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SCHEMATIC THEMATIC STUDIES (ISSUE 1)

 CARD(S)
ACROSS

AL BERBEL 

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CONTENTS

Introduction 2

Subject Presentation 4

Origin 5

Evolution 6

Contributions 9

Most Important Versions 11

References 13
INTRODUCTION
The booklet you are about to read are notes regarding a study on
the plot "Card(s) Across".

A few years ago I decided to carry out the study to understand the
evolution of the effect, better understand its origin and be able to
expand knowledge. As there was a lot of information that I was
collecting, I decide to organize it and write as I drew conclusions.
This way of working allowed me to use the content in my classes
and at lectures.

Because the topic is broad and I cannot afford to spend another year
to write a book and another year to promote it and do a conference
tour, after more than three years of work I decided to share these
brief notes so that everyone who is interested in research has a
previous orientation.
What I reflect in these pages is my approach to the effect, my vision
but always trying to be rigorous with the sources and impartial.

I thank Denis Behr for his work and generosity making his
magnificent "Conjuring Archive" available to all without whom this
project and many others would not have succeeded.

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I also thank Rico Weeland for his corrections and opinions, as well
as Invisible Practice for serving as a platform through which to
share this booklet.

From somewhere in the world.

Al Berbel

July, 2020

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SUBJECT
PRESENTATION
The theme chosen for this work has to do with a classic effect of
card magic: “Card(s) Across”. The objective is to understand the
impact that the passing of the years and the contributions of
different thinkers had on the effect.
In the first place, it would be necessary to define the effect and
where the name that baptizes the magic piece comes from. The
concept “Card(s) Across” refers to the effect in which there is a
group of cards of a defined number that experiences an addition of
X cards, magically; for example, 10 cards are guarded between the
hands of a spectator, the illusionist takes 3 invisible cards and
throws them towards his palms. The packet is now counted, and it
turns out that there are 3 cards more than in the beginning, totaling
up to a number of 13 cards.

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ORIGIN
The first publication that includes the words "cards across” in the
title can be found in the 1940 edition of the book “Expert Card
Technique” by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue, on page 64. The
effect ”Three Cards Across” by Louis Zingone was one of the effects
compiled for  the great work. In this piece a group of 10 cards
magically experiences an addition of 3 cards.
However, this publication is not the first one to mention the plot.
One is aware of multiple earlier publications that mention a similar
plot under a different name. In 1876 the book “Modern Magic” by
Professor Hoffmann published a version titled “To Cause A Number
of Cards to Multiply Invisibly In a Person’s Keeping” on page 84.
Later in 1889 Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin published the famous
piece “Cards Judged by Weight, And the Multiplication of Cards” in
the book “Tricks with Cards” by Professor Hoffmann on page 122.

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EVOLUTION
A very important feature of this effect has to do with the evolution
it has undergone in terms of exposure. At first it was a piece that
was made for Stand-up conditions, but gradually was redefining
itself as an effect for close up magic. This evolution, we believe, has
to do with the influence of Dai Vernon on card magic. Vernon
studied the techniques of the hustlers and specialized in close up
magic with cards on a table, that is, the one in which the illusionist
is seated and spectators are placed around the table. This data is
essential because it marks a change in the conception of the effect
from the expositional and methodological point of view. although,
before the appearance of Vernon in the magical panorama, this
effect was already carried out behind a table, it was done standing
while verticalizing actions to facilitate
visibility.

