Ibidem – Volume 1

[Evan Shuster]

Ibidem Volume 1
Like new condition
352 large-format pages in hardcover
$45 (includes shipping in the continental US)

Contains the first sixteen issues of Ibidem, plus additional rare material related to the history and publication of this landmark journal. There are massive contributions by Ed Marlo and Stewart James. Other contributors include Lyons, Norm Houghton, Mel Stover, The Amazing Randi, Ken Beale, Tom Ransom, Francis Haxton, L. Vosburgh Lyons, Peter Warlock, Martin Gardner, Faucett W. Ross, Bill Simon, Tom Bowyer, Elmer Biddle, William Miesel, Alex Elmsley, Ravelli and Neal Elias.




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Ibidem - Volume 1
Issues 1 - 16 (June 1955 - March 1959)
edited by P. Howard Lyons
Hardbound with dj, 319 pages
First Edition, First Printing
Published by Kaufman & Greenberg

xiii - Introduction (Richard Kaufman)
xv - A Brief Word From Stewart James
xv - Correspondence between Lyons and James (1953- 1955): "Birth of Ibidem"

xvii - Pre-Apa, November, 1954

xxxiii - Ibidem covers 1 through 16 in color

1 - Ibidem 1, June 1955
2 - Editor's Comments
3 - Parlay: A Card Avenue (Stewart James)
4 - A Record Prediction (Randall Zwinge /
The Amazing Randi)
7 - Color Blind (Norman Houghton)
9 - Cheating at Cheating No. 1
9 - Middle Deal (P.H. Lyons)
9 - No Switch Switch (P.H. Lyons)
10 - Double Dealing Second Deal (P.H. Lyons)
10 - T-E-L-E-M-A-T-H-Y (Mel Stover)
12 - Puzzle: Herman the Hobo (Mel Stover)
12 - Infallible Coincidence (P.H. Lyons)
13 - Infallible Force (P.H. Lyons)

14 - Flyer For Ibidem

15 - Ibidem 2, August 1955
16 - Editor's Comments
17 - M. C. Bit (P.H. Lyons)
18 - Atlantic Avenue (Stewart James)
19 - Maybe Make Three (Tom Bowyer)
20 - Puzzle Solution: Herman the Hobo (Mel Stover)
21 - Half A Headache (Ken Beale)
23 - Betcha (Mel Stover)
23 - Filler on Impression Pads (Randall Zwinge /
The Amazing Randi)
24 - Double Up (P.H. Lyons)
25 - Deliver The Billets (Randall Zwinge /
The Amazing Randi)
26 - Songs of Tom Leher
28 - Puzzle: Lewis Carroll (Mel Stover)
28 - A Letter, Strictly (Sic)
29 - Some Miraculous Manifestation of Dr. Dahesh
31 - Mentalism Tip (Randall Zwinge/The Amazing Randi)

32 - Ibidem Mailing Wrapper

33 - Ibidem 3, August 1955
34 - Editor's Comments
35 - The Open Prediction
36 - No. 1 (Stewart James)
37 - No. 2 (Stewart James)
37 - No. 3 (Stewart James)
38 - No. 4 (Stewart James)
38 - No. 5 (Stewart James)
38 - No. 6 (Stewart James)
38 - No. 7 (Stewart James)
39 - No. 8 (Stewart James)
39 - No. 9 (Stewart James)
39 - No. 10 (Stewart James)
39 - No. 11 (Stewart James)
40 - No. 12 (Stewart James)
40 - No. 13 (Stewart James)
41 - No. 14 (Stewart James)
41 - No. 15 (Stewart James)
41 - No. 16 (Stewart James)
42 - No. 17 (Stewart James)
42 - No. 18 (Stewart James)
43 - No. 19 (Stewart James)
43 - No. 20 (Stewart James)
43 - No. 21 (Stewart James)
43 - No. 22 (Stewart James)
43 - No. 23 (Stewart James)
44 - No. 24 (Stewart James)
45 - No. 25 (Stewart James)
45 - The Lyons Share
45 - No. 26 (P.H. Lyons)
46 - No. 27 (P.H. Lyons)
46 - No. 28 (P.H. Lyons)
46 - No. 29 (P.H. Lyons)
46 - No. 30 (P.H. Lyons)
46 - No. 31 (P.H. Lyons)
46 - No. 32 (P.H. Lyons)
47 - No. 33 (P.H. Lyons)
47 - No. 34 (P.H. Lyons)
47 - No. 35 (P.H. Lyons)
47 - No. 36 (P.H. Lyons)

