Gibson, Walter: Two Dozen Effective Practical Card Tricks ©1927 Walter B. Gibson, Philadelphia, PA Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.75x8.75", 18 pages

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Comments: Book Three of the Practical Card Trick Series. The entire series is available in a single volume as an eBook from Conjuring Arts Research Center. 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, note that page numbering continues from Volume 1):

i Foreword
29 The Reversed Pack: cards mixed face up and down straightened
29 Single Card Reverse: one card becomes reversed
30 A Spirit Card Trick: name of selection appears on a previously blank card
31 The Card and the Hat: six of hearts is instantly found in a hat, without duplicates
31 The Wrapped Pack: knife locates two selections
32 Improved Super Memory: memory act
33 The Slip Change: sleight
33 Effective Card Stabbing: card stab locates card through newspaper
34 Face Up Location (Gus Bohn): selection found under face up card inserted into deck
34 The New Spelling Bee: works itself
35 The Three Heaps: magician discovers cards dealt into three piles
35 The Inserted Card: another idea from the first series
35 Self Working Location: method to bring selected card to the top
36 Any Number (Jensen): routine requires some manipulation
37 Blank Cards: cards appear from blank deck - trick for the manipulator
37 The Shuffle Reverse: cards shuffled face up and down right themselves
38 The Clock Trick: version of the tapping trick
39 All Alike: cards appear to be all alike, then deck is normal
40 An Easy Three-Card Trick: middle card turns out to not be the Ace
41 A New Four Ace Trick: Aces appear in one pile
41 The Escaping Cards: using cards with a hole through the middle
42 The Rising Escape (Bill Schwartz): selection rises from the deck
43 The Change Four Ace Trick: another four Ace trick
43 Brema's Card Change (Carl Brema): bottom card changes

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