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Box 999, Bergenfieid, New Jersey 07621 Please send me the books I have checked above. I am enclosing $ (please add $1—.00 to this order to cover postage and handling). Send checl or money order no cash or C.O.D.'s. Prices and numbers are subject to changi without notice. Name. AddressL. City State Zip Code Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. This offer issubject to withdrawal without notice. SCARNE ON CARD TRICKS by John Scavne ® A SIGNET BOOK LIBRARV AlVIERICArj l\je\A/ Copyright, 1950, by John Scarae Copyright renewed ©, 1977, by John Scame All rights reserved. For information address Crown Publishers, Inc., One Park Avenue South New York, New York 10016. This is an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by Crown Publishers, Inc. SIGNET TRADEMARK REG. U.S. PAT.—OFF. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES REGISTERED TRADEMARK MARCA REGISTRADA HECHO EN CHICAGO, U.S.A. Signet, Signet Classic, Mentor, Onyx, Plume, Meridian and NAL Books are published by NAL PENGUIN INC., 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 First Signet Printing, February, 1974 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 printed in the united states of AMERICA Dedicated to my friend Dr. Ben Braude, magic's most enthusiastic hobbyist Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2010 littp://www.arcliive.org/details/scarneoncardtricOOscar CONTENTS The details and descriptions of all the tricks in this book were written by John Scarne. Many of the tricks are Scarne's own creations. Where a performer is listed here, it indicates that he was the originator of the trick, performs it frequently, helped to improve it or avows that the trick is afavorite of his. 22. Reverse 23. The Dean's Porker Deal 24. The Memory Test 25. Spectators'MadeCount 26. Topsy-Turvy beck 27. Finding a Selected Card 28. Thought Control 29. Magic in YourOwn Hands 30. Mathematical Finder 31. Swimmers 32. The Weigle Aces 33. The Mathematical Card Trick 34. Nomenclature 35. Hands-Off Miracle 36. The Photographic Match 37. Perplexity 38. The Initials Will Tell 39. Double Duty 40. The Love Birds 41. Hit the Deck 42. The Bettine Card Trick 43. The Card That Tells 44. Mind Control 45. The Whispering Card 46. The Stubborn Card 47. Color Scheme 48. Magic Numbers 49. The Acrobatic Card 50. Flighty Aces 51. Braude's Mental Card Trick 52. The Magic Number Trick 53. Instanto 54. Switcheroo 55. Quadruple Coincidence 56. The New Deal Poker Hand 57. Houdini's Double-Talk Card Trick 58. Locatrix