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This is an electronic facsimile of the first edition of this book that was published by Richard Kaufman in 1997. Now out of print, we are delighted to be able to offer this publication as a PDF, and we thank Richard Kaufman for suggesting and supporting this venture.
Welcome to Effortless Card Magic. As the title suggests, there is not one difficult trick in this book. There are some that are entirely automatic in their handling, while others use a few basic moves. The title, "Self-Working," is a misleading one, and I threw that out before I had even started work on the book. For example, does that mean that we can put the deck on the table, leave and have a cup of coffee, while the deck entertains the audience? The audience cannot be entertained unless we present the effect to them. So, even the most automatic of card tricks, requires you to work on its presentation. As my friend Gordon Bruce once told me, "There is no such thing as a self-working card trick." I think he was right. In my introduction to Duffie's Card Compulsions, I said, "During the planning of this book, avoided any segmentation of the tricks into chapters.../ personally find it rather arduous plowing through a whole chapter of four ace tricks, followed by a chapter of sandwich tricks." However, I found it difficult to apply that approach to this book. Therefore, I slotted each effect loosely into a category. I think most chapters contain a fairly wide variety of effects and methods. I have added a small chapter at the beginning describing some fundamental moves. This may help readers who are not familiar with full deck retention shuffles and cuts. Any other simple moves are explained within the trick. Most of the routines are appearing here for the first time, with only a few having been in print before. So, I hope you are able to find something of interest. At least you will not break your fingers as you work your way through! 
Here is a brief guide to the 'effortless' navigation system in this PDF. Hyper-links: The Table of Contents is fully hyper-linked. Every entry in the Table of Contents links to the starting page of the trick. Link-back function: At the bottom of any page (not just the last page of a section) you can click on the page number and you will be instantly taken back to the Table of Contents. Text Searchable: The PDF is fully word-searchable using the FIND function in Adobe Reader. CONTENT Introduction (Bob Farmer) Preface EFFORTLESS MOVES A Blind Table Cut The Combo Mix An Effortless Card Control A Blind Overhand Shuffle EFFORTLESS PRODUCTIONS From Nowhere When Random Cards Collide! Aces Take the Plunge Return to St . Nicholas Girdwood Meets St . Nicholas MAGIC IN COLOUR Different Class The Master Cards Double Ender Colour Blind We Can Work It Out COINCIDENCE OR WHAT? The Unknown Entity Matchical Mix Mirror Power Two Way Mirror An Interesting Use of that Principle LIE DETECTION Divided We Lie The Lie Detective Lie Stebbins Lie Stebbins Plus! QUARTETS Effortless Countdown Men-Aces Aces Are Ace Aces in the Fast Lane A Four Ace Ensemble The Fourmost LOOKING AHEAD The Diary of Delusion All the Fives!. Back to the Future Packet The Winning Formula Weird Image SINGLE REVELATIONS Leaping Tom The Backwards Almanac Dead Certain Location The Short Deck Baffler Trost-Worthy The Automatic Locator. The Apparition DOUBLE REVELATIONS Before You Die Super Duplex Countdown Mystic Seven 3 The Magnet..6. Thinking and Sinking Double-Stuck FROM HERE TO THERE Clear to the Point M.1.M.C An Unexpected prediction. Four Card Monte A Transposition? Get Back! MYSTIC SPELLS The Card of the Oracle Spell. or Deal. It's Up To You The Spectator Makes a Sandwich! Settling the Score Spell-Raiser Marty's Miracle THANKS TO HOFZINSER Loyal Marriages Return to Suabia Remembrance Hands Off Hofzinser! Hofzinser on the Up Hofzinser by Stealth Vanished or Gone THANKS TO HUMMER Still Scheming The Dream Machine The Mindreader's Reality The Mindreader's Wisdom UNCLASSIFIED SECRETS A Popular Misconception An Odd Occurrence Backfire Poker A Plain Sandwich Hudson's Hawk Some Might Say Torn. Folded. and Sealed Hellraiser l l TECHNICAL INFORMATION TYPE: PDF E-Book Instant Download (2.87MB) DELIVERY: Electronic/Instant download(worldwide) DIFFICULTY: 2/10 FILE SHARING TRACKING/PROTECTION: Embedded Customer ID Number.
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