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Al E. Smith

Al Smith was born what seems like a very long time ago; in Maltby in the West Riding Of Yorkshire, England. He's made a nuisance of himself as a performer, writer, lecturer and general layabout. He loves all magic, but has a particular preference for cards, calling himself a Card Specialist. The thinking, such as it is, behind this is that being a Specialist suggests some degree of expertise. Whereas anybody and everybody can specialise without being any good.

He has written several books, of which only the best-selling Around The Square is not card related. He's a very modest fellow, too.

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Stealth Working Card Tricks by Al E. Smith

A stealthy count-up uncovers the not-at-all secret fact that, including covers, contents page and similar paraphernalia, Stealth Working Card Tricks is a 71 page ebook twinkling with bit-size chunks of card-flavoured conjuriana, dripping with dollops of amiable waffle to cheer them on.

Nothing complicated, general card handling ability is the main requirement. Roughly translated, Stealth Working Card Tricks is a gentle confection of ideas, envelope nudging principles and deceptions, suppositions and similar. An ebook of card tricks, really.

  • Introdecktion
  • Oddment-ality
  • Why Stealth
  • Stealth...
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Cards Cool by Al E. Smith

A quick-fingers count-up reveals that including covers, contents page and suchlike, Cards Cool is a 64 page ebook overflowing with 20 individual card fragments and generous chunks of waffle to encourage them on.

A mixed-up shuffling of, ideas, doctrines, gentle dogmas and tender opinions to baffle and amuse. Regular sort of stuff, nothing off the wall or up the chimney, merely a smattering of street-worn cardboardian craziness. Nothing too involved or muscle tasking. Another soothing blend for Card Cardpersons.

  • Introdecktion
  • Dragoniaces
  • Pokadditional Revisited
  • Triple Header
  • Jonah Poker ...
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Card Stalking by Al E. Smith

Another collection of pasteboard this-and-that crammed into 50-odd (very odd) pages pages. Actually, including titles and whatnot, there's 60-odd pages. Tricks, thoughts, subtleties and more. All specially cobbled together to tickle the palate of the discerning and infuriate the sad few who profess not to like card stuff. Nothing difficult, complicated or gimmick-strewn. A bit of fun for fun-inclined persons.

  • Swindlacing
  • An Interesting Trick
  • Complecon
  • Quickmatch
  • At The Pictures
  • Cleaving The Colours
  • Endtrapment
  • Court Card Concern
  • High Card Deals The Winner
  • Wild Man’s Bluff
  • Order...
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A Way With Cards by Al E. Smith

Including covers, contents page and suchlike, A Way With Cards is a 65 page ebook overflowing with 28 individual card items and lots of waffle to cheer them on.

A well-shuffled mix of thoughts, ideas, opinions and similar to titillate the palate. Regular street-worn cardboardian craziness and nothing too convoluted or finger breaking. Plenty to shake the windows of the card resistant few, and a soothing blend for Cardonians.

Contents:

  • Introdecktion
  • Predictional
  • The Twenty-Second Modulation
  • The Diskard Deceit
  • The Diskard Protocol
  • The Diskard Device
  • The Diskard Reversal
  • Forced...
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Cards in Here by Al E. Smith

Including covers, contents page and suchlike, Cards In Here is a 64 page ebook of card stuff. More than two dozen tricks, ideas, thoughts and whatnot to titillate the palate. Nothing complicated, no knucklebusters, no outlandish gimmicks, just simple down-home pasteboardian foolishness.

More than enough to put the anti-card brigade into a serious coma, but good fun for the rest of us.

Contents

  • Accelerace
  • Abacuts
  • Spin Flash Pass
  • CoCoCuts
  • Card Courting
  • Counting Thoughts
  • Pick Your Pick
  • CatoPresto
  • Hocus Cato Presto
  • Double Identify
  • A Short Spell Of Aces
  • Spell To Suit
  • SuitAl Spell ...
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Another Spell Of Cards by Al E. Smith

Another Spell Of Cards is the follow-on volume to A Spell Of Cards, and much like that ebook is not exclusively devoted to Spelling effects. However, in keeping with the spelling aspect of the title, there are more than several "Spellers," all presenting sideways glances at the ever-present premise.

As with its proud predecessor, Another Spell Of Cards will appeal to the fearless family of card people who remain calm and maintain their cool in the presence of spelling tricks.

  • Introdecktion
  • Packspeller
  • Spellapack
  • Spellapact
  • Bizzy Spell
  • Poker Player’s Piatknikace
  • Bike
  • Tumbling Dice
  • Dealer Is A...
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Another Card Book by Al E. Smith

Oh No Not Another Card Book is probably a more apt title for a card book. In fact for any card book published since the printing press was first unleashed. On the other hand, what's wrong with another card book? That's a rhetorical question, since the obvious answer is nothing. Card fans can't get enough of their favourite fix and anything that only marginally irritates those non-persons who pretend they aren't fond of cards has got to be good news.

This collection is partly that; a revisit to some previously published oddments and a few new(?) assaults on familiar card-friendly themes. ...

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A Spell Of Cards by Al E. Smith

An intriguing selection of card effects, A Spell Of Cards is not wholly concerned with spelling tricks. There are more than several offering a sideways glance at the concept. They take the spelling genre a little bit off the usual well-beaten track.

Among the non-spellers, there are a few move-related fragments. Nothing to run and hide from, though faro shuffles and bottom deals get a look in along the way; as well as established favourites like the Braue Addition, Double Undercut and the odd false shuffle.

Anybody who likes cards and is not completely allergic to spelling effects should...

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Round the Square by Al E. Smith

A 77-page overview and discussion of the perennially popular Magic Square and some of its family. Variations, tricks and applications aplenty. Simple, practical and workable stuff. No complex formulas required. Nothing beyond low doses of basic arithmetic.

  • Squaretro
  • Squareone
  • Altra Square
  • Altratoo
  • Instant
  • Alternative Instant
  • Altra-La-La-La-Lee
  • Patterns
  • Place That Number
  • Duplexing
  • Fromto
  • Howtosquare
  • Howsquare
  • Squaretooit
  • Colour Me Square
  • Squarefect
  • Squarecast
  • Origeightor
  • Origeightors Creed
  • Origeightor Plus
  • Crossing Outlines
  • Four-ther-more
  • Graphive
  • Graphorward
  • Sevensquared ...
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