Card Tricks and Stunts: More Card Manipulations

Eddie said Not His Best Work; Get "Expert Card Technique" instead (If you haven't already got it). Jean Hugard scraping the bottom of the barrel. There are too many card tricks in the world, and the ones in this book are certainly not as good as the classics (both old and modern). Don't get me wrong; Mr. Hugard published my favourite book about card magic ("Expert Card Technique") and his treasure trove of magic ("Hugard's Magic Monthly") is a series of magic magazines . "Five Stars" according to Packman. This book contains great skills that can be acquired by the full spectrum of skill levels in magic.. Terrific potpourri of sleights, flourishes, and tricks If I could take lessons from one card magician living or dead, I'd probably pick Jean Hugard. Although he wrote decades ago, his ideas are so timelessly fresh that the serious student of card magic will rejoice when reading this book--it's equally as good as "Card Manipulations." Like its predecessor, it has sleights, tricks, and flourishes that cover the gamut from interm

Cross-references to manipulations andother advanced methods make them available even to beginners.Alternate methods, tips, histories, and a careful analysis of possibletrouble spots make it easy to develop the tricks for a perfect performance.The keys to these tricks and manipulations are not well known outsideprofessional magicians' groups. Among the many manipulations and sleights are forces, passes,glides, color changes, top and bottom changes, the Herrmann pass,the "Cottone" snap production, the Grote instantaneous palm, theCarlyle false count, double lifts, false cuts, controls, shuffles, andmuch more. But to the advanced beginner orsemi-professional who has some degree of card skill, the manipulationsand tricks, expertly described here by Hugard, will add to thedexterity of the performance, give hours of rigorous skill-developingpractice, and help build a professional well-rounded repertoire withcards.. This book, continuing the carefully worked out descriptions begun in Card Manipul