Lewis Ganson

Colombimi's Cups And Balls

Ganson’s Magic Teach-In Series

The Supreme Magic Company (1977)

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28 pages | Great Britain | English

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Conjuring

Plot

Ganson, Lewis: Colombini's Cups and Balls
Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series
©1977 The Supreme Magic Co. Ltd, Photographs by Lewis Ganson
Paper, stapled, 28 pages

Comments: Aldo Colombini's Cups & Balls routine from the late 1970's. Features many B&W photographs taken from a film of Aldo taken specifically for this book. Routine utilizes a set of three cups, originally by Morrisey Products, and five balls. Three large balls are used for the final load, and two bags are used to hold the balls and the cups. A wand and close-up mat complete the required apparatus.

Contents:

5 Introduction: Lewis Ganson
7 The Cups and Balls: The Colombini Presentation
9 Set-Up, Getting Ready
10 The Optical Move: suggests that the inside of each cup is shown while placing them all mouth-down
10 The Can-Can Move: Each cup is tossed hand to hand, without revealing the hidden balls
12 The Tilt Move: First ball penetration
14 The Flying Catch: balls resting on top of inverted cups are "wriggled" underneath
15 The Traveling Balls: Balls move from cup to cup
16 Ball Through Table, Hand and Cup: more penetrations
18 Miller Penetration: Charlie Miller move as described in the Dai Vernon Book of Magic
19 The Balls Penetrate Two Cups
20 The Ultimate Vanish: a ball vanishes when two cups are clashed together, and the cups are shown empty
22 The Final Load: performing the loading
25 The Climax: revealing the three loads
26 Conclusion

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4346
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:55
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:03

Value

Book Condition	Near Mint

Notes

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Lewis Ganson

Cover of Genii (1974)
Born Lewis Jack Ganson
April 15, 1913
Burford Arms, Startford Market, London, England
Died December 22, 1980 (age 67)
Hampshire, England
Categories Books by Lewis Ganson
Lewis Ganson (b.1913-d.1980) was one of the most prolific writers in magic with over sixty books to his credit.

Contents
1 Biography
2 Awards and Honors
3 Books
4 References
Biography
He was a professional close-up magician, except for his time in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1939-1958.

For years, Ganson was editor of Harry Stanley's magazine The Gen and contributor to the Magigram magazine. He was a vice president of the British Ring of the IBM and a founding member of the Portsmouth and District Magic Circle.

Awards and Honors
Academy of Magical Arts' first Literary Fellowship in 1968.
Books
Expert Manipulation of Playing Cards (1948)
How Right You Are (1948)
Routined Manipulation, Vol. 1 (1950)
Routined Manipulation, Vol. 2 (1952)
Routined Manipulation Finale (1954)
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic (1955)
A Magician Explains (1955)
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic II (1956)
Dai Vernon Book of Magic (1957)
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic III (1958)
Dai Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959)
Magic from the Mind (1959)
Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1960)
The Magic of Slydini (1960)
Dai Vernon's Further Secrets of Card Magic (1961)
Malini and His Magic (1962)
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig (1963)
Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic (1967)
The Art of Close-up, Vol. 1 (1967)
The Art of Close-up, Vol. 2 (1969)
Ganson Teach-In Series (1977-1987)
The Ganson Book (1983)
The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-In Series (2010)
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