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− | + | | author = Jean Hugard | |
− | + | | pub_date = 1948 | |
+ | | publisher = Harper & Brothers | ||
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+ | | image_caption = 1948 edition | ||
+ | | editor = | ||
+ | | illustrator = Frank Rigney | ||
+ | | language = English | ||
+ | | pages = 292 | ||
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+ | '''Royal Road to Card Magic''' is a book by [[Frederick Braue]] and [[Jean Hugard]] to provide a stepping stone to the more advanced and less accessible [[Expert Card Technique]] (1940).<ref>http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45031</ref> | ||
+ | It was reviewed in [[Genii 1948 April]]. | ||
== Editions == | == Editions == | ||
− | * | + | * First edition, Harper & Brothers, 1948 |
* World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio 1951 | * World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio 1951 | ||
− | * Dover 1999 ( based on 1951 edition) | + | * Dover 1999 (based on 1951 edition) |
+ | |||
+ | == Contents == | ||
+ | * Page XI: INTRODUCTION by [[Paul Fleming]] | ||
+ | * Page XV: PREFACE | ||
+ | * PART ONE | ||
+ | **Page 003: I. "THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, I" | ||
+ | *** Position of the Pack—Execution of the Overhand Shuffle. Using the Overhand Shuffle: Controlling the Top Card—Controlling the Bottom Card—Retaining the Top and Bottom Cards—Top Card to Next to Bottom and Back—The Run— The Injog—The Undercut. Overhand Shuffle Control: Retaining Top Stock—Overhand False Shuffle—Overhand Shuffle Practice Routine. | ||
+ | *** Tricks with the Overhand Shuffle: Topsy Turvy Cards (see "Tenkai's Reverse Cards Mystery" in [[Tarbell]] Vol 1 page 215.) | ||
+ | *** Poker Player's Picnic ([[Steve Belchou]]) | ||
+ | *** A Pocket Discovery (previously been published under the name Clairvoyance in [[Secrets Of Conjuring And Magic]]. | ||
+ | *** Telepathy Plus—Thought Stealer—Pinkie Does It—A Card and a Number | ||
+ | **Page 028: II. THE RIFFLE SHUFFLE | ||
+ | *** Riffle Shuffle Control: Retaining Card at Top—Retaining a Card at the Bottom—Riffle Shuffle in the Air. Tricks with the Riffle Shuffle: An Instinct for Cards—Mirror of the Mind—Ultra Card Divination. | ||
+ | **Page 037: III. FLOURISHES | ||
+ | ***Displaying the Top Card: (a) For intimate performances, (b) for intimate performances, (c) For platform performances. The Ruffle: (a) With both hands, (c) With a Single Card. The Click—Spread and Turnover: (a) On a Cloth-Covered Table, (b) On a Bare Table. Gathering the Ribbon-Spread Pack— Springing the Cards—A Flourish Count—Throwing a Card—Waterfall Shuffle—The Fan—One-Hand Fan—Thumb Fan - Pressure Fan. | ||
+ | **Page 053: IV. THE GLIDE | ||
+ | *** Tricks with the Glide: Design for Laughter ( Is basically, [[The Partagas Sell]] from [[Victor Farelli's Card Magic]] Part Two.) | ||
+ | *** Observation Test | ||
+ | **Page 059: V. THE GLIMPSE | ||
+ | *** Bottom-Card Glimpse I—Bottom-Card Glimpse II—Bottom-Card Glimpse III—Top-Card Glimpse—Fan Peek. Tricks with the Glimpse: Gray's Spelling Trick—Round and Round. | ||
+ | **Page 068: VI. THE KEY CARD | ||
+ | *** Key Undercut—Key Undercut Shuffle. Tricks with the Key Card: Do as I Do—The Three Piles—The 26th Card—A Meeting of the Minds—The Non-Poker Voice—Intuition with Cards—Sliding Key Card. | ||
