Gardner, Martin: The Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic ©1978 Magic, Inc. Hardcover, no dj,574 pages Second Printing 1985 Third Printing 1991 Fourth Printing 1992

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Comments: From the introduction, "The Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic first appeared as installments in Hugard's Magic Monthly from Vol 8, No. 10, March 1951 through Vol. 15, No. 11, April 1958...All the columns were illustrated by Francis J. Rigney...Much new material, some requiring new art, has been added." For each entry, a number of stunts, tricks, gags or puzzles are presented. Pages provide room for notes.

Contents (from book):

5 Introduction
7 Apples
8 Arm
11 Balloon
15 Banana
16 Beans
16 Beer
17 Belt
17 Bill
26 Bill Folds
27 Book
29 Book Tests
32 Bottle
38 Bottle Cap
38 Box
39 Bracelet
39 Bread
40 Brick
41 Broom
43 Brush
44 Button
45 Cabbage
45 Calendar
47 Candles
48 Cane
49 Capsule
49 Celery
49 Cellophane
50 Chair
52 Chalk
53 Checkers
54 Chess
54 Cigar
60 Cigarette
78 Cigarette Lighter
79 Cigarette Paper
80 Clothes Pin
81 Coat
83 Coat Hanger
85 Coins
131 Comb
132 Cork
133 Cracker
134 Crayon
135 Cup (Coffee)
137 Cup (Paper)
138 Dice
147 Dominoes
149 Doughnut
150 Ears
150 Egg
155 Envelope
156 Face
158 Feather
158 Fire Tongs
159 Fork
160 Fountain Pen
162 Funnel
162 Glasses
178 Gloves
178 Grape
178 Grass
179 Gum
179 Hair
180 Hands
218 Handkerchief
267 Hat
274 Horn
274 Ice
275 Key
276 Knife, Pocket
279 Knife, Table
295 Legs
296 Lemon
297 Life Savers
297 Light Bulb
297 Light Switch
298 Lipstick
298 Magazine
299 Maple Seed
299 Marbles
302 Matches
321 Matches, Paper
345 Matches, Wood
378 Milk
378 Milk Carton
378 Mirror
385 Mnemonics
392 Muscle Reading
396 Nail File
397 Napkin, Paper
402 Necktie
403 Needle
406 Newspaper
412 Nose
413 Nuts
414 Olives
415 Oranges
416 Overcoat
417 Paper
428 Paper Folding (Origami)
444 Paper Bag
445 Paper Clip
449 Pen
449 Pen Point
450 Pencil
466 Pepper
466 Phonograph
467 Pie
467 Pin
468 Ping Pong Ball
469 Plate
472 Plate, Paper
472 Poker Chips
476 Pool Table
479 Pulse
479 Purse
479 Radish
480 Rice
480 Ring
504 Rope
505 Rubber Band
517 Ruler
519 Safety Pin
520 Salt
521 Salt Shaker
521 Saw
521 Scarf
521 Scissors
524 Shirts
525 Shoe
525 Shoelace
527 Soap
527 Spectacles
528 Spool
529 Spoon
532 Stamp, Postage
533 Sticker
533 Stocking
533 Straws, Soda
537 String
540 Sugar, Lump
545 Swizzle Stick
546 Table
548 Table Cloth
549 Tennis Ball
549 Thimbles
557 Thread
558 Throat
558 Thumb-Tie
558 Tissue Paper
560 Toes
560 Tongue
562 Toothpick
563 Trouser
564 Vacuum Cleaner
564 Vest
565 Watch
570 Watermelon
570 Whisk Broom
570 Window
571 Zipper