Classic Card Tricks

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Pub. Date: 2004-04-19
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

Simple, easy-to-follow instructions and 105 figure drawings show how to execute more than 35 amazing card tricks using such ordinary items as a handkerchief, notepaper, piece of string, candle, and a deck of cards. Beginners will soon be performing remarkable feats iincluding The Thirty Card Trick, A False Riffle Shuffle, An Invisible Palm, and The Awkward Ace. Intriguing introduction to card conjuring provides all the information one needs to develop abilities that will astound friends and family alike.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Author's Foreword xi
PART ONE From The Magic of the Hands
1. SOME USEFUL CARD SLEIGHTS I HAVE PROVED EFFECTIVE
1(11)
The "Pass"
"E.V." Colour Change
"E.V." Invisible Double Lift
A New Glide
A One-Handed Force
The "Book" Return
Sighting the Top Card
A Substitute for the "In-Jog."
2. CARD PROBLEMS
12(21)
Supreme Control
The Expert Deal
A Royal Exchange
"Sign, Please!"
The "Deo-Ace" Trick
The Thirty Card Trick.
PART TWO From More Magic of the Hands
3. FURTHER CARD SLEIGHTS AND THEIR USES
33(21)
The "Pass" Again!
Kings and Tens Effect
The "E.V" semi-circular Colour Change
A New Colour Change Card Trick
A Move for the "Rising Cards" (sleight-of-hand method)
"Face-to-Face" Pack Effects (two methods)
A "Fan" Card Change
A "Quick" Reversed Card Trick
A False Riffle Shuffle.
4. MORE CARD PROBLEMS
54(17)
The Cards and Handkerchief Effect
The Four Mental Cards
The Sense of Touch
The Magnetized Cards (sleight-of-hand method).
PART THREE From Further Magic of the Hands
5. SLEIGHTS AND AIDS IN CARD WORK
71(10)
An Invisible Palm
The Diagonal
Palm Shift as an Aid to the Rising Card Trick
A Useful Envelope for the Card in Cigarette Effect
Switching a Pack.
6. SOME FRESH CARD EFFECTS
81
The Haunted Pack
A Miracle Burnt and Restored Card
The Awkward Ace
"Do As I Do"
New Pocket-to-Pocket Effect
Veneri's Card Trick.

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