Adair, Ian: The Complete Guide To Card Conjuring
©1980 Tantivy Press; A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc.
Hardcover, 108pgs
ISBN: 0-498022-382
Ian Adair: Complete Guide to Card Conjuring
Image courtesy eBay seller pxspxs

Comments: Illustrated by Ian Adair; B&W photos by A. C. Littlejohns.

Contents (courtesy Shogo and book ToC):

13 Conjuring with Cards

17 Card Techniques
18 Shuffling - riffle, haphazard, cutting the pack, mixed-up cut
20 Manipulating Cards - back palming, card production, fans, palming,
44 False Shuffling - overhand, dovetail riffle
50 Forcing Cards
56 Specially-Prepared Packs
59 Marked Cards

68 Entertaining Card Tricks
68 Snap Hat
69 Seeing Double
70 One the Spot
72 The Fifth Position
72 Selected Number
73 Separating Reds from Blacks
74 Cutting a Lady in Half
78 A Card on a Dagger
79 Secret Reflections
80 Sharp Practice
82 Spelling Joker
82 The Famous Four-Ace Trick
85 A Novel Card Box
88 Follow That Card
89 Odd or Even?
89 Computer Card Trick
90 The Card in the Case
92 A Quick Change
92 The Crooked Gambler

94 ESP Card Tricks
94 Hidden Vision
95 Lights Out
96 Thought Transference
97 Criss-Cross Premonition
98 Three from Fifty-Two
98 Winning Ace
100 Devil Divination
102 Double Coincidence

103 Glossary
106 Suggested Readings


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