BASIC CARD TECHNIQUE: A text-book for the Student of Card Magic
London: Max Andrews, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 600 copies of which this is No. 350. Classic textbook for the student of card magic, with 20 chapters describing various methods of Pass, Location, Palming, Forcing, False Cut, False Shuffle, False Count, Double Lift, Top and Bottom Change, Glide or Slip, Glimpse or Peek, Reversing the Cards, Treating the Cards, Prepared Cards, Card Subtleties, Producing Chosen Card, Flourishes, Back and Front Palm, Fanning etc. There final section is devoted to presentation. Octavo: [vii], 298 p. with a tipped-in frontispiece portrait and over 200 illustrations. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Period bookseller's label to the front flyleaf. Some mild toning and wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Very good / Very good. Item #76175
Price: $100.00