Classic Card Tricks

by Edward Victor

Overview

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, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486154244
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	04/04/2012
Series:	Dover Magic Books
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	4 MB

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Author's Foreword	xi
Part 1	From The Magic of the Hands
Chapter 1.	Some Useful Card Sleights I Have Proved Effective	1
	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."
Chapter 2.	Card Problems	12
	Supreme Control
	The Expert Deal
	A Royal Exchange
	"Sign, Please!"
	The "Deo-Ace" Trick
	The Thirty Card Trick
Part 2	From More Magic of the Hands
Chapter 3.	Further Card Sleights and Their Uses	33
	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
Chapter 4.	More Card Problems	54
	The Cards and Handkerchief Effect
	The Four Mental Cards
	The Sense of Touch
	The Magnetized Cards (sleight-of-hand method)
Part 3	From Further Magic of the Hands
Chapter 5.	Sleights and Aids in Card Work	71
	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
Chapter 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