Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks - Brossura

Stanyon, Ellis; Fulves, Karl

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486405303 ISBN 13: 9780486405308

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

Hundreds of tricks devised by one of the leading magicians of the early 20th century — from relatively complex maneuvers involving mathematical calculation and the discovery of a chosen card, to such simple sleights of hand as "The Traveling Ace" and "Putting the King and Queen to Bed." Fascinating, clearly illustrated material for amateurs and professionals alike.

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Karl Fulves is one of the most respected authorities in the field of magic. For over 40 years, he has written hundreds of books on the subject and taught the art of illusion to thousands of people of all ages. This legendary figure also edited and published such magazines as Epilogue and The Pallbearers Review.

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INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: Simple Methods of Discovering a Chosen Card 1 Reading the Index Pip 2 "The Bottom Card as "Key" 3 The Bent Corner 4 Drawing the Card from the Bottom 5 The Thumbnail-Embossed Mark 6 The Twenty-one Cards 7 "The Silent Count?Top Card as "Key" 8 "Several Heaps on Table?Bottom Card as "Key" 9 The Bridge at the End of the Pack 10 The Twenty-one Cards (Variations) 11 The Direction of Gaze 12 Discovering One Card Chosen from Seven or Eight 13 Noting Position Where Drawn Card Is Replaced 14 "The "Key" Card Obtained by the Index" 15 Sighting the Index of the Drawn Card 16 Pencil Line on the Edge of the Pack 17 Three Effects with Wax 18 The Margin and Pip Discovery 19 "The "Reversed" Card" 20 Tinfoil on the Back of the Card 21 The Step 22 Marking the Card with a Pin 23 "X-ray" Cards" 24 "The "Touched" Card" 25 "The "Portfolio" Card" 26 The Glimpse 27 Reflectors 28 "The "Turned-Up" Card" 29 "The "Ruffle," How to Make It" 30 "The "Ruffle" Force" 31 A Simple Method of a Forcing Card 32 A Simple Trick Shuffle CHAPTER 2: Simple Methods of Revealing a Chosen Card 1 The Revolution 2 The Revolution Change 3 The Revolution Change Through the Pack 4 Hitting the Pack Out of Hand 5 Jerking the Pack Out of Hand 6 Forcing the Choice with an Ordinary Die 7 Card Found at Any Number form the Top of the Pack 8 Wrong Card Visibly Changed 9 Person Sits on a Chosen Card 10 "To "Cut" the Pack at the Chosen Card" 11 By Looking at Any Card 12 The Card Jumps Out of the Pack 13 Nailing Chosen Card to the Door 14 The Card Found at Any Number 15 The Blindfold Stab 16 "The Pack "Cut" into Four Heaps" 17 The Card Reverse in the Pack 18 On the Ceiling 19 Any Number from the Top of the Pack 20 Catching Two Selected Cards 21 At Any Number Chosen by the Audience 22 Pretending to Be a Mind Reader 23 Revealing a Card by Its Weight 24 One of the Three Dealt on the Table 25 Knocking the Pack Out of Hand CHAPTER 3: Various Simple Tricks with Cards 1 The Four Robbers 2 The Three Robbers and the Constable 3 "Three Aces, Separated, Come Together" 4 "The "Piano" Trick" 5 The False Count 6 The Card Jumps Out of the Envelope or the Pack 7 "Two Cards, Placed in the Centre of the Pack, Found on Top" 8 Guessing Thought Cards 9 The Travelling Ace 10 The Simple Four Ace Trick 11 "Two Aces, Separated, Come Together" 12 Putting the King and Queen to Bed 13 A Card Thought of Discovers Another One Freely Chosen but Lost in the Pack 14 Name of Selected Card in the Envelope 15 Four Kings Change Places with Four Sevens 16 To Vanish One of Five Cards 17 With the Half Card 18 To Distinguish the Colour of the Cards Under a Handkerchief 19 Naming the Card on Top of Four (or More) Packets 20 Several Cards Pass Through a Book 21 To Slip the Top Card to the Bottom 22 Inseparable Kings and Queens 23 "How to "Bridge" the Cards" 24 To Detect Which of Four Cards Has Been Turned Around 25 Naming a Card in One Packet by Looking