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Ellis Stanyon
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Born | William Ellis Stanyon January 8, 1870 Leicestershire, England |
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Died | September 2, 1951 (age 81) West Hampstead, London, England |
Resting place | West Hampstead Cemetery |
Categories | Books by Ellis Stanyon |
William Ellis Stanyon (1870 - 1951), born in Leicestershire, England was a professional magician and magic dealer in London. Stanyon became interested in magic after seeing a magic show at his school and getting a copy of Professor Hoffmann's Modern Magic.
Biography
Ellis Stanyon started his first periodical known as 'Stanyon's Serials' in 1899. A year later he published-edited Stanyon's Magic. In the first issue of Magic he set out his intention which was to‚ 'popularize the Art of Sleight of Hand'. His periodical was 8 pages per issue and contained, news, tricks, reviews and gossip, as well as advertisements. It was first published in October 1900 and ran for 177 issues (1400+ pages) with a break during the 1914-1918 war and the final issue was published in June 1920. After his death in 1951, Stanyon's son Cyril took over the magic business.
Bibliography
- Conjuring for Amateurs (1897)
- Conjuring with Cards (1898)
- Stanyon's Serial Lessons in Conjuring (1899-1910, 21-part series. Reprinted in one volume by Kaufman and Greenberg (1996).)
- New Coin Tricks, 1st Series (1899)
- A Bibliography of Conjuring (1899)
- New Coin Tricks, 2nd Series (1900)
- New Handkerchief Tricks (1900)
- New Card Tricks, First Series (1900)
- New Miscellaneous Tricks and Memory Feats (1900)
- New Juggling Tricks (1901)
- New Card Tricks, 2nd Series (1902)
- The Original Tricks of Clement De Lion (1902)
- New Miscellaneous Tricks, 2nd Series (1903)
- New Fire Tricks and Chemical Magic for the Stage, 1st Series (1904)
- Great Paper and String Tricks, 1st Series (1904)
- Great Handcuff Tricks (1904)
- Great Silent Thought Transmission (1904)
- New Billiard Ball Sleights, 1st Series (1904)
- Original Explanatory Programmes (1907)
- Fire and Chemical Magic for Drawing-Room and Stage, 2nd Series (1907)
- Fire and Chemical Magic for Drawing-Room and Stage, 3rd Series (1909)
- New Handkerchief Tricks, 2nd Series (1909)
- New Card Tricks, 3rd Series (1910)
- New Card Tricks, 4th Series (1910)
- Mysterious Escapes (1912) (possibly never published)
- Stanyon's Magic (1900-1920, periodical)
- Hand Shadows: Being a Novel Collection of Finger Silhouettes (1900)
- Magic or Conjuring for Amateurs (1901) (Compilation of Conjuring for Amateurs (1897) and Conjuring with Cards (1898).)
References
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- Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 12, No. 294, September 1951, Sic Transit Ellis Stanyon, page 126
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 31, No. 8, October 1951, Ellis Stanyon Called By The Master, page 27
- Tops Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 11, November 1951, ELLIS STANYON DIES, page 27
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 88, No. 1, January 2008, Letters From the Past, page 54
- Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Stanyon, Ellis, (Prof.), engl. Zauberkünstler; Zauberkunst-Fachschriftsteller; Zauberartikelhändler, page 291
- Ellis Stanyon MAGIC bibliography
- New Juggling Tricks, Stanyon, 1901