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Andrus Card Control
by Jerry Andrus


#2 Balls, Eggs, Dice & Cups author
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Andrus Card Control by Jerry Andrus

This is Jerry Andrus' most important publication.

This ebook includes volume 1 and 2 of the printed version. The more than 1000 illustrations from volume 2 have been inserted close to where they are referenced in the text, making this ebook a lot easier to study than the original printed version where text and illustrations are separated.

Jerry Andrus was an incredible creative and inquisitive man. He could converse just as easily on questions surrounding quantum mechanics as he could on magic and optical illusions. He looked at a deck of cards very differently than most of us. This allowed him to create unique and astonishing moves and applications for them. Anybody seriously interested in sleight-of-hand card magic should study this most important publication by Jerry Andrus.

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Author's Prefatory Remarks
  • What Is This Book?
  • Why Is This Book Different?
  • What Can The Reader Expect To Gain From This Book?
  • Why Are The Sleights Practical And Doable?
  • Why Is This A Book Of Sleights And Not Routines?
  • Chapter 1: General Comments
    • Magic, Misdirection and Complexicology
    • Duplicate What You Pretend
    • Secret Maneuvers
    • Does It Look Suspicious
    • Practice
    • Card Control
    • Sleightly Chronological
    • Precepts
    • Personal Prejudices
    • How To Use This Book
  • Chapter 2: "Clivot" Principle, Jog And Injog
    • Clivot Principle
    • Push Thru Injog
    • The Side Jog
    • LF Side Jog
    • Banded Injog
  • Chapter 3: Injoggery (Injog Sleights)
    • The Drift Shift
    • Injogto (Injog Turn Over)
    • "Gambler's Aces"
    • An Injog Addition
    • The Clip Slip
    • The Top Clip Slip
    • The Clip Slip With Handkerchief
    • Back Jog Turnover
  • Chapter 4: Sidewindershift
    • Sidewinder To A Given Number
    • The "Tracker Jacks"
    • Sidwinder Deal
    • A Sidewinder Mystery
    • More On The Sidewinder
  • Chapter 5: Pivotal Sleights
    • The Sneak Peek
    • Drag Strip
    • Drag Strip To Card Case
    • LFX (Little Finger Extraction)
    • Bandit LFX
    • Twivot (Thumb Swivel Pivot)
  • Chapter 6: Panoramic Shift
    • Short Wave Pass
    • Panoramic Clip
    • Swivel Shift
    • Side Shift
    • The "Banded" Panoramic Shift
    • Banded Twivot
    • The Psychiatric Shift
    • Side Delivery Palm
    • Side Delivery Turn Over
    • Banded Side Delivery Turn Over
    • The Ginza Shift
    • Sleeving With The Ginza Shift
  • Chapter 7: Sleeving
    • Sleeving From The Deck
    • RLF (Right Little Finger) Sleeving
    • Standing Sleeving
    • Sleeving From A Banded Deck
    • De-Sleevery (Retrieving From The Sleeve)
    • Sleevery And A Handkerchief
    • More Bandit Sleevery
    • Bandit Sleevery No. 2
    • Bandit Sleeving Variations
    • Rubber Band And File Card Variation
    • Snap Sleeving
    • More Sleevery and De-Sleevery
  • Chapter 8: Misc. Palms And Clips
    • Clip Reverse
    • Clip Force
    • Riffle Palm
    • A Side Jog Clip
    • Side Jog Palm
    • Revolution Palm
    • Heel Steal Change
    • Heel Steal Force
    • Heel Steal Addition
    • Doubling Move
    • Heel Steal
    • Fair Cut Force
    • A Fan Count Move
    • Swing Shift And The Routine: "Absolute Aces"
  • Chapter 9: Steals
    • Stainless Steal
    • Stainless Steal To Card Case
    • Stainless Subterfuge
    • Banded Stainless Steal
    • Center Steal Palm
    • Super Sleight
    • Super Change
    • Super Change With Four Cards
    • Side Steal
    • Delayed Side Steal
  • Chapter 10: Fan Sleights
    • Basic Utility Fan Move
    • Utility Fan Change
    • Utility Fan Force And Change
    • Utility Fan Turn Over Change
    • Ufanto (Utility Fan Turn Over) Move
    • Utility Fan Absconsion
    • Snap Over Absconsion
    • Utility Fan Doublit Move
    • Double Barreled Miracle A Method
    • Basics For Fan Reverse
    • Fan Reverse
    • Fan Steal
    • Fan Heel Steal
    • Fan Clip Steal
    • Fan Palm
    • Fan Doublet Move
    • Fandition (Fan Addition) Move
    • Multiple Fan Addition
  • Chapter 11: Counts and Changes
    • Thumb Slip Change
    • Switch Back
    • Multiple Switch Back
    • Spanish Vanish
    • Secret Spread
    • Careful Count
    • After Count Switch Back
    • Careful Count No. 2
    • Canceled Count
    • Double Lift
  • Chapter 12: Misc. Reverses, Vanishes, Moves
    • Vani-Verse Move (Vanish and Reverse)
    • Ribbon Palm
    • Reverses
    • Vanishing Shuffle
    • Backdrop
    • Ribbon Jog
    • Squeeze Vanish
    • Watch It
    • 21st Of June Move
    • Swivel Palm
    • Swivel Clip
  • Chapter 13: Shuffles
    • Faro Shuffle
    • Double Shuffle
    • Banded Shuffle
    • Bandit Hindu Shuffle
    • Satan's Shuffle
  • Chapter 14
    • Startling Color Change
  • Chapter 15: Misc. Moves
    • Rolling Change
    • Drop Jog
    • Book Mark (Library Jog)
    • Banditry
    • A Double Barreled Bandit
    • Wind Up
  • Chapter 16
    • Spectator Angles

1st edition 1976, revised edition 2000, 1st digital edition 2015, 217 pages.
word count: 46473 which is equivalent to 185 standard pages of text


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Reviewed by Keith Faler (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★   Date Added: Tuesday 15 December, 2015

Don't waste your time or money!!! There are better systems and sleights to use, then using jogs, pivot control juggling!!! Jerry does not like to use finger breaks, but sometimes the finger breaks are practical, without looking like your hiding something. TO BE FAIR--the book is incredibly well written and well illustrated, and easy to read, then most card magic books on the market.

Jerry did a great job in writing the book. This is Jerry Andrus' perspective and his own style of magic.

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