Longe, Bob: World's Best Card Tricks ©1991 Bob Longe, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., NY Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 128 pages ISBN: 0-8069-8233-0 Paper

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Comments [Derrick Chung]: Bob Longe books provide good introductory magic and can be found in most larger book stores.

Contents:

6 Introduction
9 Getting Started
13 Tips
17 Nothing up My Sleeve
17 The Peek
19 Forces
19 - One-Cut Force
19 - Face-up Force
20 - Double-Turnover Force
21 The False Cut
21 - The One-Finger Cut
24 The Glide
29 The Great Card Tricks
29 Prediction
29 - Presto Prediction
33 - Colorful Prediction
35 Three-Card Surprise
39 Transposition
39 - Tock Tock Trick
40 - Easy Aces
42 - Tricky Transpo
44 Estimation
44 - Easy Estimation
46 - Digital Estimation
49 - The Perfect Pile
52 Face-Up Face-Down
52 - Do-It-Yourself Discovery
53 - Behind My Back
54 - The Rare Reverse
57 - My Favorite Card
58 - Ups and Downs
62 Spelling
62 - Impromptu Speller
64 - Quick Speller
70 - A Hot Spell
73 Gambling
73 - Two-Handed Poker
75 Gambler's Bonus
75 - Mind Control Poker
78 - Flush of Success
81 - Gambling Aces
83 - Ace Surprise
85 Grab Bag
85 - Countdown
86 - The Four Aces Again
88 - Get Out of This World
94 - The Process of Elimination
97 - The Double-Match Trick
99 - Astounding Appearance
102 - Murder
105 - Quaint Coincidence
107 Mind Reading
107 - A Word About Mind Reading
107 - In the Palm of Your Hand
110 - Crisscross
112 - The Big Deal
114 - The Three Piles
116 - The Three Location
121 Odds and Ends
121 Whoops!
124 Parting Thoughts
124 - Write it Down
124 - Simplify
125 - Stay Within Yourself
125 - Be Prepared
126 About the Author
127 Mastery Levels Chart & Index