Discover the secrets of cheaters!

Published in 1902, this book is and will remain the masterpiece of cartomagic literature on which the art of manipulation of cards is based.

Translated into French by M.Richard Vollmer at Magic Dream editions.

All the techniques described there are as precious for the contemporary cartomaner as they were for that of a century ago. This is particularly true of the exhaustive analysis that the author devotes to the possibilities of the French mixture, an analysis which has never been surpassed since, despite the hundreds of books that have been published in the meantime!

But the technique is not everything: the main thing is elsewhere, namely: the intangible principles on which the art of the magic of cards rests. The way of thinking of the author, his philosophy of illusionism, his deep and total understanding of the mechanisms linked to the convincing creation of an illusion, this is what constitutes the great lesson of this work.

By the importance he gives to these questions and many others such as attention to details, sobriety and the economy of movements, the motivation of the slightest gesture, there is no longer to be drawn from the reading of ‘Book of Erdnase than learning a half-dozen new manipulations.

The cards expert contains the quintessence of the art of cartomagic and the reflections, advice and recommendations distilled by the author over the pages make it an exciting book from start to finish, a book that is worth gold For all lovers of cartomagie.

If we had to summarize the importance of Erdnase’s work, one could say that it is to the magic of the cards what magic and staging is to magic in general, that is to say -Dire an essential reading for anyone who wants to be something other than a simple Tours maker and transform his passion into true art.

What the pros say:

“This is the cartoon bible.”– Henry Hay

“The best book ever written on cards handling”– Dai Vernon

• Richard Vollmer translation, revised and corrected by Richard Vollmer.
• Book in French
• Approx. 200 pages
• Format 16.5 x 23.5 cm
• Several hundred illustrations.

The table of contents :

• The secrets of professional players
• Chargers
• Prepared cards
• The competence
• Two methods to mix cards
• Basic techniques
• The possibilities of the false mixture
• Gesture uniformity
• The behaviour
• Should we show your skill?
• The most useful artifice
• Suspicion and its consequences
• Learning art
• The importance of details