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Stewart James

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Stewart James (1908-1996) was one of magic's most prolific inventors, publishing over 1000 magic tricks in books and magazines.

One of his legendary effects was Miraskill published first in The Jinx, N° 24, september 1936, page 147, then in Jean Hugard’s Encyclopedia of Card Tricks (1937).

Books

  • Stewart James in Print: The First 50 Years (1989), edited by P. Howard Lyons and Allan Slaight,
  • The James File, Vol. 1 and 2 (2000) by Allan Slaight, contains nearly 1700 pages of Stewart James's magic.
  • Compiled and edited the Abbott Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
  • Stewart James' Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 1 (1941)
  • Stewart James' Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 2 (1968)
  • Stewart James' Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 3 (1980)
  • Essential Stewart James (2007)

References