48 - sf fanzine Ibidem 1, September 1955 (Excerpts)

49 - Ibidem 4, November 1955
50 - Editor's Comments
52 - The Mathematricker (Stewart James)
53 - Divination of Two Mentally Chosen Cards (Brown/Lyons/Ransom/Houghton)
54 - Addition and Teaser (Stewart James)
54 - Puzzles: The Huckster, Color Poker (Tom Ransom)
55 - Trick Brain Tumors
56 - Break Even (P.H. Lyons)
57 - Some Amazing Mazes (Peirce/Lyons)
59 - Trick Brain Tumors
60 - The Torn Off-Center (Randall Zwinge /
The Amazing Randi)
61 - The Marlo-Curry Prediction (Francis Haxton)
61 - More Approaches to The Open Prediction
61 - No. 37 (P.H. Lyons)
62 - No. 38 (P.H. Lyons)
62 - No. 39 (P.H. Lyons)
62 - No. 40 (P.H. Lyons)
62 - No. 41 (P.H. Lyons)
63 - Trick Brain Tumors
63 - Dirty Deal (P.H. Lyons)
64 - Cheating at Cheating No. 2
64 - Prak-Tekel Hand Control (P.H. Lyons)
65 - No Switch Switch No. 2 (Ken Beale)

67 - sf fanzine Ibidem 2, November 1955 (Excerpts)

69 - Hard Lines No. 1, December 1955

79 - Ibidem 5, April 1956
80 - Editor's Comments
81 - Puzzle Solution: Lewis Carroll (Mel Stover)
82 - So Nero (Stewart James)
83 - Brown Study (Tom Ramsom)
84 - Okosa (Mel Stover)
85 - Trick Brain Tumors
86 - Out of This Mind (P.H. Lyons)
87 - Puzzle: Shear Madness (Tom Ramsom)
88 - Setting Up Exercise (Ken Beale)
89 - Trick Brain Tumors
90 - Mentrick (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
91 - Trick Brain Tumors
92 - Cheating at Cheating No. 3
93 - Pseudo Seconds (Ken Beale)
94 - Trick Brain Tumors
94 - The Negative Miracle (P.H. Lyons)
95 - HiLo (Norm Houghton)
96 - Stranger of Another Color (Norm Houghton)

97 - sf fanzine Ibidem 3, April 1955 (Excerpts)

99 - Ibidem 6, July 1956
100 - Editor's Comments
101 - Warlock's Way (Peter Warlock)
102 - Puzzle: Sugar Lumps (Mel Stover)
102 - Two Cues (Mel Stover)
103 - Ambiguous Cards (P.H. Lyons)
103 - The "One Two Three" Trick (Martin Gardner)
104 - In His Cups (Paul J. Curry)
106 - Background on The Dee Vee Manuscript
(Faucett W. Ross)
107 - Follow The Leader (Tom Bowyer)
108 - Blood is Thicker Than Oil (P.H. Lyons)
109 - Principles Only! (Martin Gardner)
110 - Puzzle: Cubes (Stover, Ransom, Houghton)
110 - Redundant (Tom Ransom)
111 - Puzzle Solution: Shear Madness (Tom Ransom)
111 - New Keys (The Great Randi)
112 - Ribbon-Spread Cards Suspension (Bruce Posgate)
115 - Cheating at Cheating No. 4
116 - Blindfold Stud (Ken Beale)

