*[SOLD]* Card Tricks Anybody Can Do (Patton) *PREOWNED BOOK*

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FROM THE PUBLISHER:
"A mathematical approach to card magic. Contains very good explanations of the mathematical principles of many card tricks."

CONTENTS:

PART ONE (No Card Prearrangement)

• Chapter 1 Key Card
• Undercover Agent: an undercover card spots a spectator's card buried in the deck
• Lie Detector: a spectator miscalls his card in a random listing and is caught in the deception
• Double Decker: a copy cat routine in which one card mysteriously copies another
• Figuratively Speaking: a whispered number is still overheard by the performer who demonstrates his astounding sense of hearing


• Chapter 2 Mathematical Treatments
• Number Please: a number called out by one spectator locates a card previously selected by another spectator
• Togetherness: an engaged couple evaluate their compatibility index
• Counterespionage: a counterspy card displays an uncanny knack for taking up a position opposite to that of a spy card
• Cardiograph: cards are dealt out and discarded until one is left that is identified by gamma radiation
• Twentieth Century Mind Reading: a card being concentrated on by the audience is picked out of the deck by the performer


• Chapter 3 Reverse Counting
• Name That Card: a card lost in the deck is located by spelling out the names of several spectators with cards
• Switchcraft: cards selected by two spectators mysteriously change places with each other
• Second Sight: a card secretly selected by a spectator is picked out of a packet of cards in his pocket


• Chapter 4 Geometric Treatments
• Birds of a Feather: cards separated from each other migrate and come together
• Speleological Six: a spectator trapped in a cave is rescued by card geometrics
• Double Cross: crossing a spectator's palm with cards make his selected card known to the performer
• Breaking the Code: a two digit number exposes the identity of two card carrying thieves at an embassy social function
• Bewitched Switch (Which is Which?): three cards are switched about but the performer always spots the spectator's card


• Chapter 5 Trick Counting
• Fidgety Digit: a number that is freely chosen locates a secretly selected card
• "13": the number thirteen finds a card that has already been written down on a piece of paper
• Telepathy: without touching or seeing the card deck, a spectator's card is identified in the packet of cards that he holds


• Chapter 6 Contests
• Gamesmanship: a game in which the spectator specifies the number of cards for play but always loses
• Third Color Theme: a game of logic that separates the merely brilliant from the true genius

• Chapter 7 One Card Prearrangement
• Fairest One of All: a young lady selects two numbers and through card numerology finds she is destined to win a beauty contest
• Detective Story: a face up card in a face down deck displays an amazing talent for tuning up a card that is hiding out


• Chapter 8 Multiple Card Prearrangement
• Ace Bonanza: the spectator makes the heaps but the performer turns up aces for the top cards
• Diamond Mine: a card routine that turns up diamonds
• Tactility: the performer distinguishes between the front and back of cards by his sense of touch
• Time Clock: a spectator's card is found by inducing his subconscious mind to disclose his favorite hour of the day
• Impossible Pick Up: cards chosen by several performers are spotted and picked up from a card spread on the table
• Spelling Bee: cards picked up at random are mysteriously spelled out with numerical regularity


• Chapter 9 Complete Deck Prearrangement
• It's A Computer: a vibrating card announces the number of cards in a packet that has been secretly removed from the deck
• SS Deck: the Si Stebbins stack
• Empathy: the performer secretly establishes the identity of a card taken from the deck and with this knowledge mystifies the audience
• Mix Up: a card mixed in with other cards is identified
• Flush: a poker deal gives the performer a royal flush
• Square: a card proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
• Bookstuff: a word located in a book from a random dealing of the cards is mentally divined by the performer