Vaquera, Carlos, Vincent Delourmel, &
Frantz Réjasse: The Illusioneer ©2019 Carlos Vaquera, Vanishing, Inc. Hardcover, no dj, 298 pages |
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Contents (courtesy Denis Behr's ConjuringArchive; greater detail at Denis' site)
11 Inspiration by Way of Introduction
13 Special Mentions
17 Chapter 1 Cards
19 The Queens’ Shadows
25 A Fine New Trick
29 Franco
34 Les Pensées
39 Every Which Way
45 On The Craftsman: essay
49 Running Pack
53 Black Jack
57 A Hell of a Poker Game
63 On the Expert Teacher: essay
65 Clones
69 Traveling Signatures
77 Weighted Cards
83 Cards to Pocket
87 On Naturalness: essay
93 Damask
99 The Queens’ Return
103 Indifferent–Aces–Queens Transposition
108 Countdown
115 On Music: essay
121 Traveling Aces — Invisible Palming
127 Leading Ladies
135 Day and Night
141 Les Rouges et les Noires
147 On Creativity: essay
155 Collec-Ace-tion
161 Catch Collectors
165 Speedy Sandwich
171 Sandwich à Trois
177 Delayed Sandwich
183 On Stage Fright: essay
199 The Takeover Card
207 Topsy-Turvy
215 Escorial
219 A Melody for Two Playing Cards
221 On Eight Tenets of Magic: essay
229 All Backs
235 The New Phoenix Has Arrived!
241 Jacks of All Trades
243 Chapter 2 Coins
247 The Traveling Coin
249 On Practice: essay
259 Chiromancy
261 Coins through Table
265 Matrix — Premier
271 Matrix — Deuxième
275 Matrix — Troisième
276 Coin Production
279 Conclusion
281 Chapter 3 Appendices
283 My Fan Control
285 The All-Square Control
289 My Side Steal
291 The Amilkar Side Steal
293 My Add-On Moves
297 Matrix-Quatrieme