Lloyd E. Jones - The Bat Numbers 1 - 50 (1943 - 1948)

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The Bat was the house organ for Magic Limited published by Lloyd Jones that ran from No. 1, Feb. 1943 until No. 86, Feb. 1951 for a total of 86 issues. (This PDF includes numbers 1 to 50. See the second volume for the remaining issues.) It is filled with close-up and stage effects of every kind, and brings you magic by top names like Charlie Miller, Dr. Jaks, Bert Allerton, Charles Jordan, Frank Chapman, T. Page Wright, and many more prominent pros of the era. It was also for a time the Official Organ of the Magic Dealers Association.

Issues run from February 1943 thru February 1948 and include an index. Published irregularly, then monthly starting with Number 13.

1. The Bat - Numbers 1 to 50
2. Index - Numbers 1 to 50

1. The Bat - Number One - February 1943 - 4 pages
1. Guess Work!! - impromptu mathematical trick
2. The Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
3. New Tricks - reviews
   • Tarbell's Zip-Over Rope Mystery
   • Caesar's Memo Case
   • Loyd's Screen of Bagdad
   • The Principle of Hallucination - Murray Rosenthal
   • Water-Go
   • Berland's Devil Dollar
   • Hummer's Whirling Card
   • Berland's Soap Swindle
3. Ask the Professor?
4. Gag Bag - humor
4. Crossed Colors - R. S. Glover

5. The Bat - Number Two - n.d. - 8 pages
5. Triumph of the Democracies - Afghan Bands patriotic routine
5. Sabotage - Edward J. Tomasovic - patriotic routine
6. The Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
   • Sambo/Helen effect
7. Coffee Can Exchange - Prof. Glover, M.M.
7. One of the Strangest Paradoxes
8. New Tricks and Reviews
   • Reviews (books)
     • The Magic 36 - William S. Houghton
     • Tricks of the Masters - Will Goldston
     • Manual of Comedy Material - Rajah Bergman
     • Five Star Card Effects - Lu Brent
     • "Claudio's" Mysteries - R. C. Buff
     • Convenient Card Magic - Sergeant H. J. Whittington
     • Figures Are Funny Things - Herbert M. Richmond
     • Finding the Fifth Column - Herbert M. Richmond
     • A Lecture on Child Psychology - Herbert M. Richmond
     • Jack & Jill, The True Story - Ross A. Burley
     • Best Tricks with Slates - Peter Warlock
     • Call the Witness - Sid Fleischman & Bob Gunther
     • Tips on Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
     • Ireland's Yearbook for 1942
   • New Magic (tricks)
     • Chameleon Poker Chips
     • Color-Off - Snyder
     • Kenard's Mystery Box
     • Mar-Mix - Snyder
     • Liberty Magazine Test
     • Kenard's Magikase
     • Black-Out Bag Mystery
     • Berland's Amazing Substitution
     • Nelson's Mindreader's Packet No. 1
     • Erdnase Outdone
10. Ask the Professor?
10. The Shuffle - The Professor
11. Gag Bag - humor
12. Aw Nertz! - Those Contrary Cards
12. Short short-story - humor
12. Special offers - advertising
12. Magician's Talk

13. The Bat - Number Three - n.d. - 8 pages
13. Double-Kick - R. S. Glover
13. cartoon - MacDonald
14. The Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • A Bad Egg solution - Frederick F. Clark
15. He Performed Under the Big Top - re: Walter Adrian
15. Unfortunate - Alch - humor
15. Cuckoo!!! - card effects
16. New Tricks and Reviews
    • tricks
      • Miko
      • Ring-Off
      • So What
      • The Leopard Card
      • The Chinese Rope Chain Mystery
      • Canned Smoke
      • perfect-O-Wax
      • The Talking Match Box
      • Bengal Turban Mystery
      • A Trick for Milady
      • Soft Soap De "Lux"
      • The Stabbed Deck
      • Ho-Lo-Ma
      • This Is It - Bob Hummer
      • Double Coincidence
    • Books
      • Number One Hugard-Proskauer Sealed Mysteries
      • Greater Magic - John Northern Hilliard
      • Travelling Ghost - Gordon W. Howatt
      • Keith Clark's Celebrated Cigarettes
      • What Next - Tommy Tucker
      • Modern Spiritualism Unveiled - Bishop S. Garrison
17. Card Rationing - George McAthy
18. Ask the Professor?
18. Gamble Trophy Attempt - Lloyd E. Jones
19. cartoon - MacDonald
19. Gag Bag - humor
20. Your Program Wanted
20. Specials - advertising

