Lewis Ganson

The Foating and Dancing Cane

Ganson’s Magic Teach-In Series

Supreme Magic Co (1983)

B0007CAL3C

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28 pages | Great Britain | eng

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic tricks

Plot

Ganson, Lewis: The Floating and Dancing Cane
Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series
©1977, 1983, The Supreme Magic Co. Ltd
28 pages

Comments (Lybrary.com): Including R. C. Buff's original routine for the Floating Walking Stick and Lewis Ganson's routine for the Dancing Walking Stick. 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 The Floating and Dancing Walking Stick
5 The Stick Dances
7 The Stick Floats
9 The Floating Walking Stick
9 - "The Balance"
10 - The Floating Moves
10 - The Stick Rises And Falls
12 - The Stick Floats
12 - The Stick Revolves In The Air
14 - The Stick Clings To The Hand
16 - The Stick Revolves On The Palm
17 - The Stick Revolves Horizontally In The Air
18 - Passing A Hoop Over The Stick
19 - Around The Hand
20 - A Juggling Feat
21 - The Climax - Two Sticks From One
22 - The Start
23 - A Flip Of The Hand
23 - The Revolving Moves
24 - Using The Stick For Other Effects
24 - The Hook-Up Or Loop
24 - The Stick Floats From Hand To Hand
26 The Dancing Walking Stick
26 - The Basic Move
28 - The Routine
28 - Floating Between The Hands
28 - The Stick Dances
29 - The Walk Past
29 - The High Swing
30 - The M Move
30 - The Twirl
31 - Through The Arms
31 - Around The Shoulders
32 - The Climax
34 Conclusion

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4350
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:49
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:04

Value

Book Condition	Very Good

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)
References
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The Gen, Vol. 5, No. 5, September 1949, FRONT PAGE PERSONALITIES, LEWIS GANSON and JO, page 134
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
Genii, Vol. 46, No. 7, July 1982, TRIBUTE TO LEWIS GANSON, page 461
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