Gibson, Walter: Popular Card Tricks ©1928 E.I. Company, Inc. Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 48 pages ©1972 Magic Limited (Lloyd E. Jones)

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Comments: Jinx Special edition printed by Komiyama Printing Co., Tokyo, Japan. Material originally intended for The Jinx Magazine, but never made it.

Contents:

2 Preface

4 Presentation of Card tricks

7 Self Working Card Tricks Chapter 1
7 The Mystic Prediction
8 The Heap of Three
9 Two Groups of Cards
9 The Transposed Cards
10 Two Chosen Numbers
10 The Mysterious Queen
11 Jacks and The Joker
12 The Psychic Card Problem
12 The Assembly
13 The Royal Flushes
14 Eleven Cards
14 The Heap Dealing Mystery
14 The Twenty-One Cards
15 The Same Number
15 The Three Heap Trick
16 The Twenty Five Card Trick
16 The Ten Card Circle

17 Methods for Locating and Appearing Cards Chapter 2
17 Method One - A Single Card Location
18 Method Two - The Pointer Cards
18 Method Three - Single Ends
19 Method Four - The Three Kings
19 Method Five - Card Counting
20 Method Six - The Double Deal
20 The Card From the Hat
21 Cutting the Pack
21 The Card on the Hand
22 The Reversed Card
22 A Surprising Finish
22 Cards In the Hat
23 A Spelling Trick
23 The Turnup Card
24 Seven and Eight
24 The Name from the Ashes
24 The Card from the Pocket
24 A Striking Discovery
24 The Card on the Chair

25 Mysterious Card Tricks Performed with the Aid of Special Systems Chapter 3
25 The Twenty Card Trick
25 The Thirty-Six Card Trick
26 Three Heaps and Three Cards
26 Thought Antitipated
27 Pocket to Pocket
27 The Card in the Pocket
27 A Mental Choice
28 The Card in the Case
29 The Three Heaps
29 Predicting Cards
30 The Master Clock Trick
31 The Tea CCard Trick
31 Kings and Queens
32 An Improved Mental Mystery
32 The Card Marvel

33 Tricks Requiring Prearrangement Chapter 4, Part 1
33 The Prearranged Deck
34 Telling the Top Cards
34 From Heap to Heap
34 The Card in the Envelope
34 Discovering a Selected Card
34 Odd or Even
34 Detecting Chosen Cards
35 Cards in the Handkerchief
35 Card in the Pocket
36 To Name the Card at Any Position
36 To Tell the Position of Any Card
36 Naming Cards in Order
36 The Bridge Trick
36 Naming the Cards in Order

37 Other Tricks Requiring Prearrangement Chapter 4, Part 2
37 The New Pack of Cards
37 The Automatic Deal
38 A Marvelous Prediction
39 Another Bridge Trick
39 Spelling the Cards
39 Aces and Kings
39 The Mysterious Rows
40 The Invisible Passage

41 Miscellaneous Card Mysteries Chapter 5
41 The Ace in the Pocket
41 The Turnabout Cards
41 The Divining Card
42 The Glass on the Card
42 The Escaping Card
42 The Balancing Card
43 The Three Jack Deal
43 The Automatic Rising Card
44 Cards In the Hat
44 The Four Card Trick
44 The Cherry Colored Card
44 The Self Cutting Pack
45 The Mental Divination
45 The Little Duke Trick
45 The Thirteen Card Deal
46 The Color Changing Pack
46 The Automatic Deal
47 The Adhesive Cards

48 Concluding Remarks