The Royal Road to Card Magic: Handy card tricks to amaze your friends now with video clip downloads
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Jean Hugard
- ISBN：0572045875
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Cameron Copper
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Such a fun book。 You could literally buy this book for $12 from Amazon and a pack of cards and begin mystifying people days later。 That being said， it took me about 9 months to get through this book to the point I can mechanically complete each of the moves。 There is still plenty of work after this time to make everything fluid to the point I would feel comfortable whipping it out in front of someone。An interesting read regardless whether you plan on performing just for the fun factor of seeing Such a fun book。 You could literally buy this book for $12 from Amazon and a pack of cards and begin mystifying people days later。 That being said， it took me about 9 months to get through this book to the point I can mechanically complete each of the moves。 There is still plenty of work after this time to make everything fluid to the point I would feel comfortable whipping it out in front of someone。An interesting read regardless whether you plan on performing just for the fun factor of seeing how the art of magic is completed。 Be aware though， by reading you are sworn to keep the secrets to yourself！ 。。。more
Vincent Durewski
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Essential reading for any serious student of the craft。Some of the suggested trick presentations are a bit outdated for sure but don't let this make you overlook this book。The Royal Road to Card Magic is filled with explanations of fundamental and very useful sleights， as well as solid theoretical principles， tips and advice。 The book also contains very interesting routines， some of which teach essential lessons in designing deceptive effects。 Even though I've studied more "advanced" material du Essential reading for any serious student of the craft。Some of the suggested trick presentations are a bit outdated for sure but don't let this make you overlook this book。The Royal Road to Card Magic is filled with explanations of fundamental and very useful sleights， as well as solid theoretical principles， tips and advice。 The book also contains very interesting routines， some of which teach essential lessons in designing deceptive effects。 Even though I've studied more "advanced" material during the past years， I'm happy I finally took the time to read this classic！ 。。。more
Chris Seltzer
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In the era of the internet books that teach you a skill seem inadequate compared to audio-visual guides that you can easily find。 However， this book is a classic for a reason and is the perfect place to start for anyone who is interested in learning magic。
রিয়াজুল ইসলাম
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The royal road was not so royal。 But somehow I managed to reach the end of it in around five months。One notable downside is that most of the patters used in this book are old & laughable。 But I guess this can be forgiven considering the fact that this book was written in 1947。Overall this book is a great start & highly recommended to anyone who wants to pursuit the art of conjuring。Notes:* The best way to read this book is to combine it with the video series of Paul Wilson。 It'll help a great de The royal road was not so royal。 But somehow I managed to reach the end of it in around five months。One notable downside is that most of the patters used in this book are old & laughable。 But I guess this can be forgiven considering the fact that this book was written in 1947。Overall this book is a great start & highly recommended to anyone who wants to pursuit the art of conjuring。Notes:* The best way to read this book is to combine it with the video series of Paul Wilson。 It'll help a great deal。* From what I've explored， I found out that a more serious learner who can afford to invest around two hundred bucks should go for the Card College Series by Roberto Giobbi instead。 。。。more
Richard
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Recommended by Teller！
Akhil Jain
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Reco by Penn & Teller Masterclass
Alan tyler
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A great， though at some times dated， a resource for learning sleight of hand with Learn card tricks。 The great thing about this book， as well as the later published Card College series， is that each chapter breaks down one specific sleight to show the many uses it has。 This is a great way to start learning magic。 The tricks included are far too often overlooked and the advice found is far too often undervalued by magicians today。 Learn card tricks A great， though at some times dated， a resource for learning sleight of hand with Learn card tricks。 The great thing about this book， as well as the later published Card College series， is that each chapter breaks down one specific sleight to show the many uses it has。 This is a great way to start learning magic。 The tricks included are far too often overlooked and the advice found is far too often undervalued by magicians today。 Learn card tricks 。。。more
Damian
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amazing starting point for anyone interested in sleight of hand with cards。 Probably one of the best books of it's kind。 amazing starting point for anyone interested in sleight of hand with cards。 Probably one of the best books of it's kind。 。。。more
Abinash
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Beat book ever read for magic learned maximum tricks
Finley
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This book was super helpful to my learning of magic， and helped me grasp some new concepts that I hadn't learned yet。 It is full of great tricks and routines and the pictures are super useful for understanding the tricks。 I would recommend this to anyone interested in magic， especially beginners。 This book was super helpful to my learning of magic， and helped me grasp some new concepts that I hadn't learned yet。 It is full of great tricks and routines and the pictures are super useful for understanding the tricks。 I would recommend this to anyone interested in magic， especially beginners。 。。。more
