1943-1965
Written by Jean Hugard
Work of Various
2,488 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Abril Lamarque
Language: English
1,844 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
Candle (2)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
bar bet type, blowing out a candle with a funnel
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Candle (3)
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candle in water burns all the way, curiosity
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Candle (5)
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party game, blowing out candles, set up as in bowling
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Cane (1)
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holding a cane at the end with two fingers
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Cane (2)
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balancing cane on flesh at base of thumb, hand almost vertical
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Cane (3)
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cane balance on floor, while seated
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Cane (4)
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cane appears to stick to fingers
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Cane (5)
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floating cane set up, coin rotates in hand, brief
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Cellophane (1)
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practical joke, crumbled cellophane resembles ice
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Cellophane (2)
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tearing cellophane, spectator is unable to do it
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (1)
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practical joke, spectator has to pick up handkerchief with teeth on chair
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (2)
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children's party stunt
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (3)
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tied on chair, spectator has to move coin from mouth into purse which is on head
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (4)
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strength feat, lifting chair by grasping extreme end of one leg
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (5)
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strength feat, perfromer lies on three chairs and removes center one
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (6)
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standing on chair, balance on two legs
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (7)
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jumping from seated position to erect standing position on seat
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Chair (8)
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balancing chair on two legs
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Checkers (1)
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removing bottom checker of a stack
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 829
Checkers (2)
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removing bottom checker from a stack using another checker
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Checkers (3)
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rolling a dime on a checkerboard in circles
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Checkers (4)
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checkers puzzle using eight in a row
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Chess (1)
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chess knight's tour, no method
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Chess (2)
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balancing twenty chess pieces on one rook
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Chess (3)
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three tumbler puzzle done with three rooks, only mentioning of possibility
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Chess (4)
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two rooks held between thumb and finger, separation usually done with corks, only description
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Chess (5)
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pawn moves in circle on board
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Chess (6)
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pawns are thrown into hat and color is detected by performer
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Chess (7)
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chess puzzle, placing eight queens on table
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (1)
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turning cigar in mouth apparently 180°
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (2)
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apparently placing cigar in breast pocket of spectator
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (3)
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cigar sticks to hand
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (4)
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cigar sticks to fingers
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (5)
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large flame when lighting cigar
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Roger Montandon Cigar (6)
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shooting cigar from mouth, like a cherry seed
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (7)
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lighting cigar by scratching it on matchbox
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (8)
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bar bet, placing cigarettes on handkerchief
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (9)
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jumping cigar band from finger to finger
Related to Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigar (10)
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cigar band moves in cigar
Vol. 9 No. 3 Aug. 1951 831
Cigarette (26)
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apparently tossing cigarette on the floor
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 84
Jerry Hornak Triple Rope Transformation three ropes of equal length are rolled up to a ball and change to one long rope
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 833
Frank Joglar Backstage on Albenice, John C. Green, Roy Benson, Ade Duval, Joan Brandon, John Scarne, Norman S. Livingstone, Walter Gibson, Paul Fleming, Karrell Fox, Jimmy Jimae, Florian ZaBach, Jay Marshall, Frank Sinatra, Noel Lester, John Gambling, DeLage and Shirley, Jackie Gleason, Ballantine, Al Flosso, Milbourne Christopher, Dariel Fitzkee, Tom Hendricks
  • John C. Green
  • Boardwalk Chatter
  • News and Notes
  • Jimmy Jimae
  • Seen or Heard
  • Bits from Britain
  • Delage and Shirley
  • TV Topics
  • The Magazines
  • Congress Magique
  • P.C.A.M.
  • Jottings
  • The Thomas Plan
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 834
Richard Bruce WOW! one of five cards travel into deck face up, biddle trick
Variations Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 835
The Biddle Vanish
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 835
Joseph K. Schmidt Schmidt Thumb Palm Joseph K. Schmidt? unclear, thumb palm
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 835
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer) Diversions With Dice by Tréborix Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 836
John J. Crimmins Jr. Recommended List of the Better Magic Books
  • General Magic
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 836
Magicana
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 836
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column on sponge balls
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 837
Milbourne Christopher Sponge Ball Routine four balls, one change to coin as climax
  • Two and One
  • One, Two, Three
  • Go
  • The Fourth
  • Climax
  • Variations
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 837
Victor Farelli The Glove Monkey - New Penetration
  • Farelli's London Letter
hand puppet monkey routine, spelling with abc cards
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 839
Cigar (11)
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cellophane of cigar rises
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigar (12)
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setting wrapper of cigar is lit, smoke travels downward
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigar (13)
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cellophanes of cigars are placed in fist and change to long cellophane
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigar (14)
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cigar is balanced on rim of hat etc.
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigar (15)
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smoke in glass is filled into other glass
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigar (16)
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cigar ga as finish of club act
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigar (17)
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laugh gag, cigar vanish with smoke
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigar (18)
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laugh gag, clipping nose instead of cigar
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Dorny Cigar (19)
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laugh gag, poking eye with cigar
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Cigar (20)
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laugh gag, ashes on head
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Cigar (21)
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laugh gag, salting end of cigar
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Cigar (22)
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laugh gag, trimming cigar with large pair of shears
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Martin Gardner Cigarette
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Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (1)
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cigarette rolls on table, following finger
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (2)
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cigarette placed crosswise on match starts to twist
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (3)
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cigarette on table rolls towards performer
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
George Schindler Cigarette (4)
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burning end of cigar flares up in the dark to answer question
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (5)
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cigarette pushed up nose and pulled from mouth
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (6)
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cigarette pushed through nose
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (7)
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special way to light cigarette with paper match
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (8)
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tonguing, and biting cigarette in half
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 840
Cigarette (9)
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put out cigarette in mouth
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (10)
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lit cigarette is held between two fingers, one finger on lit end
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (11)
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lit cigarette is held between two fingers, one finger on lit end, second method
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (12)
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cigarette is lit by holding cigarette in fumes of match
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (13)
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cigarette is lit by holding match away from cigarette
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (14)
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cigarette appears to lit on distant match
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (15)
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cigarette is balanced on edge of table
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (16)
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inhaled smoke vanishes
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (17)
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smoke produced from mouth
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
David Eisendrath Cigarette (18)
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stretching cigarette
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Theodore Annemann Cigarette (19)
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cigarettes of different brands in hat, one can be found by touch
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (20)
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naming brands of cigarettes while blindfolded
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (21)
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cigarette rises from pack
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (22)
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apparently rolling cigarette in mouth
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (23)
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cigarette used to code objects for medium
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (24)
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secretly reading in the dark
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (25)
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striking cigarette on matchbox to light it
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Robert Parrish Cigarette (27)
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burning cigarette production, seated
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Bill Nord Cigarette (28)
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two in the hand type, with cigarette pieces
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 841
Cigarette (29)
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tobacco is put on hand and paper torn, changes back into cigarette
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 842
Double-Talk
Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 842
Ross Bertram Sleeving - An Art - Second in a Series of Lessons
  • Sleeving from the Clenched Fist
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 4 Sep. 1951 842
Data entered by Lorenz Schär & Denis Behr, August 2017.