Simple Card Magic For Everyone

100 Pages·2005·2.898 MB·English

by  David Devine

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LONDON ¢ NEW YORK * TORONTO * SYDNEY
ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY
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ISBN 0-572-03007-X
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Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Basic Techniques 10
Simple tricks to get you started 13
Weighing the Card 13
The Four Jacks 14
The Nine Pieces
Over it Goes 17
The Shower 18
You Know this Card 20
Those Bottom Cards 22
Magnetised to Your Hand 23
Finding the Lady 24
Naming Four Cards 25
The Selected Card 26
The King of Hearts 28
The Six Packs 30
The Finger Points 32
Find the Queen 34
Detected by Fingerprints 35
Tricks that need some preparation 37
Cutting the Envelope 37
The Lost Ace 38
The Index Clue 40
The ‘One-Way’ Card Trick 42
The Faked Half-Dozen
The Bowler-Hat Trick 46
The Four Diamonds 48
The Dummy Ear 50
Sixes and Sevens Se
Moving Cards 53
The Pencil Line 54
The Rosette of Cards 55
Seven Any Way 56
Odd or Even of
Working with an accomplice 59
Guessing the Aces a9
The Two Together 60
Codes and Confederates 61
Card Telepathy 63
Card X 64
Tricks with special packs 65
The Faked Pack 66
The Holy Cards 68
The Encyclopedia 70
Card Turnover 42
Three Hidden Cards 74
Any Card You Like 76
Royal Quarrel er
You Can't Do As I Do 78
The Thick Card 79
Tricks with technical props 81
The Flying Card 82
The Balancing Ball 84
Cutting the Matchbox 86
The Mysterious Box 88
The Disappearing Card 90
Magic Writing 91
Index 93
Foreword
MICHAEL BAILEY
Past President of The Magic Circle
The art of magic has always been popular and never more so
than today. To be able to perform a few neat mysteries for your
family and friends makes a wonderful and fulfilling hobby, and
may even lead to greater things. The best way to start on this
fascinating road is to read the right books. Simple Card Magic
for Everyone is deliberately aimed at the beginner and it will
teach you how to perform some excellent card tricks, and help
you to become a good magician.
But knowing how a trick is done is only the beginning. The
skill executed in concealing the method is important - and
constant practice is the key to this - but the real secret lies in
how you present the trick. Knowing the routine so well that you
can perform it effortlessly means you can concentrate on the
presentation. The use of some good patter not only draws the
attention away from the moves at the right moment but also
provides the sparkle that every trick needs to bring it to life
and make it really enjoyable to watch.
FOREWORD
One of the first tricks in this book, The Four Jacks,
demonstrates that a good storyline combined with mystery
produces entertainment value, and transforms you from
someone simply showing off a puzzle into a conjuror your
friends will want to watch over and over again.
In this book you are given some excellent tricks to get you
accustomed to performing card magic. The secrets may be
simple but it's the effect on the audience that's important.
Audiences love being baffled, but they don't really want to know
how the magic's done, so always remember not to reveal the
secrets.
Pick out a few favourites from the magical fare that follows.
Practise these well and you will be on the way to becoming a
successful - and popular - magician. Simple Card Magic for
Everyone will give you much pleasure and great satisfaction.