Charles T. Jordan (1888-1944) is one of the legendary figures in the history of card magic. He is known for the amazing range of his richness of invention, the subtlety of his thinking and the fact that so many of his creations have become magical classics. Although he did not appear publicly, he deeply influenced later generations of magic artists and his writings embody many of the basic principles that are used in card magic today.

In this volume, one of the best -known authors of today's magic has put together an abundance of Jordan's most impressive card tricks - improvisation tricks, tricks with bundled card decks, tricks with stacked card decks, pocket tricks, tricks with prepared cards, mixed systems, quadruple tricks, tricks with stripper decks and one -way decks and one -way decks and one many more. Now you can learn astonishing tricks of card manipulation that not only amaze amateurs, but also deceive professional wizards. In order to help the amateur, Karl Fulves has completely rewritten every trick, added explanatory details where it was necessary and suggested simpler alternative techniques for complicated or advanced methods.

If you follow the carefully written and illustrated instructions in this book, you can add these mysterious manipulations to your card magic repertoire: the incomprehensible destroyed card, the triple flight, the supernatural prediction, the fourfold concentration, the confusion, the improvised discovery that Prophecy of Satan, the demonic color change, the reading from a distance, the hitched aces, the master puzzle, the electrified strippers, the engraved couple and many others. Over 260 illustrations by Joseph Schmidt complement the text and demonstrate the techniques that are necessary to master each trick.

Dover original in English.