Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic

318 illustrations, ca. 14 x 21 cm, 448 S., Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1974, broschiert In this definitive work on card technique, step-by-step instructions teach you the correct methods for the basic manipulations and the more advanced flourishes, and only then allow you to learn tricks. Offering the most foolpropf methods available, Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue explain such basic manipulations as the palm, the shuffle, the side slip, the pass, the glimpse ... Also presented is a wide variety of tricks. In addition the authors include a complete compendium of shakedown sleights - to warn the card player and aid the entertainer - and a performer's guide to misdirection and patter. Many of the methods explained were revealed here for the first time, while many previously known tricks are presented in improved versions. This classic work will help any aspiring magician to achieve expert card technique.