Vintage gold. This was Hugard's first manuscript released to the profession; originally hand-typed and sold only through him. These entertaining card effects require no apparatus and no prepared cards, making them ready to present wherever you may be: at a party, backstage, or after dinner. While the title says 10, you actually get a full dozen card miracles, moves and subtleties presented with a standard deck. Fit for the program of the most fastidious performer, yet easily within the reach of the amateur. While the author claims that no complicated moves are involved, we should note that these effects are not of the self-working variety.
Here's a partial list of what's included:
- Will It
- A New Card Stab
- Torn & Restored Card with a Borrowed Pack
- Kismet
- A New Spell
- The Rising Pack
- A New Reversed Card
- The Trio
- The Expurged Numeral
- Color Changes:
- No. 1 — A Visible Change
- No. 2 — A Sucker Change
- The Best False Shuffle
"The original typescript edition was very hard to decipher - with faded, missing and altogether incorrect characters making it a chore to understand. [After corrections and edits], this seminal work can stand the test of time for another 90 years." - from the introduction by B. W. McCarron
1st edition 1930, PDF 28 pages.word count: 8795 which is equivalent to 35 standard pages of text