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The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase is a book detailing sleight of hand and cheating techniques using playing cards and in continual publication since 1902.
This beautiful facsimile of the first edition was published anonymously in celebration of the centennial of this classic work on sleight-of-hand deception with playing cards. Limited to 750 copies and long unavailable, we have secured the few remaining new copies.
From the Publisher:
Thank you for acquiring this facsimile of the 1902 First Edition of The Expert at the Card Table, published on the 100th anniversary of the original publication date.
Research was conducted and every effort has been made to create a replica as true as possible to the original. Our goal was to craft this book to resemble the original at the time it was printed, rather than as copies appear today, which have been altered by the passing of time. The only features that have been alter are in the use of archival-grade materials and a modern binding technique to better withstand handling and use.
Those involved in this project with to remain anonymous so that "S.W. Erdnase" remains the only name associated with the author and publisher of the greatest "Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards" of all time.
CARD TABLE ARTIFICE.
CARD TABLE ARTIFICE
Professional Secrets
Hold-outs
Prepared Cards
Confederacy
Two Methods of Shuffling
Primary Accomplishmenta
Possibilities of the Blind
Uniformity of Action
Deportment
Display of Ability
Greatest Single Accomplishment
Effect of Suspicion
Acquiring the Art
Importance of Details
TECHNICAL TERMS. Definitions of
POSITION FOR SHUFFLE
BLIND SHUFFLES.
ERDNASE SYSTEM OF
I. To Retain Top Stock
II. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
III. To Retain Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck
BLIND RIFFLES AND CUTS.
ERDNASE SYSTEM OF
I. To Retain Top Stock
II. To Retain Bottom Stock
BLIND CUTS
I. To Retain Bottom Stock.
Top Loosing One Card
II. To Retain Complete Stock
III. To Retain Top Stock
IV. To Retain Bottom Stock
V. Combination Riffle and Cuts
FANCY BLIND CUTS
I. To Retain Complete Stock
II. To Retain Complete Stock
FANCY TRUE CUT. ONE-HANDED
TO INDICATE THE LOCATION
FOR THE CUT
I. By Crimp
II. By Jog
III. By Crimp
IV. By Jog
BOTTOM DEALING
Top and Bottom Dealing. One Hand
SECOND DEALING
ORDINARY METHODS OF STOCKING,
LOCATING AND SECURING
STOCK SHUFFLE
STOCK SHUFFLING.
ERDNASE SYSTEM OF
Two Card Stock
Three Card Stock
Four Card Stock
Five Card Stock
Twelve Card Stock
Euchre Stock
Euchre Stock
CULL SHUFFLING.
ERDNASE SYSTEM OF
To Cull Two Cards
To Cull Three Cards
To Cull Four Cards
To Cull Nine Cards
PALMING.
ERDNASE SYSTEM OF
Top Palm, First Method
Top Palm, Second Method
Bottom Palm, First Method
Bottom Palm, Second Method
Bottom Palm when Cards are Riffled
TO MAINTAIN THE BOTTOM PALM
WHILE DEALING
TO HOLD THE LOCATION OF CUT
WHILE DEALING
SHIFTS
Two-Handed Shift
Erdnase Shift, One Hand
Erdnase Shift, Two Hands
TO ASCERTAIN THE TOP CARDS
WHILE RIFFLING AND RESERVE
THEM AT BOTTOM
MODE OF HOLDING THE HAND
SKINNING THE HAND
THE PLAYER WITHOUT AN ALLY
Dealing Without the Cut
Replacing the Cut as Before
Holding out for the Cut
Shifting the Cut
Dealing Too Many
Crimping for the Cut
Replacing Palm when Cutting
The Short Deck
THREE CARD MONTE
Mexican Monte
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LEGERDEMAIN.
SHIFTS
Single-Handed Shift
The Longitudinal Shift
The Open Shift
The S. W. E. Shift
The Diagonal Palm Shift
THE BLIND SHUFFLE FOR
SECURING SELECTED CARD
FORCING
PALMING
The Back Palm
CHANGES
The Top Change
The Bottom Change
The Palm Change
The Double Palm Change
TRANSFORMATIONS.
TWO HANDS
First Method
Second Method
Third Method
Fourth Method
Fifth Method
Sixth Method
TRANSFORMATIONS.
ONE HAND
First Method
Second Method
BLIND SHUFFLES.
RETAINING ENTIRE ORDER
First Method
Second Method
Third Method
Fourth Method
Fifth Method
METHODS FOR DETERMINING A
CARD THOUGHT OF
A. By the Riffle
B. By Springing Flourish
C. By the Cut
D. By the Gaze
TO GET SIGHT OF SELECTED CARD
THE SLIDE
FAVORITE SLEIGHTS FOR
TERMINATING TRICKS
Catching Two Cards at Finger-ends
Leaving Selected Card in Hand of Spectator
The Revolution
Cards Rising from the Hand
CARD TRICKS.
EXPLANATORY
THE EXCLUSIVE COTERIE
THE DIVINING ROD
THE INVISIBLE FLIGHT
THE PREARRANGED DECK
THE TRAVELING CARDS
THE ROW OF TEN CARDS
THE ACROBATIC JACKS
A MIND READING TRICK
POWER OF CONCENTRATED THOUGHT
THE ACME OF CONTROL
THE CARD AND HANDKERCHIEF
THE TOP AND BOTTOM PRODUCTION
THE THREE ACES
THE CARD AND HAT
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Erdnase's true identity is one of the enduring mysteries of the magic
community. Martin Gardner has proposed that a small-time con man named
Milton Franklin Andrews was the author (S. W. Erdnase spelled backwards
is E. S. Andrews, lending support to the theory that Andrews was the
author's last name). Others argue against Andrews being Erdnase because
the known examples of his writing are very much inferior to the
polished writing of The Expert at the Card Table.
Learn more about S.W. Erdnase
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