Marlo, Ed: The Faro Shuffle
©1958 Ed Marlo, Magic, Inc., Chicago, IL
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 36 pages
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              Faro Shuffle
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Ed Marlo: The Faro Shuffle

Comments: Revolutionary Card Technique Chapter 6
The chapters of Marlo's Revolutionary Card Technique Include (info courtesy Genii's Magicpedia):
Chapter 1 Miracle Card Changes (1954)
Chapter 2 Action Palm (1956)
Chapter 3 Fingertip Control (1956)
Chapter 4 Side Steal (1957)
Chapter 5 The Tabled Palm (1957)
Chapter 6 The Faro Shuffle (1958)
Chapter 7 Faro Notes (1958)
Chapter 8, 9, 10 Seconds, Centers, and Bottoms (1960)
Chapter 11 The Multiple Shift (1961)
Chapter 12 Card Switches (1961)
Chapter 13, 14 Estimation (1962)

Contents (page numbers courtesy Philippe Billot, magicbooks.be):

1 Introduction

1 The Faro Shuffle
1 The First Technique
1 In or Out Faro
6 First Variation
7 Second Variation
7 Faro Aids
7 The Rock and Reweave
8 Fan Spread and Weave
8 Resquaring the Packets: 3 Methods
10 Cutting at 26
11 26th Card Faro Check
12 The 4th Finger Table
13 Faro Riffle Shuffle
16 Variations in Technique on the Faro Riffle Shuffle: 5 variations
19 In the Hands
21 The Butt Faro
16 Partial Faro Check
24 Throw-Off Faro - Top
25 Throw-Off Faro - Bottom
26 Above Crimp Faro
26 Off Center Faro
29 Half and Half Principle
30 Half Plus One
31 Combining Riffle Shuffles & Faros
33 Reverse or Backward Faro
34 Observations
35 On Discrepancies


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