Book: The Card Expert - Magic Tricks by S.W. Erdnase

Here is the reissue by MAGIC DREAM of the cult book in Cartomagic: The Card Expert! The Secrets of Cheaters... Published in 1902, this book is and will remain THE masterpiece of cartomagic literature on which the art of card manipulation is based. All of the techniques described therein are as valuable to the contemporary fortune-teller as they were to one a century ago. This is particularly true of the exhaustive analysis that the author devotes to the possibilities of French mixing, an analysis that has never been surpassed since, despite the hundreds of books that have been published in the meantime! But the technique is not everything: the essential is elsewhere, namely: the intangible principles on which the art of card magic is based. The author's way of thinking, his philosophy of illusionism, his deep and total understanding of the mechanisms linked to the convincing creation of an illusion, this is what constitutes the great lesson of this work. By the importance he gives to these questions and to many others such as attention to detail, sobriety and economy of movement, motivation of the slightest gesture, there is more to be learned from reading the Erdnase's work than learning half a dozen new manipulations. L'Expert aux Cartes contains the quintessence of the art of card magic and the reflections, advice and recommendations distilled by the author over the pages make it an exciting book from start to finish, a book that is worth gold for all lovers of card magic. "If one were to sum up the importance of Erdnase's work, one could say that it is to card magic what Magie et Mise en Scène is to magic in general, that is- that is, essential reading for anyone who wants to be more than just a trickster and turn their passion into real art." - Mr. Richard Vollmer Some other quotes: "It's the Bible of the fortune-teller" -Henry Hay "The best book ever written on the handling of cards" -Dai Vernon Features : - Translation Richard VOLLMER, Revised and corrected by Richard VOLLMER. - Book in French published by Magic Dream. - Includes approximately 200 pages. - Size 16.5 x 23.5 cm - Several hundred illustrations. Discover the SUMMARY: - The secrets of professional players - Chargers - Prepared cards - Gossip - Two methods to shuffle the cards - The basic techniques - The possibilities of false mixing - The uniformity of gestures - The behaviour - Do we have to show our skill? - The most useful device - Suspicion and its consequences - Learning about art - The importance of details