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Chap's Scrapbook
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| Chap's Scrapbook | |
 Issue No. 1 | |
| Editors | Frank Chapman |
|---|---|
| First issue | July 1938 |
| Final issue | June 1940 |
| Total issues | 24 |
Chap's Scrapbook was a a hand-typed, self illustrated magazine by Frank Chapman that contained mostly close-up magic. It ran from July 1938 to June 1940 and featured some material by Charlie Miller and Nate Leipzig.
Issues were Vol. 1, No. 1 to Vol 2, No 12. for a total of 24 in all.
Contents
| July 1938 | ||
| Pleased to Meet You (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Darn Clever These Chinese (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Tap-tap (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Purse Mys'try (Frank Chapman) | ||
| August 1938 | ||
| Thank You (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Just a Cigarette (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Boutonniere (Bill Larsen) | ||
| Flash Color-change Silk (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Mr. Clubb Goes Berserk (Frank Chapman) | ||
| It's the Climax That Counts (Frank Chapman) | ||
| September 1938 | ||
| Let's Get Straight! (Frank Chapman) | ||
| The Human Pump! (Frank Chapman) | ||
| With Silk (Howard Warringer) | ||
| Fan It! (Frank Chapman) | ||
| October 1938 | ||
| The Man With the Pipe (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Dr. Ervin's Straw Trick (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | ||
| Cocktail Pix (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Smart Coin Trick (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Bull's Eye! (T. Page Wright) | ||
| November 1938 | ||
| What Do You Think? (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Disintegrosphere (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Watch-in-Loaf (Frank Chapman) | ||
| December 1938 | ||
| Screwball (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Obedient Silks (Howard Warringer) | ||
| Selectosilko (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Dr. Ervin's Psychic Cigarette (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | ||
| Psychic Slate Mystery (Frank Chapman) | ||
| January 1939 | ||
| Contest Winners! (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Capture of Black Carew (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Puff (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Sucker Coins (Frank Chapman-Paul Morris) | ||
| For Magi Ony! (Bill Larsen) | ||
| Oriental Papers (Frank Chapman) | ||
| February 1939 | ||
| Home Sweet Home (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Yogi Stuff (Anonymous) | ||
| Emergency Card in Wallet (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Picture of a Prophecy (Frank Chapman-Jack Keyes) | ||
| Again - The Cigarette From Nowhere (Frank Chapman) | ||
| March 1939 | ||
| Amator (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Scoop!!! (Art Lyle) | ||
| It's a Date (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Like Mawe Makes (C. R. Mawe) | ||
| Bamboo ("R. D. Spraker- Jr.") | ||
| April 1939 | ||
| Odds & Ends (Frank Chapman) | ||
| When Your Number Turns Up (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Kontact! (Frank Chapman) | ||
| By Request - The Card in the Matchbox (Frank Chapman) | ||
| May 1939 | ||
| More Odds & Ends (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Thought Transmission (Dr. Rothbart) | ||
| A Coin Load (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | ||
| Howard Warringer's Resuscitated Cigarette (Howard Warringer) | ||
| June 1939 | ||
| Curtain Calls (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Corker (Bob Weill) | ||
| Lyle's Coin Vanish (Art Lyle) | ||
| Impromptu Match Routine (Frank Chapman) | ||
| Pencil & Peg Mystery (John B. Ward) | ||
| Vol. II, No. 1, July 1939 | ||
| Prelude to Act II (Frank Chapman) | 1 |
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| Izariot (Frank Chapman) | 2 |
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| Art Lyle offers Hats All Right (Art Lyle) | 4 |
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| Dr. Ervin offers Magnetized Plate (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | 4 |
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| Chap offers The Floating Cigarette (Frank Chapman) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 14, August 1939 | ||
| Hindu Turban Mystery (Club Version) (Dr. Harlan Tarbell) | 1 |
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| Sure I'm Da Phantom! So What? | 3 |
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| Len Barker offers Phoney Telepathy (Len Barker) | 4 |
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| Dr. L. Rothbart offers Sugar Lumps (Dr. L. Rothbart) | 4 |
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| Chap offers Crystal Gags (Frank Chapman) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 15, September 1939 | ||
| Famous Moth Trick (Fred Robert) | 1 |
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| The Bashful Bartender (Howard Warringer) | 3 |
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| Brainerd Baker offers Color Waves (Brainerd Baker) | 4 |
