Gilbert Obermair: Matchstick Puzzles, Tricks and Games
Obermair, Gilbert: Matchstick Puzzles, Tricks & Games
©1977 Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. NY
Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9",  144 pages
ISBN: 0-8069-4564-8

Third Printing 1980

Originally Published in Germany under the title "Streichholz-Spielereien" © 1975 Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich
Gilbert Obermair: Matchstick Puzzles Tricks &
              Games
Image courtesy eBay seller JohnCheney66

Comments: Drawings by Holger Majoran, Translated by Manly Banister, Adapted by Louisa Bumagin Hellegers.

Contents:

6 1. Do You Have a Match?
9 2. Word Games
12 3. Calculus Lectures
18 4. About Squares
27 5. About Triangles
36 6. About Rhombuses and Rhomboids
42 7. A Visit with a Shepherd
46 8. Box Tricks
49 9. Matchstick Magic
57 10. Micromagic
70 11. Thinking Division and Dividing Thoughts
76 12. The Ancient Romans
84 13. Clearance Sale
94 14. The Solutions
144 Index


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