Some publications to highlight from this time of transition are:

 
-  "Flying Cards", Harlan Tarbell, 1945
 
-  "Cards Across", Al Baker, 1948
 
-  "Giant Trio-Flight", George Kaplan, 1948
 
-  "Ten and Ten", Edward Marlo, 1957
 
-  "Play it Again", Roy Walton, 1973

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 EVOLUTION

Over the years, more publications, contributions and interpretations

of the same effect appeared. Some with a single group of cards,
others introducing the use of an envelope to isolate the cards (an
element that also simplifies the method), the use of rubber bands or
ties to tie the packages, etc. But in 1989 something extraordinary
happened. That year Juan Tamariz published his work "Sonata"
which included the effect "Las Cartas Viajeras", a jewel of card
magic. With this publication begins a new era, a modern
interpretation of the effect consisting of making a substantial effort
so that the conditions in which the effect of the “travel” was carried
out, is a part of the main premise (Travel of a number X of cards to a
package guarded by a spectator).

Most of the previous publications focused on the variety and

methodological novelty, but very few supposed an advance in terms
of conditions. In Tamariz´s version, one spectator counts 10 cards on
the table and surrounds that packet with a rubber band, another
spectator does the exact same thing. One of the packets is riffled
and two cards are freely remembered from this packet (remember
there is still a rubber band around the packet). When the rubber
band is removed it is seen that the thought of cards have vanished
from that packet and they have joined the cards which the spectator
has been holding all the time.

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Another great contribution came in the 80s with the secret use of a
third group of cards to facilitate cheating, in this way it was
possible for the cards that pass from one pack to the other to be
chosen, thought of or signed. In addition, David Regal published a
version in 1999, this was the first time a version in which cards with
different backs were used. which was an aesthetic and visual
advance, because, when showing the travel, it was enough to open a
fan and see two cards with a different back between the others.

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CONTRIBUTIONS
From the first publications to the most current, various authors have
contributed their ideas to this wonderful classic of magic, but if we
had to name the most relevant contributions, what would they be?

- The use of the palm as a technique to add or remove cards secretly.

 
-The substitution of the palm by techniques such as: false counting,
secret drops, transfers...
 
- The use of ties or rubber bands to reinforce the idea that no card can
enter or leave.
 
- The concept of a packet switch as a substitute for the palm.
 
- The use of envelopes to reinforce the idea of impossibility and
facilitate the method.
 
- The use of prepared cards to enhance travel conditions.
 
- To propose a fiction to magnify the effect, for example H. P. Graham
took an invisible card and tore it in half, when they counted the
packet of cards the audience found That half a card had traveled.
 
- The introduction of a third secret packet for the methodological part.
 
- The use of cups to verticalize.
 

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 CONTRIBUTIONS

- The use of the palm again and return to the representation of the
effect for stand up situations.

Another contribution that one leaves aside because it has to do with

experience, is the idea of adding a second phase to the effect. Years
ago, Juan Tamariz devised a version in which in the first phase 3 cards
travel and in the second 5 cards travel (it can be read under the name
of "Viaje Increíble" in the collection of books "Card College", Volume
II, page 266, by Roberto Giobbi, Spanish Edition).
 
All these conceptual contributions make up a range of methodological
and exhibition possibilities for one to choose from when presenting
the effect.

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MOST
IMPORTANT
VERSIONS
Before concluding this journey through time and the history of this
classic, one would like to quote some of the most important versions
and comment on their characteristics.

- “Cards Judged by Weight, and the Multiplication of Cards”, Jean

Eugene Robert-Houdin, 1889, "Tricks with Cards", page 122.
 
This being one of the first publications makes it remarkable. The
conceptual and technical simplicity makes it a practical piece and
suitable for any occasion.
 
- "Three Cards Across", Louis Zingone, 1940, "Expert Card Technique",
page 64.

Louis Zingone recovered a forgotten effect and elevated it to the

category of a jewel of card magic; marks a before and after in the
course of close-up magic.

-  "The Flapless Envelop Switch", Al Baker, 1941, "The Secret Ways of

Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means), page 164.
 
The introduction of the envelope as an element to isolate the group of
cards, also facilitating the method, was a very novel advance for the
time.
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 MOST IMPORTANT VERSIONS

- "Card Across", Edward G. Brown, "The Card Magic of Edward G.

