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Card Tricks: A Practical Treatise on Conjuring with Cards
From the PREFACE.
TRICKS with cards are ever popular, and are within the reach of everyone who cares to devote a little time to the study of sleight of hand.
Who has not watched in speechless wonderment, and longed to emulate the nimble-fingered professor IS he takes the cards in his hand and causes them to pass thence, invisibly, along his sleeve and finally alight on his white shirt front; or as he throws a card some twenty feet in the air, at an angle of 45 degrees, and causes it to return to his hand, which, during the flight of the card, has seized a pair of scissors with which the card is now severed in twain?
Much that is new appertaining to conjuring with cards has appeared of late years, which, together with a number of simple tricks of sufficient interest to keep the neophyte engrossed in the early stages of his career, it will be the province of the author in the following pages to reveal. No pains have been spared in compiling this little volume to make it as clear and comprehensive as possible; and the author trusts that his efforts may be the means of enlightening his confreres, and putting in the way of those who have hitherto taken no interest in legerdemain, the innocent recreation of magic with cards.
--ELLIS STANYON
TRICKS with cards are ever popular, and are within the reach of everyone who cares to devote a little time to the study of sleight of hand.
Who has not watched in speechless wonderment, and longed to emulate the nimble-fingered professor IS he takes the cards in his hand and causes them to pass thence, invisibly, along his sleeve and finally alight on his white shirt front; or as he throws a card some twenty feet in the air, at an angle of 45 degrees, and causes it to return to his hand, which, during the flight of the card, has seized a pair of scissors with which the card is now severed in twain?
Much that is new appertaining to conjuring with cards has appeared of late years, which, together with a number of simple tricks of sufficient interest to keep the neophyte engrossed in the early stages of his career, it will be the province of the author in the following pages to reveal. No pains have been spared in compiling this little volume to make it as clear and comprehensive as possible; and the author trusts that his efforts may be the means of enlightening his confreres, and putting in the way of those who have hitherto taken no interest in legerdemain, the innocent recreation of magic with cards.
--ELLIS STANYON
130 pages, Paperback
First published December 23, 1998
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Ellis Stanyon
31Ìýbooks3ÌýfollowersWilliam Ellis Stanyon (1870-1951) was a professional magician and magic dealer in London.
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May 24, 2021
Given that this book is based on Ellis Stanyon's writings from his "Magic" magazine from 1912 to 1920 the card magic described is surprisingly advanced. Karl Fulves's supplementary notes from 1999 add a great deal to the text as well. Some items are only described very briefly, which is not the contemporary style with technical magic books (particularly on the subject of card magic), but I was amazed by how much is presented in this volume. Having read the book it needs now to be studied in more detail with cards in hand. This book is definitely up there with Erdnase, Expert Card Technique and the Encyclopedia of Card Tricks (and others) which are listed in the bibliography. What a good find!
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