{"product_id":"the-expert-at-the-card-table-the-classic-treatise-on-card-manipulation","title":"The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOriginally published by the author in 1902 under the title: Artifice, ruse, and subterfuge at the card table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeword to Dover Edition \n\u003cbr\u003ePreface \n\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \n\u003cbr\u003eCARD-TABLE ARTIFICE \n\u003cbr\u003e Professional Secrets \n\u003cbr\u003e Hold Outs \n\u003cbr\u003e Prepared Cards \n\u003cbr\u003e Confederacy \n\u003cbr\u003e Two Methods or Shuffling \n\u003cbr\u003e Primary Accomplishments \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Possibilities of the \"Blind\" \n\u003cbr\u003e Uniformity of Action \n\u003cbr\u003e Deportment \n\u003cbr\u003e Display of Ability \n\u003cbr\u003e Greatest Single Accomplishment \n\u003cbr\u003e Effect of Suspicion \n\u003cbr\u003e Acquiring the Art \n\u003cbr\u003e Importance of Detail \n\u003cbr\u003eTECHNICAL TERMS \n\u003cbr\u003eERDNASE SYSTEM OF BLIND SHUFFLES \n\u003cbr\u003e POSITION FOR SHUFFLES \n\u003cbr\u003e BLIND SHUFFLES \n\u003cbr\u003e I. To Retain Top Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e II. To Retain Top Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck \n\u003cbr\u003e III. To Retain Bottom Stock and Shuffle Whole Deck \n\u003cbr\u003e ERDNASE SYSTEM OF BLIND RIFFLES AND CUTS \n\u003cbr\u003e BLIND RIFFLES \n\u003cbr\u003e I. To Retain Top Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e II. To Retain Bottom Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e BLIND CUTS \n\u003cbr\u003e I. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Losing One Card \n\u003cbr\u003e II. To Retain Complete Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e III. To Retain Top Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e IV. To Retain Bottom Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e COMBINATION RIFFLE AND CUTS \n\u003cbr\u003e V. To Retain Bottom Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e FANCY BLIND CUTS \n\u003cbr\u003e I. To Retain Complete Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e II. To Retain Complete Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e ONE-HANDED FANCY TRUE CUT \n\u003cbr\u003e TO INDICATE THE LOCATION FOR THE CUT \n\u003cbr\u003e I. By Crimp \n\u003cbr\u003e II. By Jog \n\u003cbr\u003e III. By Crimp \n\u003cbr\u003e IV. By Jog \n\u003cbr\u003e BOTTOM DEALING \n\u003cbr\u003e TOP AND BOTTOM DEALING WITH ONE HAND \n\u003cbr\u003e SECOND DEALING \n\u003cbr\u003e \"ORDINARY METHODS OF STOCKING, LOCATING AND SECURING\" \n\u003cbr\u003e STOCK SHUFFLE \n\u003cbr\u003e ERDNASE SYSTEM OF STOCK SHUFFLING \n\u003cbr\u003e Two-Card Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e Three-Card Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e Four-Card Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e Five-Card Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e Twelve-Card Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e Euchre Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e Euchre Stock \n\u003cbr\u003e ERDNASE SYSTEM OF CULL SHUFFLING \n\u003cbr\u003e To Cull Two Cards \n\u003cbr\u003e To Cull Three Cards \n\u003cbr\u003e To Cull Four Cards \n\u003cbr\u003e To Cull Nine Cards \n\u003cbr\u003e ERDNASE SYSTEM OF PALMING \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Top Palm, First Method\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Top Palm, Second Method\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Bottom Palm, First Method\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Bottom Palm, Second Method\" \n\u003cbr\u003e Bottom Palm When Cards Are Riffled \n\u003cbr\u003e TO MAINTAIN THE BOTTOM PALM WITH DEALING \n\u003cbr\u003e TO HOLD THE LOCATION OF CUT WHILE DEALING \n\u003cbr\u003e SHIFTS \n\u003cbr\u003e Two-Handed Shifts \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Erdnase Shift, One Hand\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Erdnase Shift, Two Hands\" \n\u003cbr\u003e TO ASCERTAIN THE TOP CARDS WHILE RIFFLING AND RESERVE THEM AT BOTTOM \n\u003cbr\u003e MODE OF HOLDING THE HAND \n\u003cbr\u003e SKINNING THE HAND \n\u003cbr\u003e THE PLAYER WITHOUT AN ALLY \n\u003cbr\u003e Dealing Without the Cut \n\u003cbr\u003e Replacing the Cut as Before \n\u003cbr\u003e Holding Out for the Cut \n\u003cbr\u003e Shifting the Cut \n\u003cbr\u003e Dealing Too Many \n\u003cbr\u003e Crimping for the Cut \n\u003cbr\u003e Replacing Palm When Cutting \n\u003cbr\u003e The Short Deck \n\u003cbr\u003e THREE CARD MONTE \n\u003cbr\u003e Mexican Three Card Monte \n\u003cbr\u003eLEGERDEMAIN \n\u003cbr\u003e SHIFTS \n\u003cbr\u003e Single-Handed Shift \n\u003cbr\u003e The Longitudinal