sponge Ball Idea
140 Birthday Cake
141 Colored Flashpaper
141 That Trick Again
142 Walnut Wizardry
142 Flash Bill Idea
142 Egg Surprise
143 Fire and Water
143 Daub Tip
143 Copenetro Hint
144 Broken Match
144 Wooden Nickels
144 Burning Mystery
145 For Magicians Only
145 Big Hand
145 M. C. Item
145 Finger Tip Tip
146 Flower Freshener
146 Tobacco and Salt
146 Plum Pudding Pan
147 Watch Winder Comedy
147 Santa’s Hat
147 Xmas Rose Bush
147 Square Circle Tree
148 Icy Finish
149 Zola's Curious Coke
150 Lighted Tree Production
150 Fixing Celluloid
151 Production Box
151 One Ahead
151 Nail Writer
151 Nest of Boxes
151 Hippity Hop Rabbit
152 Flower Trick
152 Double Sucker Effect
152 Coin Switch
153 Flowery Finish
153 Character Cards
153 Cane Conjuring
154 The Peculiar Pipe
155 Rubber Thumb Tip
155 Ashes Away
155 Shower of Sweets
156 Ash Tray Comedy
156 Trouser Leg Steals
156 Flosso Tip
157 Present Production
157 Breakaway Fan Idea
157 Haunted Horn
158 Fish Surprise
158 Light Please
158 Subway Sorcery
159 Pencil Pass
159 Dial-X
148 Flower Production
148 Christmas Thoughts