Lewis Ganson

Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking: How to Stack Dice

Ganson’s Magic Teach-In Series

The Supreme Magic Company (1979)

booklet

27 pages | Great Britain | English

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic tricks

Plot

Ganson, Lewis: Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking
Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series
©1979 1st edition The Supreme Magic Co. Ltd.
Photographed and written by Lewis Ganson
Paper, Stapled, 27 pages

Softcover in stapled wraps. First printing. Condition is crisp and clean. Many photos, taken by the author, illustrate the trick. 27pp.

Comments (Lybrary.com): Bobby Bernard teaches you how to stack dice featuring Bobby's presentation of School for Croupiers. 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 The Materials Needed for Dice Stacking
6 - The Working Surface
7 - The Dice
7 - The Cup or Shaker
8 Some Useful Tips
8 - Temperature
8 - Attitude
9 The Routine
9 - The Set-Up Position
10 - The First Pick-Up
14 The Two Dice Stack
16 The Three Dice Stack
18 The Four Dice Stack
19 - Stacking In Pairs
19 - Stacking Four Together
20 Reading The Top Number
21 White In The Middle
24 Patter And Presentation
26 An Additional Effect
27 Conclusion

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4358
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:55
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:06

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)
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