+ | **Page 082: VII. THE PALM | ||
+ | *** Top Palm: (1) A Single Card. (2) Several Cards—Palm Glimpse—Replacing Palmed Cards: First Method—Second Method. Tricks with the Palm: Card in the Pocket—Now You See It!—Grab-Bag Card—Good-Luck Card—Do It and Fail—Gathering of the Clan—A Vested Interest—Piano Trick. | ||
+ | **Page 109: VIII. THE BACKSLIP | ||
+ | *** Backslip Force—Backslip Control. Tricks with the Backslip: | ||
+ | *** Lightning Card | ||
+ | *** The Tantalizer (published by [[L. Vosburgh Lyons]] as “Last Chance” in [[Jinx]] #54, March,1939 ) | ||
+ | *** Under Your Hat. | ||
+ | **Page 116: IX. "THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, II" | ||
+ | *** In jog and Break—Overhand Break Control—Overhand Lift Shuffle—Lift Shuffle Force—Spread and Break—Holding a Break—Spread and Break Control—Tricks with the Overhand Shuffles: The Sevens—Obliging Aces—Leapfrog—Spectator's Card Trick—A Poker Puzzle ( Marlo/Gardner). | ||
+ | **Page 131: X. FALSE SHUFFLES AND CUTS | ||
+ | *** Optical Shuffle—Charlier Shuffle—The Cut: First Method- Second Method—Third Method—Fourth Method—Palm Cut. Tricks with the Shuffles and Cuts: An Incomprehensible Divination Circus Card Trick—Black Jack, Detective | ||
+ | **Page 141: XI. THE DOUBLE LIFT AND TURNOVER | ||
+ | *** Double-Lift Glimpse—Double-Lift Card Reverse: (a) Top- Card Reversal, (b) Second-Card Reversal, (c) Second-Card Reversal. Tricks with the Double Lift: Rapid Transit—The Trey Ambitious Card—Throughth and Consequences— Insidious Dr. Fu Liu Tu. | ||
+ | **Page 153: XII. THE PASS | ||
+ | *** The Grip—Left-Hand Action—Right-Hand Action. Riffle Pass—Spread Pass—Spring Pass. Tricks with the Pass: Off Agin, On Agin, Finnegin—Kangaroo Card—Righting a Wrong—Blindfolded Pack—Double Speller. | ||
+ | **Page 166: XIII. MISCELLANEOUS FLOURISHES | ||
+ | *** —Self-Cutting Deck—A Pretty Cut—Pop-up Card—A Bit of Byplay—Charlier Cut—Acrobatic Aces. | ||
+ | * PART TWO | ||
+ | **Page 177: XIV. THE REVERSES | ||
+ | *** First Method—Second Method—Third Method—Fourth Method—Reversed Location. Tricks with the Reverses: Spellbound— | ||
+ | *** A Tipsy Trick (by [[Sid Lorraine]]) | ||
+ | *** Double Reverse ([[Walter B. Gibson]]) | ||
+ | *** Mentalivity— Mountebank Miracle. | ||
+ | **Page 190: XV. THE HINDU SHUFFLE AND OTHER CONTROLS | ||
+ | *** Hindu Shuffle Control: Single Card—Several Cards. Hindu Shuffle Force—Hindu Shuffle Glimpse—The Step—Natural Jog—Twelve-Down Riffle. Tricks with the Hindu Shuffle: All Change Here—Ewephindit. | ||
+ | **Page 201: XVI. THE CLASSIC FORCE | ||
+ | *** Card Force—Riffle-Break Force—Sliding-Key Force—Double-Lift Force—Cut Force. Tricks with the Force: Justice Card Trick—Four of a Kind—Pulse Trick (Dai Vernon?). | ||
+ | **Page 216: XVII. TOP AND BOTTOM CHANGES | ||
+ | *** Top Change—The Changing Card—Top-Change Byplay—Bottom Change—Top and Bottom Changes | ||
+ | **Page 224: XVIII. ARRANGEMENTS | ||
+ | *** Tricks with Arrangements: The Selective Touch—A Future in Cards—Jacks Wild—Think Stop—Deal Away—The Educated Cards—Reds and Blacks. | ||
+ | **Page 236: XIX. ROUTINES | ||
+ | *** Routining Card Tricks—A Table Routine—A Rollicking Routine—Card-Discovery Routine—Razzle-Dazzle Routine | ||