21. The Bat - Number Four - n.d. - 4 pages
21. Super Wand-Pen Levitator - Arthur Heinsen
22. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • variation on Hallucination - Lt. Albert Johnson
    • Canned Smoke idea - Edwin Tabor
    • Canned Smoke idea - Senor Maldo
    • A Bad Egg solution - Gerald Kosky
22. More New Tricks and Reviews
    • Cig-Silk-Flowers
    • Not Primigenial - Roger Montadon & Logan Wait
    • Miracle Methods No. 4 - Tricks and Sleights - Jean Hugard & Fred Braue
23. New Tricks and Reviews
    • Hex Appeal! - Solomon Stein
    • Vishnu Rope Miracle
    • Carducky
    • Switch-Er-Roo - Tom Osborne
    • Magic Coin Block
    • Stop Thief! - Bob Hummer
    • Silence! Genius at Work!
    • Miniature Lota
    • Foo-Ling Cup
    • Repeat 20th Century Silks
    • Karson's Rope Through Body
    • Oh Please! - Abbott's
    • Capers with Colors - book - Harold Rice
    • Houdini Card - Snyder
24. More New Tricks and Reviews
    • Patriotic Release
    • Two Way Nu Idea Forcing Deck - Snyder
    • Rolling a Cigarette by Magic - Brema

25. The Bat - Number Five Extra - n.d. - 4 pages
25. Impromptu Card Routines
27. Card Tricks - Special Decks
    • Mene-Tekel Pack
    • Svengali Deck
    • Stripper Deck
    • Brain Wave Deck
    • Out Of This World
    • St. Leon Deck
    • Nu-Idea Deck
    • 400 Tricks You Can Do - Howard Thurston
    • Secrets of Magic and card Tricks - Blackstone
    • Deucy
    • Magic Card System
    • Thirty-Two Impromptu Card Tricks
    • Stacks and Stacks of Cards - Val Evans
    • What Next? - Tommy Tucker
    • Miko
    • Midget Magic - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Camera Cards
    • Sealed Mysteries
    • Cuckoo!
    • Eights and Deuces
    • Nu Way Three Card Monte Trick
    • Two Card Monte
    • Hallucination No. 2
    • Scrambled Thought Waves [sic: Thoughtwaves] - Clayton Rawson
27. Good Books on Magic
    • Tarbell Volume 1
    • Tarbell Volume 2
    • Tarbell Volume 3
    • Greater Magic
    • Tricks of the Masters
    • Forging Ahead in Magic - John Booth
    • Making Magic Pay - H. Syril Dusenberry
    • Fifty Card Sleights
    • Convenient Card Magic
28. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
28. Sealed Mystery Series - advertisement

29. The Bat - Number Six - n.d. - 8 pages
29. The Perfect World - Wayne H. Rohlf
31. Ask the Professor?
31. Collector's Corner
32. Magic Limited's Selected Magic - review/advertisement
    • Miniature Card Magic - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Camera Cards
    • Fifteen Sealed Mysteries
    • Sealed Mysteries
    • Illusion Magic - Karson
    • Swami Holdout
    • Tarbell No. 3
    • Ireland's Year Book 1943
    • Secrets - U. F. Grant
    • Annemann's Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
    • Latest Thimble Magic - Duke Stern
    • The Joker Takes Leave
    • D-Lite Mystery
    • Eddie Hudson's Confoosing Card
    • Razz-A-Ma-Tazz - Tom Osborne
    • Everybody's Magic - Collins Pentz
34. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • Earl Rybolt sold his library to Lloyd E. Jones
    • Laughing Rabbit Calendar
35. Performing Tricks Hard Work, Master Of Deception Says - re: Dunt look Neow (Harry G. Shaw)
36. cartoon
36. A Letter From Home - humor

37. The Bat - Number Seven - n.d. - 4 pages
37. Numerology De Luxe - Professor El Tab
39. Boozehound's Dream - Professor El Tab
39. Tricks & Reviews
    • Anti-Gravico
    • Six Trix for 1944 - Bob Hummer
    • Napkin Magic - Tom Osborne
    • Aquarius Wand
    • Karson's Rope Thru Body
40. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
40. Gag Bag - Prof. El Tab - humor

