In the first decades of the twentieth century magicians filled the magic journals with articles on card tricks, giving improvements on classic tricks and inventing new ones. If you could put together a collection of these magazines you would have almost a complete course on card tricks, by some of the world's greatest magicians. But where could you find these journals now that they are probably collector's items? And even if you could find them, how much would such a collection cost? Not very much. Because all the best of these tricks are available in this one monumental book, containing nearly every practical card trick produced, invented, and improved by magicians over a span of forty years and more. A truly staggering collection, this book explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks: impromptu card tricks, spelling tricks, "you do as I do" tricks, diachylon (a paste for gluing cards together) tricks, calculation tricks; tricks using key cards, slick cards, double-backed cards, reversed cards, short cards; tricks based on a one-way pack, prearranged pack, Svengali pack, Mene-Tekel pack, stripper pack; special packs; miscellaneous tricks including Everywhere and Nowhere, The Case of the Four Kings, Card in the Orange, The Buddha Whispers, and Inseparable Aces; and a final chapter on tricks using the famous Nikola Card System. In addition, a chapter on technique explains the most important sleights ― the overhand shuffle, riffle shuffle, false cut, palm, simple pass, double lift, glide, and force. Based on a volume compiled by Dr. Wilhelm Von Deusen and Glenn G. Gravatt, this collection was thoroughly revised by Jean Hugard and completely rewritten. It is easily the finest single compendium of classic card tricks, and the clear style makes the instructions easy to follow. An indispensable book for the professional or amateur magician, it is a magnificent source for anyone who wants just the right tricks to mystify his friends or delight his children.

Encyclopedia of Card Tricks

Humor & Entertainment

Jean Hugard

Puzzles & Games

Dover Publications

Scores of methods — previously known only to card experts — include passes, palming, false shuffles, false cuts, changes, crimps, jogs, reverses, rear palms and more. Altogether, 341 sleights and tricks. 318 illustrations show exact position of fingers and hands. .

Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic

Frederick Braue

Modern magic manual.

Faber&Faber

The Royal Road to Card Magic: Handy card tricks to amaze your friends now with video clip downloads

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

W.Foulsham & Co Ltd

This classic guide to card magic will help you develop a fantastic repetoire of card tricks to wow others with your slight of hand. It covers a wealth of information with easy to understand instructions accompanied by illustrations to make them easy to follow. Contents Include: The Overhand Shuffle, The Riffle Shuffle, Flourishes, The Glide, The Glimpse, The Key Card, The Palm, The Backslip, The Overhand Shuffle II, False Shuffles and Cuts, The Double Lift and Turnover, The Pass, Miscellaneous Flourishes, The Reverses, The Hindu Shuffle and Other Controls, The Classic Force, Top and Bottom Changes, Arrangements, Routines, and Platform Tricks. We are republishing this classic works with a biography of the author and an introductory essay on magic.

The Royal Road to Card Magic

Pomona Press

Every magician, whether beginning amateur, or top-notch professional has a few card tricks up his sleeves. Written by undisputed authorities on the subject, this is a book for card tricks with any deck of cards, including a borrowed one.

New Dawn Press

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