L. Widdop

Card Tricks - Without Sleight of Hand or Apparatus L. Widdop

This early manual of tricks is an absorbing work which will prove of much interest to the enthusiast or historian of magic. Contents Include: Part I - The Four Burglars; Divination; An Exhibition of Thought-Reading; The Disappearing Ace; Another Thought-Reading Trick; Hypnotic Selection; The Four Burglars Again; Another Method of Divination; Bringing Back the Ashes; Thought-Reading Extraordinary; Telepathy; Part II - To Tell How Many Cards have been Moved; The Magnetised Cards; To Discover Several Chosen Cards; The Clock Trick - An Exhibition of Thought-Reading; The Spelling Trick; To Make a Chosen Card Appear at any Number in the Pack that may be Specified; The Conjurer's Discipline; and The Changing Aces. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.