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Reviewed in [[Genii 1988 July]]
  
[[Category:Books published in 1985]]
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==Contents==
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* ''Introduction''
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===SECTION ONE: The Routine===
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* Page 2: '''Introductory Phase'''
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* Page 5: '''Exemplary Phase'''
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* Page 5: '''The Double Turnover'''
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* Page 7: '''The Double Lift Build-Up''' ([[Verne Chesbro]])
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* Page 8: '''Brrrrtttt''' ([[Bruce Elliot]])
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* Page 10: '''The Top Change'''
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* Page 12: '''For the Unambitious''' ([[Edward Marlo]])
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* Page 15: '''The Double Whammo'''
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* Page 17: '''The Bluff Pass''' ([[Paul LePaul]])
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* Page 20: '''Topper''' ([[Frank Garcia]] and [[Bill Spooner]])
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* Page 22: '''Tilted and Turned'''
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* Page 24: '''Up the Falls'''
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* Page 24: '''Thin Ambitious'''
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* Page 28: '''The Pass'''
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* Page 28: '''The Painbrush Color Change''' ([[Stanley Collins]] and [[Dai Vernon]])
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* Page 30: '''The Pop-Up Card''' ([[Frederick Braue]])
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===SECTION TWO: Alternative Sequences===
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'''CHAPTER ONE: Four Opening Gambits'''
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* Page 37: '''The Center Double Lift''' ([[Jack Avis]])
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* Page 38: '''The Hofzinser Spread Pass''' ([[J. N. Hofzinser]])
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* Page 41: '''Signed with Suspicion''' (Vic Kirk)
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* Page 41: '''To Boldly Go'''
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'''CHAPTER TWO: Further Ascensions'''
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* Page 44: '''The Push-In Change''' ([[A. Roterberg]], [[Hatton & Plate]], [[Frederick Braue]])
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* Page 46: '''Tabled Ambition''' ([[Phil Goldstein]])
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* Page 48: '''The Outjog Change''' ([[Al Baker]])
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* Page 49: '''The Ambitious Miracle-Change''' ([[Edward Marlo]])
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* Page 50: '''Layers of Conviction''' ([[Michael Weber]])
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* Page 53: '''The Tip-Over Change''' ([[Jack Merlin]])
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* Page 54: '''Two Bluff Insertions'''
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** Page 54: '''The Tiltless Tilt'''
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** Page 56: '''Bluff Insertion from the Front''' ([[Irv Weiner]])
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* Page 58: '''The Daley Leaper''' ([[Dr. Jacob Daley]])
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* Page 60: '''Cover for the Ambitous Card Double Lift''' ([[Jean Hugard]] and [[Frederick Braue]])
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* Page 61: '''The Impromptu Duplicate'''
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* Page 63: '''Four-Fifths of the Truth''' (Phil Goldstein)
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* Page 64: '''The Whole Truth''' (Michael Weber and [[Eric Maurin]])
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* Page 65: '''The Kagemusha Principle'''
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* Page 65: '''Ambitious Movie''' ([[Roy Walton]])
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* Page 67: '''The Finger-Clip Color Change''' (Edward Marlo)
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* Page 69: '''Rise, Rise, Rise''' (Edward Marlo)
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* Page 72: '''The Triple Whammo'''
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* Page 73: '''The Screened [[Leipzig Pass]]''' ([[Nate Leipzig]] and [[Ron Bauer]])
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* Page 78: '''The Ultra Move''' ([[Arthur Buckley]], [[T. Nelson Downs]], [[Harry Lorayne]])
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* Page 81: '''The One-Handed Side Steal''' (Irv Weiner)
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* Page 85: '''A One-Handed Sequence'''
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* Page 88: '''The Transfer of a Card''' (Nate Leipzig and [[John Brown Cook]])
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* Page 90: '''The One-Card Double Lift''' (Irv Weiner)
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* Page 91: '''The Ambitious Double-Deal''' (Irv Weiner)
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* Page 94: '''The Umbiquitous Card'''
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* Page 98: '''Ambitious Gimmickry'''
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* Page 98: '''Fancy Dancer''' (Phil Goldstein)
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* Page 100: '''The Trick That Fooled Houdini''' ([[Dai Vernon]])
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* Page 101: '''The Gaffless Houdini Fooler'''
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* Page 103: '''Nothing Changes''' ([[Rick Anderson]])
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* Page 104: '''The Ambitious Twins''' (Frederick Braue and Jean Hugard)
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* Page 105: '''Double Quick''' (Dai Vernon)
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'''CHAPTER THREE: Four Finales'''
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* Page 110: '''One for the Money''' ([[James Lewis]])
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* Page 114: '''Under Foot''' ([[Jean Hugard]])
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* Page 115: '''Ambitious One-Way'''
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* Page 117: '''The Ultimate Ambition'''
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* Page 123: ''An Index to the Ambitious Card in Print''
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[[Category:Books by Stephen Minch]]
 
