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Impromptu card m. books?

Postby Paragon » May 11th, '13, 10:20



Hi,

I know basic sleights and I want to buy some book ( s ) with !!impromptu!! mostly card magic. I would prefer if they were not so difficult. Please recommend me some books, the more you recommend the more it will help me. Also I want them to be in "easy" english because I am not native English speaker. The limit is 100€ for those books. Thank's

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby Lady of Mystery » May 13th, '13, 09:24

Have a look at Karl Fulves Self Working Card Magic books, there are some really nice card effects and as the title suggests, they're self working and easy to perform.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby bmat » May 13th, '13, 17:38

Mark Wilson Course In Magic. Yes more than card tricks but if you want to be good, you also need to understand the principals of magic in general. (and the card section is quite large) Each more is illustrated.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby SpareJoker » May 14th, '13, 08:56

For card work you can do no better than Card College Volume 1 by Roberto Giobbi.

Not only will you learn some great impromptu tricks, you'll gain a solid foundation in card magic along the way.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby Paragon » May 14th, '13, 14:30

Thx, instead of Mark Wilson's I will pick Tarbell & Card Collge.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby SilverSurfer » May 14th, '13, 17:59

Card College Light, Lighter & Lightest are Roberto Giobbi's excellent self-working trick books - full of good stuff.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby daleshrimpton » May 14th, '13, 18:02

John Scarne on Card tricks, Paul Clive's Card tricks without Skill, The fulves books.. all offer card magic that use few moves.
Then lets not forget Royal Rd, and Expert at the card table.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby Paragon » May 14th, '13, 18:43

I don't need self-working, but impromptu :)

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby bmat » May 14th, '13, 20:08

Paragon wrote:Thx, instead of Mark Wilson's I will pick Tarbell & Card Collge.


If you are going for Tarbell, which has more info then anyone can absorb in three lifetimes I'll give you a tip. The introduction is one of the most valuable lessons you will ever want to learn if you intend to perform.

Mark Wilson is a lot less overwhelming.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby Lady of Mystery » May 15th, '13, 09:16

Personally I'd suggest starting out with Mark Wilson, work your way through that fist and then pick and choose your Tarbell volumes to expand on the areas from Mark Wilson that interest you.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby Pickman » May 15th, '13, 15:16

'A Cut Deeper' a booklet by Aldo Colombini containg 25 impromptu card tricks, quite cheap too. http://www.world-of-magic.co.uk/A_Cut_D ... i21134.asp

If you don't mind DVD learning you could try this as well. http://www.magicshop.co.uk/Magic_Trick_ ... _info.html

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby philipsw » May 15th, '13, 16:57

Most of Paul Gordon's stuff is impromptu and it covers a range of skill levels. If you've got basic card skills you would get on fine with a lot of it.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby SilverSurfer » May 15th, '13, 18:57

Paragon wrote:I don't need self-working, but impromptu :)

Gemini Twins ? Totally impromptu...with a borrowed deck, great trick...self-working.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby Paragon » May 16th, '13, 08:37

Yes, I can perform Gemini Twins.

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Re: Impromptu card m. books?

Postby JabJay » May 25th, '13, 00:14

The Complete Walton Vol 1 & 2 contains some brilliant effects; The Smiling Mule is one.

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