41. The Bat - Number Eight - n.d. - 4 pages
41. St. Leon's Razor Blade Switch - Victor St. Leon
43. Two More St. Leon Effects
    • Nest of Boxes Routine
    • The Wandering Card
44. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • Bob Gunther weds
    • Hallucination-Improved!
    • Speaking of Pink Elephants! - Charles T. Jordan

45. The Bat - Number Nine - Charles T. Jordan Memorial Issue - n.d. - 8 pages
45. Jordan Search Leads to Grave
47. Favorite Jordan Tricks
    47. Long Distance Mind Reading
    48. Coluria
    49. Psychic Ring Release
    52. The Vanishing Coin
49. A Search That Led to the Grave - Death of Old Friend mourned by Madison
50. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • grab bags
51. Gag Bag - Charles T. Jordan - humor
51. Ask the Professor?
52. Selected Charles T. Jordan Magic
    • The C. T. J. Detection
    • The climax!
    • Paper Tearing Supreme
52. Its New - Hexed vision - advertising
52. So You Like Mental Magic? - advertising

53. The Bat - Number Ten - n.d. - 12 pages
53. Magical Master of Ceremonies
    54. The Foundation
    55. Books and a File
    56. The Opening
    56. Running Gags
    57. Slates
    57. Paper
    58. Handkerchiefs
    58. Ropes
    59. Pantomime
    59. Cigars
    59. Wands
    60. Egg-Bags
    60. Cards
    61. Regular Work
    61. Looking Ahead
61. jokes
61. Gag Bag - humor
    • Sophisticated Soft Soap
    • From Australia
    • Do You Remember When? - Harry Opel
62. Without Benefit of Counsel! - humorous introductions, etc.
64. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • Magic Limited to manufacture trick decks
64. cartoon - Alain?
64. jokes

65. The Bat - Number Eleven - n.d. - 4 pages
65. Svengali's Prophecy - Jack Vosburgh - Svengali Deck effect
66. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
66. Between the Lines
67. Any Card Thought Of - Stripper Deck effect
67. Introducing Vosburgh
67. Behind the Back Mix-Up - Stripper Deck effect
68. Gag Bag
    • The Color Changing Toothpick - Jack Vosburgh

69. The Bat - Number Twelve - n.d. - 4 pages
69. Simplex Lit Cigar Production - Allen Lambie
70. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • post war plans in Allied Nations
    • TARFU Deck
71. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - effect collection
    • To Begin With
    • The Feke Itself
    • Turn About
    • How Money Turns One's Head
72. Ask the Professor?

73. The Bat - Number Thirteen - January 1945 - 4 pages
73. Commando Garrote - Carl Sten
74. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • The Bat becomes a monthly
    • news from English magician Chris Charlton
75. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Another Financial Reverse
75. Ask the Professor?
76. Gag Bag
    • Impromptu Poker Deal - Gerald Kosky

77. The Bat - Number Fourteen - February 1945 - 4 pages
77. Magical Melee - Everett Samuels
78. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • D Y K T A W O ? ? ?
    • new magazine - Conjuror's Monthly
79. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Heads Up
    • The Fiery red Head
80. Gag Bag

81. The Bat - Number Fifteen - March 1945 - 4 pages
81. Ollo Poprida
82. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • blown egg & goldfish
    • curtain raiser
    • Clayton Rawson
82. Gag Bag
83. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Color Blind
    • Pass The Matches
    • A Matching Game
84. Book Test - Charles Miller

85. The Bat - Number Sixteen - April 1945 - 4 pages
85. 21 cent Trick - Everett Samuels
86. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
    • yage potion
87. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
    • Three On A Match
87. Gag Bag
88. jokes

89. The Bat - Number Seventeen - May 1945 - 8 pages
89. The Magic Square - Lloyd E. Jones
    93. Even Magic Squares
90. Multiple Square - Ellis Stanyon
91. Franklin Squares
92. Gag Bag
94. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
95. Photo of Hardeen
96. Theo. Hardeen Dies

97. The Bat - Number Eighteen - June 1945 - 6 pages
97. The Trick that Made a Name - Bob Hanko
98. Introducing Bob Hanko
99. Routine Versatile - Bob Hanko
101. Theo. Hardeen Dies - continued
102. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments

