Adair, Ian; Heather Amery: The KnowHow Book of Jokes and Tricks ©1980, 1989 Usborne Publishing Ltd, England Hardcover, no dj, 8.5x11", 33 pages also published in softcover

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Comments: Includes a variety of jokes/riddles at the bottom of each page

Contents (from book):

2 About This Book
2 Tips and Hints
3 Making a Magic Wand
3 - Sticky Wand: clings to hand
3 - Balancing Wand: apple balances on top
4 Table Tricks
4 - Table Napkin Creepy
4 - Floating Sugar Lumps
5 - Ready-Sliced Banana
5 - Magic Straw: can't drink from it
5 - Singing Glasses
6 Finger Tricks
6 - Wounded Finger: illusion
6 - Shakey Hand: comes off
6 - Missing Finger
7 - Living Finger: in box
7 - String Through Finger Trick
7 - Wand Through Head Trick
8 Disappearing and Appearing Tricks
8 - Vanishing Water: poured into book
8 - Vanishing Coin: in handkerchief
9 - Empty Tube: production
9 - Making Biscuits: production from book
10 Cutting and Mending Magic
10 - Short Cut: cut and restored string
10 - String Along: another
11 - Tearing Trick: cut and restored paper
11 - Not a Knot: vanishing knot
12 Matchbox Magic
12 - Small Change: coin change in box
12 - Obedient Matchbox: control the slide
13 - More Matches: appear
13 - Colour Changes: paper in box changes color
13 - Ratttling Boxes: sound illusion
14 Jack-in-the-Tube: production tube
15 Squirting Flower: how to build
16 Puzzlers
16 - Magic SeeSaw: Seesaw works on its own
16 - Spooky Straws: move apart on table
16 - Linking Clips: on envelope
17 - Paper Chase: paper becomes confetti
17 - Knotty Problem: knot appears in handkerchief
18 Creepies and Crawlies
18 - Climbing Spider
18 - Crawlies: from plasticine
18 - Caterpillars: from pipe cleaners
19 - Flying Bat
19 - Flies/Wasps
20 Clever Card Tricks
20 - Reading Finger Trick: locate selected card
20 - Magic Sevens: the 21 card trick
21 - Pick a Card: card location
21 - Pick Another Card: another
21 - Card Through Cards: with double lift
22 Amazing Water Tricks
22 - Clever Cloth: water stays in cloth covered glass
22 - Sticky Paper: water stays in inverted glass covered with paper
22 - Air Magic: advanced version
23 - Coloured Water Magic: liquid in glass changes color three times
24 Crafty Coin Tricks
24 - Vanishing Coin Trick: for single spectator
24 - Magic Spinner: coin spin
24 - Detective Work: find coin under bottle cap
25 - Dissolving Coin: in glass of water
26 Surprises: balls move beneath plates
27 - Night Pinger: dried pea noise maker
27 - Clothes Line: thread gag
27 - Cardboard Flapper: another noise maker
28 Putting on a Show
28 - Making Mistakes
29 Magic Boxes: Production
30 Magic Balls: balls appear from silk but then vanish
31 Magic Tubes: production
32 Grand Finisher: removing assistant's shirt from under coat
33 Usborne Books: advertisement