Chap’S Scrapbook by Franklin M. Chapman

Description

This is the favorite ‘book’ of Gaetan Bloom. This monthly magic journal only ran for two years (24 issues) but it is filled with wonderful ideas largely on close-up magic. Although most of the effects described are from Frank Chapman, there are a few contributions from people like Charlie Miller, Nate Leipzig, etc.

To give you a sense of what Frank had in mind, here an excerpt from the first issue:

Magic is my hobby … It has been my hobby for over twenty-five years … I am not a professional magician … This may be questioned because I occasionally entertain for a fee … I do this for two reasons … To keep my hobby self-supporting … and to play fair with those who derive a livelihood from magic … My fee is considered high … I keep it high for two reasons … Because I can get it (so can you) – and because it places my performance on a higher plane (and it will yours) … And so youunderstand … at the start … that I am an amateur magician … and an amateur editor … and that “Scrapbook” is not a “last word in magic” … by any stretchy of the imagination … It is simply this … A monthly publication devoted, primarily, to club and pocket magic … Many of the effects will be taken from my private scrapbooks … They will be new to you … I sincerely believe that you will find them valuable … I know that they are practical … In addition to these effects … you will receive, from time to time, the ideas of others … Not “fillers”, understand; but exclusive material that meets my personal standard of judgement … and for which I will have reimbursed the originator … I shall ask myself this question before each issue leaves my hands: “Would you be satisfied with this issue of ‘Scrapbook’ if you had paid a dollar for it?” … I will never fail to answer that question fairly … I want “Scrapbook” to be worth at least double what you pay for it … And I will welcome your opinion of each issue…. It may inspire me to dig a little deeper should the “going get easy” … Wherever an effect calls for the use of a special gimmick I will supply that gimmick with the issue – providing the cost is not excessive … This, naturally, you will understand … As for inter-journalistic, and private, squabbles … I am not interested … The “scrap” in “Scrapbook” is not to be taken in any suoh sense … Those who seek such literary fisticuffs … had best look elsewhere … I can find better use for my time … And, I believe, yours … It is my intention to keep “Scrapbook” a quality sheet … Not a “high hat” sheet, mind you … A quality sheet … I promise no definite number of tricks to the issue … One month you may receive four or five … the next month two … But in every instance … you will receive double value for your money … I am not out to “live” on “Scrapbook” … I want it to pay its way … And, I hope, show a small profit … If it grows beyond expectations I shall reduce the subscription rate … and see that my original subscribers are rewarded for the confidence placed in me … One thing more … and then we will “get to the meat” … Today – there is a great demand for bar (pocket) magic and small club effects … This is the field that “Scrapbook” intends to serve … Are we all set? … Then – “OPEN SESAME!”1st edition 1938; PDF 98 pages