117 - Ibidem 7, September 1956
118 - Editor's Comments
119 - Tom Ransom Letter
119 - Puzzle Solution: Sugar Lumps (Mel Stover)
120 - Time Machine (Ed Marlo)
123 - Trick Brain Tumors
124 - Heavenly Sevens (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
127 - One Way the Hard Way (Faucett W. Ross)
128 - Movable Marker (Norman Houghton)
129 - Flexa-Tube Puzzle (Martin Gardner)
129 - Puzzle: Smith's Dilemna (Martin Gardner)
130 - Simon-Chanted Evening (Bill Simon)
131 - Puzzle Solutions: Cubes (Stover and Ransom)
132 - TNUOC (Bill Elliot)
132 - OGNIB (Mel Stover)
133 - Money Maker (P.H. Lyons)
134 - Wildroot (P.H. Lyons)
136 - Take Nine (Ken Beale)
138 - Suggestion Box (Norman Houghton)

139 - Ibidem 8, December 1956
140 - Editor's Comments
140 - An Ed Marlo Bibliography
141 - Separating Aces, 4th Method (Ed Marlo)
142 - Repeat Transposition, Five Methods (Ed Marlo)
145 - The Torn Joker (Ed Marlo)
146 - Puzzle: Twin Matchng (Mel Stover)
146 - On The Memorized Deck (Ed Marlo)
147 - A Miracle With Cards (Ed Marlo)
149 - Puzzle Solution: Cubes (Houghton)
149 - New Oil and Water Routine (Ed Marlo)
150 - Oil and Water Climax (Ed Marlo)
152 - All One Way (Ed Marlo)
154 - Cased-In Shuffle (Ed Marlo)
155 - Solutions To A Problem, Five Methods (Ed Marlo)
158 - Notes On The Turnabout Pass (Ed Marlo)
159 - Stanyon Advertisement
159 - Mexican Solitaire (Ed Marlo)
160 - Progressive Poker
161 - Royal Flush Control
161 - Trick Brain Tumors

162 - SARDOODLEDUM No. 2, October 1956 (Excerpts)

163 - Ibidem 9, March 1957
164 - Editor's Comments
165 - Royal Box (Don Tanner)
166 - A Clean Book Test (The Amazing Randi)
167 - Trick Brain Tumors
168 - Three More (Francis Haxton)
170 - Resurrection Dept.
170 - One-Man Impossibility (Tom Bowyer)
170 - "Sucker" Effect
171 - Final 3 Cardmanship (P.H. Lyons)
171 - Trick Brain Tumors
172 - Three Up (P.H. Lyons)
173 - Trick Brain Tumors
174 - Flexa-Tube Solution (Tom Ransom)
175 - Latest Oil and Water (Ed Marlo)
177 - 2 with 6 (P.H. Lyons)
178 - Poor Mixers (Norman Houghton)
180 - Trick Brain Tumors
180 - Puzzle Solution: Twin Matching (Mel Stover)
180 - Clown Version (P.H. Lyons)
181 - Trick Brain Tumors
181 - Slipduc (P.H. Lyons)
182 - Trick Brain Tumors
182 - Mixmaster (Tom Ransom)
183 - Miracle Transposition (Ed Marlo)
184 - Department Dept.

185 - Ibidem 10, June 1957
186 - Editor's Comments
187 - Stover's Unanswerable Propositions
187 - Red Black Locations (Ed Marlo)
189 - Puzzle for Marks (P.H. Lyons)
190 - Athelete's Fool (P.H. Lyons)
191 - Trick Brain Tumors
192 - Principles Only
192 - Looped! (Martin Gardner)
192 - Biddle Diddle (Elmer Biddle)
193 - Elmer's Spell (Elmer Biddle)
193 - Here There & Everywhere (P.H. Lyons)
194 - Trick Brain Tumors
195 - Ambitious Ten (William Miesel)
196 - Trick Brain Tumors
196 - Double Buckle Vanish (Ed Marlo)
197 - Trick Brain Tumors
198 - No Latin Needed (John Howie)
199 - The Compleat Angler (Norman Houghton)
200 - Skipping Elevator (Ed Marlo)

