Card Tricks And How To Do Them & Sleight of Hand by A. Roterberg

Description

This is a pre-owned book that is in amazing condition for being well over 100 years old! 1st edition; published in 1902 by The Charles T. Powner Company, Chicago, Illinois; soft covers; 159 pages; page size: 4-3/8″ x 6-5/8″. Red, and black pictorial wraps, cover of a Magician doing card manipulations, with table in rear and cards rising out of a tumbler, and cards strewn between the Magicians hands. The pages are slightly toned and somewhat brittle but are not damaged as of this writing.

This book provides instructions for various card tricks suitable for both professionals and amateurs. Roterberg covers a range of techniques, from basic card handling to more advanced sleights. The book is designed for parlor and stage entertainments, making it useful for magicians performing in different settings.

Here is a historical ad from the Charles T. Powner Co. in Chicago: “This book gives, with careful and easy instructions, the newest card tricks and sleight-of-hand yet offered to professionals and amateurs. Not only does this book contain all of the new tricks, but nearly every one known is fully explained and exposed by explicit directions and carefully prepared illustrations.

This book is the small version of Roterberg’s famous New Era Card Tricks which we know Erdnase read and used partly for his Expert at the Card Table.

Contents include:

Introduction
Sleights
The Double Handed Pass
Herrmann Pass
Charlier Pass
The Force
Changes
The Top Change
The Bottom Change
The New Top Change
Mexican Turnover
Excelsior Change
The Color Change
Card Palming
Card Sleights
The New Glimpse
The Bridge
Prearranged Pack
The Glide
Revolution
False Shuffles
The Cut
Penetration of Matter
Magic Versus Mnemonics
Queen of the Air
Card Caught on Plate
Second Sight
The Attached Card
Cards Shot Against a Hat
War in Peace
Thought Reading
Mysterious Change
Handkerchief Trick
Itinerant Card
Card in the Pocket
Gravity Defied
Demon Envelope
The Ubiquitous Card
Four Cards Caught at Finger Tips
Cards, Coins and Glass
The Halved Cut
The Phoenix
Lost Ace
Thought Foretold
Pierced Card
Card Box
Card Box, Mechanical
The New Brass Card Box
Vanishing Cards
X Rays
Balanced Card
The Card Servante
Rapid Transit
Conjurer’s Prediction
Card Frames
The Cards and Mirror
Singular Transposition
Vice Versa
Mystic Divination
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