Contents

July 1938Pleased to Meet You (Frank Chapman) – 2Darn Clever These Chinese (Frank Chapman) – 3Tap-tap (Frank Chapman) – 4Purse Mys’try (Frank Chapman) – 4August 1938Thank You (Frank Chapman) – 5Just a Cigarette (Frank Chapman) – 5Boutonniere (Bill Larsen) – 6Flash Color-change Silk (Frank Chapman) – 6Mr. Clubb Goes Berserk (Frank Chapman) – 7It’s the Climax That Counts (Frank Chapman) – 8September 1938Let’s Get Straight! (Frank Chapman) – 9The Human Pump! (Frank Chapman) -10With Silk (Howard Warringer) – 11Fan It! (Frank Chapman) – 12 (added comment on page 9)October 1938The Man With the Pipe (Frank Chapman) – 13Dr. Ervin’s Straw Trick (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 13Cocktail Pix (Frank Chapman) – 14Smart Coin Trick (Frank Chapman) – 15 & 16Bull’s Eye! (T. Page Wright) – 15November 1938What Do You Think? (Frank Chapman) – 17Disintegrosphere (Frank Chapman) – 17Watch-in-Loaf (Frank Chapman) – 18 to 29December 1938Screwball (Frank Chapman) – 21Obedient Silks (Howard Warringer) – 21 & 24Selectosilko (Frank Chapman) – 22Dr. Ervin’s Psyhic Cigarette (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 23Psychic Slate Mystery (Frank Chapman) – 23January 1939Contest Winners! (Frank Chapman) – 25Capture of Black Carew (Frank Chapman) – 25Puff (Frank Chapman) – 26Sucker Coins (Frank Chapman-Paul Morris) – 27For Magi Ony! (Bill Larsen) – 27Oriental Papers (Frank Chapman) – 28February 1939Home Sweet Home (Frank Chapman) – 29Yogi Stuff (Anonymous) – 30Emergency Card in Wallet (Frank Chapman) – 30Picture of a Prophecy (Frank Chapman-Jack Keyes) – 31Again – The Cigarette From Nowhere (Frank Chapman) – 32March 1939Amator (Frank Chapman) – 33Scoop!!! (Art Lyle) – 34It’s a Date (Frank Chapman) – 34Like Mawe Makes (C. R. Mawe) – 35Bamboo (“R. D. Spraker- Jr.”) – 36April 1939Odds & Ends (Frank Chapman) – 37When Your Number Turns Up (Frank Chapman) – 38Kontact! (Frank Chapman) – 39By Request – The Card in the Matchbox (Frank Chapman) – 40May 1939More Odds & Ends (Frank Chapman) – 41Thought Transmission (Dr. Rothbart) – 42A Coin Load (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 43Howard Warringer’s Resuscitated Cigarette (Howard Warringer) – 44June 1939Curtain Calls (Frank Chapman) – 45Corker (Bob Weill) – 46Lyle’s Coin Vanish (Art Lyle) – 46Impromptu Match Routine (Frank Chapman) – 47Pencil & Peg Mystery (John B. Ward) – 48Vol. II, No. 1, July 1939Prelude to Act II (Frank Chapman) – 49Izariot (Frank Chapman) – 50Art Lyle offers Hats All Right (Art Lyle) – 52Dr. Ervin offers Magnetized Plate (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 52Chap offers The Floating Cigarette (Frank Chapman) – 52Vol. II, No. 14, August 1939Hindu Turban Mystery (Club Version) (Dr. Harlan Tarbell) – 53Sure I’m Da Phantom! So What? – 55Len Barker offers Phoney Telepathy (Len Barker) – 56Dr. L. Rothbart offers Sugar Lumps (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 56Chap offers Crystal Gags (Frank Chapman) – 56Vol. II, No. 15, September 1939Famous Moth Trick (Fred Robert) – 57The Bashful Bartender (Howard Warringer) – 59Brainerd Baker offers Color Waves (Brainerd Baker) – 60Chap offers the Makin’s (Frank Chapman) – 60Chap offers Match-ic Numbers (Frank Chapman) – 60Vol. II, No. 16, October 1939Knife Thru Coat (John B. Ward) – 61Impaled (Joe Ovette) – 62X Marks the Spot (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 63Quong Yen offers Cig in Bottle (Quong Yen) – 64Chap offers Vanishing Glass on Wand (Frank Chapman) – 64Vol. II, No. 17, November 1939Zen’s X-clusive Card Combination (M. F. Zens) – 65Niteclub Silk Production (Joe Ovette) – 67R. D. Spraker offers Reverse 20th Century (“R. D. Spraker- Jr.”) – 68Dr. Ervin offers Here’s How! (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 68Al Cerwin (of Guatemala) offers A Tip for Your Tip (Al Cerwin) – 68Howard Warringer offers Hoo-mathpac (Howard Warringer) – 68Vol. II, No. 18, December 1939Master of Will (Eddie Clever) – 69Flash Card Production (Tommy Tucker) – 71The Fastest Trick in the World (Frank Chapman) – 71Restored Rope #7643999 (Art Lyle) – 72Vol. II, No. 19, January 1940From the Pen of Leipzig (Nate Leipzig) – 73Surprise Sponge Climax (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 74A Penny “Sucker” (Joe Ovette) – 75Bad-egg-bag (Frank Chapman) – 75Utility Card Stealing Apparatus (Howard Warringer) – 76Performance Counts – 76Vol. II, No. 20, February 1940Visible Thimble Penetration (John B. Ward) – 77Comedy of Errors (George Pearace) – 78Beats the Band! (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 79Match-ic Manipulation (Joe Ovette) – 79Silk-‘n-coin Production (Howard Warringer) – 80Making Modern Magic Catalogs Modern – 80Vol. II, No. 21, March 1940The Flashing Fetish (Howard Warringer) – 81Nine From Three (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 84Bombay Propaganda (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 84Coin Go (Art Lyle) – 84Long Hair (Art Lyle) – 84French Safes (Art Lyle) – 84Vol. II, No. 22, April 1940Cigars (Sid Lorraine) – 85Troseth’s Famous Three Card Routine (George Troseth) – 86A Lulu! (Joe Ovette) – 87Coin in Bottle (Jim Muir) – 88Vol. II, No. 23, May 1940The O-so-easy Torn & Restored Strip of Paper (Frank Chapman) – 89Ovette’s Paper Strip Tear (Joe Ovette) – 90A Drink – and a Smoke (Frank Chapman) – 91Cocktail Cup Routine (Bud Spraker) – 91The Spectre Slate! (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 92Vol. II, No. 24, June 1940My Cups and Balls (Charles Miller) 94Aerial Card Production (Tommy Tucker) -95A Headline Egg-bag Routine (George E. Pearce) – 96In Reverse! (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 96Warringer’s Wiz – 96
word count: 70801 which is equivalent to 283 standard pages of text