Encyclopedia of Card Tricks "There is not one page

"There is not one page of this enchanting book which does not contain something to interest the common reader as well as the serious student

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Encyclopedia of Card Tricks "There is not one pageIn the first decades of the twentieth century magicians filled the magic journals with articles on card tricks, giving improvements on classic tricks and inventing new ones. If you could put together a collection of these magazines you would have almost a complete course on card tricks, by some of the world's greatest magicians. But where could you find these journals now that they are probably collector's items? And even if you could find them, how