Derek Lever's Magic Mag, Volume 4
Volume 4 consists of 6 issues, 266 pages total
Volume 4, Number 1, October/November 1982, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever
Praise from Abra
Magic Mag Magician of the Year
Comedy Corner – jokes, comedy routines, etc. – Derek Lever
Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
A Different Card Trick – Maurice Deighton
cartoon
Free Advertising Section
Happiness is … – Henrique
List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
Book Review
The Magic of Show Business – Simon Lovell
Supreme Magic Catalogue Number Thirty-Two
Tricks for Travelling Tricksters – Ken De Courcy
The TAT Papers – The House Magazine of Sound of Magic Video 5
Phantini Revisited – Gene Grant
Tips on Table Hopping – Kirk Charles
What Can You do with This? (or Improv Magic) – Kirk Charles
Magicomedy – Mike Caveney
The World's Largest Used Magic List – Taurus Magic Supply
Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
panty egg bag – comedy magic – Barry Seymour
The Orbital Mammoth Card Stab – comedy magic – Paul George (with cartoon on page 14)
Agent's Directory
Deceptively Different – Doug Alker
Supersuds – children's effect
Hello! It's Kenny Dean
Ken's Komedy Kups and Balls (For Stage)
Blackpool Magicians Club present the 31st Annual One-Day Convention – announcement
Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell
The Amazing Vanishing Ring in Chinese Rat Routine
missing page
For Kid's Entertainers Only
Party Pieces – Trevor Lewis
Letters to the Editor – correspondence
Inside Information – bits of news
Volume 4, Number 2, December/January 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever
Inventors' Club – Peter Warlock
The Matter of Invention
Free Advertising Section
Letters to the Editor – correspondence
What's New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases
The Amazing Carroll's Watch Thing – Martin Breese Magic
The Mullica Wallet – Magic Methods
John Cornelius Pinnacle Pad – John Cornelius
Magician's Date Book – John Cornelius
Cabaret Jumbo Brainwave Deck – m Barry Gordon
Dancing Ring – Dick Zimmerman
Rope and Ring – routine
Face to Face – Derek Lever
With Tommy Cooper
Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
a Chinese prediction card trick
Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead
edible props
cartoon
Hello! It's Kenny Dean
Book Review
Further Classic Magic with Apparatus – Robert J. Albo
More Collected Writings of Glenn Gravatt
Six Columns – Al Mann
None So Blind – Al Mann
Limelight – Al Mann
Marked – A Manual of Marked Card Magic
Deckade – David Britland
cartoon
Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell
The Tantilizing [sic] Time Piece
Inside Information – bits of news
The Order of the Magi Dinner, Dance and Cabaret – announcement
Deceptively Different – Doug Alker
a card trick based on the Homing Card
List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
Tricky Torch – Norman Lee
Happiness is … – Henrique
Volume 4, Number 3, February/March 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever
Blackpool Convention
Face to Face – Derek Lever
With Billy McComb
Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
The Acrobatic Dog – Joe Quinn
What's New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases
Pop Goes the Measles – Supreme Magic
Happy Birthday paper Tear – Supreme Magic
The Silken Lady – Supreme Magic
The Wise Old Owl – Ron Gilbert Magical Exclusives
Happiness is … – Henrique
Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
Disc-Concerting – Norman Lee
The Appearing Card in Mouth – Henrique
Letters to the Editor – correspondence
Hello! It's Kenny Dean
Bed of Nails
Free Advertising Section
Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead
thinking about pictures and artists
cartoon
The Order of the Magi Dinner – Manchester – report
Inside Information – bits of news
For Kid's Entertainers Only
Party Pieces – Trevor Lewis
Inventors' Club – Derek Lever
David A.S. Howarth M.I.M.C.