103. The Bat - Number Nineteen - July 1945 - 4 pages
103. Radio Mind Reading - Professor Elkan M. Lipka
104. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
105. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
     • Three On A Match
     • Heads and Tails
106. Snafued by Snafu - Professor El Tab
106. Gag Bag

107. The Bat - Number Twenty - n.d. (August 1945) - 4 pages
107. Jordan Card Routine - Charles T. Jordan
     • The Inseparable Aces
     • The Ready Reckoner
     • The Pair Detection
     • Dead Easy Location
     • The Nifty Key
108. jokes
109. The Matches of Lucifer - Jack Vosburgh - continued
     • The Vanishing Match
     • The Match Through the Handkerchief
     • The Diminishing Match
     • Stretching a Match
110. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments

111. The Bat - Number Twenty-One - September 1945 - 4 pages
111. Will De Sieve, Fred Moore & Joe Ovette - re: Clippo
112. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
113. Gag Bag
114. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • R. C. Buff
     • Arnold Belais - 2 effects
114. Gag Bag

115. The Bat - Number Twenty-Two - October 1945 - 4 pages
115. appearance of writing on slates - A. L. Paulsen
116. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
116. Gag Bag
117. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Unendlich
118. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • Amazing Transformation - Edwin Tabor
118. The Why Not Card Trick - Murry L. Rosenthal
118. cartoon - Lou Lilly

119. The Bat - Number Twenty-Three - November 1945 - 8 pages
119. The Human Pump - Frank Chapman
120. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
121. Magician No. 1 - re: Blackstone - Maurice Zolotow
124. Gag Bag
124. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • Aubry Perry - 2 effects
     • Edwin Tabor
125. Magic of Yesteryear
     • To Knock a Tumbler Through a Table
125. Keep up with the world - Freling foster - re: robot "Isis"
126. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The Floating Cigarette
126. cartoon - Larier (?)

127. The Bat - Number Twenty-Four - December 1945 - 4 pages
127. This is Your Number - Theron Fox
128. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
128. addition to Dime and Penny book
     • separating the coins
     • Arnold Belais
128. Gag Bag
129. Warringer's Whiz - gimmick for vanishing a pipe
130. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Lighted Cigarette Production
     • Zundeo
130. cartoon - Colin Allen

131. The Bat - Number Twenty-Five - January 1946 - 4 pages
131. The Telephone Trick - Oakland Conjurer's Association
132. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • formation of B.A.T. - Brotherhood of American Tricksters
132. Miniature Card Magic Additions
     • A Quicky
133. Gag Bag
134. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Florescos
134. Selectosilko - Frank Chapman
134. cartoon - Cramer

135. Super-Bat - Number Twenty-Six - February 1946 - 6 pages
135. Oh Nursie Nursie
136. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
136. Gag Bag
137. The Great Nicola (William Nicol) dies
137. Programs & Ideas - George Austin
138. 'Taint what you do - 'tis the way that-cha do it - Tenkai
140. cartoon - Kirk Stiles (?)

141. Super-Bat - Number Twenty-Seven - March 1946 - 4 pages
141. Bowman's Bullseye
142. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
142. Department of Unexpected Information - re: playing cards
142. Gag Bag
143. Bit for The Bat - Mariano Palhinha
143. A Penny Sucker? - Joseph Ovette
144. The Great Nicola (William Nicol) obituary
144. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Candela
144. cartoon - Sgt. Neil Sessa

145. The Bat - Number Twenty-Eight - April 1946 - 6 pages
145. The Check Cop Steal - Carl Sten
146. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Mandrake the Magician (Leon Mandrake)
147. The Deuce to Tray - Jack Mcmillen
148. The Travellers
148. Opening - William Murata
148. Gag Bag
149. Mr. Clubb Goes Beserk - Frank M. Chapman
150. Mystery of the Sixteen Digits - Bill Woodfield
150. European Magic - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Brilliant
150. cartoon - RIP

151. The Bat - Number Twenty-Nine - May 1946 - 6 pages
151. A Pain in the Deck - Sid Fleischman & Bob Gunther
152. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
153. The Gag Bag
154. Glass Wand Routine - James L. Hawkins
     • Rubber Band Gimmick
154. George Washington Night
155. Milk Pitcher Magic - "Hen" Fetsch - excerpts
156. A Tip for Your Tip - Al Gerwin
156. Lloyd Jones' father passed away

