Kunard, Professor R.: The Book of Card Tricks
Also published in the USA in various editions: © 1934 Frederick J. Drake & Co Was also printed in Softcover, perfect-bound. Some sources state this book was first published ©1888 |
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Comments: B&W drawing illustrated. Full title is "The
Book of Card Tricks for Drawing-Room and Stage Entertainments,
with an Exposure of Tricks as Practised by Card-Sharpers and
Swindlers". This appears to be the same title as that authored by
"Professor Romanoff" (listed separately on this site). I
wonder if the Professors' full title is: Professor Romanoff
Kunard"?
Contents (Only page numbers for main Chapter headings):
Preface (R. Kunard)
1 Chapter I Introduction
4 Chapter II Principles Of Sleight Of Hand
The Long Card
The Biseaute Pack
To Make The Pass
- The Pass With Both Hands First Method
- Second Method
- The Pass With One Hand
- First Method
- Second Method
- Third Method
To Force A Card
False Shuffles
- First: performer is always aware of position of one or more
cards
- Second: another version
- Third: to retain the order
To Palm A Card
To Palm The Whole Pack
The Slide - Or To Draw Back A Card
The Change Or Smuggle
- First Method
- Second Method
- Third Method
- Fourth Method
- Fifth Method
26 Chapter III Tricks With Ordinary Cards, Not Requiring
Sleight Of Hand
To Throw A Card
To Tell A Pair Of Cards Selected From Several By One Or More
Persons
To Name All The Cards In Succession
To Tell The Names Of All The Cards In The Pack By Their Weight:
Arranged Deck
To Sort The Pack Without Looking At The Cards
How To Deal Yourself All The Trumps In Whist
The Gathering Of The Clans
The Royal Families
Sixteen Cards Being Placed Upon A Table, To Guess The One Thought
Of
To Name A Card At Any Position In The Pack
The Clever Constable
From Twenty-One Cards To Tell Which Has Been Thought Of
To Make All The Cards, Except A Chosen One, Fall To The Floor
To Catch Two Cards Thought Of In The Air With The Hand
To Tell How Many Cards A Person Takes From The Pack, And To Name
Each Card
To Make A Chosen Card Turn Over
To Make A Card Vanish From A Pack And Be Found Under The Cloth Or
Elsewhere
To Tell The Cards Thought Of By Four Persons
A Rapid Flight
The Four Kings Being Separated, To Bring Them Together By A Single
Cut
The Animated Card
To Make Two Cards Change Places Whilst Held In Separate Hands
To Make The Four Knaves Change Places With Four Sevens, Each Four
Being Guarded By Different Persons
Twenty-Five Cards Being Placed Upon The Table, To Mention Which
Has Been Thought Of
A Card, From Twenty-Seven, Being Thought Of By One Person, To Be
Found At A Certain Number In The Pack Mentioned By Another Person
How To Arrange The Twelve Picture Cards And The Four Aces In Four
Rows, So That There Will Be In Neither Row, Whether Counted
Perpendicularly Or Horizontally, Neither Two Cards Of The Same
Suit, Nor Two Of The Same Value
The Queens And The Diamonds
To Tell A Card By Its Weight
A Pack Of Cards Being Cut, To Tell Whether There Is An Odd Or Even
Number In Each Portion
To Tell Whether Any Card In The Pack Is Red Or Black Without
Looking At It
49 Chapter IV Tricks With Ordinary Cards, Needing Calculation Or Confederacy
Calculation
Three Cards Being Chosen By Three Persons, To Tell Which Each Has
Chosen
To Tell The Number Of Spots At The Bottom Of Three Packets, Which
Have Been Made By The Drawer
Four Cards Having Been Chosen, To Tell The Total Sum Of Their
Value
To Tell The Card Which Has Been Drawn From A Whist Pack
To Name Several Cards Chosen From A Whist Pack
To Tell A Card Thought Of, And To Name Its Position In The Pack
Of Ten Cards Laid Out, To Tell That Which Anyone Thought Of
To Name A Card Drawn From A Piquet Pack
To Tell The Card That May Be Noted
To Tell The Sum Of The Numbers Of Any Two Cards Drawn From A
Common Pack
To Tell The Value Of Two Cards Drawn From A Common Pack Without
Touching Or Seeing The Cards
The Cards Being Dealt Out In Heaps, To Tell The Amount Of The
Bottom Cards Without Seeing Them
Confederacy:
To Tell a Card that a Person has Touched in a Pack
To Distinguish the Court Cards from the Others by the Sense of
Touch or Smell
To Distinguish the Red from the Black Cards by the Sense of Smell
Of Twenty-five Cards Laid on the Table, to Name the One Touched or
Reversed
Of Two Rows of Cards, to Name the One that has been Touched
To Make a Chosen Card be Found under a Flower-pot
To Conjure a Certain Card into your Pocket
To Produce a Card Called for Instantly.
