Card Control -- Arthur Buckley

[Chris Martin]

Wow. This book is awesome for anyone who wants to learn some tough -- but ingenious nonetheless -- sleight of hand with playing cards. This is another Dover Book, and, like Hugard's magic manual, not skimpy in content. The contents read:

Sleights
The Strip
A Blind Riffle Shuffle
"The Force That Couldn't Be"
Domico Double Lift
The Exchange
Greek Shift
Greek Shift - Buckley's Method
Hindu Shift
Vernon's Multiple Shift
Multiple Shift - Buckley's Method
Buckley's Slap Shift
Buckley's Single Card Shift
Shifting A Card From The Bottom Of The Pack
Improved Dovetail Stock Shuffle To Keep The Top Stock
Improved Dovetail Stock Shuffle To Keep The Bottom Stock
Buckley's Out Of This World False Shuffle And Cut
Buckley's Method Of Secretly Placing A Bridge
Sighting The Top Card
Sighting The Top Card - Second Method
Sighting The Top Card - Third Method
Sighting The Top Card - Fourth Method
Improved Peek
Sighting After The Peek
Turnover Sight Location
Stepping After The Peek
Other Locations After The Peek
The Slide
The Invisible Location
Buckley's Reverse
Sighting While Cutting The Pack
The Glide
The Glide - Second Method
The Glide Location
Buckley's Method of Sighting While Fanning The Cards
Glimpsing The Bottom Card
Buckley's Diagonal location
The Break Shuffle
Buckley's Method For Dealing Seconds

My fingers are tiring now, but that's only about 1/4 of the contents. He also includes a flourish section, a gambler's sleights section and a card trick section. Anyway, BUY THIS BOOK!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

out of 10: 8.7