157. The Bat - Number Thirty - June 1946 - 6 pages
157. Sailin' Silks - Robert Gunther
157. Paper Tear - Harry Kellar
158. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
158. The Proper Way to Handle a Rabbit
158. Gag Bag
159. Neat Silk Production - origin unknown
159. Purse Mys'try - Frank Chapman
159. Tap-Tap - Frank Chapman
160. Oakland Magical Party & Gloria Baylinson
160. Puff - Frank Chapman
160. Bull's Eye - T. Page Wright
161. Impromptu Match Routine - Frank Chapman
160. Department of Unexpected Information - re: playing cards & thumb tips
161. The Makin's - Frank Chapman
162. Kontact! - Frank M. Chapman
162. cartoon

163. The Bat - Number Thirty-One - July 1946 - 6 pages
163. Disintegrosphere - Frank Chapman
164. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • pledge from a Davenport, Iowa junior club
164. Gag Bag
165. Ad for John Calvert's Luxury Airliner
165. Flash Color Change Silk - Frank Chapman
165. Department of Unexpected Information - re: how to make a thumb tip
166. Norma Banderob
166. The Bashful Bartender - Howard L. Warringer
167. Boutonniere - Frank Chapman
167. It's a Date - Frank Chapman
168. fan it! - Frank Chapman
168. cartoon - Saxon

169. The Bat - Number Thirty-Two - August 1946 - 6 pages
169. Fourth Dimensional Silks - Edwin Tabor
     • The Jumping Silk
     • Silk in Separation
     • The Gordian knot
170. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • survey of what service men like in entertainment
170. Gag Bag
171. That Magic Touch - S.A.M. Convention report
     173. tricky little knot tie - Milbourne Christopher
172. Silk Stretch - Harold Beaumont
174. With Silk - Howard Warringer
174. She Floats on Air - Sherms
174. Restoring a Fly

175. The Bat - Number Thirty-Three - September 1946 - 8 pages
175. 1950 Milk Pitcher - Lambie
176. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • interest in Milk Pitcher magic is up
176. Gag Bag
177. Department of Unexpected Information
177. Birds of a Feather - Gerald Kosky
177. The Sucker Card Palm - Jack McMillen
177. Repeat coin Gag - Harold G. Beaumont
178. Joe Ovette dies - obituary
180. Trick Stuff - Walter B. Gibson article reprint

183. The Bat - Number Thirty-Four - October 1946 - 6 pages
183. The Rabbit and the Hat - Alan Beech
184. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Everett Morgan dies
184. Gag Bag
184. cartoon
185. Cocktail Pix - Frank M. Chapman
186. Signor Bustelli's coin Transmission - James L. Hawkins
187. Thurston of the Clergy - re: Rev. Paul Lloyd - newspaper reprint
188. Paper Time - Harold G. Beaumont

189. The Bat - Number Thirty-Five - November 1946 - 6 pages
189. Marked, Torn and Restored Card - Maurice Rooklyn
190. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • letter of thanks from Mrs. Fran Ovette
190. Gag Bag
191. Introducing Maurice Rooklyn
192. Card Through the Handkerchief
193. Miniature Card Magic Additions
     • Miracle Miniature Photography
193. Hobby Horse - from a match book - Johnnie Murray
194. New No Switch Sucker Egg - James L. Hawkins
195. cartoon - Timothy J. Donlin

195. The Bat - Number Thirty-Six - December 1946 - 6 pages
195. Tricks to Teach Your Dog
     • Three Languages!
     • Take a Card!
     • Boredom
196. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • new club - TAB - announced
196. Gag Bag
198. Chameleon Thimbles - Douglas Francis
199. City Amateur Tops Magician - reprint
199. When Your Number Comes Up - Frank Chapman
200. cartoon - Timothy J. Donlin

