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 59
d of the upper packet, being held back by the pressure ofthe fingers upon it, will not move upwards with the rest of thepacket j but immediately the remaining cards are clear, will folditself down on the top of the lower packet. If the top card of thelower packet be examined before and after the… … Fig. 24. Fig. 25. shows the bottom card, then dropping the pack into a horizontalposition, face downwards, he draws out, with the thumb and secondfinger of the other hand, apparently that card, but really the next aboveit This is effected as follows-—Hold the pack upright in the lefthand between…
Magic tricks
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