[[Category:Books by Stephen Minch]]

Revision as of 07:01, 25 January 2015

Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus
AuthorStephen Minch
PublisherHermetic Press
Publication Date1987
LanguageEnglish
Pages140
 

Reviewed in Genii 1988 July

Contents

  • Introduction

SECTION ONE: The Routine

SECTION TWO: Alternative Sequences

CHAPTER ONE: Four Opening Gambits

  • Page 37: The Center Double Lift (Jack Avis)
  • Page 38: The Hofzinser Spread Pass (J. N. Hofzinser)
  • Page 41: Signed with Suspicion (Vic Kirk)
  • Page 41: To Boldly Go

CHAPTER TWO: Further Ascensions

  • Page 44: The Push-In Change (A. Roterberg, Hatton & Plate, Frederick Braue)
  • Page 46: Tabled Ambition (Phil Goldstein)
  • Page 48: The Outjog Change (Al Baker)
  • Page 49: The Ambitious Miracle-Change (Edward Marlo)
  • Page 50: Layers of Conviction (Michael Weber)
  • Page 53: The Tip-Over Change (Jack Merlin)
  • Page 54: Two Bluff Insertions
    • Page 54: The Tiltless Tilt
    • Page 56: Bluff Insertion from the Front (Irv Weiner)
  • Page 58: The Daley Leaper (Dr. Jacob Daley)
  • Page 60: Cover for the Ambitous Card Double Lift (Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue)
  • Page 61: The Impromptu Duplicate
  • Page 63: Four-Fifths of the Truth (Phil Goldstein)
  • Page 64: The Whole Truth (Michael Weber and Eric Maurin)
  • Page 65: The Kagemusha Principle
  • Page 65: Ambitious Movie (Roy Walton)
  • Page 67: The Finger-Clip Color Change (Edward Marlo)
  • Page 69: Rise, Rise, Rise (Edward Marlo)
  • Page 72: The Triple Whammo
  • Page 73: The Screened Leipzig Pass (Nate Leipzig and Ron Bauer)
  • Page 78: The Ultra Move (Arthur Buckley, T. Nelson Downs, Harry Lorayne)
  • Page 81: The One-Handed Side Steal (Irv Weiner)
  • Page 85: A One-Handed Sequence
  • Page 88: The Transfer of a Card (Nate Leipzig and John Brown Cook)
  • Page 90: The One-Card Double Lift (Irv Weiner)
  • Page 91: The Ambitious Double-Deal (Irv Weiner)
  • Page 94: The Umbiquitous Card
  • Page 98: Ambitious Gimmickry
  • Page 98: Fancy Dancer (Phil Goldstein)
  • Page 100: The Trick That Fooled Houdini (Dai Vernon)
  • Page 101: The Gaffless Houdini Fooler
  • Page 103: Nothing Changes (Rick Anderson)
  • Page 104: The Ambitious Twins (Frederick Braue and Jean Hugard)
  • Page 105: Double Quick (Dai Vernon)

CHAPTER THREE: Four Finales

  • Page 110: One for the Money (James Lewis)
  • Page 114: Under Foot (Jean Hugard)
  • Page 115: Ambitious One-Way
  • Page 117: The Ultimate Ambition


  • Page 123: An Index to the Ambitious Card in Print
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