The Royal Road to Card Magic - Softcover

Hugard Jean

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9780572029180: The Royal Road to Card Magic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0572029187 ISBN 13: 9780572029180

Publisher: Foulsham & Co Ltd, 2004

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As a magician, your great reward is to amaze your audience - using a simple pack of cards. To do this, you need to master core shuffle skills that sit beneath every sleight of hand card trick. Once you have mastered these shuffles, the tricks become easy! This new videobook edition of the greatest card magic book, offers the budding magician a brilliant introduction to sleight of hand magic. It uses more than 100 video clips to demonstrate the principles and practice of card magic. You will learn to shuffle and present some astounding tricks. An experienced and gifted performer, writer and teacher, Hugard's exceptional combination of skills shines through in the clarity of his explanations. His example has inspired a generation of magicians - and will inspire you too to succeed in baffling any audience. 'I don't know a good card magician who hasn't read, studied and loved The Royal Road to Card Magic. When I started, it was never out of my sight - the best imaginable book for the beginner - and it taught me everything from shuffling a pack of cards to performing impossible feats for a theatre full of people. I'm delighted that now it's available in such a modern edition, to excite and inspire new generations of illusionists.' Geoffrey Durham (The Great Soprendo), member of the Inner Magic Circle

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Would you like to confound your friends, amaze your acquaintances, amuse and dazzle crowds at parties and gatherings? Mastering a few card tricks will allow you to do all that and more. With the help of this book, anyone can develop a versatile repertoire of first-rate card tricks. In fact, mastery of just the first chapter will enable you to perform a half-dozen astounding and entertaining sleights of hand.
The authors, both noted authorities on magic, present complete, easy-to-understand explanations of shuffles, flourishes, the glide, the glimpse, false shuffles and cuts, the pass, the classic force, and many other techniques. These will enable card handlers to perform over 100 mind-boggling feats of card magic, including Thought Stealer, Gray's Spelling Trick, Do as I Do, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, A Tipsy Trick, and dozens of others. Illustrated with more than 120 clear line cuts that make the explanations easy to follow, this exciting introduction to card conjuring will enable even beginners to develop professional-level skill and the ability to perform tricks guaranteed to astound family and friends.
Unabridged Dover (1999) republication of the work published by World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1951 (first edition, Harper & Brothers, 1948).

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