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Ken de Courcy

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Ken de Courcy (March 1922 - July 24, 2008) was born Kenneth William Gurney de Courcy Tyler. He contributed to almost every magical magazine and was a prolific author.

A former president of the I.B.M. British Ring 25, editor of Magigram for over twenty years and published his own monthly magazine Coffee-Break Chronicle.

Books

  • Genial improbabilities (1949)
  • Pentertain (1972)
  • Routined Acts by Ken de Courcy, Tony Griffith, Ian Adair, and Edwin (1972)
  • At the Drop of a Match (1972)
  • 33 Tricks with the P-A-T-E-O Force by Ken de Courcy (1980)
  • Danson's diary trick (1983)
  • Four Aces Intro (1983)
  • Production For Magicians (with Harold Long) (1983)