Lewis Ganson

The Magic of Frederica

The Supreme Magic Company (1981)

Hardcover

128 pages | Great Britain | English

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic

Plot

Ganson, Lewis: The Magic of Frederica
©1981 The Supreme Magic Company
Hardcover with dustjacket, 128 pages

Comments: Illustrated by Dennis Paten, Ali Bongo and Hugh Miller. An anthology of contributions to The Gen by Tommy Frederick (Frederica) during Lewis Ganson's period as editor of that magazine.

Contents (courtesy Lindsay Carroll at Magicbooks.be)

6 Photograph of Lewis Ganson
7 Foreword
8 Introduction

9 Part One Card Magic
10 A Cheeky Card Conception
11 Eber -Ober
12 My Handling of "One Card Pete"
15 Impromptu Premonition
16 Flight One
17 The Migrating Pips
21 Whistle Stop
23 The Trained Cards
25 Cardolease
26 Mexican Gamble
28 I Dice Scripto
30 Hovering Cards
32 Variations on a Theme
32 "Quad-Cut"
33 "Fantastrick"
33 "Spectulator"
35 Card Mirage
37 A "Real Gone" Card
39 Signed, Sealed and Delivered
40 A Die-A-Bolical Die-Ception or "Gilding the Lily"
42 Card-A-Lock
44 Hummer-Dinger
46 More Card Tricks
46 Old But Good
48 Elimination
49 Topsy Turvy

50 Did You Know That
51 Part Two - Magic for Youngsters
52 Ticky the Clock
54 Kuller Error

56 Bits & Pieces

57 Part Three - Novel Magic
58 Flashtoration
60 Printerama
63 Utility Mirror Frame
65 Tubes of Bacchus
67 Mentallusion
70 Liqua-Lusion - A Night Owl
73 Spiritune
75 Fan-Tum-Pipe
77 Milkectric
79 Thoughtomation

81 Part Four - Money Magic
82 A Clear Case of Chance
84 Coins and Beakers
86 Inflation
88 Candle Routine
90 Illuminote
92 Self Cointained
94 Hole-In-one
96 The Great Purse Swindle
98 "Catchpenny or How to Lose Friends"
99 Coins on Fingers

101 Part Five - Silk Magic
102 Silken Flight
103 60th Century Silks
106 A "8ouper" Silk Trick

109 Part Six - Close-Up Magic
110 "Impromptu Vanishing Watch"
111 Boxology
114 Ring on the Stick
115 The Writing on the Arm
118 Three Little Pigs
122 Frederica's Close-up Thimble Routine
126 Spots and Paddle Routine

128 Conclusion

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4390
Added Date	May 28, 2019 21:15:49
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:08

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