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The Royal Road to Card Magic (Paperback)

by Michael Bailey (Foreword), Jean Hugard (Author), Frederick Braue (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Foulsham; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0572029187
  • ISBN-13: 978-0572029180
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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To be a great conjurer, you only need to know a few tricks - but you should perform them with skill and style. So to travel the royal road to card magic, you must begin with the fundamental principles. This classic book outlines those principles and shows how to master them. It then takes the performer through a progressive plan of study, teaching practical sleights and subtleties that lead to technical perfection. But that's not enough. Performing tricks is also about being amusing and entertaining. So this book also shows how to develop a unique style of professional patter in keeping with your own personality.
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70 of 71 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars * * * * * * Finally a real magic book for pros., 20 Jan 2005
By Dave (Morecambe, Lancashire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Recommended to me by a magician (a good one). I bought this book. I know how you feel, you've bought loads of books all full of tricks with plastic cups and rubber bands, that wouldn't amaze a 3 year old. Me too I've got volumes of them, Well now it's time to get your hands on a "proper book"

Finally a real magic book that actually teaches you something. I can now shuffle a deck and keep the top card in position, move it to the bottom, hide it in the deck, keep a stack of aces at the top whilst shuffling, or even shuffle keeping the whole deck in order. Have I read the book? Not yet - I am only half way through the first chapter. You see my point.

Every single word is worth its weight in gold, no fillers, no plastic cups, just genuine skills, secrets and good tricks.

But don't be afraid, as mentioned above the book teaches "everything" starting with how to hold the deck, and going through a series of different shuffles and moves. each move is accompanied by a few tricks that utilise that move. There are also practice routines that build up your dexterity.

Later there are more complex tricks that build upon previous knowledge and full routines explaining how to move from one trick to the next, setting up the cards for the next trick as you perform the previous.

Get the book, get some cards, and get reading.

Tips: - get some good bicycle poker cards, several packs both red, and blue.

It helps to have someone else read the instructions to you, as you hold the cards. It's impossible to manipulate cards, hold a book and read at the same time.

Start at the start, and don't rush it.

Look, just buy the damn book!

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE book to learn card magic, 19 Jan 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Royal Road to Card Magic (Cards, Coins, and Other Magic) (Paperback)
This is a brilliant book on card magic. It is a complete course covering everything from how to hold the deck to producing tricks that will astound an close-up audience (I've seen them done by David Blaine). Each chapter covers an essential manipulation and then gives you tricks based upon it.

The reason I rate it so highly is that it is easy to learn for a beginner but the tricks are 100% professional - none of those rubbish tricks you normally see in books.

How would you like to be able to put the Ace of Diamonds into someone's hand and the Ace of Spades in another and have them change places without touching?.....read on

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for your education, 19 Nov 2002
This review is from: Royal Road to Card Magic (Cards, Coins, and Other Magic) (Paperback)
If your just starting out with cards then this book is for you.
Dont get sucked into using gimmicked cards, take the royal road and be a king with a deck.
You will learn not only routines (tricks), but the lessons you need to build your techniques up.
It covers all the basic skills and takes you on through to the real hard core of card manipulation.
To say this book has been helpful would not pay it justice, the looks on peoples faces and the reaction I get, when using skills learnt from this book, make the money and practice worthwhile.
I would also highly recommend J.J.Bobo's coin manipulation book.
with the two books you will be able to perform anywhere at anytime.
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