at One in Another 26 A Card Thought of Finds a Selected Card 27 An Eight Spot Put in the Centre Passes to the Top 28 Sighting the Index of the Drawn Card 29 The Half Card Combination 30 "The "Slip" Change" 31 "The "Slip" Force" 32 Several Chosen Card Reversed 33 "The "Whispering" Trick" 34 A Subtle Deal to Find the Chosen Card 35 To Distinguish Court Cards by Touch 36 To Distinguish Red from Black Card by Their Backs 37 Affectionate Kings 38 Inseparable Sevens 39 The Old Mormon and His Three Wives 40 Queens Digging for Diamonds 41 The Roadside Inn Chapter 4: Card Tricks?Calculation 1 The Transposed Cards 2 "The Card at Unknown Number from Bottom, Placed at Any Number from Top" 3 The Spots on Card Indicate Number of Cards Secretly Added to Pack 4 A Numerical Shuffle 5 "Any Number of Cards dealt Face Upwards, to Discover One Chosen" 6 To Produce a Card at Any Number 7 Alternate Method of Producing a Card at Any Number 8 The Selected Card Appears at Number Chosen by Another Person 9 The Twenty-seven Cards 10 A Reversed Count Brings Card to Any Position 11 To Name the Total Value of Several Chosen Cars 12 "Thirty-one" (Simple Version)" 13 The Clock 14 The Clock?with ten Cards 15 To Detect Chosen Card Amongst Thirty-five 16 To Detect Chosen Card Amongst Fifty-two 17 The Square of Twenty-five Cards 18 The Pairs Re-Paired 19 The Magic Triplets 20 To Discover Card Removed from Pack of Fifty-two 21 Another Method for No. 20 22 To Discover One of Two Cards Removed from Fifty-two 23 The Capital Q 24 To Discover Names of Three Cards Chosen by Three Different People 25 "To Discover Card (or Cards) Amongst Sixteen, After the Fourth Deal" 26 The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen 27 "TO Discover Value of Two Cards Drawn from the Pack of Fifty-two, Without Seeing Any Cards" 28 The Thought Card Appears at Any Number 29 "A Card Chosen at Number from Bottom, Found in Pocket" 30 The Mysterious Addition 31 Odd or Even 32 An Arithmetical Mystery 33 To Discover the Respective Holders of Three Cards or Objects 34 At Any Number from the Top 35 The Numerical Shift 36 The Transposed Cards 37 The Transposed Cards and Mind-Reading 38 The Card in Pocket 39 The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen 40 The Card Chosen Corresponds with Paper in Person's Pocket 41 "The Card Secretly Chosen at a Number from the Top, Picked Out of the Pack in Person's Pocket" 42 Naming Spots on a Card at Any Number in the Pack 43 At Any Number from the Top 44 "Forty Cards Dealt Faces Down, to Pick Up the One Named" 45 "Thirty-one" 46 The Position of Card Amongst Ten 47 Two Packs Shuffled and Card Found in Same Position in Each 48 A Card of Either Colour Found at Any Number 49 To Give the Position of Any Card 50 Placing the Chosen Card at Any Number CHAPTER 5: Card Tricks?Arrangment 1 Arrangement of a Whist Pack 2 A Numerical Arrangement for a Whist Pack 3 Margery's Arrangement for a Piquet Pack 4 Another Arrangement for a Piquet Pack 5 The Best False Shuffle 6 Changing the Pack 7 Discovering the Pack 8 To Name All the Cards Without Seeing Them 9 "To "Cut" an Odd or Even Number" 10 To Deal Yourself All the Trumps 11 An Improved Whist Trick 12 To Pick Out Any One or More Values 13 To Discover the Number of Cards Taken and to Name Each 14 A Perfect Whist Memory 15 "The Pack "Cut" into a Number of Heaps, to Name Cards in Any Heap Placed in Person's Pocket" 16 The Number of Chosen Cards Are Passed into an Envelope in Full View 17 Rapid Memorization (?) of Half the Pack 18 Naming the Card Secretly Placed in a Pocket 19 The Greek Cross 20 To Name a Card After Dealing Four Times 21 To Discover a Card Chosen from Twenty-five 22 A Chart of the Arranged Pack 23 To Produce Any Card 24 "A Spelling "B" 25 To Discover the Number of Spots on Two Batches of Cards 26 "The Revolution" to Discover Number of Cards Taken" 27 To Discover a Thought Card and Name It 28 "The "Twenty-seven" Card Trick without a "Key" CHAPTER 6: Card Tricks?Various