Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. (1885)
Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919, Hawkins, Arthur, ca. 1940 · London ; New York : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 35
ucing this effect, somerequiring the use of both hands, some of one hand only. Thesewe shall describe in due order. First Method. (With both hands).—Hold the pack in the lefthand, lengthways, with the face downwards, as if about to dealat any game. In this position the thumb will naturally be onthe… … FlG. I. sleight, which is the verybackbone of card-conjuring,is to reverse the respectivepositions of the top and bot-tom halves of the pack, i.e.,to make those cards whichat first formed the lowerhalf of the pack, comeuppermost, when thosecards which at first formedthe upper half will of coursebe…
Magic tricks
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