{"product_id":"expert-at-the-card-table-by-s-w-erdnase-gbc-edition-softcover-book","title":"Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase - GBC Edition (Softcover) - Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Expert at the Card Table, With Critical Comments by Professor Hoffmann. Patterned red and white wrappers with black lettering. Illustrated. Some wear and toning to wrappers, with some slight damage to the upper right cover corner. Please see close-up picture for details. Otherwise very good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/6922\/6800\/products\/image_023169aa-e64e-4473-832b-9c1941f41e36_240x240.jpg?v=1640988883\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor almost a century, this book has been considered indispensable to attaining the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehighest level of card mastery. In it, S. W. Erdnase, a supreme master of card manipulation, teaches card enthusiasts how to perform the dazzling tricks and sleights — many of them his own creations — that made him famous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first section of the book deals with card table artifice, or, to put it more bluntly, cheating at cards. Step by step, Mr. Erdnase demonstrates his own systems of false shuffling, false riffling and cutting, dealing from the bottom, and such slick moves as palming cards, \"skinning the hand\" — even three-card monte.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second section covers legerdemain: the art of forcing a card, one- and two-hand transformations, the devious \"slide\" and more. Card handlers will love Erdnase's selection of dazzling card tricks, including The Acrobatic Jacks, The Exclusive Coterie, The Divining Rod, The Invisible Flights, A Mind Reading Trick, and many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is still the bible of card 'mechanics,' and as much a delight to read as it was in the early years of this century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReprint of the S. W. Erdnase, 1902 edition.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gambler's Book Club","offers":[{"title":"GBC Edition","offer_id":39915283349552,"sku":"BK-EREC06","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/6922\/6800\/products\/B0450.jpg?v=1640988509","url":"https:\/\/www.magicinc.net\/products\/expert-at-the-card-table-by-s-w-erdnase-gbc-edition-softcover-book","provider":"Magic Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}