Gagnon, Tom & Wesley James
(author): Avant-Cards ©2011 Tom Gagnon, avanTGarde Magic Hardcover, w/dj, 214 pages ISBN: 978-0-615-50508-4 |
Image courtesy eBay seller Hondo88 |
Comments: The Card Magic of Tom Gagnon. Edited by Matthew Field. Over 500 illustrations by Tom Gagnon. Tom's first collection of original close-up card magic.
Contents (from book ToC, page numbers courtesy Denis Behr's ConjuringArchive):
v Preface
vi Foreword (Randy Wakeman)
vii Introduction (Wesley James)
1 Chapter One - Gagnon Spread Pass
1 Gagnon Spread Pass
9 Slide Draw Shift
11 Faroed Spread Pass
15 Ribbon Spread Double Cut
17 Half Pass One
20 Color Scheme
23 Cavorting Classic
32 Chapter Two Versatile Spread Control
32 Versatile Spread Control
40 Key Card Placements
44 Red & Blue Double Leaper
51 Subterranean Stab
54 Wow - That's Different
58 Double Miracle
60 Gagnon's Instant Spell
62 Chapter Three Ribbon Spread Forces
62 Ultimate Spread Force
65 Miracle Spread Force
68 Inverse Spread Force
70 Immaculate Spread Force
72 Self-inflicted Spread Force
76 Chapter Four Gagnon Spread Control
76 Gagnon Spread Control
87 Top Card Cover GSC
88 Bottom Card Cover GSC
90 Ribbon Spread Multiple Shift
95 Spread Extraction Move
97 Pinkie Finger Load
99 Slide Maneuver
101 Pam Sandwich
104 Technicolor Elevator
112 Psychic Touch
116 Remote Control Reverse
119 Double Doodle Steal
121 Flying Double Lift
124 Bunko Squad
127 Ribbon Spread Revelation
128 Cop without a Beat
131 You Must Do as I Do
134 Throwing a Slider
136 Chapter Five Lateral Bottom Deals
136 Lateral Bottom Deal
144 Greek Lateral Bottom Deal
146 LBD Aces
148 Bet Your Lateral Bottom Dollar
152 Rhythm Aces
155 Sticky Aces
158 Bluff Coincidence
161 Double Bluff Coincidence
165 Laterally Stabbed
167 Chapter Six Outward Bottom Deals
167 Outward Bottom Deal
170 Card to Card Box
173 Ricochet Bottom Deal
175 Covered Ricochet Bottom Deal
177 Han Ping Chien Bottom Deal
179 Covered Han Ping Chien Bottom Deal
181 Bottop Force
183 Wheeler Dealer
185 Greek Outward Bottom Deal
187 Bluffing a Greek
188 Chapter Seven Bilateral Bottom Deals
188 Bilateral Bottom Deal
190 Scissors Take Bilateral Bottom Deal
192 Scissors Grip Bilateral Bottom Deal
194 Flexible Bottom Deal Exchange
196 Insertion
199 Chapter Eight Potpourri
199 Gagnon Multi-Card Lowey Top Palm
201 Easy Breather