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Review: The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card ManipulationUser Review - G - GoodreadsStandard reading for any magician. A great historical reference for those in game protection Read full review Review: The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card ManipulationUser Review - James Macdonald - GoodreadsAbsolutely outstanding work. Anyone who is interested in doing card magic has to be familiar with this book. Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesaction appear artifice blind cut blind shuffle bottom card bottom dealing bottom palm CARD MAGIC card manipulation card on top card table card tricks comer crimp Cull dealer desired cards difficult draw ERDNASE Euchre executed extra cards face find finger and thumb finger end finished firmly first card first joint five four GUSTAV STICKLEY Hold the deck illustrations Karl Fulves left fingers left hand left little finger left thumb left-hand packet located lower packet manner Martin Gardner method movement number players palmed cards particular card performer position push riffle right hand right palm right thumb right-hand packet run one less S. W. Erdnase second and third second finger Seize the deck selected card shift side Sleights slightly spectator squaring sufficiently third and little third fingers third fingertip three cards throw on top thumb and second top and bottom Under-cut to in-jog Undercutto upper packet whole deck Bibliographic information |