Eamon Smithsimon
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Royal Road to Card Magic was very helpful for me in that it helped my magic skills progress， but the book was not well written， and nearly bored me to death。The book was well organized， with detailed drawings and descriptive text that taught you exactly how to perform the tricks/slight of hand。
Abdulla
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 idont have the book
Lynne Kelly
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Really good overview of card magic for the serious beginner to less newbie。 I found some a little hard to follow and got the technique a bit skewed without the help of a real magician。 But with the guidance of an experienced card magician available as well， this is an excellent book。
Sourabh
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Nice book！
Ibrahim Sait
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One of the best and most fundamental books in magic。
Justin Kueck
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If you are just starting off with magic this is an amazing book。 It offers great tricks and helps with the basics。 For more advanced magicians it also offers plenty of tricks that are more challenging to master。 This book helped me with my question buy showing me over 100 tricks that use sleights or sleight of hand。 It also gives not only a description but includes pictures if you're aspiring to become a magician。 I would hands down recommend this book for you。 If you are just starting off with magic this is an amazing book。 It offers great tricks and helps with the basics。 For more advanced magicians it also offers plenty of tricks that are more challenging to master。 This book helped me with my question buy showing me over 100 tricks that use sleights or sleight of hand。 It also gives not only a description but includes pictures if you're aspiring to become a magician。 I would hands down recommend this book for you。 。。。more
John
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Surprisingly easy to follow and to put to use。
Torgo
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This is a great book of card tricks and sleights。 The book is very old and it's been in print for over a century so a lot of the patter is really dated and embarrassing。 The author advises you to do your tricks while saying things like: "Good day there young fellow！ This evening we shall embark upon a confounding sequence of extraordinary illusions that will confound the senses！ If you would be so kind as to select a card from this well-trained pack you will soon find yourself delighted by my fe This is a great book of card tricks and sleights。 The book is very old and it's been in print for over a century so a lot of the patter is really dated and embarrassing。 The author advises you to do your tricks while saying things like: "Good day there young fellow！ This evening we shall embark upon a confounding sequence of extraordinary illusions that will confound the senses！ If you would be so kind as to select a card from this well-trained pack you will soon find yourself delighted by my feats of brisk dexterity！"If you look past all the nonsense， the book is actually really informative and insightful。 It provides a huge rage of sleights and forces and tips from beginner to advanced levels。 The best thing about this book is that most of the tricks （90% or so） can be performed with a normal pack of cards， no gimmicks or doubles。 Most books about card tricks want the reader to apply scissors and glue and string to his cards to create ridiculous apparatus。I've looked at all of the internet resources regarding card tricks and I've noticed there's a lot of stuff in this book that has been overlooked， wisdom that has been lost in time。Toward the end of the book there's even a section that suggests different routines or sequences of tricks for different circumstances。Honestly， the dated banter throughout the book is actually quite hilarious to read， and I'm tempted to actually attempt to speak like that when performing these。 If you're interested in card tricks without the gimmicks， this is a great starting point。 Highly recommended！ 。。。more
Alan
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This is THE definitive work on card magic。
Fabian Yiu
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This book teaches you how magicians do their magic and it also teaches you how to do the easiest tricks
Trevor
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A good introduction。 I've read it， and now to read it again。 And again。 And。。。 A good introduction。 I've read it， and now to read it again。 And again。 And。。。 。。。more
Rob
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Card magic 101。
Brandon Baggett
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I cannot begin to explain all of the things that I learned from this beginners book on Card Magic。 This book definitely is a must read for all of those looking to further their ability with cards。 There are many great tricks hidden in the pages too。 My only complaint is that the book isn't caught up with times and at times it takes a lot of effort to figure out what the author is trying to say。 But it is the sleights that make this book golden。 This book is chalk full of the fundamentals that ev I cannot begin to explain all of the things that I learned from this beginners book on Card Magic。 This book definitely is a must read for all of those looking to further their ability with cards。 There are many great tricks hidden in the pages too。 My only complaint is that the book isn't caught up with times and at times it takes a lot of effort to figure out what the author is trying to say。 But it is the sleights that make this book golden。 This book is chalk full of the fundamentals that every card magician needs to learn。 。。。more
Alex
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