Brown".
 
In my opinion it is the best version. It can be done with a borrowed
deck, without preparation and on any occasion. A thought card travels
from the hands of one spectator to those of another.
 
- "Swindle Transpo", David Regal, "Close-Up and personal".
 
David Regal adds the use of cards with different backs, completely
renewing the look of the classic effect.
 
- “The Six / Four Count Card Across”, Larry Jennings, 67´, page 77.
 
Larry Jennings uses an ingenious word game to false count;
methodologically, it is very interesting.
 
- "Letters, signatures and glasses", Helder Guimaraes, "Reflejos", page
17.
 
Helder Guimaraes made the effect cleaner and clearer, he also solves
the methodological part by using cups that facilitate the visibility of
the elements.
  
- “Two and a half”, Roberto Mansilla, “Naypes”, page 69.

Roberto Mansilla introduces fictional thinking in the exhibition of the

effect, creating a beautiful and unique piece of modern card magic.

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REFENRENCES
- "To cause a number of cards to multiply invisibly in a person´s
keeping", page 84, Modern Magic (1876), Unknown.

- "The pack being divided into two portions, placed in the keeping of
two different persons, to make three cards pass invisible from one to
the other", page 86, Modern Magic (1877), Jean Eugène Robert-
Houdin.

- "Cards judged by weight, and the multiplication of cards", page 122,

Tricks with Cards (1889), Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin.

- "Conradi´s Kartenwanderung", page 32, Der moderne Kartenkünstler

(1896), Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster.

- "The new multiplication of cards", page 195, New Era Card Tricks
(1897), Unknown.

- "To pass several cards from one person´s pocket to that of another",
page 133, The Modern Conjurer (1902), Mademoiselle Patrice.

- "Kartenvermehrung unter den Händen der Zuschauer", page 186, Der

Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4, No. 12) (1904), Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein, Fr.
Berndt.

- "To pass several cards from one person´s pocket to that of another",
page 60, Modern Card Manipulation (1904), Mademoiselle Patrice.

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 REFERENCES

- "The Twenty Card Trick", page 85, The Art of Magic (1909), Unknown.

- "The Flying Cards", page 99, The Art of Magic (1909), Unknown.

- "The Flying Cards (Second Method)", page 107, The Art of Magic
(1909), T. Nelson Downs.

- "To make three cards pass invisibly from one packet to another",
page 103, Modern Card Manipulation (1911), Unknown.

- "The winged cards", page 17, The New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
(1920), Charles T. Jordan.

- "Combining the passing of cards with the pocket trick", page 3,

Merlin´s Master Miracles (1927/1928), Jack Merlin.

- "A 26 card mystery", page 16, Expert Manipulative Magic (1933),

Tommy Tucker.

- "The radio cards", page 54, Card Manipulations (Issue 3) (1934),

Unknown.

- "The migrating pasteboard", page 44, The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Summer
Extra 1935) (1935), Theodore Annemann.

- "Death flight!", page 102, The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 18) (1936), Tom
Sellers.

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- "Stampedo", page 25, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks (1937), Charles T.

Jordan.

- "Zens´miracle pocket to pocket trick", page 298, Encyclopedia of Card

Tricks (1937), Michael F. Zens.

- "Card passe-passe", page 195, The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 30) (1937), Oscar
H. Paulson.

- The thirty card trick (or “Cards from pocket to pocket)", page 32,
Magic of the Hands (1937), Edward Victor.

- "The impromptu fifteen card trick", page 41, Do That Again! (1939),
Oscar Weigle.

- "Mene, Tekel, Upharsin", page 34, More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)

(1939), Unknown.

- "Meta-Stasis", page 427, The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 59) (1939), John J.
Crimmins Jr.

- "Three Cards Across", page 64, Expert Card Technique (1940), Louis
Zingone.