62 Chapter V Tricks Requiring The Use Of Prepared Cards Or
Sleight Of Hand
A Card Having Been Drawn And Replaced In The Pack, To Make The
Drawer Reject All The Others Without Seeing Them, And To Leave The
Chosen One Upon The Table
To Produce A Particular Card From The Pack Without Seeing It
To Find A Chosen Card In A Person’S Pocket
To Reveal A Chosen Card
A Card Chosen To Be Found In The Pack, Facing The Remainder Of The
Pack
To Tell The Number Of Cards By Their Weight
A Chosen Card Having Been Replaced In The Pack, And Shuffled, To
Be Dropped From The Hand At A Given Signal
The Invisible Flight
Cards Being Held By Two Different Persons, To Make Several Pass
From One Person To The Other
A Card Having Been Drawn, And Replaced In The Pack, To Make It
Move From The Pack At The Word Of Command
To Make Two Cards Change Places At The Word Of Command
To Make Several Pairs Of Cards Drawn From And Replaced In The Pack
To Appear At The Top And Bottom In Succession
To Name The Cards Chosen By Twenty Different Persons Without
Seeing Them
To Cause A Card Drawn By A Person, And Returned To The Pack, To Be
Found At Any Specified Number In The Pack
To Divide All The Black Cards From The Red By A Single Movement
To Divide The Court Cards From The Others By One Cut
To Distinguish The Court Cards From The Others Without Seeing Them
To Cause A Chosen Card To Appear At Any Number In The Pack The
Company May Name: Three Methods
To Make Four Eights Change Into Four Twos, And From Black To Red
To Change A Pack Of Cards Into Various Pictures
Instantaneous Photography
A Card Having Been Drawn, And Replaced In The Pack, Its Position
To Be Indicated With The Point Of A Knife
A Card Having Been Drawn, And Replaced In The Pack, To Have Its
Position Indicated By Another Card Being Drawn And Replaced
The Shifting Card
How To Make Cards Multiply Whilst In A Person’s Possession
The Affectionate Brothers
The Quadruple Alliance
The Attached Sevens
To Allow Four Persons To Hold The Four Kings, And Make Them Change
Places With Four Cards Held By Different Persons
Four Cards Being Chosen, And Replaced In The Pack, To Name Them By
Feeling The Pulse
Second Sight
To Ascertain The Card Chosen And Returned To A Pack By Throwing
The Dice
A Card Having Been Chosen, And Returned To The Pack, Which Is Duly
Shuffled, To Allow Its Position To Be Determined Upon By Two
People Each Throwing A Die
To Allow Two Persons To Each Draw A Card, Which Are Replaced In
The Pack
Then To Make Each Say A Particular Card Is And Is Not The One He
Drew
To Make Four Knaves Change To Four Aces, And Then Back Again
To Place The Four Tens In Different Parts Of The Pack, And To Make
The Two Red Ones Change Places With The Two Blacks, And Then To
Find Them All Together, Either At The Top, Bottom, Or Middle Of
The Pack
How To Make A Person Think Of A Particular Card Without Drawing It
To Take A Card From A Pack, And To Make A Person Name It Without
Seeing It
To Let A Person Draw A Card From The Pack, And Replace It; To Then
Take Three Cards Which He Denies Contain His, And Afterwards To
Find That His Is One Of The Three
To Allow Two Persons To Draw Three Or Four Cards Each From The
Pack, And To Replace Them; Then To Tell Each Drawer Those He Drew
Four Cards Being Drawn, And Replaced In The Pack, And The Pack Put