Arrangements 1 "Reversible "Spelling B" 2 The Alternate Card Trick?Simple 3 To Discover Two Consecutive Cards 4 "Fifteen Consecutive Cards Indiscriminately Drawn from One Pack and One Secretly Chosen, to Produce It From Another Pack" 5 A Trick at Poker 6 Special Arrangement of Whist Pack and Tricks with Same 7 The Genuine Shuffle as Affecting the Above (No. 6) and Other Arranged Packs 8 The Numerical Arrangement and Tricks with Same 9 Any Card Noted in One Pack Found at a Given Number in Another 10 "The Pack Is "Cut" into Four and the Names of the Cards in Either Part Are Found in an Envelope" CHAPTER 7: Card Tricks Using Confederates 1 Two Cards Change in Envelope?Comedy Trick 2 To Tell Which Card of Fifty-two Is Touched in Your Absence 3 Alternate Method for No. 2 4 Another Alternate Method for No. 2 5 To Conjure a Card Under a Flowerpot 6 To Conjure a Card into Your Pocket 7 A Card Instantly Removed from a Pack in the Pocket CHAPTER 8: Card Reading 1 Arranged Pack 2 The Bottom Card?Simple 3 The Bottom Card and Palming 4 Round Convex Mirror 5 Reflection in the Eye (?) 6 Tinfoil on the Back of the Card 7 Subtle Reading of the Index 8 Two Halves of the Pack Face-to-Face 9 Finger Ring Reflector 10 Sighting the Index Under Cover of the Pack 11 Reading the Fifty-two Cards After a Genuine Shuffle 12 The Index Removed from One End of the Pack CHAPTER 9: Card Tricks Using Special Printed Cards 1 "Two Cards, One in Each Hand, Change Places" 2 Four Red Cards Change Places with Four Black Ones 3 New Precipitation 4 "The "Cagliostro" or "Balsamo" Card Trick" 5 The Disappearance of a Card 6 Any Card from the Pocket 7 A Lightning Change 8 The Phantom Card Trick 9 Improved Phantom Cards 10 Phantom with Ordinary Cards 11 Two Cards Pass from One Plate to Another 12 Perplexo 13 Nox-Em-All 14 The Sphinx Card Trick 15 The Vanishing Card 16 "Papel Blanco" 17 The Four Aces on a Handkerchief 18 Will o' the Wisp 19 Fade Away 20 Nine to Five to Three to Ace to Blank 21 Contrario Aces 22 Chromatic Cards 23 Cremation and Confetti 24 The Card Problem 25 The Yogi Wonder 26 The Princess Card Trick 27 The Three-Card Trick 28 "Pickitout" 29 "The "Knock-out" Card Trick" 30 "The "Best Ever" Card Trick" 31 "Cleveland's "Presto Fly" Card Trick" 32 "The "Spotter" or Educated Die" 33 "The "Canadian Wonder" 34 The Surprise Card Trick 35 Edwards' Dioramic Pack 36 "Pippin" 37 The Four Ace Trick 38 The Twelve Ubiquitous Court Cards 39 Substitution of a Trick Set for Ordinary Cards CHAPTER 10: Mechanical and Other Prepared Cards 1 Aces versus Kings 2 Aces of Spades and Ace of Diamonds Change Places 3 Three Cards Appear on a Borrowed hat 4 Three Chosen Cards Appear on a Mirror 5 The Card Appears on an Arm 6 The Card Appears on a Handkerchief 7 "The Card, Envelope and Handkerchief Combination" 8 Nailing a Chosen Card to the Wall 9 The Chosen Cards Appear in a Watch 10 The Card Thrown on a Silk Hat Jumps Up and Stands on One End 11 Balancing Any Card on a Hat 12 The Card and a Glass of Wine Balance on a Hat 13 The Mysterious Chain of Cards 14 The Simple Throwing of a Card 15 The Card Disappears from a Glass of Water 16 The Card Disappears from an Empty Glass 17 The Chosen Cards Change to Photographs 18 The Three of Diamonds Changes to two 19 The Signed Ace Changes to a Three 20 Aces versus Blank Cards and Pocket 21 The Two of Hearts Changes to the Two of Spades 22 The Four Knaves Change to Four Aces and Back Again 23 Got 'Em All Beat 24 The Card through a hat 25 The Card in a Bottle 26 The Ink Card 27 The Envelope Changes to the Chosen Card 28 The Vanishing Pips 29 The Reunited Card 30 The Card on a Ribbon 31 Spirit Photography 32 The Chosen Card Changes to a Box of Matches 33 The Mechanical Changing Pip Card 34 The Mechanical Changing Pip and Value Card 35 The Flap Card 36 Changing and Enlarging the Card 37 Several Ordinary Cards Change to Large Ones 38 The Card Changes to a Die 39 The Moving Pip Card 40 The Bullet Ace 41 The Chosen Card Appears Between