+ | * PART THREE | ||
+ | **Page 249: XX. PLATFORM TRICKS | ||
+ | *** Conus Ace Trick | ||
+ | *** Ladies' Looking Glass | ||
+ | *** [[Everywhere and Nowhere]] | ||
+ | *** Egyptian Pocket | ||
+ | *** Cards to the Pocket | ||
+ | *** Enlarging and Diminishing Cards | ||
+ | *** Everybody Card I | ||
+ | *** Everybody Card II | ||
+ | ** Page 289: Index | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | {{References}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Books by Frederick Braue]] | ||
[[Category:Close Up Magic Books]] | [[Category:Close Up Magic Books]] | ||
− | + | {{Books}} |
Latest revision as of 20:42, 3 January 2017
Royal Road to Card Magic | |
1948 edition | |
Author | Jean Hugard |
---|---|
Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
Illustrator | Frank Rigney |
Publication Date | 1948 |
Language | English |
Pages | 292 |
Royal Road to Card Magic is a book by Frederick Braue and Jean Hugard to provide a stepping stone to the more advanced and less accessible Expert Card Technique (1940).[1]
It was reviewed in Genii 1948 April.
Editions
- First edition, Harper & Brothers, 1948
- World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio 1951
- Dover 1999 (based on 1951 edition)
Contents
- Page XI: INTRODUCTION by Paul Fleming
- Page XV: PREFACE
- PART ONE
- Page 003: I. "THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, I"
- Position of the Pack—Execution of the Overhand Shuffle. Using the Overhand Shuffle: Controlling the Top Card—Controlling the Bottom Card—Retaining the Top and Bottom Cards—Top Card to Next to Bottom and Back—The Run— The Injog—The Undercut. Overhand Shuffle Control: Retaining Top Stock—Overhand False Shuffle—Overhand Shuffle Practice Routine.
- Tricks with the Overhand Shuffle: Topsy Turvy Cards (see "Tenkai's Reverse Cards Mystery" in Tarbell Vol 1 page 215.)
- Poker Player's Picnic (Steve Belchou)
- A Pocket Discovery (previously been published under the name Clairvoyance in Secrets Of Conjuring And Magic.
- Telepathy Plus—Thought Stealer—Pinkie Does It—A Card and a Number
- Page 028: II. THE RIFFLE SHUFFLE
- Riffle Shuffle Control: Retaining Card at Top—Retaining a Card at the Bottom—Riffle Shuffle in the Air. Tricks with the Riffle Shuffle: An Instinct for Cards—Mirror of the Mind—Ultra Card Divination.
- Page 037: III. FLOURISHES
- Displaying the Top Card: (a) For intimate performances, (b) for intimate performances, (c) For platform performances. The Ruffle: (a) With both hands, (c) With a Single Card. The Click—Spread and Turnover: (a) On a Cloth-Covered Table, (b) On a Bare Table. Gathering the Ribbon-Spread Pack— Springing the Cards—A Flourish Count—Throwing a Card—Waterfall Shuffle—The Fan—One-Hand Fan—Thumb Fan - Pressure Fan.
- Page 053: IV. THE GLIDE
- Tricks with the Glide: Design for Laughter ( Is basically, The Partagas Sell from Victor Farelli's Card Magic Part Two.)
- Observation Test
- Page 059: V. THE GLIMPSE
- Bottom-Card Glimpse I—Bottom-Card Glimpse II—Bottom-Card Glimpse III—Top-Card Glimpse—Fan Peek. Tricks with the Glimpse: Gray's Spelling Trick—Round and Round.
- Page 068: VI. THE KEY CARD
- Key Undercut—Key Undercut Shuffle. Tricks with the Key Card: Do as I Do—The Three Piles—The 26th Card—A Meeting of the Minds—The Non-Poker Voice—Intuition with Cards—Sliding Key Card.
