Ganson, Lewis: Card Magic by Manipulation
©1953 Harry Stanley, Unique Magic Studio, England
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 4.75x7.5", 31 pages

Later published by The Supreme Magic Co., Devon, England
Ganson: Card Magic by Manipulation
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Lewis Ganson: Card Magic By Manipulation
Unique Magic edition
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Comments: Profusely illustrated with b/w photos. This book can also be found as part of Ganson's Routined Manipulation Finale (Section 10).
I have also seen a cover that states "revised edition", but I don't know what was changed.

Contents: (from book, updated Dec 2018):

3 Chapter One - Some Observations on Card Manipulation
4 The Back and Front Palm
4 Cover for the Pivot
5 Acquitments
5 Stealing Extra Stocks of Cards
6 Hiding the Corners of the Cards

7 Chapter Two - The Preparation of Cards for Manipulation
8 Ganson's Method
10 Card Splitting (Eric Haylock)
11 Cutting the Cards

12 Chapter Three - The Continuous Production of Fans of Cards
12 The Production of the Fan
16 Variation No. 1
17 Variation No. 2

18 Chapter Four - The Production of Single Cards
18 Method No. 1
19 Method No. 2 - Ken Brooke's Method

23 Chapter Five - Manipulation in Gloves
24 Stealing a Stock of Cards From Inside the Glove
25 Producing Cards After Removing the Gloves

28 Chapter Six - The Card Routine
28 Effect: multiple fan of cards production routine
28 Preparation
29 Performance
30 Flourishes
31 Card Fanning



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