Ibidem 1 - 3

Editor’s Comments Layman’s Choice (Bill Elliott) Mazes-Phase Down (Ron Edwards) Two for the Show (Arthur Hastings) Codicil (P. H. Lyons) Trick Brain Tumors World’s Best? (Ed Marlo) Resurrectionist Dept.: The Unfaithful Knave (Frikell and Cremer via Lyons) Duts (Ed Marlo) The Worm Turns (Ed Marlo) Erl & Water (Ken Beale) Apartheid (Ken Beale) Triptych (Mel Stover) Four Browners (Ken Beale) –Brown Transpo –Brown Coincidence –Brown Out –Simple Coincidence Filler: Vernon anecdote A Reversed Location (Neal Elias) Trick Brain Tumors Noughty Crosses (P. H. Lyons) Puzzle: V.A. Hospital (Mel Stover) Departments

Ibidem Issue (October 1959)

Editor’s Comments ½ and ½ (Ron Edwards) The Compleat Gardner (Martin Gardner) – Hummering Off – Odd! – Glass House – Cardless But Glassy – Lull’s Ars – Brewer’s Gold – Pop-up Cube – Kap’s Cubes – Stick Up Trick Brain Tumors Hyp Hip (Bill Elliott) Cubeb (L. Vosburgh Lyons and P. H. Lyons) Puzzle Solution: V.A. Hospital (Mel Stover) Oil & Water Climaxes (Ed Marlo) Stuff Page Quote: Reason and Nature (Morris R. Cohen) Trick Brain Tumors Rusduck Thinks (Rusduck) For The Magic Seven (Ed Marlo) Puzzle Solution: Big Casino (Mel Stover) The O.H. Puzzle (Bill Elliott) Quiz Biz (Stewart James) Party Line (Stewart James) Trick Brain Tumors Skip Tracer (Stewart James) Quote: Menlo Park Reminiscences, Vol. I (Francis Jehl) The Message of Didah (Stewart James) Whilst Demonstrating to the Company A Game at Poker, To Deal the Cards in Such a Manner that a Card Known to be at one Position from the Top will, at the Performer’s Pleasure, Be Found at any other. (Nat Mendelsohn) 1 They’re Really Marked (P. H. Lyons) Filler: Norm Houghton on phobias Trick Brain Tumors Jackpott (Ken Beale) Trick Brain Tumors Business Card Prediction (Ed Marlo) Neater Prediction (P. H. Lyons) Ibidem Reviewed

**Ibidem 19 (December 1959)

Editor’s Comments A Rough Prediction (Ed Marlo) Premonition Not (Ed Marlo) R.R.B.M.T. (Ed Marlo) Vanishing Card Deck (Ed Marlo) Easy Vanishing Card (Ed Marlo) –The Named Transposition (Ed Marlo) –The Named Reverse (Ed Marlo) The Illogical Routine (Ed Marlo) Technicolour Thought (Ed Marlo) A Monte Vanish (Ed Marlo) The Returning Jack (Ed Marlo) The Three Roughskeeters (Ed Marlo) Puzzle: Junior Chemist (Mel Stover) Puzzle: Black Chinese Checkers (Mel Stover) Double Out Presentation (Ed Marlo) – Vanishing Thought (Ed Marlo) Paging a Stranger (Ed Marlo) New Touch Predictions (Ed Marlo) – Double Touch Prediction – Svengali’s Double Prediction – Double Impromptu Touch Roughly A New Approach (Ed Marlo) – Two Card Monte – The New Touch Predictions – The Spectator Coincidence Tis Rough on Hofzinser (Ed Marlo) The Rough Magician vs the Gambler (Ed Marlo) Rough Handling (Ed Marlo) – Rough Markers – 2nd Roughed Hofzinser—No Duplicates Version

Ibidem Issue 20 (May 1960)

Editor’s Comments The Miracle Spread (Ed Marlo) Next to It (Ed Marlo) The Basic Idea (Ed Marlo) Spectator Location (Ed Marlo) Basic Move Application (Ed Marlo) Open Spread Prediction (Ed Marlo) Dual Coincidence (Ed Marlo) Related Quadruplets (Ed Marlo) Last August (Martin Gardner) Amazing! (The Amazing Randi) A Short Shot (Mel Stover, Leo Moser, P. H. Lyons, Martin Gardner) Down & Out (Neal Elias) The Cardiste No. 12—January 1959 (Rusduck) – Poko-Combo (Rusduck) – Tempermental Aces (Steve Herald) – Alaska (Rusduck) – Enigmatic Enclosure (Bob “Hardell” Ecklund) – A Case for Mentalism (Ed Mellon) – 1–2–3–4 (John Howie) – Stay-Stack Miracle (Ed Marlo) – Stay-Stack Prediction (Ed Marlo)

Ibidem Issue 21 (June 1960)

