All Volumes in good used condition with dust-jackets
Vol 1 Published by Kaufman and Greenberg
P. Howard Lyons’ Ibidem magazine put the cutting edge on close-up magic. From 1955 to 1979, P. Howard Lyons and his mildly crazed but brilliant crew published 36 issues of Ibidem containing work that is still razor sharp! Those issues accumulated quite a reputation as the best source for avant-garde card magic and many other curious findings. In the intervening years copies of Ibidem have been much sought after and high prices paid.
Now, the first 16 issues of Ibidem are available in a single hardbound volume along with additional rare material related to the history and publication of this landmark journal.
Contains contributions by: Ed Marlo, Stewart James, Howard 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.
Pages 352 – Hardbound, Large-Format
Vol 2 published by Hermetic Press
bidem, published and edited by Howard Lyons and illustrated by his pro-artist wife, Pat, was issued from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 1955 to 1979, and was the only notable magic periodical in Canada’s history. Ibidem was so far ahead of its time in the type of material it published, much of it still feels cutting edge. Ed Marlo, Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton and many other leading lights chose Ibidem to publish large amounts of their best work.
Michael Close wrote in Genii magazine, “As I have said before (but few people seem to be listening), some of the best card magic I’ve read is hidden in the pages of Ibidem.” Yes, the emphasis was on card magic, although puzzles and recreational mathematics also appeared frequently in its pages.
Ibidem was an anomaly: an intellectual magic magazine, leavened with a unique sense of humor and self-parody, with no equal in its time, nor to this day.
This second volume of Lyons’s widely acclaimed journal presents issues 17 through 28, and includes, along with the usual innovative assortment, special issues by Ed Marlo and Ravelli.
Pages 358 – Hardbound, Large-Format
Vol 3 Published by Hermetic Press
From 1955 to 1979, P. Howard Lyons and his mildly crazed but brilliant crew published 36 issues of Ibidem magazine. Those issues accumulated quite a reputation as the best source for avant-garde card magic and many other curious findings. In the intervening years copies of Ibidem have been much sought after and high prices paid. Hermetic Press recently reprinted the magazines into three hardbound books, so now they’re available again in their full glory.
The contributors to the magazines were vast and varied. They included Ed Marlo, Stewart James, Howard 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.
The magic in these magazines isn’t cutting-edge, knuckle-busting flourish-mania, but instead sensible, clever card magic. Some contain inspiring methods, others contain amazing plot twists, while others just illustrate some insane mathematical principle that will mess with your head.
The first issue is running low on stock, but we’ve managed to acquire a few copies. So, if you’d like to obtain a complete set of Ibidem, we suggest picking up your copy today.
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