The New Conjurors' Magazine: Volume 1

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The firstConjurors' Magazinemade its appearance in 1792 in London under the editorship of Henry Lemoine. This, the first monthly periodical ever devoted to the art of magic, featured "singular deceptions, philosophical amusements, curious experiments, mathematical operations and sympathetic secrets."

Then in 1906 Harry Houdini together with his brother Theo Hardeen revived this almost forgotten publication under the title ofThe Conjurer's Monthly Magazine(spelled with an 'e' instead of an 'o').

In 1945 Walter B. Gibson and Julian Proskauer gave this title another shot at life and startedThe New Conjurors' Magazine, Which ran until September 1949, spanning five volumes. The 'New' was later dropped.

This magazine is filled with wonderful tricks and features in the 'Speaking of Pictures' column two full page photos of celebrity magicians each and every issue. The photos alone are a treat and worth the modest asking price for this magazine. The series of De Land marked and gaffed cards is a must read for anyone interested in marked or trick cards.

No 1:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: George Karger Demonstrates
EDITORIAL PAGES
TOMORROW'S TRICKS
KALMAR'S MAGIC-A Letter
ROBERT HOUDIN-by Houdini
STAGE MAGIC: Blackstone Illusions
HANDCUFF ESCAPES-Hardeen
COPYISTS-Ramee Sami
MAGICIANS GUILD SHOW-A Review
NEW TRICKS - NEW BOOKS - JONES
SLEIGHTS - MANIPULATIONS - CARDS - MENTAL - SILKS - GAGS - LESSONS by CARDINI - MacDOUGAL - GEOFFREY - TOWNS
WEST COAST HAPPENINGS-Hayman
NEW YORK GOSSIP-Gimco
CHICAGO NOTES-Chinot
No 2:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: Leo Rullman in action
EDITORIAL PAGES: Read Fulton Oursler and W. Scott Peacock
STAGE MAGIC
HANDCUFF ESCAPES-Hardeen
DR. DALEY'S THIRTY-ONE
FOUR ACES-Cardini
ROUTINING AN ACT-Maurice Raymond
RAMEE SAMI
RANGOON RICE BOWLS: Warren E. Simms' own routine
MENTAL MAGIC
DE LAND'S AMAZING CREATIONS
SLEIGHTS - MANIPULATIONS - CARDS - MENTAL - SILKS - GAGS - LESSONS by BLACKSTONE - KAPLAN - ELLIOTT - HARDIN THURSTON
ROBERT-HOUDIN-by Harry Houdini
NEW TRICKS-NEW BOOKS by Lloyd Jones
JUNIOR CONJURORS 'CORNER
WEST COAST HAPPENINGS-Hayman
NEW YORK GOSSIP-Gimco
CHICAGO NOTES-Chinot
No 3:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: Dunninger Demonstrates and Karger Photographs THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK
OUT OF THE MAIL BAG: Fleming, Perry and Rullman Letters
STAGE MAGIC
MORE DE LAND CREATIONS-Gibson
WILL ROGERS - by Vernon Scobie
TOMORROW'S TRICKS
OUT OF THE PAST-by J. C. Walter
CARD MAGIC
TWO BOOK REVIEWS
Magic Without Apparatus-WBG Miracles in Mentalism, etc.-JJ Proskauer
NEW TRICKS... NEW BOOKS-Jones
WALKING AWAY FROM SHADOW-Blackstone
DR. DALEY'S 31 SYSTEM
ROBERT HOUDIN-Houdini
SLEIGHTS - MANIPULATIONS - CARDS - MENTAL - SILKS - GAGS - LESSONS by BLACKSTONE - ROYO - SARDO - PERRY - THURSTON
CARDINI'S BILLIARD BALL ROUTINE
ANAGRAMENTALIX-Mental Mystery
TRICK OF THE MONTH-Foo Ling Yu
SATAN'S SILKS
ROYAL HEATH'S FLOOR TRICKS
No 4:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: George Karger photographs Bert Easley; Irving Desfor snaps Jean Hugard
TOMMY WINDSOR AND DAN FRIEDMAN Answers to W. Scott Peacock
STAGE MAGIC: Shaman, Thurston, Blackstone
OUT OF THE PAST-J. C. Walter
VISIBLE RICE AND WATER
MULTIPLE COIN BOX-Something new
BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES-Warner Perry
CIG CANE- "Hen" Fetsch
CARD MAGIC-Some Good Elfects
