Derek Lever’s Magic Mag Volume 4 by Derek Lever

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Derek Lever’s Magic Mag, Volume 4
Published by Derek Lever, Peter C. Woolley & Taurus Magic, Manchester & Bury, Lancaster, England
Volume 4 consists of 6 issues, 266 pages total

Volume 4, Number 1, October/November 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever Praise from Abra Magic Mag Magician of the Year Comedy Corner – jokes, comedy routines, etc. – Derek Lever Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag A Different Card Trick – Maurice Deighton cartoon Free Advertising Section Happiness is … – Henrique List of readers who passed the examination for “Master Magician” Book Review The Magic of Show Business – Simon Lovell Supreme Magic Catalogue Number Thirty-Two Tricks for Travelling Tricksters – Ken De Courcy The TAT Papers – The House Magazine of Sound of Magic Video 5 Phantini Revisited – Gene Grant Tips on Table Hopping – Kirk Charles What Can You do with This? (or Improv Magic) – Kirk Charles Magicomedy – Mike Caveney The World’s Largest Used Magic List – Taurus Magic Supply Magical Inventor of the Year Competition panty egg bag – comedy magic – Barry Seymour The Orbital Mammoth Card Stab – comedy magic – Paul George (with cartoon on page 14) Agent’s Directory Deceptively Different – Doug Alker Supersuds – children’s effect Hello! It’s Kenny Dean Ken’s Komedy Kups and Balls (For Stage)   Blackpool Magicians Club present the 31st Annual One-Day Convention – announcement Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell The Amazing Vanishing Ring in Chinese Rat Routine missing page For Kid’s Entertainers Only Party Pieces – Trevor Lewis Letters to the Editor – correspondence Inside Information – bits of news
Volume 4, Number 2, December/January 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever   Inventors’ Club – Peter Warlock The Matter of Invention Free Advertising Section Letters to the Editor – correspondence What’s New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases The Amazing Carroll’s Watch Thing – Martin Breese Magic The Mullica Wallet – Magic Methods John Cornelius Pinnacle Pad – John Cornelius Magician’s Date Book – John Cornelius Cabaret Jumbo Brainwave Deck – m Barry Gordon Dancing Ring – Dick Zimmerman Rope and Ring – routine Face to Face – Derek Lever With Tommy Cooper Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag a Chinese prediction card trick Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead edible props cartoon Hello! It’s Kenny Dean Book Review Further Classic Magic with Apparatus – Robert J. Albo More Collected Writings of Glenn Gravatt Six Columns – Al Mann None So Blind – Al Mann Limelight – Al Mann Marked – A Manual of Marked Card Magic Deckade – David Britland cartoon Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell The Tantilizing [sic] Time Piece Inside Information – bits of news The Order of the Magi Dinner, Dance and Cabaret – announcement Deceptively Different – Doug Alker a card trick based on the Homing Card List of readers who passed the examination for “Master Magician” Magical Inventor of the Year Competition Tricky Torch – Norman Lee Happiness is … – Henrique
Volume 4, Number 3, February/March 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever Blackpool Convention Face to Face – Derek Lever With Billy McComb Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag The Acrobatic Dog – Joe Quinn What’s New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases Pop Goes the Measles – Supreme Magic Happy Birthday paper Tear – Supreme Magic The Silken Lady – Supreme Magic The Wise Old Owl – Ron Gilbert Magical Exclusives Happiness is … – Henrique Magical Inventor of the Year Competition Disc-Concerting – Norman Lee The Appearing Card in Mouth – Henrique Letters to the Editor – correspondence Hello! It’s Kenny Dean Bed of Nails Free Advertising Section Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead thinking about pictures and artists cartoon The Order of the Magi Dinner – Manchester – report Inside Information – bits of news For Kid’s Entertainers Only Party Pieces – Trevor Lewis Inventors’ Club – Derek Lever David A.S. Howarth M.I.M.C. List of readers who passed the examination for “Master Magician” Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell Jack Catch