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| Chap offers the Makin's (Frank Chapman) | 4 |
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| Chap offers Match-ic Numbers (Frank Chapman) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 16, October 1939 | ||
| Knife Thru Coat (John B. Ward) | 1 |
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| Impaled (Joe Ovette) | 2 |
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| X Marks the Spot (Dr. L. Rothbart) | 3 |
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| Quong Yen offers Cig in Bottle (Quong Yen) | 4 |
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| Chap offers Vanishing Glass on Wand (Frank Chapman) | 4 |
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| The Phantom (P U) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 17, November 1939 | ||
| Zen's X-clusive Card Combination (M. F. Zens) | 1 |
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| Niteclub Silk Production (Joe Ovette) | 3 |
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| R. D. Spraker offers Reverse 20th Century ("R. D. Spraker- Jr.") | ||
| Dr. Ervin offers Here's How! (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | 4 |
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| Al Cerwin (of Guatemala) offers A Tip for Your Tip (Al Cerwin) | 4 |
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| Howard Warringer offers Hoo-mathpac (Howard Warringer) | 4 |
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| The Phantom | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 18, December 1939 | ||
| Master of Will (Eddie Clever) | 1 |
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| Flash Card Production (Tommy Tucker) | 3 |
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| The Fastest Trick in the World (Frank Chapman) | 3 |
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| Restored Rope #7643999 (Art Lyle) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 19, January 1940 | ||
| From the Pen of Leipzig (Nate Leipzig) | 1 |
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| Surprise Sponge Climax (Dr. L. Rothbart) | 2 |
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| A Penny "Sucker" (Joe Ovette) | 3 |
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| Bad-egg-bag (Frank Chapman) | 3 |
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| Utility Card Stealing Apparatus (Howard Warringer) | 4 |
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| Performance Counts | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 20, February 1940 | ||
| Visible Thimble Penetration (John B. Ward) | 1 |
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| Comedy of Errors (George Pearace) | 2 |
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| Beats the Band! (Dr. L. Rothbart) | 3 |
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| Match-ic Manipulation (Joe Ovette) | 3 |
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| Silk-'n-coin Production (Howard Warringer) | 4 |
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| Making Modern Magic Catalogs Modern | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 21, March 1940 | ||
| The Flashing Fetish (Howard Warringer) | 1 |
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| Nine From Three (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | 4 |
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| Bombay Propaganda (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | 4 |
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| Coin Go (Art Lyle) | 4 |
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| Long Hair (Art Lyle) | 4 |
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| French Safes (Art Lyle) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 22, April 1940 | ||
| Cigars (Sid Lorraine) | 1 |
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| Troseth's Famous Three Card Routine (George Troseth) | 2 |
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| A Lulu! (Joe Ovette) | 3 |
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| Coin in Bottle (Jim Muir) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 23, May 1940 | ||
| The O-so-easy Torn & Restored Strip of Paper (Frank Chapman) | 1 |
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| Ovette's Paper Strip Tear (Joe Ovette) | 2 |
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| A Drink - and a Smoke (Frank Chapman) | 3 |
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| Cocktail Cup Routine (Bud Spraker) | 3 |
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| The Spectre Slate! (Dr. L. Rothbart) | 4 |
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| Vol. II, No. 24, June 1940 | ||
| My Cups and Balls (Charles Miller) | 2 |
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| Aerial Card Production (Tommy Tucker) | 3 |
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| A Headline Egg-bag Routine (George E. Pearce) | 4 |
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| In Reverse! (Dr. E. G. Ervin) | 4 |
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References
- New Phoenix, no. 329, November 29, 1954, page 85.