- Page 082: VII. THE PALM
- Top Palm: (1) A Single Card. (2) Several Cards—Palm Glimpse—Replacing Palmed Cards: First Method—Second Method. Tricks with the Palm: Card in the Pocket—Now You See It!—Grab-Bag Card—Good-Luck Card—Do It and Fail—Gathering of the Clan—A Vested Interest—Piano Trick.
- Page 109: VIII. THE BACKSLIP
- Backslip Force—Backslip Control. Tricks with the Backslip:
- Lightning Card
- The Tantalizer (published by L. Vosburgh Lyons as “Last Chance” in Jinx #54, March,1939 )
- Under Your Hat.
- Page 116: IX. "THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, II"
- In jog and Break—Overhand Break Control—Overhand Lift Shuffle—Lift Shuffle Force—Spread and Break—Holding a Break—Spread and Break Control—Tricks with the Overhand Shuffles: The Sevens—Obliging Aces—Leapfrog—Spectator's Card Trick—A Poker Puzzle ( Marlo/Gardner).
- Page 131: X. FALSE SHUFFLES AND CUTS
- Optical Shuffle—Charlier Shuffle—The Cut: First Method- Second Method—Third Method—Fourth Method—Palm Cut. Tricks with the Shuffles and Cuts: An Incomprehensible Divination Circus Card Trick—Black Jack, Detective
- Page 141: XI. THE DOUBLE LIFT AND TURNOVER
- Double-Lift Glimpse—Double-Lift Card Reverse: (a) Top- Card Reversal, (b) Second-Card Reversal, (c) Second-Card Reversal. Tricks with the Double Lift: Rapid Transit—The Trey Ambitious Card—Throughth and Consequences— Insidious Dr. Fu Liu Tu.
- Page 153: XII. THE PASS
- The Grip—Left-Hand Action—Right-Hand Action. Riffle Pass—Spread Pass—Spring Pass. Tricks with the Pass: Off Agin, On Agin, Finnegin—Kangaroo Card—Righting a Wrong—Blindfolded Pack—Double Speller.
- Page 166: XIII. MISCELLANEOUS FLOURISHES
- —Self-Cutting Deck—A Pretty Cut—Pop-up Card—A Bit of Byplay—Charlier Cut—Acrobatic Aces.
- Page 003: I. "THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, I"
- PART TWO
- Page 177: XIV. THE REVERSES
- First Method—Second Method—Third Method—Fourth Method—Reversed Location. Tricks with the Reverses: Spellbound—
- A Tipsy Trick (by Sid Lorraine)
- Double Reverse (Walter B. Gibson)
- Mentalivity— Mountebank Miracle.
- Page 190: XV. THE HINDU SHUFFLE AND OTHER CONTROLS
- Hindu Shuffle Control: Single Card—Several Cards. Hindu Shuffle Force—Hindu Shuffle Glimpse—The Step—Natural Jog—Twelve-Down Riffle. Tricks with the Hindu Shuffle: All Change Here—Ewephindit.
- Page 201: XVI. THE CLASSIC FORCE
- Card Force—Riffle-Break Force—Sliding-Key Force—Double-Lift Force—Cut Force. Tricks with the Force: Justice Card Trick—Four of a Kind—Pulse Trick (Dai Vernon?).
- Page 216: XVII. TOP AND BOTTOM CHANGES
- Top Change—The Changing Card—Top-Change Byplay—Bottom Change—Top and Bottom Changes
- Page 224: XVIII. ARRANGEMENTS
- Tricks with Arrangements: The Selective Touch—A Future in Cards—Jacks Wild—Think Stop—Deal Away—The Educated Cards—Reds and Blacks.
- Page 236: XIX. ROUTINES
- Routining Card Tricks—A Table Routine—A Rollicking Routine—Card-Discovery Routine—Razzle-Dazzle Routine
- Page 177: XIV. THE REVERSES
- PART THREE
- Page 249: XX. PLATFORM TRICKS
- Conus Ace Trick
- Ladies' Looking Glass
- Everywhere and Nowhere
- Egyptian Pocket
- Cards to the Pocket
- Enlarging and Diminishing Cards
- Everybody Card I
- Everybody Card II
- Page 289: Index
- Page 249: XX. PLATFORM TRICKS