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 you understand … 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 1938

• Pleased to Meet You (Frank Chapman) – 2
• Darn Clever These Chinese (Frank Chapman) – 3
• Tap-tap (Frank Chapman) – 4
• Purse Mys’try (Frank Chapman) – 4

August 1938

• Thank You (Frank Chapman) – 5
• Just a Cigarette (Frank Chapman) – 5
• Boutonniere (Bill Larsen) – 6
• Flash Color-change Silk (Frank Chapman) – 6
• Mr. Clubb Goes Berserk (Frank Chapman) – 7
• It’s the Climax That Counts (Frank Chapman) – 8

September 1938

• Let’s Get Straight! (Frank Chapman) – 9
• The Human Pump! (Frank Chapman) -10
• With Silk (Howard Warringer) – 11
• Fan It! (Frank Chapman) – 12 (added comment on page 9)

October 1938

• The Man With the Pipe (Frank Chapman) – 13
• Dr. Ervin’s Straw Trick (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 13
• Cocktail Pix (Frank Chapman) – 14
• Smart Coin Trick (Frank Chapman) – 15 & 16
• Bull’s Eye! (T. Page Wright) – 15

November 1938

• What Do You Think? (Frank Chapman) – 17
• Disintegrosphere (Frank Chapman) – 17
• Watch-in-Loaf (Frank Chapman) – 18 to 29

December 1938

• Screwball (Frank Chapman) – 21
• Obedient Silks (Howard Warringer) – 21 & 24
• Selectosilko (Frank Chapman) – 22
• Dr. Ervin’s Psyhic Cigarette (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 23
• Psychic Slate Mystery (Frank Chapman) – 23

January 1939

• Contest Winners! (Frank Chapman) – 25
• Capture of Black Carew (Frank Chapman) – 25
• Puff (Frank Chapman) – 26
• Sucker Coins (Frank Chapman-Paul Morris) – 27
• For Magi Ony! (Bill Larsen) – 27
• Oriental Papers (Frank Chapman) – 28

February 1939

• Home Sweet Home (Frank Chapman) – 29
• Yogi Stuff (Anonymous) – 30
• Emergency Card in Wallet (Frank Chapman) – 30
• Picture of a Prophecy (Frank Chapman-Jack Keyes) – 31
• Again – The Cigarette From Nowhere (Frank Chapman) – 32

March 1939

• Amator (Frank Chapman) – 33
• Scoop!!! (Art Lyle) – 34
• It’s a Date (Frank Chapman) – 34
• Like Mawe Makes (C. R. Mawe) – 35
• Bamboo (“R. D. Spraker- Jr.”) – 36

April 1939

• Odds & Ends (Frank Chapman) – 37
• When Your Number Turns Up (Frank Chapman) – 38
• Kontact! (Frank Chapman) – 39
• By Request – The Card in the Matchbox (Frank Chapman) – 40

May 1939

• More Odds & Ends (Frank Chapman) – 41
• Thought Transmission (Dr. Rothbart) – 42
• A Coin Load (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 43
• Howard Warringer’s Resuscitated Cigarette (Howard Warringer) – 44

June 1939

• Curtain Calls (Frank Chapman) – 45
• Corker (Bob Weill) – 46
• Lyle’s Coin Vanish (Art Lyle) – 46
• Impromptu Match Routine (Frank Chapman) – 47
• Pencil & Peg Mystery (John B. Ward) – 48

Vol. II, No. 1, July 1939

• Prelude to Act II (Frank Chapman) – 49
• Izariot (Frank Chapman) – 50
• Art Lyle offers Hats All Right (Art Lyle) – 52
• Dr. Ervin offers Magnetized Plate (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 52
• Chap offers The Floating Cigarette (Frank Chapman) – 52

Vol. II, No. 14, August 1939

• Hindu Turban Mystery (Club Version) (Dr. Harlan Tarbell) – 53
• Sure I’m Da Phantom! So What? – 55
• Len Barker offers Phoney Telepathy (Len Barker) – 56
• Dr. L. Rothbart offers Sugar Lumps (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 56
• Chap offers Crystal Gags (Frank Chapman) – 56

Vol. II, No. 15, September 1939

• Famous Moth Trick (Fred Robert) – 57
• The Bashful Bartender (Howard Warringer) – 59
• Brainerd Baker offers Color Waves (Brainerd Baker) – 60
• Chap offers the Makin’s (Frank Chapman) – 60
• Chap offers Match-ic Numbers (Frank Chapman) – 60

Vol. II, No. 16, October 1939

• Knife Thru Coat (John B. Ward) – 61
• Impaled (Joe Ovette) – 62
• X Marks the Spot (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 63
• Quong Yen offers Cig in Bottle (Quong Yen) – 64
• Chap offers Vanishing Glass on Wand (Frank Chapman) – 64

Vol. II, No. 17, November 1939

• Zen’s X-clusive Card Combination (M. F. Zens) – 65
• Niteclub Silk Production (Joe Ovette) – 67
• R. D. Spraker offers Reverse 20th Century (“R. D. Spraker- Jr.”) – 68
• Dr. Ervin offers Here’s How! (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 68
• Al Cerwin (of Guatemala) offers A Tip for Your Tip (Al Cerwin) – 68
• Howard Warringer offers Hoo-mathpac (Howard Warringer) – 68

Vol. II, No. 18, December 1939

• Master of Will (Eddie Clever) – 69
• Flash Card Production (Tommy Tucker) – 71
• The Fastest Trick in the World (Frank Chapman) – 71
• Restored Rope #7643999 (Art Lyle) – 72

Vol. II, No. 19, January 1940

• From the Pen of Leipzig (Nate Leipzig) – 73
• Surprise Sponge Climax (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 74
• A Penny “Sucker” (Joe Ovette) – 75
• Bad-egg-bag (Frank Chapman) – 75
• Utility Card Stealing Apparatus (Howard Warringer) – 76
• Performance Counts – 76

Vol. II, No. 20, February 1940

• Visible Thimble Penetration (John B. Ward) – 77
• Comedy of Errors (George Pearace) – 78
• Beats the Band! (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 79
• Match-ic Manipulation (Joe Ovette) – 79
• Silk-’n-coin Production (Howard Warringer) – 80
• Making Modern Magic Catalogs Modern – 80

Vol. II, No. 21, March 1940

• The Flashing Fetish (Howard Warringer) – 81
• Nine From Three (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 84
• Bombay Propaganda (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 84
• Coin Go (Art Lyle) – 84
• Long Hair (Art Lyle) – 84
• French Safes (Art Lyle) – 84

Vol. II, No. 22, April 1940

• Cigars (Sid Lorraine) – 85
• Troseth’s Famous Three Card Routine (George Troseth) – 86
• A Lulu! (Joe Ovette) – 87
• Coin in Bottle (Jim Muir) – 88

Vol. II, No. 23, May 1940

• The O-so-easy Torn & Restored Strip of Paper (Frank Chapman) – 89
• Ovette’s Paper Strip Tear (Joe Ovette) – 90
• A Drink – and a Smoke (Frank Chapman) – 91
• Cocktail Cup Routine (Bud Spraker) – 91
• The Spectre Slate! (Dr. L. Rothbart) – 92

Vol. II, No. 24, June 1940

• My Cups and Balls (Charles Miller) 94
• Aerial Card Production (Tommy Tucker) -95
• A Headline Egg-bag Routine (George E. Pearce) – 96
• In Reverse! (Dr. E. G. Ervin) – 96
• Warringer’s Wiz – 96