Editor’s Comments Spirit of ’76 (Bill Elliott) Puzzle: Ounces & Mugs (Tom Ransom) Drink Up (Jack McKenty via Lyons) Puzzle: Drawn and Thirded (Tom Ransom) Paendemonium (A Quote) Best Wishes to Len Vintus and Gene Gordon (A Quote from Dr. Wilson) Holograph (Ed Marlo) Addendæ (Ed Marlo) – Addendum re 3H idea – Addenda re Diminishing Lift Switch A Fan Letter (Norm Houghton) Clip Climax (Norman Houghton) 1784 Evening-Post Quote Request (Tom Ransom) Trick Brain Tumors For Faro-Hicks (Bill Simon) Math, Magic and Mystery Remarks (Mel Stover) The Las Vegas Shuffle—A System of Cull, Stock, and Combination Cull-Stock Shuffles for Cardicians and Thieves (Lin Searles) 1 – The Stock Shuffle – The Cull Shuffle – The Cull-Stock Shuffle Strip Faro Stock Shuffle (Neal Elias) A Pseudo Cull-Stock Shuffle (Neal Elias) Filler Name-O-Card Revisited (Sam Randlett) Filler: Thoughts on Threes (P. H. Lyons) Lyons Replacement (P. H. Lyons) Royal Company (Francis Haxton) Oh You Kito! (Sam Randlett) Farrago (Harry Riser) Twomula (Mel Stover) Ace Cutting Follow Up (Ed Marlo) $pell (Ken Beale)

**Ibidem Issue 22 (October 1960)

Editor’s Comments Rubaway Spots (Ed Marlo) – Double Hit Top Change Impromptu 1493–1495 (Edward Marlo) Rubaway Spots (3rd Method) (Ed Marlo) The Best Of All Possible Ace Tricks (Lin Searles) Double Thought Coincidence (Ed Marlo) Leap Frog (Anthony J. Gugliotta) The Gugliotta Variations (Anthony Gugliotta) Son of Lhasa (Ron Edwards) Puzzle Solution Follow-up: Knight’s Tour (Tom Ransom) Mindreader’s Nightmare (Harry Lorayne) Digital Deck’s Terity (Ron Edwards) Trireme (Ken Beale) Triplets (Ken Beale) Coffin Cop (Chas Aste Jr.) Quote: History of Mathematics (P. H. Lyons) The Devilish Die (Jack Avis) Thanks Norm (John P. Hamilton) A Swymove (Tom Ransom) 5 Corpses in 1 Coffin (P. H. Lyons) Another Fan Letter (Norm Houghton) Bring on the Band! (Norman Houghton) Unlikely Occurrence Dept. All the Sad Young Card Men (Lin Searles) Drank Up (Norm Houghton) A Little Mental (The Modest Randi) Puzzle: Smart Magic: Seven from Eleven A James Bibliography Fillers & Quote

Ibidem Issue 23 (March 1961)

Editor’s Comments Forward To— (Ed Marlo) Ace-Deuce Transposition (Ed Marlo) Filler: Hull Deck Tips (Ed Marlo) 7 Card Assembly (3rd Method) (Ed Marlo and Bert Fenn) 6 Card Assembly (Ed Marlo) 12,000 cps Cross-Over (P. H. Lyons) One-Speed Reverse (P. H. Lyons) Over X-ertion (P. H. Lyons) Safety Match (P. H. Lyons) Fourtold (Stewart James) Phraud (P. H. Lyons) Cop Cover (Chas Aste Jr.) Chinese Mind Reading (Norm Houghton) Brainpopper (Martin Gardner) Quote: Corning Glass Ad Diapsalmata—An Old Poker Deal Refrain (Lin Searles) Sum Fun (Ravelli) More Biz (Ravelli) Letter (David L. Bendix) Letter (Arthur Hastings) Filler: One-Hand Ribbon Drop and Catch Quote: Beyond Laughter (Martin Grotjahn, MD) Trick Brain Tumors Square Deal (Ken Beale) Souvenir (Ken Beale)

**Ibidem Issue 24 (December 1961)

Editor’s Comments Trisi (Stewart James) Query: Logic WIndow Cards Repartition (Jack Avis) Plug: Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions by Martin Gardner Mutus Mutated (Norm Houghton) Double Play (Bill Simon) Vanishing Eleven (Ed Marlo) Quote: Natural Magick (Writing on an Egg) (Porta)

