
The Royal Road to Card Magic
Jean Hugard(Author)
Read Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4067-9391-8 (ISBN)
Description
This antiquarian volume contains an easy-to-digest and novice-friendly guide to learning card tricks, with descriptions and instructions designed to teach the reader a number of shuffling techniques and related tricks. Written in clear, plain language and full of useful illustrations, this guide will appeal to the novice magician and those with an interest in learning card tricks. It is not to be missed by the discerning collector of such literature. The chapters of this book include: 'The Overhead Shuffle', 'Using the Overhand Shuffle', 'Controlling the Top Card', 'Retaining the Top and Bottom Cards in Position', 'Top Card to Next to Bottom and Back to the Top', 'Pinkie Does It', 'A Card and a Number', 'Displaying the Top Card', etcetera. This volume is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially-commissioned introduction on magic tricks.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alcester
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4067-9391-8 (9781406793918)
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The Royal Road to Card Magic
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Person
Jean Hugard (John Gerard Rodney Boyce, 1871-1959) was an Australian-born magician who became famous for his stage acts which placed him firmly among the pantheon of conjuring greats. He authored over 30 books on magic, was editor of "Hugard's Magic Monthly," and was officially named "Dean of Magicians" by the Society of American Magicians in 1951.