Shift \n\u003cbr\u003e The Open Shift \n\u003cbr\u003e The S. W. E. Shift \n\u003cbr\u003e The Diagonal Palm-Shift \n\u003cbr\u003e THE BLIND SHUFFLE FOR SECURING SELECTED CARD \n\u003cbr\u003e FORCING \n\u003cbr\u003e PALMING \n\u003cbr\u003e The Back Palm \n\u003cbr\u003e CHANGES \n\u003cbr\u003e The Top Change \n\u003cbr\u003e The Bottom Change \n\u003cbr\u003e The Palm Change \n\u003cbr\u003e THE Double-Palm Change \n\u003cbr\u003e TRANSFORMATIONS. TWO HANDS \n\u003cbr\u003e First Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Second Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Third Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Fifth Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Sixth Method \n\u003cbr\u003e TRANSFORMATIONS. ONE HAND \n\u003cbr\u003e First Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Second Method \n\u003cbr\u003e \"BLIND SHUFFLES, RETAINING ENTIRE ORDER\" \n\u003cbr\u003e First Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Second Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Third Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Method \n\u003cbr\u003e Fifth Method \n\u003cbr\u003e METHODS FOR DETERMINING A CARD THOUGHT OF \n\u003cbr\u003e A. By the Riffle \n\u003cbr\u003e B. By Springing Flourish \n\u003cbr\u003e C. By the Cut \n\u003cbr\u003e D. By the Gaze \n\u003cbr\u003e TO GET SIGHT OF SELECTED CARD \n\u003cbr\u003e THE SLIDE \n\u003cbr\u003e FAVORITE SLEIGHTS FOR TERMINATING TRICKS \n\u003cbr\u003e Catching Two Cards at Fingertips \n\u003cbr\u003e Leaving Selected Card in Hand of Spectator \n\u003cbr\u003e The Revolution \n\u003cbr\u003e Cards Rising from the Hand \n\u003cbr\u003eCARD TRICKS \n\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory \n\u003cbr\u003e The Exclusive Coterie \n\u003cbr\u003e The Divining Rod \n\u003cbr\u003e The Invisible Flight \n\u003cbr\u003e TRICKS WITH PREARRANGED DECK \n\u003cbr\u003e The Traveling Cards \n\u003cbr\u003e The Row of Ten Cards \n\u003cbr\u003e The Acrobatic Jacks \n\u003cbr\u003e A Mind-Reading Trick \n\u003cbr\u003e Power of Concentrated Thought \n\u003cbr\u003e The Acme of Control \n\u003cbr\u003e The Card and Handkerchief \n\u003cbr\u003e The Top and Bottom Production \n\u003cbr\u003e The Three Aces \n\u003cbr\u003e The Card and Hat \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Expert at the Card Table\u003c\/i\u003e is the most famous, the most carefully studied book ever published on the art of manipulating cards at gaming tables.\" --from the Foreword by Martin Gardner. \n\u003cbr\u003eFor almost a century, this book has been considered indispensable to attaining the highest level of card mastery. In it, S. W. Erdnase, a supreme master of card manipulation, teaches card enthusiasts how to perform the dazzling tricks and sleights -- many of them his own creations -- that made him famous. \n\u003cbr\u003eThe first section of the book deals with card table artifice, or, to put it more bluntly, cheating at cards. Step by step, Mr. Erdnase demonstrates his own systems of false shuffling, false riffling and cutting, dealing from the bottom, and such slick moves as palming cards, \"skinning the hand\" -- even three-card monte. \n\u003cbr\u003eThe second section covers legerdemain: the art of forcing a card, one- and two-hand transformations, the devious \"slide\" and more. Card handlers will love Erdnase's selection of dazzling card tricks, including The Acrobatic Jacks, The Exclusive Coterie, The Divining Rod, The Invisible Flights, A Mind Reading Trick, and many others. \n\u003cbr\u003eIn an informative Foreword to this edition, Martin Gardner relates the unhappy details of the author's personal life, and recounts the history of this famous book, whose methods, Mr. Gardner asserts, \"are as useful today by magicians and card hustlers as they were in 1902. This book is still the bible of card 'mechanics, ' and as much a delight to read as it was in the early years of this century.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erdnase, S W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1995-07-19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Games \u0026amp; Activities \/ Magic|Games \u0026amp; Activities \/ Card Games \/ General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Cardsharping|Card tricks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486285979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486285979\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52372040253721,"sku":"SP-9780486285979","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486285979_spiral.png?v=1778438333","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-expert-at-the-card-table-the-classic-treatise-on-card-manipulation","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}