Lloyd E. Jones (1906-1984) was a magician, pharmacist, book dealer and publisher.

Biography

Born in

Grass Valley, California Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. Situated at roughly in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is by car from Sacramento, from Sacramento I ...

, Jones moved to

Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...

as a child. He was the proprietor of Magic Limited in Oakland, California from around 1941 until his death. His house organs were The Bat, Bat Jr., S.O.B. Jr. and finally Bat Droppings. He wrote book reviews for

Genii Magazine ''Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine'' is a magazine devoted to magic and magicians. It is a monthly magazine first published in September 1936, currently edited by Richard J. Kaufman and owned by Randy Pitchford. The magazine is based in Washington ...

under a column titled "Light From The Lamp" for many years and later in Tops. Jones served as the first President of the

Pacific Coast Association of Magicians The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians is an association of magicians. It was founded in 1933; the first president was Lloyd E Jones. It has chapters in Japan, Hawaii, California, and western Canada, and holds an annual convention. The third o ...

, was a founding member and a president of the Oakland Magic Circle, helped to form the Magic Dealers Association and served as a national president of the

Society of American Magicians The Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.) is the oldest fraternal magic organization in the world. Its purpose is "to advance, elevate, and preserve magic as a performing art, to promote harmonious fellowship throughout the world of magic, and t ...

. In April 1981 he was made an Honorary Member of the Magic Collectors Association.Magicol No. 73 (November 1984) He mentored younger magicians, such as Pete Biro, and published, edited, or wrote over 50 books on magic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Lloyd American magicians 1906 births 1984 deaths People from Oakland, California