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can anyone suggest a good understandable sleights book, the reason i ask is that i have a card manipulation book, but its a bit sketchy it says thing like bring the card to the top by your favourite means, thats great is you have one, and palm the card in your favourite way, again great if you know more than one way.

also where i might find said book.

thanks

well there are a number of books on the subject..... royal road to card magic, expert card technique, annemans card magic seem to be the forerunners in the "which book is best" race

you can buy them from most magic retailers (royal road can be bought HERE )

or for "ebook" versions check out HERE

I would suggest RRTCM, however one I am looking at the moment is : Counts, Cuts, Moves & Subtlety which I am using to get my head around the Elmsley.

Hope this helps.

J

Also check out http://www.rapidmagic.com/counts.htm - I found this site to be most useful!

thanks for your reply's, i think the royal road is the one for me, so i will endevor to get it, read it, then read it some more, hten i guess its practice, practice and more practice.

many thanks

Although RRTCM is the definitive work on such matters, the style and presentation is very old fashioned and would be done in a much clearer style these days. It's good but don't expect miracles - you'll have to sweat through a few of the lessons until you get the hang of it. Which I haven't in many cases!

I'd strongly suggest Kaufmann's Basic Card Technique on Video or DVD where you can see the moves in expert style and presentation - clear as a bell as far as I'm concerned.

thanks mandrake, sounds like a good idea to me. I already have a couple of dvd's and i must admit they are so much easyier to follow, but i do like reading.

the royal road to card magic is an excelent card book.
Also, Now you see it, now you don't is a good slights book by bill tarr. It covers cards, coins, silks, balls etc, plus has a great easier version of the pass. All the moves are rated on difficulty but I would read the royal road first. You can get NYSI,NYD at amazon and at magicbox.