201. The Bat - Number Thirty-Seven - January 1947 - 12 pages
201. Watch in Loaf - Frank M. Chapman
202. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
202. Gag Bag
204. cartoon - Timothy J. Donlin
205. Virgil show review
206. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Self-Working Prediction
     • Turno
     • Queenie Turns Over
     • Twin Aces
207. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Aqua Beado
     • Mento Test
     • The Magic Penny
     • End of First Year - February Selection
     • Alternate Selection
     • List of Alternatives
     • Million Dollar Puzzle
     • Hit the Jackpot
208. Shepard Show - review
     • An Apology
210. Group Photo - The Golden Gate Assembly, S.A.M.
210. Shattering Flask - Everett Samuels
210. Among the Dealers
     • Wallace Magic Shop
     • Circle Magic shop
     • Sterling Magic - sold to Roy Hall
     • Will Desmond
     • Tommy Windsor
     • National Magic Company
     • louis Tannen
211. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Clayton Rawson in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
     • Memoirs of Robert Houdin
     • Pentagram - Peter Warlock
     • Abracadabra - Goodliffe
     • Jackpot - Tommy Windsor
     • Magic Monthly - Goodliffe
     • Erik Benjamin Kanter - born
     • I'll Bet You Can't
     • meet T. R. (Tommy) Thomson
     • Ways and Means - Al Baker
     • Bert Easley
212. Recent Library Acquisitions
212. A Comedy Git - Roscoe Gaylord
212. advertisements

213. The Bat - Number Thirty-Eight - February 1947 - 8 pages
213. Push Button Diablerie - Sid Fleischman & Bob Gunther
214. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
214. Gag Bag
215. The Expanded Shell Half
216. photo of Joe Tersnay
216. Double Dealing Dollar
216. Among the Dealers
     • Percy Abbott - for shame
     • Jackpot - Tommy Windsor
     • Golden Gate Magic
     • Merv Taylor
217. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • The Blue Bug, Off the Beaten Path, I'll Bet You Can't & top Secrets
     • Watch This One - J. B. Bobo
     • Thomas Palmer
     • Abracadabra
     • Professor Flat
     • The Knothole - Jerry Arends
     • Magic Is Fun
     • The Cornish Pixie
     • and other gossip
218. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Controlled Coincidence (Impromptu)
     • Blue Intruder
219. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • February Selections - Ashes Up! & Emerald Mystery
     • March Choice a Good One - The Prolix Spirit - Wilbur Kattner
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • Short Shots
220. Recent Library Acquisitions
220. Department of Unexpected Information
220. Books on Conjuring
220. advertisements

221. The Bat - Number Thirty-Nine - March 1947 - 8 pages
221. Ringo - J. B. Bobo
222. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • five favored card tricks
222. Gag Bag
223. Utility Ring - John Larrick
223. cartoon - R. S. Glover
224. T-E-M-P-O - H. Syril Dusenberry
224. Among the Dealers
     • Sedgehill Industries
     • Smart Business - Tommy Windsor
     • Sherms
     • Flight Three - Herman l. Weber
     • Stull Magic
     • List No. 30 of Caesar, List No. 11 of louis Tannen, etc.
     • Ronald Haines buys business of late John Snyder
225. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • April TAB Selection - Patter Parade - Robert Orben
     • Applause - Berland
     • Cups and Balls - Senor Mardo
     • Encyclopedia of Patter - Robert Orben
     • Bert Allerton & Frederick G. Braue
     • Maurice Rooklyn
     • Les Levante
     • Art Jennings
     • Four Full Hands of Card Tricks - Charles T. Jordan
     • Will Desmond
     • 16th Annual Magi-Fest
     • Counts of Conjuring
     • and other gossip
226. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Discoveries by Mathematical Calculation
     • Automatic Location of Chosen Card
     • Watch Me Closely
227. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Editorial
     • Sensational!
     • April B.A.T. Selections
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • Short Shots
228. Recent Library Acquisitions
228. advertisements