- "Mene, Tekel, Upharsin (The thirty cards) Alpha to Omega", page 30,
More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) (1940), Jean Hugard.

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 REFERENCES

- "The multiplication of cards while in the someones hands", page 31,

More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) (1940), Jean-Nicholas Ponsin.

- "The thirty cards", page 32, More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)

(1940), Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin.

- "A lesson in magic", page 141, The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue
Magical Ways and Means) (1941), Al Baker.

- "The flapless envelope switch", page 164, The Secret Ways of Al

Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) (1941), Al Baker.

- "Surpasso!", page 829, The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 149) (1941), Hen
Fetsch.

- "Flying reverse", page 23, Let´s See the Deck (1942), Edward Marlo.

- "Count Them Out", page 112, The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 27) (1943),
Walter B. Gibson, U. F. Grant.

- "The migrating pasteboard", page 45, Full Deck of Impromptu Card

Tricks (1943), Theodore Annemann.

- "Card passe-passe", page 54, Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks

(1943), Oscar H. Paulson.

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- "The improved “Zens” card & envelopes", page 55, My Best (1945),
Michael F. Zens.

- "The flying cards", page 157, Tarbell Course in Magic – Volume 4

(1945), Unknown.

- "“Flying cards”, page 158, Tarbell Course in Magic – Volume 4

(1945), Harlan Tarbell.

- "The passing of three selected cards", page 165, Tarbell Course in

Magic – Volume 4 (1945), Harlan Tarbell.

- "Flying cards and envelopes", page 166, Tarbell Course in Magic –

Volume 4 (1945), Unknown.

- "Flying cards", page 170, Tarbell Course in Magic – Volume 4 (1945),

Harry Wilder.

- "Surpasso", page 172, Tarbell Course in Magic – Volume 4 (1945),

Hen Fetsch.

- "Idea for cards across", page 488, The Phoenix 101-151 (Issue 121)
(1947), Harvey P. Graham.

- "Three cards across", page 278, The Royal Road to Card Magic
(1948), Unknown.

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 REFERENCES

- "Cards across", page 502, The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Card
Trio) (1948), Al Baker.

- "Giant trio-flight", page 113, The Fine Art of Magic (1948), George G.
Kaplan.

- "Cards across tip", page 600, The Phoenix 101-151 (Issue 149)
(1948), Harvey P. Graham.

- "The thirty cards and two assistants (with improvements)", page 155,
Principles and Deceptions (1948), Arthur H. Buckley.

- "Ten and Ten", page 157, Principles and Deceptions (1948), Arthur H.
Buckley.

- "Elmer Eckam", page 4, Grant´s Inner Circle Magazine (Vol.1, No. 1 &
2) (1948), U. F. Grant.

- "Try-Fly", page 1054, The Phoenix 251-300 (Issue 264) (1952),

Franklin V. Taylor.

- "From the file", page 39, The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 310)
(1954), Tommy Vanderschmidt.

- "1-Eighteen Card Mystery", page 135, Tarbell Course in Magic –

Volume 6 (1954), Harlan Tarbell.

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- "Count cop and transfer", page 10, Action Palm (1956), Edward
Marlo.

- "Ten and ten", page 14, The Table Palm (1957), Edward Marlo.

- "Larry Grey´s “Cards Across”", page 23, Further Inner Secrets of Card
Magic (1961), Lawrence “Larry” Grey.

- "Impromptu cards across", page 144, Profesional Card Magic (1961),

Howard Schwarzman.

- "The eight card trick", page 34, An Evening with Charlie Miller
(1961), Charlie Miller.

- "Ein Zweimännertrick", page 22, Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-

Kartentricks-Teil I (1962), Jochen Zmeck.

- "Kartenwanderung", page 32, Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-

Kartentricks-Teil I (1962), Malvano.

- "Twenty card trick", page 64, Dai Vernon´s Tribute to Nate Leipzig
(1963), Nate Leipzig.