Into A Person’s Pocket, To Make Such Person Draw Out The Cards As
Called For
Four Cards Having Been Shown, And Placed Upon The Table, To Make
Each Change Into The Same Value As That Which Shall Be Drawn From
Another Pack
To Divide The Pack Into Three Groups, And Requesting A Person To
Secretly Think Of A Card, To Name The Group In Which It Is Without
Seeing It
Four Kings Being Placed Upon The Table, And Each Covered By Three
Other Cards, To Make The Kings Come Together In Whichever Group
The Company Chooses
A Card To Be Drawn And Replaced In The Pack, Which Is To Be
Divided Into Eight Heaps, And The Card To Be Found In Either Heap
The Company Chooses
To Show How A Trick Is Done, Yet The Company Are Not Able To Do It
After You
A Pack Being Cut Into Four Parts, To Tell The Top Card Of Each
Part Without Seeing It
Sudden Disappearance Of The Knave Of Clubs
To Make A Card Thought Of Disappear From The Pack, And Be Found
Under A Stool, Or Elsewhere
A Person To Hold The Four Aces, And To Make Them Change Into
Different Cards, And To Teach Him How To Make Cards
A Card Having Been Chosen And Returned To The Pack, Which Is
Shuffled, To Throw The Pack At The Door, And Then Find The Chosen
Card Fixed There
To Allow A Person To Draw Four Cards From A Pack, And To Think Of
One, Then To Tell Which He Has Thought Of
A Card Having Been Drawn From, And Returned To, The Pack, To Find
It Under A Handkerchief
A Card Having Been Drawn From, And Returned To, The Pack, To Find
The Chosen Card In A Hat
129 Chapter VI Tricks Requiring Mechanical Cards, Or The
Employment Of Special Apparatus
Mechanical Cards
Pip Changing Cards: Two Methods
Another Mechanical Card: Flap Card
To Make A Card Change Whilst The Audience Are Looking At It
Corner Flap Card
Changing Tube: Mechanical Apparatus
Changing Plate: Another
Restoration Of Destroyed Card
Card Boxes: With An Without Flaps
To Make A Drawn Card Which Has Been Replaced In The Pack To
Disappear And
Be Found In A Box, Then To Pass From The Box To The Pack
To Make Two Drawn Cards, Placed In Separate Boxes, To Change
The Rising Cards
Drawing The Threads: Three Methods
To Have Four Cards Drawn From And Replaced In A Pack, Which Is
Shuffled; To Make The Four Cards Rise One At A Time By Word Of
Command
The Magic Star: Stage Effect
To Allow Several Persons To Draw Cards From The Pack, Which Are
Destroyed, And Subsequently Found Restored In A Bouquet Of Flowers
To Make Three Chosen Cards Rise From A Bouquet Which Is Held By A
Lady
To Allow A Card To Be Drawn, Replaced In The Pack, And Then To Be
Found In A Candle
To Find A Chosen Card In A Ring
To Produce A Mouse From A Pack Of Cards
To Find A Chosen Card In An Egg
To Allow A Card To Be Chosen From The Pack, And To Be Burnt, And
To Subsequently Be Found In A Borrowed Watch
To Make A Chosen Card Jump Out Of The Pack Without Being Touched
A Card To Be Drawn And Replaced In The Pack, Then To Pick It Up
From The Floor, Or To Catch It In The Air, Upon The Point Of A
Sword
171 Chapter VII Card Sharpers' Tricks
Telegrahing
Longs and Shorts
Sauter La Coupe: slipping the Ace to the bottom
Handling the Cards
Garetting: cribbage
Walking the Pegs: cirbbage
Pricked Card
The Bridge
Skinning
Weaving
The Step
Slipping the Fives
Saddling the Cards
Dealing Fives From the Bottom
177 Index