Volume 4, Number 4, April/May 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever Free Advertising Section Face to Face – Derek Lever With Alan Shaxon Mental-Mania – Mentalism by Derek Lever The Murder Weapon Colour Thought Mental Photography What’s New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases Marked Coin in Lighter – Rob Chesbro Eclipse – Tenyo Magic Wonder Window – Tenyo Magic Ultraslice – Tenyo Magic Quicksilver- Tenyo Magic A Slice Off Hand or the Arm-Hand Illusion – Magic Ian Magic Straw – Petrick & Mia Linking Razor Blades – Petrick & Mia Firefly – Zanadu Book Review The Ganson Book Hot Stuff – Stu Finley The Wonderful Magic of Chefalo – Val Andrews The Funniest Magic Show in the World – Al Lampkin Used Magic List – Wizard Pandolf Magic The Exclusive Collectors Catalogue – Paul Stone Davenport’s Second Edition Book Catalogue and List Supplement Trio – Roy Johnson Magical Inventor of the Year Competition Hockery Dockery Dick – Norman Lee The Comedy Card Sword – Norman Lee Hello! It’s Kenny Dean Some Thoughts on the Thumb Tie Stage Magic – illusion plans The Dagger Chest Illusion West Country Wizards – report and photos by Peter C. Woolley Letters to the Editor – correspondence Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell The if You can Show me a Bit of Business as Good as This I’ll Give You Fifty Quid Trick Happiness is … – Henrique
Volume 4, Number 5, June/July 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages and two unnumbered insert pages Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever Baden Baden Congress Paul Daniels Show – Winter Gardens, Blackpool Simon Lovell – Frankie Vaughan Show, Blackpool Inventors’ Club Edward M. Massey’s Original Magical Creations Magical Inventor of the Year Competition The Quick and Easy Roll On Table – Joe Quinn Pie Crust Pete – Henrique The Stolen Diamond of Twange – Henrique cartoon Mental-Mania – Mentalism by Derek Lever Space Flight [Eddie Joseph] The Third Hand Book Review Shotts in the Dark = Floyd Shotts Card Modes – Software for a Deck of Cards – Robin Robertson More Fun with Card Tricks – John Yeager Secret Thoughts – Ronald J. Dayton The Crowning Miracles – Eric C. Lewis Paul Osborne’S Illusion Systems – Books One and Two Happiness is … – Henrique cartoon
2 insert pages for: Code for Mental Telephony Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag Mental Telephony – mentalism An Eye Test – a bit of fun What’s New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases Magnetic Torpedo – Taurus Magic Supply The Ultimate Mi-Made Lady Illusion – Swensen Productions Lota Thermos – Badgematic Stuck Up Stamps – Supreme Magic Sonic Control Flippo – Taurus Magic Supply Free Advertising Section Hello! It’s Kenny Dean Ken’s Opening Gag Laugh Time Inside Information – bits of news Letters to the Editor – correspondence Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell A Fishy Tale cartoon Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead cartoon
Volume 4, Number 6, August/September 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever announcement of sale of the magazine to Nigel Backhurst Magical Inventor of the Year – Result Draw between Barry Seymour and Norman LeeRunner-up Paul George Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag folder to hold Volume 4 Letters to the Editor – correspondence Face to Face – Peter Woolley With Derek Lever What’s New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases Electronic Key Box – Anverdi Die Box Effect – Anverdi Funken Ring – available from Ace Place Magic The New Scotty York Lamp Trick – available from Ace Place Magic Free Advertising Section Inside Information – bits of news Happiness is … – Henrique Book Review Jar-Ring – Johnny Geddes Johnny Geddes Lecture Notes 5000 One & Two Liners for any and every Occasion – Leopold Fechtner Gaetan Bloom Lecture Notes Oriental Conjuring and Magic – Will Ayling The Magic of Frederica – Tommy Frederick Micky Hades’ Encyclopedia of Suspensions and Levitations Great Magicians in Great Moments – Irving Desfor Kid Stuff Five – Francis Ireland Marshall Comedy Magic – Bill Beresford cartoon The Secret Weapon – David A.S. Howarth Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead Deceptively Different – Doug Alker The No Switch Razor Blade Routine cartoon Hello! It’s Kenny Dean Ken’s Routine for Charlie Edwards’ Dissolving Knots Ken’s Klose Up Kard Kloser cartoon Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell Arthur Turnbull the Psychic Lobster Solid State Sorcery presenting The Art of Electronic Magic – series by David A.S. Howarth Is Electronic Magic Reliable? An Introduction To The New Magic Mag – Nigel G. Backhurst

word count: 94215 which is equivalent to 376 standard pages of text