Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic

This book is a must have for any serious card magician starting out. That said, this book is valuable to any level magician, as it is loaded with many slights and forces and tips used in many card tricks today. The easy-to-follow instructions coupled with the drawings help in learning these trade secrets. I have this book and several others and find I come back to this book from time to time. Buy the book, it's worth the money

The book is a bit difficult to understand because it was written rather long ago. And may be a bit difficult to understand anyway unless you have Royal Road to Card Magic. But those difficulties with the book pale in comparison to the amount of information in this book. Expert Card Technique is such a thick book. It teaches many complex sleights and builds off of them with effects using that sleight. A lot of effects. And a lot of sleights. It also gives quite a few routines and routine ideas. Keep in mind though, the effects in this book are quite advanced. Beginners shouldn't start out with this book. I would recommend that you have Royal Road to Card Magic first (which was made for beginners to fill in the experience gap). Expert Card Technique is a staple for any card magician. For less than $10, any magician really can't pass this up.

If you are a beginner magician and you want to start creating your own magic, this book helps you understand the basics and math, the pictures are big enough to properly see what is going on and it is well illustrated, the steps are easy to follow it is a overall great started book.

A must-have for magicians, this hardens back to a day when illustrations were few and descriptions complex. While I enjoy using this as a reference piece, I must admit, modern chronicles and their proclivity for illustrations, are much easier to appreciate and learn from. Not recommended for a beginner or someone just casually interested in the art...

My grandson liked the book. He has always had interest in tricks and said this was a pretty good book

Great explanations

Book has great intent for teaching the techniques in such a detailed manner. But there aren’t enough pictures/illustrations. More importantly illustrations on the most important parts of the moves. There is about 2 illustrations per sleight and usually the sleight will robotically have about 16-20 steps. Not a beginner book at all. Im even having problems understanding the first technique which is a get ready for a double lift. Ive been doing magic for 5 years. The pinkie count is my go to. Read with caution if u are ready to spend hours on one page to learn 2 steps to a sleight that takes 1 second. Great intent tho.

I love this book. I purchased this for my son and he showed me an amazing trick. He is 12. He asked me for some help because he didn’t understand some things be over all a great book!!!

Excelente libro manual para amantes de la cartomancia clásica , muy técnico y detallado, debe tenerse un nivel de lectura en inglés medio-alto.

This came on the 3rd day of a 5 day estimate, thanks for that! I have read about reading this book, as a tome of everything needed for learning card technique. I have flipped through the pages in the last hour or so and it does not disappoint! It is written concisely, however I do think it would be a better companion for someone who already has a basic understanding of the things written in this book to help hone these sleights even further.

This book is great in every way, I recommend it to anyone who wants to get into either card magic or sleight of hand. Somewhat beginner friendly though I began with the Royal Road before ordering this one

Amazing book. One can learn a lot from it. Perfect for those who have just started learning card Magic. There are numerous sleights and techniques used by professional magicians too. It also has a section on tricks with cards where one can learn magic tricks too. This is not only a reference but also to have fun.