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Stewart James
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
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)