Two Others on a Thread 42 "The "Torn Corner" Card" 43 An Ace Changes to a Three and Vice Versa 44 Eclipse Vanishing a Pack of Cards 45 The Protean Pack 46 Making a Half Pack of Cards Vanish 47 The Sticking of Pack of Cards 48 The Electric Pack of Cards 49 Producing a Pack of Cards from an Empty Glass 50 The Card Jumps Out of an Envelope 51 The Ten of Spade Changes to the Ten of Clubs 52 The Chosen Card Is Found Printed on a Plain Card Places in a Glass Tumbler 53 The Four Ace Trick 54 New Precipitation 55 "The "Tokio" Card Trick" 56 DeLand's Two-Card Monte 57 A New Protean or Chameleon Pack 58 The Five of Diamond Changes to the Five of Spades 59 "Deland's "Eureka" Card Trick" "CHAPTER 11: "Forcing" Packs and Tricks with Same" 1 Pack to Force One Card 2 Pack to Force One or Three Cards Singly 3 Pack to Force Three Cards Together 4 "The "Ruffle" Force with an Ordinary Pack" 5 Discovering the Chosen Card by a Throw of the Dice 6 "The "Slip" Force" 7 To Produce Three Cards at Any Number 8 Four Cards Changed to the Same Value as a Fifth Drawn from Another Pack 9 "The "Fin de Siécle" Forcing Pack of Cards" 10 "The "Ae-Di-Tse-Tal" Forcing Pack" 11 "The "Svengali" Wonder Forcing Pack" 12 "The Double "Forcing" Pack" 13 "The Triple "Forcing" Pack" 14 "The Combination "Fin-de-Siécle" Magic Pack" 15 The Forcing and Self-shifting Pack 16 The Multiple Shifting Pack 17 Three Cards Produced from a Pack Shuffled in a Hat 18 The Forcing Pack that May Be Genuinely Shuffled 19 "The "Ivory" Versus "Air Cushion" Finish" 20 "The "Key" Card Forcing and Self-shifting Pack" 21 Three Persons Select the Same Card 22 The Chosen Card Is Dropped at a Given Signal 23 "The "Anstro" Forcing Deck" 24 "The "Monte Cristo" Forcing Pack" 25 The Master Mystery Forcing Pack 26 The Pack Is Wrapped in Paper and a Knife Passed between Two Chosen Cards CHAPTER 12: Besauté (Stripper) and Cornered Packs 1 Description of the Pack 2 "To "Cut" at the Card" 3 To Blow the Card from a Pack 4 To Separate Red from Black Cards 5 To Draw Picture Cards from a Pack 6 To Draw the Card from a Pack in a Person's Pocket 7 To Pass the Card from a Pack into a Person's Pocket 8 To Name Cards Before Removing Them from a Pack under a Handkerchief 9 To Draw Cards from a Pack One After Another 10 To Pass the Chosen Card Through a Handkerchief 11 With a Confederate 12 "To Name the Number of Cards in the "Cut" 13 To Draw One to Ten Cards d) CHAPTER 20: Ornamental Sleights and Flourishes 1 Springing the Cards from One Hand to the Other 2 Palming Cards when Reversing the Pack in the Same Hand 3 Changing the Face Card of the Pack 4 Colour Change?Suiting Actions to Words 5 Revolution of the Cards on the Arm 6 Cards Thrown from the Left Arm and Caught in the Right Hand 7 Cards Thrown from the Left Arm and Caught in the Left Hand 8 Combination Throw?Back and Front of the Arm 9 Jerking Up the Pack from the Table with One Hand 10 Jerking Up the Pack from the Back of the Left Hand 11 Revolution on the Table 12 Balancing the Pack on the End?on the Back of the Hand 13 Catching the Pack from the Elbow 14 To Throw a Card Across a Large Theatre 15 "A Card Thrown a Considerable Distance, Returns to the Hand" 16 A Card Thrown Returns and Is Severed by Scissors 17 The Waterfall Shuffle 18 The One-Handed Waterfall Shuffle 19 The Falling Ribbon of Cards 20 The Accordion One-Handed Shuffle 21 Catching Two Heaps of Cards from the Back of the Hand 22 "The "Pass" by Throwing the Pack from the Left to the Right Hand" 23 "One-Handed "Pass" Against Left Hip" 24 "The Longitudinal "Pass" 25 The Double-Palm Change 26 Subtle Overhand Shuffle 27 A Supposed Shuffle in a Silk Hat 28 "One-Handed Genuine "Cut" 29 "One-Handed Triple "Cut" 30 Subtle Force with a Dinner Knife 31 "An Exciting "Drop" from the back of the Hand" 32 A Bridge of Card Between the Hands 33 Tearing a...

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0486405303
• ISBN 13: 9780486405308
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 1