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The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue (book)


This book will walk you through every sleight of hand a beginning card magician could hope to learn. You'll find plenty of helpful illustrations and thorough, informative text. Highly Recommended!!!
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Would you like to confound your friends, amaze your acquaintances, amuse and dazzle crowds at parties and gatherings? Mastering a few card tricks will allow you to do all that and more. With the help of this book, anyone can develop a versatile repertoire of first-rate card tricks.

In fact, mastery of just the first chapter will enable you to perform a half-dozen astounding and entertaining sleights of hand.

The authors, both noted authorities on magic, present complete, easy-to-understand explanations of shuffles, flourishes, the glide, the glimpse, false shuffles and cuts, the pass, the classic force and many other techniques.

These will enable card handlers to perform over 100 mind-boggling feats of card magic, including Thought Stealer, Gray's Spelling Trick, Do As I Do, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, A Tipsy Trick and dozens of others.

Illustrated with more than 120 clear line drawings that make the explanations easy to follow, this exciting introduction to card conjuring will enable even beginners to develop professional-level skill and the ability to perform tricks guaranteed to astound family and friends.

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Paperbound, 310 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 121 illustrations.

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Good value but hard to follow Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 7th, 2010
The Royal Road to Card Magic is considered by many the place to start your card magic education. Personally, I like the book. It's cheap, there is a lot of material in the book and therefore a great value. However I don't think it is the best place for beginners to begin. The text is difficult to read and understand. It is meticulously written but hard to follow the description of finger placements. I would recommend a good instructional DVD and then supplement your learning with this inexpensive book.
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 23rd, 2012
The cover was different on mine, but this is proboly the same stuff(it has the same title). Its great.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on August 29th, 2003
I just got this book and have read around 15 pages as well as skimming through it. It is excellent. I've already bought several complete course in magic type books that had basic sleights, but this one explains them SO MUCH BETTER! I was making mistakes (improper grips, etc.) that I see will now get cleared up. BUY THIS BOOK! It's so cheap, and contains a wealth of information and tricks! It is the source for getting into card magic without a huge dollar investment.
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Needs better tricks Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 7th, 2012
This book is brilliant! and although the title says it needs better tricks it does have some brilliant ones but it would be nice if they had a few more modern tricks many of them are a little out dated with people like Blaine and Dynamo people expect you to be able to put a house in a bottle.
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It's better to be organized Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 28th, 2021
I was learning tricks from here, there and beyond. For me to learn alone is a great solution to have a planned guide into card magic. This is one of the books for the alone and poor magician.
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on July 12th, 2017
I gave up card magic years ago to embrace mentalism. And I've discovered over the years that some of the most baffling mentalism routines use card sleights. They are baffling simply because no one expects a mentalist to be using sleight of hand. (Check out Derren Brown. He has a background as a cardician, as well as Richard Osterlind. And Bob Cassidy used sleights effectively.) So if you want to be in the top echelon of mentalists, you'll need to know how to do stuff like false cuts, false shuffles, the pass, the glide, a double lift, a top change, various forces, and a second deal. And to learn those moves, there is no better book than Royal Road. It has stood the test of time as the classic textbook on card sleights. No, I don't do the card tricks in it, but I have an ebook copy and refer to it all the time. Yes, it's old, and the writing is from a bygone era. But the explanations of how to do these fundamental moves will have you up and running in no time. You will have to put the time in on some of the moves--for example, the classic pass--but Hugard & Braue make it worthwhile. If you buy one book on card sleights, this is it.
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Great book Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 11th, 2016
I'm into magic for less than a year, and now it was time to get into the basics in detail. This book is perfect for any beginner I think.
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What are you DOING?!?!?! Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 13th, 2013
Okay really ask your self something.

Do I... Want to be... A good card magician.

If the answer is YES then buy this book it's that simple. There are so many GREAT effects in here that I still do from self working to sleight heavy. All are WORKERS and guess what... Work with a SHUFFLED deck that I borrowed.

So many people look for the next best thing or fanciest eye candy but overlook the basics that make those things REALLY work.

If you like card magic... You don't just want to pick this up... You need to.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 27th, 2013
If you're reading reviews you must be considering purchasing this book. Stop, and just buy it. At any price it is a steal, but it is downright criminal to not have a copy of this in your library. Reading even only the first chapter, the novice will learn a lot, the expert a little, both will find the basis of many tricks you've seen and might even perform yourself. Some have added on or even turned them into convoluted over-produced versions, but the origins of many tricks are here! And Messrs. Hugard and Braue provide ample explanation and performance advice that I can't imagine straying from it as much as some do. Why are you still reading? Buy it.
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 17th, 2011
Get this and Paul Wilson's companion DVD's and you have all you need to get started not only in card magic, but magic period! This is not just a 'card' book, but a great book on the general magic skills of misdirection, presentation, arranging a routine, and just about everything a new magician needs to know. A must, must have for everyone.
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