Jones, Lewis: Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces
©1994 Wyse Publishing Corp., England
Hardcover, w/dj
ISBN: 1-898959-00-5

(Revised Edition)
©2010 H&R Magic Books
Hardcover, 9x11", 294 pages

Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces
Revised H&R Magic Books Edition
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Jones: Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces
Original 1994 Wyse Publishing Edition
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Lewis Jones: Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces

Comments: "400 Forces with a Borrowed Deck". Edited by Barry Lamond, Illustrations by Steve & Magic Newby. H&R Magic Books have revised Lewis Jones' classic book Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces. The previous British edition was limited to just 300 copies and sold out quickly. This American edition makes this work available to wider audience at a most reasonable price. It contains over 500 forces, and these are illustrated with more than a hundred photographed illustrations. The forces in this book don't make use of gimmicked cards of any kind. Many of them are well off the beaten track, and many have never appeared in print before.

Contents (Updated Jan 2019 from 1994 Book ToC, sorry no page numbers after 95):

7 Editor's Forword
8 Introduction

11 Blind Forces
12 Under the Table
13 Under a Handkerchief
14 In the Pocket
16 Behind the Back

19 Combination Forces
20 Matches
20 Books
23 Book & Notebook
24 Magazine & Coins
25 Coin
25 Dice
26 Envelope
26 Wrist-Watch
27 Calendar
27 Knives
28 Sticker

31 Comedy Forces

37 Count Forces
39 The Tracer
39 The Clock Strikes
40 Irish Bingo
41 Count-Down
41 The Boxed Count
42 The Double Count
42 The 33rd Card
42 The Doubling Sequence
43 The Difference & The Sum
44 The Second Deal
44 The Tenth Card
45 The Five-Card Force
45 The Three Heaps
45 A Card At Any Number
46 The Harrison Count
47 The Ten-Card Count
47 Revolver
48 The Colour Force
48 The 22nd Card
49 The Calendar Force
49 The Reverse-Count Force
50 The End-Count Force
50 The Vertical Count Force
51 The One-Hand Count Force
51 The Centre Count Force

53 Cut Forces
54 The Random Cut
54 The Side Glide Cut
55 The Centre Cut
55 The Packet Cut
56 The Multi Cut
56 The Jog Cut
57 The Triple Cut
57 The Charlier Cut
58 Calculator Cuts
58 The Bluff Cut
59 The Push Cut
59 The Palm Cut
59 The Cross Cut
60 The Double-Cross Cut
60 The Slip Cut
60 The Bottom Slip Cut
61 The One Hand Slip Cut
61 The Spider-Grip Cut
62 The Tabled Slip Cut
62 The Turnover Cut
63 The Roll-Over
63 Twin Turn-Up

65 Equivocation Forces
66 One From Two
66 The Neutral Response
66 Ambiquity
67 Attend to the Chosen Card First
67 The Principle of the Second Spectator
68 Don't Provoke Challenge
70 One From Three
71 One From Four
73 One From Five
74 One From Six
74 One From Seven
75 Forcing From Ten & More
75 The Star-Cross Force
78 Odd Man Out

83 Forcing Formulas
84 Down-Under Forces
88 The Spelling Match

91 Glide Forces
92 The Standard Glide
93 The Vernon Glide
93 The Side-Glide
93 The Glide Count
94 The Lost Card
94 The Tray Glide
94 The Glide Second Deal
95 The Snide
95 The Card Case Glide
95 Packet Glide
96 The Elimination Glide
97 Glide False Counts
98 The Double-Glide

99 The Hold-Out

105 Locators
Locator Shuffles
Fan Locators
The Slide
The One-Hand Slide
The Coincider
The Glide Locator
Locator Switches
Locator Counts & Deals
Locator Cuts
The Locator Slip
The Locator Turnover

 Multiple Forces
The Invisible Cull

 Probability Forces
The Classic Force
Restricted Visibility Forces
Pop Stereotypes

 Spelling Forces
The Double Speller
The Lie Detector

 Stop Forces
Deal-Stops
Shuffle-Stops
Riffle-Stops

 Switches
The Double Lift
The Flip Switch
The Sandwich Force
The Plunger
The 1-in-3 Switch
The Push Switch
The Elmsley Switch
Table Switches
Fan Switches
The Open Prediction
The Impromptu Brainwave Deck

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