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The art of magic (1921)

Downs, T. Nelson (Thomas Nelson), 1868- · Chicago : Arthur P. Felsman · leaf 163

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of a duplicate piece of card the feke may be made of very thin metal, aluminum preferred. A card thus prepared will last indefinitely. The use of this prepared card will be apparent at once to the reader, and also, we believe, instantly appreciated. The simplest mode of using it is to offer the… … Fig. 20. the pack with a very small risk of the two cards being parted, and he has only to cut at the prepared card in order to bring the chosen card to the top. The following is the way the card is used in the series of tricks described in this chapter. Up to this time the prepared ■card has been…

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