The ''Master Index to Magic in Print'', commonly known as the ''Potter Index'', is a set of 14 volumes and 10 supplements giving references to published books and periodical articles describing most known
magic effects. It was compiled by the stage magician Jack Potter, and originally published from December 1952 as parts known as "Potter's Bar" in ''
The Linking Ring
''The Linking Ring'' is a monthly print magic magazine published by the International Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM) for its members since 1922. It is based in Bluffton, Ohio. In 2007, Samuel Patrick Smith, a magician, author and publisher based ...
'', ending with the publication of an index of all published sections in the September 1969 issue.
[{{cite journal, date=September 1969, title=Complete Index to Jack Potter's Bar, url=https://askalexander.org/display/37841/Linking+Ring/84, journal=The Linking Ring, volume=49, issue=9, pages=84-88, url-access=subscription , last1=Godino, first1=Rino L] The sections were compiled and published along with a number of supplements by Micky Hades Enterprises. It was also published in loose-leaf format.
[Potter, Jack.'' The Master Index to Magic in Print; Covering Books and Magazines in the English Language Published Up to and Including December 1964.'' Calgary: M. Hades Enterprises, 1967. OCLC 214003]
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Magic publications