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Knowing The Rising Cards (Know-How Series)
by Will Ayling


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Knowing The Rising Cards (Know-How Series) by Will Ayling

Surprisingly little has been published in an encyclopedic form about the classic rising cards in English. You can find some in Greater Magic but the rest is spread out in many books and journals. Although this publication can hardly be called an encyclopedia, it is one of only two publications in English I know which are entirely dedicated to the rising card effect (the other being 25 Rising Card Tricks). It is a wonderful collection of a number of methods, described clearly with photos and illustrations. This was part of the Supreme 'Know How' series.

If rising cards are your thing you should also check out Samuel Cox Hooker and His Rising Cards.

1st edition 1991; original 27 pages; 50 pages.

  1. Contents
  2. THE RISING CARDS (HISTORY AND COMMENT)
  3. THE RISING CARDS
  4. HOWARD THURSTON RISING CARDS
  5. THE DUPLICATE STACK METHOD
  6. DE KOLTA'S RISING CARDS
  7. RISING CARDS FROM OPERA HAT
  8. RISING CARD BOX (Jack Le Dair)
  9. MECHANICAL IN CLOSE-UP
  10. IMPROMPTU... OR NEARLY SO!
  11. DIGITAL MECHANISM
  12. SYBIL RISING CARDS
  13. JUMBO RISING CARDS
  14. FOUNTAIN OF CARDS
  15. DE KOLTA'S FOUNTAIN OF CARDS
  16. DE KOLTA'S CARD RAISING TRICK
  17. CASCADE OF CARDS
  18. A NOVEL PRESENTATION
  19. THE WONDERFUL FLOATING CARD TRICK
  20. JUMPING CARDS (The Siamese Bloodstone)
  21. PSYCO JUMPER
  22. SPECIAL EFFECTS CARDS
  23. - THE TURN-ROUND CARD
  24. - TORN CORNER CARD
  25. - MOVING PIP CARD

word count: 14483 which is equivalent to 57 standard pages of text