The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard

The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard

Would you like to confound your friends, amaze your acquaintances, amuse and dazzle crowds at parties and gatherings? Mastering a few card tricks will allow you to do all that and more. With the help of this book, anyone can develop a versatile repertoire of first-rate card tricks. In fact, mastery of just the first chapter will enable you to perform a half-dozen astounding and entertaining sleights of hand.
The authors, both noted authorities on magic, present complete, easy-to-understand explanations of shuffles, flourishes, the glide, the glimpse, false shuffles and cuts, the pass, the classic force, and many other techniques. These will enable card handlers to perform over 100 mind-boggling feats of card magic, including Thought Stealer, Gray's Spelling Trick, Do as I Do, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, A Tipsy Trick, and dozens of others. Illustrated with more than 120 clear line cuts that make the explanations easy to follow, this exciting introduction to card conjuring will enable even beginners to develop professional-level skill and the ability to perform tricks guaranteed to astound family and friends.
Unabridged Dover (1999) republication of the work published by World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1951 (first edition, Harper & Brothers, 1948).

Jean Hugard, an accomplished magician during his day, was born in Australia in 1872. He performed magic all around the world throughout his life, mostly in Australia, New Zealand, and even the United States. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, after retiring from performing magic, where he wrote more than thirty books on the subject, including Money Magic, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, and Houdini's Unmasking. He went blind near the end of his life, yet despite this, he continued to practice magic and write about it. On August 14, 1959, he passed away.

Steven Cohen is a well-known contemporary magician who specializes in close-up magic. He has performed for celebrities such as Woody Allen, David Rockefeller, Martha Stewart, Warren Buffett, Stephen Sondheim, and the Queen of Morocco, among others. He's also appeared on the History Channel, the Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, and CNN, as well as in prestigious magazines including the New York Times and Forbes magazine, and is the author of the book Win the Crowd. He currently resides in New York City and performs a long-running act at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

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ISBN 13	9781406793918
ISBN 10	1406793914
Title	The Royal Road to Card Magic
Author	Jean Hugard
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Read Books
Year published	2006-01-01
Number of pages	304
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