229. The Bat - Number Forty - April 1947 - 8 pages
229. Sympathetic Silk - Carl Sten
230. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Walter Price and wife - deaths by fire
230. Gag Bag
231. Startling Swim Suit Colors Developed by Berkeleyans - reprint
231. Hypnotist Works by Television - re: Peter Casson - reprint
231. cartoon - Tim
232. Puzzle Corner
232. Mystic Candle and Silks of Enchantment - J. C. Walter
233. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Walter B. Gibson
     • Rufus Steele
     • Magic at Your Fingertips - "Hen" Fetsch & Milbourne Christopher
     • Watch This One! - J. B. Bobo
     • S.A.M. Convention & Martin Gardner
     • I.B.M. Convention
     • P.C.A.M. Convention
     • Patter Parade - Robert Orben
     • Four Full Hands
     • Something New - May Selection - Out of the Spook Cabinet - Herman L. Weber
     • Carl Ballantine
     • T.A.O.M.
     • Arthur Buckley
     • and other gossip
234. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Forty Nine
     • Color Tells
235. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • May Selection - Patter Parade - Robert Orben
     • Encyclopedia of Patter - Robert Orben
     • Milk Pitcher Magic - "Hen" Fetsch
     • Magician Killed For His Stalling - newspaper reprint
     • Johnny Murry - gag
     • E. L. Hodges - puzzle
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • and other gossip
236. Recent Library Acquisitions
236. Odds and Ends - Frank M. Chapman
236. advertisements

237. The Bat - Number Forty-One - May 1947 - 8 pages
237. Funny Bunny Business - "Hen" Fetsch
     • Bunny Hat
     • Toy Bunny
     • Tail Light
     • Black Bunny
     • Snap Tail
     • A Short Tail
238. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
238. Gag Bag
239. figures for Funny Bunny Business
240. Puzzle Corner
240. The Match-ic Penny - Douglas Francis
241. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Watch This One! - J. B. Bobo
     • 33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases - Burling Hull
     • Dai Vernon
     • Lane's Patter Book
     • This Week magazine
     • Will Desmond
     • Harry Canar
     • Tom Dethlefsen
     • The Magic Wand to reappear
     • Harry K. Shigeta
     • Dr. Zina Bennett
     • The Blackstone Show
242. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Perplexity
     • Miracle Card Location
243. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • it's June
     • Bunco Cards
     • A Piece of the Future
     • Benefit Performance by the Vancouver Magic Circle
     • Carl Jones
     • Hit The Jackpot
     • Jackpot No. 16
     • Johnnie Murray - match effect
     • Kilroy Was Here - sticker - Professor El-Tab
244. Recent Library Acquisitions
244. Boy to Girl - Edwin Tabor
244. advertisements
244. cartoon - Tim

245. The Bat - Number Forty-Two - June 1947 - 8 pages
245. Opening with a Bang - Christopher Charles
245. Stop The Press!! - re: P.C.A.M. Convention
246. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
246. Gag Bag
247. P.C.A.M. Convention - flyer
248. Puzzle Corner
249. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Watch This One! - J. B. Bobo
     • Dye Box Book - Tommy Windsor
     • Electric Bow Tie - Roy Hall
     • Magic Dealer's Association - new officers
     • Ozzie Malini
     • Counts of Conjuring
     • Jack Muir
     • King Tut (Fred Tuttle)
     • C. R. Eaton
     • Out of The Spook Cabinet - Herman Weber
250. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Self Working Card Trick
     • Astrological Card Trick
251. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.)
     • Greetings
     • Miracle String Trick - Joe Berg
     • The Mystic Tags (Kolar Tag Trick)
     • Secret - Everett Samuels
     • Royal H. Brin - another use for the Magic Penny
     • V. I. MacCanon
     • Dai Vernon
     • Seattle Magic Ring
     • John Murray - Magic Penny and match book
     • Hit The Jackpot
252. Recent Library Acquisitions
252. advertisements

253. The Bat - Number Forty-Three - July 1947 - 20 pages
253. 19th Annual Conference of the Society of American Magicians - Chicago
254. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
254. Gag Bag
255. Smart Coin Trick - Frank M. Chapman
256. The Flight of Silks - Walter The Magician (J. C. Walter)
256. Cartoon - Tim (Timothy J. Donlin)
256. Spinning Card - Charlie Miller
256. Sucker Color Change - Charlie Miller
257. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Three Card Discovery
     • Sensitive Fingers
258. The Match Box Change - Royal H. Brin, Jr.
258. A Gag - Frank M. Chapman
259. Puzzle Corner
259. Among the Dealers
     • Loyd
     • Lou Tannen - silks
     • Magic at Your Fingertips - "Hen" Fetsch & Milbourne Christopher
     • Die Box Book - Tommy Windsor
     • Raymonde's ceramic items
     • Dick Swanson
     • Bob Stull
     • Tom Dethlefsen
260. "National Nite" - Headliner Show - review
261. Batting Around the Chicago Round Table - Chic Schoke
262. Seattle! - P.C.