Minch, Stephen: By Forces Unseen  The Innovative Card Magic of Ernest Earick ©1993 Hermetic Press, Seattle, WA Hardcover, w/dj, 206 pages

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Comments (Andrew Loh): Illustrated by Kelly Lyles. This is a card magic book that dedicated to advanced serious card sleight workers! Most of the card materials are not easy to do but they are very visual. Absolutely not suitable for beginners. If you are looking for visual card magic and ready for taking the challenge of learning the card sleights taught in this book, I think you will like this book.

Contents:

v Apologia (Ernest Earick)

3 Part One: Tight Tricks and a Loose Sleight
3 Claptrap: three cards reveal themselves with the clap of the hands
15 Proteus: a card change turns into the selection
27 JackSyna(ps)ces: Jacks and Aces transpose
45 Lonely at the Top: Three Aces leave the pack to join the first Ace
53 House Guest: Selection is found in the card case
63 The Longitudinal Swivel Steal
72 Thought Manifest: peeked at card is instantly manifested
81 Bureau d'Echange: Four Kings transpose with a card in the pocket
91 Kato-nine-tails: selection appears face up on the deck
102 Yours Mine Yours: a coin and card selection transpose
111 Alone in a Crowd: with a pop, the selection becomes the only face down card
119 A Flippant Triumph: selection pops out of the deck and the face up/face down cards have righted themselves
125 Bottomland Aces: magician cuts to the Aces with a twist

141 Intermission:
141 Double Damned: a poker deal challenge

153 Part Two: See Them Shuffling Along
153 Cross Purpose: selection rises out of the partially shuffled deck
165 Lustig for Life: magician reveals named number card, counts to that number and finds selection
173 One Shuffle - One Winner: a Blackjack deal
178 Poker Blind: magician can deliver the four Kings to a named poker hand
182 Tandem in One: five poker hands are delivered, one with Aces and one with Kings as specified by the spectator
192 The Case of the Inconstant Player: solutions to dealing a stacked poker hand when the number of players changes
199 A Little Bit Patter: a poker game story

205 Index of Sleights

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