TWO BOOK REVIEWS Heineman's "Original Magic" -WB Gibson; Gotberg's Ventriloquism-JJ Proskauer
MAGICIANS GUILD ELECTS CARDINI-BLACKSTONE-HARDEEN
NOVEL MAGIC
PRIZE CONTEST LETTERS
HARRY HOUDINI'S COMMENTS
TRAVELING KNOTS. THREE CARD MONTE. CHINESE DISCS. DOUBLE COLOR CHANGE. NOVEL COIN STAND. ETC .. ETC.
DE LAND'S MARKED CARD CREATIONS-Walter B. Gibson
KEEP MAGIC CLEAN-Collins Pentz
REVIEWS FROM SHOWS FROM COAST TO COAST
No 5:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: GEORGE KARGER Pictures DAI VERNON and JARROW for Conjurors' readers
THEO HARDEEN PASSES ON
BEER AND GIRL FROM BARREL-Brooks
ROLLER COASTER-Comdr. Adair
THE CAULDRON-Rudy Roxo
TAMBOURINE BOWL-Chung Ling Soo
HOP-A-LONG HANK-Bert Eeasley
PRIZE CONTEST LETTERS
WAND TO TABLE
NEW TRICKS-NEW BOOKS-Lloyd Jones
IMPROMPTU COIN TRAY-Dai Vernon
XKWIZIT or the DANDY DECK
MOUSE FROM DECK OF CARDS-Smythe
MORE DELAND CREATIONS-Gibson
"REDUCING HAZARDS OF BUYING MAGIC" -Kemp
Modern Magicians-Bert Allerton
First of a Series by Maurice Zolotow
Three Book Reviews-J. J. Proskauer
"What Are You Getting" -Pentz
"Defense" of Mentalism-Nelson
"Out of the Past" -Walter, the Magician
HARPINGS FROM HAYMAN
MAGICIANS GUILD
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
No 6:
FRONTISPIECE - - HARDEEN'S ORIGINAL POSTER
ESCAPE FROM "TRAMP CHAIR" - Joseph Yadah
FINAL CURTAIN - HARDEEN'S LIFE STORY
HARDEEN'S EARLY TEACHINGS
THERE IS NO DEATH - EULOGY
THE BROTHERS HOUDINI
GERMAN SHOW BILL
TOMB OF HOUDINI AND GRAVE OF HARDEEN
WORLD'S MANACLES
MILK CAN ESCAPE
DOLLY SPENCE TELLS OF YEARS WITH HARDEEN
CARDINI AND HARDEEN
OLSEN AND JOHNSON DINNER FOR HARDEEN
HARDEEN'S SHOW BILLS IN COLOR
THE BOOK OF LIFE: HARDEEN'S LEGACY TO MAGICIANS
THE TEMPLE OF MYSTERY AND OVERBOARD BOX
OUT OF THE DOG HOUSE-Night Club Illusion
ALLIED VICTORY CONVENTION OF MAGICIANS
MY PAL "DASH" - Joe Hayman
THEO AS I KNEW HIM Walter B. Bower
PIPE OF THE MANDARIN - Ladson Butler
FLIGHT OF THREE COINS - Dr. H. Walter Grote
A BLACKSTONE EFFECT
CARDINI'S CARDS & ENVELOPE
TRICK OF THE MONTH - Bob Sherman
NECKBAND ESCAPE - Warren E. Simms
TRIBUTES AND PHOTOGRAPHS
DOUGLAS GEOFFREY, Successor to the HOUDINI-HARDEEN SHOW
No 7:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: George Karger Masterpieces: WARREN E. SIMMS, Vice-President, Magicians Guild; CANTU AND DOVE
STAGE MAGIC: Flight of the Mandarin; The Great La Follette's Illusion
CONTEST LETTERS
MESSAGE FROM MARS-Warner Perry
COIN PASSES - William Hanna
ORIENTAL SNOW STORM-Warren Simms
CHINK-A-CHINK SUPREME
CENTURY TWENTIETH
LATEST PRODUCTION CABINET
ROBERT HOUDINI (conclusion) -HOUDINI
PASS AWAY CARD
MAGI CARDS-Harry Hardin
MORE DeLAND - Gibson
HARPINGS FROM HAYMAN
OUT OAKLAND WAY
COUNT ALONG CARDS- Jarrow
OUT OF THE PAST-Walter the Magician
VICTORY CONVENTION
MORE HARDEEN MEMORABILIA-J. J. Proskauer
No 8:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: The Charlier Pass; Audrey Walsh demonstrates and George Karqer pictures this subtle sleight.
VICTORY!
DE LAND'S "FIGURE-IT-OUT"
THE GREAT RAYMOND SHOW
VISION THROUGH SPACE-Warner Perry
DE LAND'S SPECIAL PACKS-Gibson
HARPINGS FROM HAYMAN
MEXICO'S MASTER MAGICIAN
PRO AND CON- Magic Dealers-Pentz and Deals
ROBERT PARRISH ANSWERS FULTON OURSLER
THE GREAT OVETTE
KOLAR "GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE"
HENRY HARDIN AND HIS MAGICAL MEMORANDA
SOLDIERS PREFER COMEDY-Foust
THE KAHUNA-Baird and Murata
"REAL CRYSTAL GAZING"
SEMANTIC SILKS-Griggs
TRI-TIE-A Hen Fetsch Masterpiece in a Brilliant Color Spread
INVISIBLE RAINBOW-Jack Gwynne
MAGIC DATES-Ten Calendar Mysteries
