Lewis Ganson

The Hindu Thread Trick Often Referred to as the Gypsy Thread

Ganson’s Magic Teach-In Series

The Supreme Magic Company (1980)

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24 pages | Great Britain | English

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic tricks

Plot

Ganson, Lewis: The Hindu Thread Trick Often Referred to as The Gypsy Thread
Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series
©1980 1st edition The Supreme Magic Co. Ltd.
Paper, stapled, 24 pages

Comments (Lybrary.com): The Gypsy Thread trick is one of those classic effects in the same league as a linking ring or cups and balls. A thread is broken into several short pieces and then magically restored into one long piece of thread. Many of the best magicians have made the gypsy thread a feature of their performances: Fred Kaps, Dany Ray, Ricky Jay, Billy McComb, Ali Bongo, Hans Trixer, Marconick and Eugene Burger to name just a few. Lewis Ganson teaches in detail with text, photos and illustrations the ins and outs of this routine. This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese.

Contents:

5 Introduction
6 The Hindu Thread Trick
6 - The Effect
6 - The Thread
6 - Preparation
8 - Presentation
13 Marconick's Gypsy Thread
13 - Preparation
14 - Performance
18 Easy Gypsy Thread
18 - Performance
20 Ali Bongo's Experience
20 - The Routine
20 - The Thread Or Cotton
21 - Shows For Children
21 - The Needle Threading Addition
21 - Preparation
21 - Performance
23 - Jewelled Scabbard Gag
23 - Humorous Gypsy Thread
23 - Disposal Of The Pieces
24 - Breaking The Thread
24 - Displaying The Pieces
24 - David Nixon's Idea
25 - The Bongo Gypsy Thread Suit
25 - Patter
26 - A Note On The Preparation
26 - Chadwick's Mending Cotton Versus Tacking Thread
27 - Repeating Impromptu
27 - Dany Ray
28 Pat Conway's Routine
28 - Requirements
28 - Preparation
30 - Performance
32 Conclusion

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Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4363
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:55
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:06

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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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