Considered by many magicians and card sharps to be the one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery. Includes author's own systems of false shuffling, false riffling and cutting, dealing from the bottom, palming cards, 'skinning the hand' - even three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks. read more

The first volume in this landmark course sets the groundwork for the rest of the series, beginning with lessons on the proper ways to hold, deal and shuffle the cards, then progressing through many basic sleights and techniques, including perhaps the most thorough and revealing discussion of the classic force ever offered. Along with the classics of card ... read more

Picking up where Volume One left off, Volume Two teaches such classic and invaluable sleights as the palm, the pass, the glimpse, false counts and much more. Volume Two concludes with a chapter on psychology, misdirection and presentation that's among the best treatments ever done on these important subjects. Throughout, Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas ... read more

Volume Three contains instruction on such invaluable sleights as the push-off double turnover, one-handed top palm, the Ascanio spread, gambler's cop, the Vernon addition, false displays and riffle shuffles, the convincing control, the Olram subtlety, and much more-including many powerful card tricks and routines. Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas and ... read more

Learn such invaluable sleights as the invisible pass, the turnover and spread passes, the Christ twist, second and bottom deals, the Jinx change, the Green angle separation, the cut force, the dribble force, and much more-including many tricks and routines by Mr. Giobbi himself. Some of the topics covered in Volume Four include: , Forcing Techniques , Card ... read more

It's finally here! In the fifth volume of the acclaimed Card College series, Roberto Giobbi has prepared a graduation party! In previous volumes the reader has been given a remarkable collection of tools for creating astonishing card magic. In the same vein, Volume 5 begins with a meaty chapter of new techniques and strategies, which include methods for ... read more

Tension Focus and Design in Card magic The engine this book discusses has fifty-two parts. Its gears and pistons are spades and clubs. It is lubricated with hearts and diamonds. It is fueled by skilled fingers and deft imagination. And when it is started it carries its passengers to fantastic lands. It has had countless operators during the six centuries of its existence ... read more

Ron Frost finally reveals some of his favorite methods, moves, and effects using the Classic Force. The effects listed in this book are time - tested effects that Ron Frost still uses in his act today. Many effects using the classic force are listed, but Ron also includes other methods as well as routines with non traditional playing cards. Many of the ... read more

If you were to epitomize the sleight of hand of Ross Bertram in one word, it would be natural. No phony moves, no jerky motions, no changes in hands, eyes, or voice. In this, Bertram's second book, you will learn the true art of sleight of hand magic from one who can only be called an artist. read more

A Book of Basic Card Technique by Jerry Mentzer This modern - day classic of card magic details the: Double Undercut, Biddle Move, Hamman Count, Olram Subtlety, Downs Change, Elmsley Count, Jordan Count, Buckle Count, Ascanio Spread and much more! Clear photographs and easy to understand descriptions make this an invaluable reference book. Seventy - three ... read more

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 Frederick Braue explain such basic manipulation as the palm, the shuffle, the lift, the ... read more

This 15 - page booklet gives a full description of the very useful and utilitarian jog shuffle, enhanced by 10 illustrations. Complete with tips, hints and applications. 'Why on earth am I writing a book (or, booklet) about a move that any aspiring cardman (cardperson) ought to already know. Well that's the point really. Too many card handlers think they ... read more

First published in 1997, The Sleight Album remains one of the hippest manuscripts ever produced. Every single trick name was inspired by a song from the catalog of the most famous rock and roll band in history. read more

Finally a practical and discerning handbook for all lovers of card magic wishing to read about, learn, and master the pass of the most legendary card sleights. Gary Ouellet has analyzed the pass in all its forms and brings you the result of years of study: which passes to learn, why some arches are inherently better than others, and especially how to learn ... read more

Here it is-the legendary Ed Marlo's entire 'Revolutionary Card Technique' series all together in one volume! With over 500 pages, more than 1000 illustrations and 14 chapters covering all aspects of advanced manipulation, this is the most complete single reference book on card magic available. It was a classic in its time and is still an essential volume for ... read more

Devo's Secret Books as a project is a 3 volume collection of Devo's early underground material from the 1970s to current day. This first release, Devo's Secret Books Volume 1, is a re-release of four of Devo's favorite early underground ideas from his early publications. Some of this material has been kept in the underground for more than 20 years ... read more

H & R Magic Books is proud to present Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces. There has never been a book quite like this before. It is the first-ever encyclopedic collection of card forces. These forces don't make use of gimmicked cards of any kind. Many of them are well off the beaten track, and many ... read more