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Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic Paperback – June 1, 1974

by Jean Hugard (Author), Frederick Braue (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,044 ratings
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Scores of methods — previously known only to card experts — include passes, palming, false shuffles, false cuts, changes, crimps, jogs, reverses, rear palms and more. Altogether, 341 sleights and tricks. 318 illustrations show exact position of fingers and hands. .
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    8 years and up
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    480 pages
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    English
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    5.4 x 1.1 x 8.4 inches
  5. Publisher
    Dover Publications
  6. Publication date
    June 1, 1974
  7. ISBN-10
    9780486217550
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0486217558
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; First Edition (June 1, 1974)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780486217550
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486217550
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 1.1 x 8.4 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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This truly is not for beginners. The print is small, content is hard to understand & there are not a lot of pictures to clarify. My fourteen year old has some experience in card tricks, but evidently not enough for this book! She is returning the book.
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Nan
5.0 out of 5 stars A gift for my grandson
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024
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My grandson liked the book. He has always had interest in tricks and said this was a pretty good book
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Robert R. Tejada
5.0 out of 5 stars A magicians must have book
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024
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This book is a must have for any serious card magician starting out. That said, this book is valuable to any level magician, as it is loaded with many slights and forces and tips used in many card tricks today. The easy-to-follow instructions coupled with the drawings help in learning these trade secrets.
I have this book and several others and find I come back to this book from time to time. Buy the book, it's worth the money
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Will
5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with good information
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2010
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The book is a bit difficult to understand because it was written rather long ago. And may be a bit difficult to understand anyway unless you have Royal Road to Card Magic. But those difficulties with the book pale in comparison to the amount of information in this book.

Expert Card Technique is such a thick book. It teaches many complex sleights and builds off of them with effects using that sleight. A lot of effects. And a lot of sleights. It also gives quite a few routines and routine ideas. Keep in mind though, the effects in this book are quite advanced.

Beginners shouldn't start out with this book. I would recommend that you have Royal Road to Card Magic first (which was made for beginners to fill in the experience gap). Expert Card Technique is a staple for any card magician. For less than $10, any magician really can't pass this up.
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louienapoli
4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2016
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If you are keenly interested in card magic there is every reason to buy this book. It's inexpensive, it's comprehensive, and a terrific resource. I can give it only four stars because I find it terribly hard to learn most of the sleights from the diagrams and descriptions. They're very hard to describe but, when this was written, there was no internet, no DVDs, no way of learning other than one on one or via the printed page. So there are far easier and clearer resources for learning the techniques in this book. Still, it's a classic volume and, particularly if accompanied by a good video reference for the various moves, well worth the money.
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Kris-handy veillard
5.0 out of 5 stars It's like opening pandoras box
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2023
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If you are a beginner magician and you want to start creating your own magic, this book helps you understand the basics and math, the pictures are big enough to properly see what is going on and it is well illustrated, the steps are easy to follow it is a overall great started book.
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Guy That Buys Stuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020
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Just based on the table of contents you can tell this book is going to teach you some great tricks. Diagrams and verbiage is a bit odd, but when you figure out how to read it, it is awesome.
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ogechim K owho-osimini
3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2022
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Book has great intent for teaching the techniques in such a detailed manner. But there aren’t enough pictures/illustrations. More importantly illustrations on the most important parts of the moves. There is about 2 illustrations per sleight and usually the sleight will robotically have about 16-20 steps. Not a beginner book at all. Im even having problems understanding the first technique which is a get ready for a double lift. Ive been doing magic for 5 years. The pinkie count is my go to. Read with caution if u are ready to spend hours on one page to learn 2 steps to a sleight that takes 1 second. Great intent tho.
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Benjamin Diaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent to learn new tricks
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022
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Love the book , excellent to learn new tricks
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gabriel
5.0 out of 5 stars Muito bom!
Reviewed in Brazil on March 21, 2021
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Livro muito bom! E chegou dentro do prazo
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Loftur
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book.
Reviewed in Germany on April 6, 2023
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This book is great in every way, I recommend it to anyone who wants to get into either card magic or sleight of hand.
Somewhat beginner friendly though I began with the Royal Road before ordering this one
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Cesar isak
5.0 out of 5 stars buen servicio
Reviewed in Mexico on October 19, 2020
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mucho mas grueso de lo que pensé que seria, en una primera revisión la impresión esta bien y tienen mucho contenido. Estoy realmente satisfecho.
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5.0 out of 5 stars buen servicio
Reviewed in Mexico on October 19, 2020
mucho mas grueso de lo que pensé que seria, en una primera revisión la impresión esta bien y tienen mucho contenido. Estoy realmente satisfecho.
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etienne
5.0 out of 5 stars Extrêmement bien !
Reviewed in France on November 27, 2021
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Si vous faites de la magie et que vous stagnez, ce livre est fait pour vous ! Tellement de technique, illustré correctement (attention c'est pas toujours clair). Ce livre est presque un incontournable. Attention ! Le livre est en anglais !! Mis à part ça, je le recommande à 100%
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D. Lopan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Shipped FAST
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2018
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This came on the 3rd day of a 5 day estimate, thanks for that! I have read about reading this book, as a tome of everything needed for learning card technique. I have flipped through the pages in the last hour or so and it does not disappoint! It is written concisely, however I do think it would be a better companion for someone who already has a basic understanding of the things written in this book to help hone these sleights even further.
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