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Serial No. 3 - Tricks With Prepared Cards
| Serial No. 3 - Tricks With Prepared Cards | |
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| Author | Donald Holmes |
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| Publisher | Donald Holmes |
| Publication Date | 1913 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Serial No. 2 - Some Card Tricks |
| Pages | 31 |
| Subject | Card Magic |
Serial No. 3 - Tricks With Prepared Cards by Donald Holmes.
Foreword
FOREWORD.
In presenting this, my third handbook, to the conjuring fraternity, I wish to thank the many good friends who, by their advice and patronage, have made this series possible. I am especially indebted to my friend, Ford B. Rogers, of Kansas City, Missouri, for his generous permission to include herein the secrets of several of his latest and best creations in card magic.
Tricks performed by the aid of prepared cards appeal to the amateur conjurer by reason of the minimum of skill required in presentation. As a rule, professionals, as well as many advanced amateurs, avoid the use of prepared or faked cards; but I am inclined to think they are missing a lot of good things in the grand old art of Magic when they refuse to use anything but an ordinary pack of cards.
A careful study of the principles embodied in this book will enable any aspiring amateur to perform the most astounding tricks with cards with very little practice, other than learning the necessary conversation, or patter, for the accompaniment of each trick. At the same time, several of the tricks described are of such character that the most advanced conjurer, professional or amateur, need not hesitate to add them to his repertoire, even though they involve the use of prepared cards.
DONALD HOLMES.
Kansas City, Mo., August, 1913.
Contents
- Rogers' "Incomprehensibility."
- The Key Card -- Warring.
- The "Reversed Card" Principle.
- The "Self-Shifting" Pack.
- The "Self-Forcing" Pack.
- Rogers' "Ever Ready" Forcing Pack.
- Rogers' Rising Cards.
- Rogers' Obedient Card.
- Holmes' "Mystery" Problem.
- Holmes' Four Ace Trick.
- The "Triangle" Trick.
- Another "Marvelous Coincidence."
- A New Chameleon Pack.
- A New X-Ray Trick.
