Self-Working Close-Up Card Magic: 53 Foolproof Tricks

Fulves, Karl/ Schmidt, Joseph K. (Illustrator)/ Schmidt, Joseph K.

ISBN 10: 0486281248 / ISBN 13: 9780486281247

Published by Dover Pubns, 1995

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128 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Self-Working Close-Up Card Magic: 53 Foolproof Tricks
• Publisher: Dover Pubns
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486281248
• ISBN 13: 9780486281247
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.2 kilograms

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Synopsis

"Close-up card magic is performed right under the noses of the spectators. It has an immediacy that cannot be duplicated by platform magic. Seasoned professionals agree there is no better way to learn how to handle an audience than when they are inches away." — Karl Fulves.
Karl Fulves is one of the most popular and respected magic authorities writing today. In Self-Working Close-Up Card Magic he shows beginners how to perform 56 tried-and-true, crowd-pleasing tricks for the kind of small, close-up audiences that gather at parties and family get-togethers. The tricks are simple to master. The performer needs only a deck of cards and a few everyday objects like a coin or a rubber band. The kind of close-up performing these tricks require offers beginners the best possible way to learn how to engage and handle an audience.
Among the tricks are "openers," which quickly get an audience's attention and set the stage for the rest of the act; memory tricks that make it appear the performer has an uncanny ability to memorize cards; gambling tricks that seem to give the performer an expert ability to control the cards in games of chance; and "gimmicked" cards that create eye-popping visual magic. Simple step-by-step instructions, accompanied by clear, carefully drawn illustrations, make these applause-winning tricks absolutely foolproof, requiring no long practice or dexterity to perform.

About the Author

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.