202 - Cover of Inside by Pat Patterson Lyons

203 - Ibidem 11, September 1957
204 - Editor's Comments
205 - Bubble Spectacle (Norman Houghton)
206 - Jumping Jehosophat (P.H. Lyons)
208 - Shears (Norman Houghton)
209 - Puzzle: Bananastand (Mel Stover)
209 - PSI Stebbins: Three Methods (P.H. Lyons)
210 - High in Denmark (P.H. Lyons)
211 - A Puzzle From The Future! (Tom Ransom)
211 - 3 Mental Effects (Ed Marlo)
211 - New Tail of the Q
213 - Telephone Test
214 - Mental and Physical
215 - Telephone Extension (P.H. Lyons)
216 - Piano Music (Tom Ransom)
217 - A Letter from Alex (Alex Elmsley)
218 - Through Darkest Peirce (Alex Elmsley)
221 - Late Night Location (Alex Elmsley)
221 - Choosey (Alex Elmsley)
222 - Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley)
222 - 3 Up (William Miesel)
223 - Trick Brain Tumors

224 - sf fanzine Ibidem 4, n.d. (1957?) (Excerpts)

225 - Ibidem 12, December 1957
226 - Editor's Comment's
227 - Puzzle: Magical Principles
227 - Hummer-Marlo (Ed Marlo)
229 - Puzzle Solution: Bananastand (Mel Stover)
229 - The Backward Faro (Ed Marlo)
230 - Jack Avis Tip for "Shears"
230 - The Faro Calculator (Ed Marlo)
231 - Puzzle Solution: Puzzle From The Future! (Tom Ransom)
232 - Sum Total (Alexander F. Kraus)
232 - Stripper Trick (Norman Houghton)
233 - OWOOOooo-o-o-o! (Norman Houghton)
235 - 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley)
236 - Somerset (P.H. Lyons)
237 - A Short Brownwave (Jack Avis)
238 - A Simple Brownwave (Jack Avis)
238 - Delayed Brownwave (Jack Avis)
239 - Aces, Red & Black (Arthur Hastings)
240 - CUBEB (L. Vosburgh Lyons)
242 - Department Page

243 - Ibidem 13, March 1958
244 - Editor's Comments
245 - Stough
246 - Auto Prediction (Alex Elmsley)
247 - 7-16 (Alex Elmsley)
248 - Puzzle: Fist Through Cigarette Paper (Tom Ransom)
248 - Peirce Arrow (Alex Elmsley)
248 - Tip from Ravelli
249 - Two Puzzles (Martin Gardner)
250 - Mental Disclosure: Two Methods (Ed Marlo)
251 - Sibling (Tom Ransom)
252 - MelMath (Mel Stover)
253 - No Two Ways (Ron Edwards)
254 - Nic's Trick
255 - Sum Total (Alexander F. Kraus)
258 - Sum More
259 - Two Little Houghtons (Norm Houghton)
259 - The Shower of Aces
260 - Honest Weight
260 - Hollow Mockery (Norman Houghton)

261 - Ibidem 14, September 1958
262 - Editor's Comments
263 - Australian Poker (Tom Ransom)
264 - Thoughts on Piano: Three Methods (Ed Marlo)
266 - When You Can't Face It (Ric Schonblom)
267 - Tips from Ravelli
268 - In the Mind (Thomas M. Harris)
269 - No Two Ways (Second Way) (Norman Houghton)
270 - A Blue Prediction (Gerald Kosky)
271 - Trick Brain Tumors
271 - For He's a Jolly Good Follow (P.H. Lyons)
272 - Reverse Stud (P.H. Lyons)
273 - A Letter to Faucett (Tom Bowyer)
274 - Auto Discovery (Alex Elmsley)
275 - Double Control (Alex Elmsley)
275 - Chance & Choice (Alex Elmsley)
276 - Mathematics & Mentalism (Alex Elmsley)
277 - "Why-Believe-Its" (P.H. Lyons)
277 - Switchy-Coo (Alex Elmsley)
278 - Trick Brain Tumors
278 - Whose World? (P. Domain)

