Card Tricks (Hey Presto Magic Book)

Learn impressive card tricks with an ordinary pack of playing cards — without difficult sleight of hand or special magic equipment.

Card Tricks Without Sleight of Hand or Apparatus is a classic collection of more than 20 clever card tricks designed to entertain and mystify, without requiring months of practice mastering complicated card moves.

Discover apparent thought-reading, divination, telepathy, impossible card discoveries, vanishes and coincidences, including The Four Burglars, The Disappearing Ace, The Clock Trick, The Spelling Trick, The Changing Aces and a chosen card appearing at any number.

Each routine is explained in detail, with presentation, patter and practical performance advice to help turn the secret into entertaining magic. Where an effect uses a confederate, the author also provides alternative methods or presentations where possible.

No difficult sleight of hand. No special trick deck. No expensive apparatus. Just clever card magic with ordinary playing cards.

First published in 1914 as part of C. Arthur Pearson's celebrated Amusements for the Home series, this fascinating book comes from the golden age of magic.

This remastered and expanded Hey Presto edition presents the original work unabridged, together with additional historical material, carefully remastered illustrations and amendments to the text for clarity.

An ideal introduction to card magic for beginners, amateur magicians and anyone who wants to entertain friends and family with a pack of cards.