Gardner, Martin: 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck ©1940 L.L. Ireland Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 24 pages

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Comments: Impromptu, over the table card effects by this famous author. No difficult sleights.

Contents: (from book, descriptions added July 2022)

1 Introduction (Paul Rosini)
3 Preface (Martin Gardner, 1940)

4 Improved Topsy Turvy Deck: deck mixed face up and face down corrects itself except for three selections
7 Face to Face Fantasy: two selections found from a cut deck placed face to face
10 Double Climax Speller: magician spells to the face up selection
12 Never Miss Stop Trick: card stopped at by spectator is used to find the selection
13 Big Casino Count Down: 10 of Diamonds helps find selection
14 Six of Spades Count Down: Spelling from the 6S finds the selection
15 Two Piles and Subtract: card selected in a row of 20 is discovered
17 Do As I Do: top cards of two decks match spectator's and magician's selections
18 Eye Pop Routine: selected cards reverse themselves and jump to the top of the deck
19 Sympathetic Decks: card selected in a Red deck matches that in a Blue Deck
20 Vanishing and Re-Appearing Card: card vanishes and reappears in a deck
22 Improved Lie Speller: spectator can lie or tell the truth, but the card is discovered