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The Royal Road To Card Magic

The bible for many learner magicians. Recommended often and worth its weight in gold. With this one book alone, one can go from absokute beginner status to performing magician. Of course there is a much wider spectrum of card magic that exists today than is in this book, but so many of the classic sleights are the same and still used today, therefore the book holds its value. A great starting point for any beginner with cards. This opening statement from the Preface says it best. Preface: Many years ago David Devant, the great English conjurer, was approached by an acquaintance new to sleight-of-hand with cards. "Mr. Devant," said this young man, "I know three hundred tricks with cards. How many do you know?." Devant glanced at the youth quizzically. "I should say," the magician responded dryly, "that I know about eight." Devant was making a point with which all professional magicians are familiar. To perform card tricks entertainingly you must not only know how the tricks are done, but how to do them. There is a vast difference between the two, and if proof were needed, one need only watch the same feat performed by a novice and by an expert card conjurer. The novice knows the mec

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