The Last Word on Cards - WF "Rufus" Steele

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Step back in time to a Golden Age of Card Magic - the early 1950s - and a compilation of baffling, nearly self-working card effects from legendary card men, like Ed Marlo, Dai Vernon, Al Leech, Johnny Platt, Dr. Jacob Daley, Audley Walsh, Oscar Weigle, Eddie Fields, Bill Simon, Bert Allerton, Bob Hummer, Robert Nelson, and others. Compiled by Rufus Steele, all of the effects in this book are audience-tested miracles that place an emphasis on subtlety over sleight of hand. You'll even find the original "Moe and Sam," the forerunner to Frank Everhart's Sam the Bellhop routine. Plus, Senator Crandall's hilarious explanation of "An Impossible Transposition," by an old magician with one arm by the name of Lester Overton...he couldn't remember the name of the other arm! If you're looking for a presentation for your magic club friends, this one will have them rolling in the aisles. Packed with strong card magic from cover to cover. Foreword by Frances Ireland. Don't miss this one! Top quality new Trickshop.com edition, re-typeset, 59 pages.

Over 50 effects, including:

Affinity - Ed Marlo
The Halo - Eddie Joseph
A Real Prediction - Dai Vernon
Spell Anything - Bill Simon
Think of Any Card
Wild Deuces - Al Leech
Surprise Quickie - Don Alan
Not There - Stuart Judah
An Impossible Transposition - Senator Crandall
The Zodiac Card Miracle - Eddie Fields
Double Duty - Oscar Weigle
Which Is Which? - John Platt
Name and Place - Audley Walsh
A Prediction Supreme - Lu Brent
A Location Supreme - Mike Kanter
The Magic Card Square - Allerton-Parrish
Simplicity Discovery - Bob Nelson
Call Your Hand - Royal H. Brin, Jr.
Five Card Baffle - Bob Hummer
Triple Thought - Jacob Daley
The Do Nothing Miracle
A Lecture with a Cold Deck - Rufus Steele