New Era Card Tricks


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New Era Card Tricks - Magic with Cards


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Originally published in 1897. The author was a famous conjuror who many spent many years perfecting the hundreds of tricks and sleight of hand methods described here. Contents Include: SLEIGHTS : The Double Handed Pass The Force The Bridge The Glide The Color Change, etc. TRICKS WITH CARDS : Magic versus Mnemonics The Hypnotised card Cards Shot Against a Hat The Demon Envelope The Obedient Card, etc. PREPARED AND MECHANICAL CARDS : The Changing Card The Torn Corner Card The Flap Card The Conjurer as Marksman The Envelope Card The Coin Card A Mysterious Transformation, etc Contains many explanatory illustrations. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Envelope Card The Coin Card A Mysterious Transformation, etc




Scarne on Card Tricks


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Marvelous treasury of card magic presents exact details of 155 professional card tricks that anyone can learn. Card wizard John Scarne reworked these tricks to eliminate the need for sleight-of-hand. Simple instructions and clear diagrams illustrate Houdini's "Card on the Ceiling," Blackstone's "Card Trick Without Cards," Milton Berle's "Quickie Card Deal," more.




Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks for Children


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Text and diagrams explain easy-to-do magic tricks which utilize common objects such as coins, rubber bands, and string.




Classic Card Tricks


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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.




Card Tricks and Stunts


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Carefully worked out descriptions of another 120 flourishes, sleights, tricks, and manipulations. Forces, passes, glides, color changes, top and bottom changes, double lifts, false cuts, and more. Author describes effect to be produced and explains steps involved with clear text and drawings.




New Era Card Tricks


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The Sphinx


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Disappearing Tricks


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This work revisits the golden age of theatrical magic and silent film to reveal how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. The author treats cinema and stage magic as overlapping practices that together revise our understanding of the origins of motion pictures and cinematic spectacle.