Wizard Magazine Volume 1-4 (Apr 1947 – Jun 1951) by George Armstrong

• 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