Etcheverry, Jesus: The Magic of Ascanio, Studies of Card Magic ©2006 Paginas, Spain Hardcover, 320 pages

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Comments:The second volume of four covering Ascanio's works. The four volumes are:
Volume 1 The Structural Conception of Magic 
Volume 2 Studies of Card Magic 
Volume 3 More Studies of Card Magic 
Volume 4 Knives and Color-Blindness (The Color Changing Knives) 

Contents:

10 A Preface (Roberto Giobbi)
16 Foreword (Aurelio Raviato)

23 Chapter One: The Ascanio Spread and its Variants
23 The Ascanio Spread and its Variants
24 Standard Handling The Ascanio Spread
31 Rotating the Fourth Card
32 The Vertical Spread
33 The Ring Finger Grip
15 The Three Card Ascanio Spread
36 The Tenerife Spread
38 The Palmas Spread
41 The Palmas-5 Spread
42 The Vegas Spread
42 The Vegas Spread Variation
45 The D'Amico Spread Ascanio Style
47 A Word on the Spreading Actions

51 Chapter Two: The Lay Downs and their Combination with the Ascanio Spread
51 The Burning Double
52 The Studio Lay Down
53 By the Waist
54 The Rubbed Lay Down
55 Rubbed and Overlapped
59 The Scattered Lay Down
60 The In Transit Lay Down
61 Petal Pickin'

65 Chapter Three Early Versions
65 Early Versions
66 Oil and Water Featuring the Ascanio Spread
93 Father Ace and Sons (Version 66)
102 Father Ace and Sons (Version 67)

111 Chapter Four: His Mentors
111 Mentors
113 From One Packet to Another
116 Oil and Water
120 Bang! Four Aces
123 From the Pocket of One Spectator to that of Another

131 Chapter Five: His Comrades
131 His Comrades
132 One in a Billion (Danny Ray)
138 A Card Control (Fu Manchu)

143 Chapter Six: Ascanio on Mario
143 Ascanio on Mario
144 A Marlo Effect
147 The Torn and Restored Card of Mario and LePaul

165 Chapter Seven: Beloved Favorites
165 Beloved Favorites
166 If You Don’t Ray Attention
171 Aunt Enriqueta's Aces
183 The Trick I Would Show Dai Vernon
194 Sleightless Oil and Water (or so it seems)
207 Aces with Love

237 Chapter Eight: Other Favorites
237 Other Favorites
238 The Wriggling Aces
248 Don't Blink! Revisited

257 Chapter Nine: Two Classics
257 Two Classics
258 A Baroque Transposition
261 The Mechanical Strength of Thought

275 Chapter Ten: Minor Masterpieces
275 Minor Masterpieces
276 Dolores' Trick
280 The Pathology of Cards
285 X-1=0
288 Triumph
294 Eight Card Oil and Water
300 The Nine Facts
303 Antagonistic Aces
307 A Hunger for Dreaming