List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell
Jack Catch
Volume 4, Number 4, April/May 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever
Free Advertising Section
Face to Face – Derek Lever
With Alan Shaxon
Mental-Mania – Mentalism by Derek Lever
The Murder Weapon
Colour Thought
Mental Photography
What's New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases
Marked Coin in Lighter – Rob Chesbro
Eclipse – Tenyo Magic
Wonder Window – Tenyo Magic
Ultraslice – Tenyo Magic
Quicksilver- Tenyo Magic
A Slice Off Hand or the Arm-Hand Illusion – Magic Ian
Magic Straw – Petrick & Mia
Linking Razor Blades – Petrick & Mia
Firefly – Zanadu
Book Review
The Ganson Book
Hot Stuff – Stu Finley
The Wonderful Magic of Chefalo – Val Andrews
The Funniest Magic Show in the World – Al Lampkin
Used Magic List – Wizard Pandolf Magic
The Exclusive Collectors Catalogue – Paul Stone
Davenport's Second Edition Book Catalogue and List Supplement
Trio – Roy Johnson
Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
Hockery Dockery Dick – Norman Lee
The Comedy Card Sword – Norman Lee
Hello! It's Kenny Dean
Some Thoughts on the Thumb Tie
Stage Magic – illusion plans
The Dagger Chest Illusion
West Country Wizards – report and photos by Peter C. Woolley
Letters to the Editor – correspondence
Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell
The if You can Show me a Bit of Business as Good as This I'll Give You Fifty Quid Trick
Happiness is … – Henrique
Volume 4, Number 5, June/July 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages and two unnumbered insert pages
Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever
Baden Baden Congress
Paul Daniels Show – Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Simon Lovell – Frankie Vaughan Show, Blackpool
Inventors' Club
Edward M. Massey's Original Magical Creations
Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
The Quick and Easy Roll On Table – Joe Quinn
Pie Crust Pete – Henrique
The Stolen Diamond of Twange – Henrique
cartoon
Mental-Mania – Mentalism by Derek Lever
Space Flight [Eddie Joseph]
The Third Hand
Book Review
Shotts in the Dark = Floyd Shotts
Card Modes – Software for a Deck of Cards – Robin Robertson
More Fun with Card Tricks – John Yeager
Secret Thoughts – Ronald J. Dayton
The Crowning Miracles – Eric C. Lewis
Paul Osborne'S Illusion Systems – Books One and Two
Happiness is … – Henrique
cartoon
2 insert pages for: Code for Mental Telephony
Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
Mental Telephony – mentalism
An Eye Test – a bit of fun
What's New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases
Magnetic Torpedo – Taurus Magic Supply
The Ultimate Mi-Made Lady Illusion – Swensen Productions
Lota Thermos – Badgematic
Stuck Up Stamps – Supreme Magic
Sonic Control Flippo – Taurus Magic Supply
Free Advertising Section
Hello! It's Kenny Dean
Ken's Opening Gag
Laugh Time
Inside Information – bits of news
Letters to the Editor – correspondence
Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell
A Fishy Tale
cartoon
Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead
cartoon
Volume 4, Number 6, August/September 1983, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages
Candid Comments by The Editor – Derek Lever
announcement of sale of the magazine to Nigel Backhurst
Magical Inventor of the Year – Result
Draw between Barry Seymour and Norman Lee Runner-up Paul George
Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
folder to hold Volume 4
Letters to the Editor – correspondence
Face to Face – Peter Woolley
With Derek Lever
What's New – The Real Truth About Those New Releases
Electronic Key Box – Anverdi
Die Box Effect – Anverdi
Funken Ring – available from Ace Place Magic
The New Scotty York Lamp Trick – available from Ace Place Magic
Free Advertising Section
Inside Information – bits of news
Happiness is … – Henrique
Book Review
Jar-Ring – Johnny Geddes
Johnny Geddes Lecture Notes
5000 One & Two Liners for any and every Occasion – Leopold Fechtner
Gaetan Bloom Lecture Notes
Oriental Conjuring and Magic – Will Ayling
The Magic of Frederica – Tommy Frederick
Micky Hades' Encyclopedia of Suspensions and Levitations
Great Magicians in Great Moments – Irving Desfor
Kid Stuff Five – Francis Ireland Marshall
Comedy Magic – Bill Beresford
cartoon
The Secret Weapon – David A.S. Howarth
Magical Miscellany – Brian Lead
Deceptively Different – Doug Alker
The No Switch Razor Blade Routine
cartoon
Hello! It's Kenny Dean
Ken's Routine for Charlie Edwards' Dissolving Knots
Ken's Klose Up Kard Kloser
cartoon
Entertaining with Close-Up – series by Simon Lovell
Arthur Turnbull the Psychic Lobster
Solid State Sorcery presenting The Art of Electronic Magic – series by David A.S. Howarth
Is Electronic Magic Reliable?
An Introduction To The New Magic Mag – Nigel G. Backhurst
