Discover the Secrets of the Cheats!

Published in 1902, this book is and will remain THE masterpiece of card magic literature on which the art of card manipulation rests.

Translated into French by Richard Vollmer, published by Magic Dream Editions.

Every technique described here is as valuable to today's card worker as it was to his counterpart a century ago. This is especially true of the exhaustive analysis the author devotes to the riffle shuffle — an analysis that has never been surpassed since, despite the hundreds of books published in the meantime!

But technique isn't everything: the essential lies elsewhere, namely the intangible principles on which the art of card magic rests. The author's way of thinking, his philosophy of illusion, his deep and complete understanding of the mechanisms behind the convincing creation of an illusion — that is what forms the great lesson of this work.

Through the importance he gives to these questions and many others — attention to detail, economy of motion, motivation of every gesture — there is more to be gained from reading Erdnase than from learning half a dozen new moves.

The Expert at the Card Table holds the quintessence of the art of card magic, and the reflections, advice and recommendations the author distills throughout the pages make it a thrilling book from beginning to end — a book worth its weight in gold for all card magic enthusiasts.

If we had to sum up the importance of Erdnase's work, we could say that it is to card magic what Magic and Showmanship is to magic in general — that is, essential reading for anyone who wants to be more than a mere trick worker and turn their passion into a true art.

What the pros say:

"It is THE Bible of the card worker." — Henry Hay

"The best book ever written on card handling." — Dai Vernon

• Translation by Richard VOLLMER, revised and corrected by Richard VOLLMER.
• Book in French
• Approx. 200 pages
• Format 16.5 x 23.5 cm
• Several hundred illustrations.

Table of Contents:

• The secrets of the professional gamblers
• Holdouts
• Prepared cards
• The use of a confederate
• Two methods for shuffling cards
• Basic techniques
• The possibilities of the false shuffle
• Uniformity of motion
• Deportment
• Should one show one's skill?
• The most useful artifice
• Suspicion and its consequences
• Learning the art
• The importance of details