Here is a historical ad from the Charles T. Powner Co. in Chicago: "This book gives, with careful and easy instructions, the newest card tricks and sleight-of-hand yet offered to professionals and amateurs. Not only does this book contain all of the new tricks, but nearly every one known is fully explained and exposed by explicit directions and carefully prepared illustrations. 160 pages, 80 fine illustrations. Price Postpaid $0.50"
I cannot offer this book at $0.50 as originally sold in 1902, but our prices are almost as good as 100 years ago prices. This book is the small version of Roterberg's famous New Era Card Tricks which we know Erdnase read and used partly for his Expert at the Card Table.
1st edition, 1902, Charles T. Powner & Co., Chicago; 159 pages.
- Introduction
- Sleights
- The Double Handed Pass
- Herrmann Pass
- Charlier Pass
- The Force
- Changes
- The Top Change
- The Bottom Change
- The New Top Change
- Mexican Turnover
- Excelsior Change
- The Color Change
- Card Palming
- Card Sleights
- The New Glimpse
- The Bridge
- Prearranged Pack
- The Glide
- Revolution
- False Shuffles
- The Cut
- Penetration of Matter
- Magic Versus Mnemonics
- Queen of the Air
- Card Caught on Plate
- Second Sight
- The Attached Card
- Cards Shot Against a Hat
- War in Peace
- Thought Reading
- Mysterious Change
- Handkerchief Trick
- Itinerant Card
- Card in the Pocket
- Gravity Defied
- Demon Envelope
- The Ubiquitous Card
- Four Cards Caught at Finger Tips
- Cards, Coins and Glass
- The Halved Cut
- The Phoenix
- Lost Ace
- Thought Foretold
- Pierced Card
- Card Box
- Card Box, Mechanical
- The New Brass Card Box
- Vanishing Cards
- X Rays
- Balanced Card
- The Card Servante
- Rapid Transit
- Conjurer's Prediction
- Card Frames
- The Cards and Mirror
- Singular Transposition
- Vice Versa
- Mystic Divination
- Advertisements
word count: 27813 which is equivalent to 111 standard pages of text
