Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic

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.
SynposisIf you have ever tried to do a card trick and failed, you know what it
is to be embarrassed. You may try to cover up by doing a more difficult
trick and fail again. The way out of this dilemma, however, is not
immediate, but it is reliable: a surer mastery of technique. This means
the proper instruction book, and practice.
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 foolproof methods
available, Jean Hugard and Fredrick Braue explain such basic
manipulations as the palm, the shuffle, the lift, the side slip, the
pass, the glimpse, the jog, and the reverse. They detail various false
deals, crimps, and changes and the more advanced execution needed for
forces, fans, and the use of the prearranged deck. Also presented is a
wide variety of tricks, including discoveries, self-working tricks,
one-handed tricks, stranger cards, and such individually famous tricks
as the four aces, the rising cards, and the Zingone spread. 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. In every case the aim is simplicity of
technique for the purpose of mystifying an audience, not technique for
the sake of technique. An unsurpassed collection of methods and
manipulations, this classic work will help any aspiring magician to
achieve expert card technique.