279 - sf fanzine Ibidem 5, November 1958 (Excerpts)

281 - Ibidem 15, December 1958
282 - Editor's Comments
282 - Quick 3-Way (Ed Marlo)
284 - In Lieu of the Hindoo Shuffle: Six Methods
(Ed Marlo)
285 - Mini-Classic: Two Methods (Ed Marlo)
287 - A Sixy Effect (Ed Marlo)
288 - A Variation to a Sixy Effect (Ed Marlo)
288 - Buffalo'd (Ed Marlo)
289 - Jack and Ace Transposition (Ed Marlo)
290 - Puzzle Solution: Seven Cigarettes
291 - Oil & Water - Water & Oil - Oil & Water
(Ed Marlo)
291 - 3 Jacks and 3 Tens
292 - Reds and Blues
295 - All Face-Up Oil and Water
296 - Add Note to P. M. (Ed Marlo)
296 - Progressive Miracle Variation
297 - To Tell The Truth

299 - Ibidem 16, March 1959
300 - Editor's Comments
301 - Puzzle Solutions: Matches (Martin Gardner)
302 - 3 Card Monkey Business (Bill Elliot)
305 - Observation Test (Marlo, Elias, Fenn)
308 - Dream of a Dream (P.H. Lyons)
309 - Piano Mover (Martin Gardner)
310 - Mental Count (Neal Elias)
311 - Double Selection (Neal Elias)
311 - You Did It! (Tom Ransom)
312 - Puzzle: Big Casino (Tom Ransom)
313 - The 8 Card Wonder: Five Effects (Ed Marlo)
316 - From the Subliminal to the Ridiculous
(Tom Ransom)
316 - Tip from Jack Stone on Prell Treatment
317 - Two Faces of Eve (Norman Houghton)
318 - Ring Off (P.H. Lyons)
319 - Down! (P.H. Lyons)

[Evan Shuster]

One last try... $42 shipped.

The book normally sells for $60 plus shipping. With paypal and shipping costs this is as low as I can go.

[Evan Shuster]

...to sweeten the deal...


No more price drops, but if you purchase TODAY I will throw in your choice of one of the following DVDs:

1. Jim Steinmeyer's "Palingenesia" (brilliantly performed by Neil Patrick Harris)
- OR -
2. L&L Publishing Presents The Greatest Collection of Magic Performances Ever Assembled on DVD - Volume 2


*** I am making the same offer in another post, so it is "first come, first served" on the availability of the bonus DVDs.

[David Ben]

Evan, for approximately $10 more (to cover postage in the US), we'll send the purchaser of Volume 1, Volumes 2 and 3 for a complete set. So, whoever buys Volume 1 from you can get 2 and 3 for the cost of postage. You, of course, will have to let me know who the purchaser is, and then they can contact us if they want to complete the set for the cost of postage.

[Dustin Stinett]

Such a generous deal! It makes me wish I didnt already own these marvelous books.

Folks, there is some great stuff hidden in these beautifully produced magazine reprints. Look at the list of contributors above, and thats just Volume One! And the coversby Pat Lyonsare truly wonderful.

[Bob Plaut]

Great deal. I'll take it.

[Evan Shuster]

Wow! David, that really is an extremely generous offer and a TERRIFIC deal for the buyer.

Bob, the book(s) is(are) yours! I'll respond to you privately, and then pass your info along to David.

I know that I will be renewing my subscription to the MCA. I would encourage Bob (and everyone else) to do the same.

Many thanks!
Evan