Expert Card Mysteries

From the introduction by Robert Parrish: Although much of the material in this book comes from advanced current contributors to card magic, Al has included some fascinating lore from the past. There is, for example, the first printed information on Eddie Fay's glimmer technique. I recall that the late Rufus Steele, an informed man of gamblers' dodges, simply refused to believe that Fay was using a reflector. He thought it was a put-on and that Fay was probably using a stack or a pack of marked cards. Then there is Paul LePaul's wonderful transportation of cards into a sealed envelope. Although he explained the trick in his own book, Paul could not bring himself to include the wallet subtlety, which adds an extra dimension to the mystery. Preface Introduction Acknowledgment Part One Bottom Reverse Multiple Glide Take Me Ultima Fay's Gambling Methods Omega Omega, Sr. Chango-Chango Perfect False Riffle Shuffle - Addition Reacting Riffle Super Stop Stunner Impossible Card Vanish Part Two Jennings' Open Travellers The Turncoat Homing Card Refigured Pre-Figuration Larry's One To Five Jennings' Visitor Part Three Four Of A Mind Hidden Countdown Part Four Quadruple Transmigrationalism Favorite Color Changing Pack Turn Me Over Mirabile Dictu Royal Aces Black Magic Lane's Blue Card In Red Pack Lane's Winning Hand Deal Knockout Card In Aces Borrowed You Find It The Flying Queens Koran's Double Out Prediction Sequence Pira Numbero Can You Think And It's Trapped Reverso Triple Reverse Two - Four - Six - Eight - Find Gathering Of The Clan Sock It To Me Any Time Aces The Ultimate Transfer Question Prelude Combination Blank Surprise Cavorting Aces Jumping Jacks Ken's Separation Ken's Immediate Spell Part Five Signature Torn And Restored The Great Stabbing Trick Cards And Wallet Card In Orange Part Six Marlo Re-Stacking Pack Multiple Mental Spell X-Ray Deck Handling Blank Thought L'envoi