Gibson, Walter: Practical Card Tricks Volume One ©1921 Walter Gibson, Philadelphia, PA Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.75x8.75", 12 pages

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Comments: First of a four part series, originally printed as separate books printed across several years. The entire series is available in a single volume as an eBook from Conjuring Arts Research Center, linked above. The series consisted of: Practical Card Tricks Volume One (1921), Twenty New Practical Card Tricks (1925), Two Dozen Effective Practical Card Tricks (1927), and Sixteen Master Card Mysteries (1928).

Contents (from eBook):

2 Forward
3 One For The Wise Ones: key card location to fool the amateur
3 Cut Your Card: location using a crimp
4 How It Is Done: it appears the key card method won't work but magician still finds the card
4 - Method One: holding a break
5 - Method Two: marking a break
5 - Method Three: using a bent corner
6 A Prediction (James C. Wobensmith): an apparent memorization of a mixed deck
7 The Productive Cards: silk produced from two cards formed into a tube
8 A Good Card Detection: card discovery using something a little extra
8 The New Pocket to Pocket: cards transfer from spectator's pocket to performer's
9 The Mexican Turnover: improved use of the move for the Mexican Monte
10 The Mexican Aces: Four Ace Trick based on the Mexican Turnover
11 The Bridge Trick: a game of Bridge effect using anew pack
12 Hobson's Choice: a discussion on Equivoque
12b Advertisement The Sphinx