Lewis Ganson

Zombie: The Floating Ball

Ganson’s Magic Teach-In Series

The Supreme Magic Company (1977)

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36 pages | Great Britain | English

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Plot

Ganson, Lewis: Zombie The Floating Ball
Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series
©1977 1st edition The Supreme Magic Co., Ltc.
Photographed and written by Lewis Ganson
Paper, Stapled, 36 pages

Comments (Lybrary.com): Includes: Supreme moves, Will Ayling's routine, and Luis Gavilondo's "Sacred Sun Ball". This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese.

Contents:

4 Contents
5 Introduction
6 Supreme Moves
6 - Requirements
6 - Set-Up
8 Performance
8 - The Get-Ready
9 - The Ball Rises
10 - The Ball Rises Into View
11 - The Ball Floats Along The Arm
11 - Around The Body
12 - The Ball Suspends On The Cloth
13 - The Ball 'Bounces' On The Cloth
14 A Routine
15 The Gavilondo Start And Finish
17 Will Ayling's Zombie Routine
18 - The Apparatus
19 - The Routine
19 - The Start
20 - The Ball Comes To Life
21 - The Ball On The Arm
22 - The Cradle
23 - The Ball Hangs On The Edge Of The Cloth
23 - The Hoop Around The Ball
23 - The Ball Around The Body
25 - The Ball Moves Along The Cloth
25 - The Ball Floats
27 - The Finish
28 The Sacred Sun Ball
28 - The Entrance
29 - Attaching The Gimmick
30 - The Ball Vanishes
31 - The Ball Re-Appears
32 - Showing Both Sides Of The Cloth
32 - The Ball On The Elbow
34 - The Ball On The Knee
36 - The Ball Floats - Climax
38 Additional Sequence For A Zombie Routine
42 'Wrong Side' Ball Appearance
44 Conclusion

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Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4348
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:54
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:04

Value

Book Condition	Near Mint

Notes

Lewis Ganson
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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)
References
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Cover Genii 1974 December
Magic Circular, Vol. 75, No. 812, January 1981, Obituaries, LEWIS GANSON, page 27
Obit Genii 1981 January
The Linking Ring, Vol.61, No. 3, March 1981, Our Side of the Pond by PETER WARLOCK, page 93, LEWIS GANSON, page 117
M-U-M, Vol. 70, No.10, MARCH 1981, Broken Wands, LEWIS GANSON, page 39
Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 73, No. 1896, May 1982, Tribute to Lewis Ganson, page 676
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Magicana, Vol. 30, No. 176, July-August 1982, TRIBUTE TO LEWIS GANSON EVENING – 17 MAY 1982 by EDWIN HOOPER
The Magic Circular, Vol. 100, No. 1075, February 2006, A Tribute to Lewis Ganson – Alexander Crawford by Peter Altman, page 63
Lewis Ganson - Dai Vernon book of Magic bibliography