5. 7. Brown Mental Transpo, 2nd method (Ed Marlo) Ambitious Handling (Ed Marlo) The Ambitious Four (Ed Marlo) Quote: Guardian Routine Pinochle (Bill Miesel) Pinochle Tricks (Bill Miesel) Quote: Natural Magick (More Writing on an Egg) (Porta) Quote: The Secret Life of Salvador Dali Kort Kards (Milt Kort) This is Your Life (Anthony J. Gugliotta) Venus Observa (Anthony J. Gugliotta) Quick Watson, the Aces (Lin Searles) The Repeat Pick (Lin Searles) Filler: Snapper Filler: Alex Elmsley Anecdote Quote: Beyond Laughter (Martin Grotjahn) Filler: Bill Elliott Anecdote Ravelli’s Page (Ravelli) –Improbable –Kap’s Kubes –Another Secret Out Brownian Movement (Ken Beale) A Venue (Ken Beale) Exploring a Principle (Ken Beale) Houdini’s Grandma (The Amazing Randi) All the Non-Conformists (Martin Gardner) Magical Chairs (Martin Gardner) Quote: Toronto Daily Star (Adam’s Evil) Theoretical & Practical Solution to an Impossibility (T. S. Ransom) Quote: 101 Zen Stories Quote: First Love (Vladimir Nabokov) A Message to Garcia (P. H. Lyons)

Ibidem Issue 25 (May 1962)

Editor’s Comments Technicolour Thoughts (Ed Marlo) Quote: “The Gadget Had s Ghost” from Thrilling Wonder Stories (Murray Leinster) Quote: The Night Lover (Anne-Marie Superveille) Spur of the Moment (Ed Marlo) Quote: The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon) Double Brainwave (Ed Marlo) – The Commercial Version – Second Method—Mnemonic Version – Third Method—Pre-set Version – Fourth Method—Impromptu Version – Fifth Method—Flip Action (4th Switch) Method Additional Brainwaves (Ed Marlo) Quote: New Statesman (V. S. Pritchett, 12/31/1960 issue) Quote: Ron Edwards thoughts on “Through Darkest Pierce” Additional Double B.W. (Ed Marlo) Quote: Sam Randlett thoughts on force books (P. H. Lyons: Barnacle) Direct Oil and Water (Ed Marlo) Puzzle: Magic Square (Mel Stover) Out of This World Handling (Ed Marlo)

**Ibidem Issue 26 (September 1962)

Editor’s Comments Fare Enough (Stewart James) Puzzle: Droodles (The Amazing Randi) Quote: Neal Elias on Herb Zarrow and “One-Speed Reverse” Quote: Sam Randlett on “Codicil” Filler: Filler How I Recall— (Ed Marlo) – The Sometime Miracle Athletic Aces (Neal Elias) – A Cutting Discovery—1949 – Another Cutting Discovery—1950 – A Card Spin—1953 Self-Cutting Deck (Neal Elias) Togetherness (Bruce Posgate) Letter (Norm Houghton) Quote: Tom Ransom queries Ravelli re: “Sum Fun” The Extracted Pair (Norm Houghton) Quote: Ed Marlo on Rusduck’s “Backward Faro” 3 Way Transposition (Ken Beale) Puzzle Solution: Droodles (unpublished by Tom Ransom) Easy Over (Bill Miesel) Colour Confused (Tony Blitz) The Immovable Monte (Ron Edwards) Just Two Much (Ron Edwards) A Trick Worth Two of That!! (T. S. Ransom) Filler: Lyons on microfilm and Norm Houghton on “everybody is a magician” The Open Prediction, What Else! (Lin Searles) The Compleat Reader (The Amazing Randi) In the Money (Ross Bertram) Put Back Aces (Jack Avis) All Present (Francis Haxton) More for the Show (Francis Haxton) Good Grief! More Aces (Francis Haxton) Stuff & Nonsense (P. H. Lyons) – Arsey Versey – Up Your Sleeve, Mac! – Two in the Shoulder – Greedy – Belling the Bell – Direct Code – Northern Force – Tetched – Class Conscious – One-way, or the Other – No Crap – Epideictic – No Toll Doink! (Martin Gardner) Filler: Rufus Steele anecdote Filler: Tom Ransom on “everybody is a magician”

Ibidem Issue 27 - An All Ed Marlo Issue (October 1962)

Editor’s Comments Trick Brain Tumors Letter: Marlo Writes Again Improved Elevator Ace With Simon Count Elevator Aces Play Me Another Tune Excerpts from Two Letters Cards Across Presentation Double Thought Coincidence (second method) Follow-Up To Pseudo-Cull Stock Shuffle Impromptu Illogical Routine Spectator Coincidence No. 2 The Follow-Up Spectator Coincidence Spectator Coincidence No. 3 Uncontrolled Predictions and Coincidences Adverse Conditions Adverse Aces Sudden Aces Convincing Aces

Ibidem Issue 28 (April 1963)

Editor’s Comments Ravelli’s Set-Up Technique – What is a Setup? – The Delayed Setup – The Purpose of the Delayed Setup – I. Partial Delayed Setup – The Buckley-Ravelli Build-up and Poker Demonstration – II. Complete Pack Delayed Setup – III. Special Cases of Delayed Setup Techniques

Hardcover | 8.5in x 11in | 357 Pages