Peter Warlock (Alec William Bell)

Peter Warlock's Book Of Magic

Arco (1956)

Hardcover

141 pages | Great Britain | English

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic tricks

Plot

Warlock, Peter: Peter Warlock's Book of Magic
©1956 Arco Publishers Ltd, NY
Hardcover, 6.5x9.5", 141 pages

Comments: From the jacket flap: "This latest addition to Arco's popular library of Magic and Magicians is by that celebrated magician Peter Warlock, whose television audiences number millions. In it he not only reveals the secrets of his craft and the details of many of his own famous tricks and illusions, but contributes valuable advice on one of the most important aspects of a modern magician's performance, the planning of his programme. Peter Warlock devotes a brilliant chapter to the essentials of creating a true magical atmosphere, and then proceeds to explain in helpful detail the make-up of a good magical programme. The great number of tricks which he expounds are divided into opening tricks, intermediate tricks, and closing tricks, and he also shows the reader how to construct a good programme from them. All the tricks are fully explained at every stage, and are illustrated with first-class photographs, which make it impossible for the amateur magician to misunderstand the smallest detail. This is one of the most helpful and stimulating books of magic for magicians of all kinds by a magician whose own personal success time and again in the trying conditions of a TV studio is proof of his mastery of magic."

Contents:

7 Introduction

11 Miscellaneous Magic
11 Palming
14 The Flyaway Ring
19 The Ring on the Wand
21 Destruction and Restoration
24 A Utility Device for Producing, Vanishing and Changing Small Articles
26 The Phoenix
31 The Colours Across
35 Matter Through Matter
37 The Soft Ring
41 Candles In the Dark
44 The Flying Handkerchief
47 And So - Good Night
51 One Chance In Three
55 Pot-Pourri
58 Quick Dyeing
59 The Homing Balls
62 The Loyal Papers
65 Smoky

71 Card Magic
71 Some Sleights and Subtleties
84 Sandwich Spread
86 The Thought Speller
90 THe Pecking Bird
93 Three for Luck
97 The Ambitious Cards
99 An Easy Card Location
100 Sixth Sense
105 Kismet
110 Satan's Scissors
114 Hoodwinked

123 Mental Mysteries
123 Sight Unseen
126 The Triangle of Thought
130 The Negation of Time

135 Notes on Presentation
135 Notes on Presentation
139 Making Up Your Programmes

A nice copy of a book which, though written for the general public, has routines of professional calibre including silk, card, platform, and mind reading effects. The most striking thing about this book is the color picture Bugs Bunny like rabbit pulling a man out of a hat on the dj.

Another intriguing collectible from the personal library of entertainer and bibliophile, Jay Marshall.
Only 10,000 Books Printed

Details

Extras	Author autograph

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	5626
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:50
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:24:18

Value

Book Condition	Very Fine

Notes

Warlock,Peter
(1904-1995)
Peter Warlock (born Alec William Bell), was a semi professional magician and publisher of "Pentagram" 1946-1959, "new Pentagram" 1969-1989. In 1952, he was awarded the IBM's British Ring Shield. His magician daughter, Elizabeth (see above) won the award in 1953.
Invented: Self Contained Milk Pitcher, Ringcord, Out of the Loop, Giant Size Triple Tubes, Silk Filter, Adhesive Glass, Cream of the Jest, Atomic Silk, Ring and Rope Release, PW Slip Cut
Wrote: Patterns for Psychics (c 1940), Bautier de Kolta Genius of Illusion, P.T. Selbit A Magical Innovator (with Eric Lewis), The Best Tricks With Slates (1942), A Haunting We Will Go, or Edison’s Box, The Complete Book of Magic, Walter Jeans, Illusioneer (1986) (with Eric Lewis)

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Peter Warlock
Born Alec William Bell
June 23, 1904
London, England
Died December 16, 1995 (age 91)

Peter Warlock (b.1904-d.1995), born Alec William Bell, was a semi professional magician and publisher of The Pentagram from 1946 to 1959 and The New Pentagram from 1969 to 1989.

Contents
1 Biography
2 Honors and Awards
3 Bibliography
3.1 Contributions
3.2 Books
4 References
Biography
He also wrote a column in Magigram and served as editor of The Gen.

Peter Warlock was asked to accept the Honorary Life Presidency of the Blackpool Magician Club after the death of Edward Victor.

Honors and Awards
In 1952, he was awarded the IBM's British Ring Shield. His magician daughter, Elizabeth Warlock won the award in 1953.

Bibliography
Contributions
Silk Filter (1947)
Atomic Silk (1948)
Cream of the Jest (1949)
Out of the Loop (1952)
Self Contained Milk Pitcher (1952)
Ring and Rope Release in Tarbell Course in Magic, Vol. 6 (1954)
Adhesive Glass (1955)
Ringcord (1959)
Double Deck Deception (1959)
Diabolo Deception (1959)
Thought of Card Across in Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic by Lewis Ganson (1967)
Giant-Size Triple Tubes (1972)
Books
Designs for Magic (1941)
Plans for Deception (1942)
The Best Tricks with Slates (1942)
Patterns for Psychics (1947)
Peter Warlock's Book of Magic (1956)
Warlock's Way (1966)
Black Art Well Tricks for the 80s
Magicians' Pseudonyms (1980)
Walter Jeans: Illusioneer (1986)
P.T. Selbit: Magical Innovator (with Eric Lewis) (1989)
Buatier de Kolta: Genius of Illusion (1993)
One Hundred by Warlock by Elizabeth Warlock (2005)

References
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Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 28, No. 8, October 1948, PETER WARLOCK by John Braun, page 22
Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 49, No. 5, October 1959, PETER WARLOCK, magician-of-the-month, by Leslie P. Guest, page 177
Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 48, No. 10, October 1968
Cover, The New Tops, Vol. 9, No. 2, February 1969, Cover Portrait … Peter Warlock, A portrait of a father by his daughter, by Elizabeth Warlock, page 4
Magic Circular, Vol. 90, No. 962, January/February 1996, Obituary PETER WARLOCK (ALEC WILLIAM BELL), MIMC, by Eddie Dawes, page 22
GENII, Vol. 59, No. 4, February 1996, OBITUARIES, PETER WARLOCK by Max Maven, page 311
The Linking Ring, Vol. 76, No. 2, February 1996, BROKEN WAND, PETER WARLOCK (ALEC WILLIAM BELL) by Eddie Dawes, page 129
Magicana, Vol. 44, No. 256, FEBRUARY/MARCH 1996, BROKEN WAND, Peter Warlock by Jim Reilly and Elizabeth Warlock, page 17
Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Bell, Alec William = Jules Giraud; Deb; Rudi Jader; Russell Sharpe; G. Warlock; Peter Locke, engl. Zauberkünstler; Fachautor (*23.06.1904 Islington, London), page 40
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