"400" OF MAGIC AT COLON! -Dr. Tarbell
RAE'S PSYCHO-ANALYSIS MODERNIZED - Jerry Soss
TORN CARD EFFECT-Prof. Jack Miller
JUNIOR CONJURORS 'CORNER
No 9:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: Blackstone and Magical Beauties
PRIZE WINNING LETTERS: Fifteen Prize Awards
DOUBLE COLOR CHANGE-Blackstone
"WORLD'S GREATEST" CARD TRICK
MODERN MAGICIANS-Richard Cardini by Maurice Zolotow
WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE-Jerry Ross
CHEST OF CELESTIAL BLISS-Rudy Roxo's New Illusion
VISIBLE LIQUID PRODUCTION-Capt. R. C. Brooks
SIMMS AND RAYMOND ELECTED BY MAGICIANS GUILD
CHARLES A. LEEDY DIES
OLD PHOTO OF HOUDINI - George Brooks
THE APPEARING LION-The Great Ovette
HARDIN'S "MIRACLES" EXPLAINED
ROYAL MARRIAGES-Dai Vernon
FIVE CARDS AND FIVE COLORS-Conjurors' Staff
DELAND'S EVER-READY TRICK CARDS
BOXES OF CHANG-Prof. Jack Miller
TRI TIE SET-UP- "Hen" Fetsch
CHATS BY KOLAR
MASTER POKER DEAL
CONJURORS 'CORNER
FLOATING CARD-Domer Scaramucci
THREE TAPED SLATES
No 10:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES - The Royal Family of Magic Dell O'Dell and Charles Carrer
CONJURORS 'CONTEST VICTORY BOND WINNERS
DOLLAR BILL PEREGRINATION - Dr. Grote
ELECTRONIC CARD RISE - FW Blaisdell and Dr. Blaisdell
PICKPOCKET MAGICIAN - Count Lionel
SO YOU THINK YOU ARE A MAGICIAN - Theo Dore
TRIPLE MYSTERY - Collins Illusion
SIXTH CARD - SIXTH SENSE
FLAG FUN - "Hen" Fetsch
BALL OF SILK ADVERTISING ACT - Warner Perry
DECEPTIVE COLOR CHANGE OBLIGING BOTTLE BREMA'S CARD CHANGE TUBE
DELAND'S GREATEST CARD CREATION - Gibson
HARDIN'S "MIRACLES" and EXPLANATIONS WHAT IS A MAGIC TRICK -? Collins Pentz
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
NEFF SHOW REVIEW - W. B. Gibson
MARDO AT LANCASTER
CHATS BY KOLAR
HARPINGS BY HAYMAN - Joe Hayman
RAMEE SAMI SAYS
CONJURORS 'CORNER - Hocus Pocus, Jr.
REVIEWS THIS MONTH - J. J. Proskauer
No 11:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: CARDINI, by Karger; BALLANTINE, by Desior
SPIRIT PAINTINGS
WORLD'S BEST CARD MAGIC: Two Blackstone Eflects
GREAT FELLOWSHIP AT IBM CONCLAVE
KROGER'S CHARIOT ILLUSION
FOLLIES GIRL ILLUSION - Rudy Roxo
VANISHING GLASS
HOUDINI SHOW REVIEW by J. J. Proskauer
SUCKER CARD EFFECT
ZOLOTOW SPANKED... AND PRAISED
SO YOU WANT TO BE A PRO -? Bert Easley
MODERN MAGICIANS - Maurice Zolotow
Photo by Karger of Blackstone
IN THE MONEY - Bert Easley
MILBOURNE CHRISTOPHER'S WANDS
DELAND'S CHANGING CARDS - Gibson
SILK DRINKS - Dore
LIFESAVERS CARD TRICK - Scaramucci
STARS DOT GUILD MEETING - Hawbecker
HARDIN'S MYSTERIES AND EXPLANATIONS
A LOVE LETTER TO BILL LARSEN FROM J. J. Proskauer
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING - Will Goldston
No 12:
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: JERRI DAWN Magical MISSteries; STEPHEN MIACO.
THE PASSING PARADE - Magic in Review
CRYSTAL RISING CARDS - Pfisterer
BURMESE PAGODA - A Fine Illusion
BREMA'S NEEDLE TRICK
HARPINGS FROM HAYMAN
GAMBLER'S DREAM - Audley Walsh
HARDIN'S "MIRACLES" and EXPLANATIONS
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
MORE DELAND CARD EFFECTS - Gibson
OUT OF THE BOOK RACK: Elaborating an Annemann Effect in full color
FOUR ACE TRANSPOSITION - Paul Rosini Presentation
BALINESE RICE -Jerry Ross
MATCHLESS MATCH BOX: A Sibley Table Routine with a Blue Print
HOMING HALVES - Warren Simms
CHATS BY KOLAR
PERFECT ONE WAY DECK - Charles Arbuthnot III
HEALING BY MAGIC - J. Spencer Dean, M.D.
CONJURORS 'CORNER
ANY CARD FROM CIGARETTE - Edward W. Dart
RAMEE SAMI SAYS
GOOD MISCELLANEOUS MAGIC