- "Play it again", page 647, The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol.8, No.
10) (1973), Roy Walton.

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 REFERENCES

- "Trick #3", page 789, The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol.9, No.
11) (1974), William Larsen, T. Page Wright.

- "The Piano Duet", page 177, Marlo´s Maganize – Volume 1 (1975),

Edward Marlo.

- "Card Act", page 200, Magic with Faucett Ross (1975), Faucett Ross.

- "The passé-passé cards", page 166, The Magic of Francis Carlyle

(1975), Francis Carlyle.

- "The piano duet", page 177, Marlo´s Magazine Volume 1 (1976),

Edward Marlo.

- "Three cards across", page 87, The Big Book of Magic (1976), Patrick
Page.

- "Three cards across extra", page 352, Pabular (Vol. 3, No. 5) (1977),
Doug Alker.

- "Mental 3 cards across!", page 947, The Copleat Magick – Volume II

(Issue 190) (1977), David Douglas.

- "Las Vegas Leaper", page 112, Las Vegas Close-Up (1978), Paul
Harris.

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- "The cards across", page 728, Pabular (Vol. 5, No. 9) (1979), Brian
Sinclair.

- "Straightline transport", page 262, Marlo´s Magazine Volume 4

(1980), Edward Marlo.

- "Three cards across", page 44, Al Leech´s Legacy (1980), Al Leech.

- "Just a drop", page 50, Diverting Card Magic (1980), Andrew

Galloway.

- "Impromptu, signed card across", page 16, Lecture Notes to

Convention Session #1 (1980), Daryl Martinez.

- "Three cards across", page 18, Jim Ryan Close-Up: Classic Card
Routines (1981), Jim Ryan.

- "Color transposition", page 27, Cards - with a Different Touch (1981),

Ken Simmons.

- "Cards across: licked at last!", page 3, The Complete Works of Derek

Dingle (1982), Derek Dingle.

- "Cards across", page 126, The New York Magic Symposium-Collection

2 (1983), Terry Seabrooke.

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 REFERENCES

- "Induitable cards across", page 43, Unlimited (1983), Edward Marlo.

- "Three cards across", page 233, Bertram on Sleight of Hand (1983),

Faucett Ross.

- "The auto mazo deck", page 58, A History of the Brainwave Principle
(1983), Ed Balducci, Frank Mireider.

- "Gettin across", page 870, Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7, No. 1)

(1984), Larry Jennings.

- "Classic three cards across", page 181, The Best of Close-Up Magic
(1984), Dick Turpin.

- "The journey", page 3, Close-Up to the Point (1984), Peter Duffie.

- "Point of arrival", page 17, Martin´s Miracles (1985), Martin Lewis.

- "Thirty card trick, Malini variation", page 28, The Fred Braue
Notebooks (Issue 2) (1985), Max Malini.

- "Via avion", page 20, The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) (1985),
Vynn Boyar.

- "Cards and envelopes", page 22, The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
(1985), Orla Moody.

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 REFERENCES

- "The twenty card trick", page 9, The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
(1985), Paul Rosini.

- "Larry Gray´s cards across", page 15, Tricks of Conjuring (1985),

Bruce Cervon, Lawrence “Larry” Grey.

- "A case for crossing cards", page 84, Don England´s Gaffed to the
Hilt! (1985), Jon Racherbaumer.

- "Cards across, climax", page 20, Close-Up Framework (1986),

Lawrence Frame.

- "Seabrooke´s cards across", page 95, Seabroke´s cards across (1986),

Terry Seabrooke.

- "Honest John´s cards across", page 69, The Commercial Magic of J. C.

Wagner (1987), John C. Wagner.

- "Repeat signed cards across", page 76, Special Effects (1987), Edward
Marlo.

- "Anastasia", page 31, Neoclassics (1987-2001), Larry Jennings.

- "Las Vegas Leaper", page 45, Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2, No. 9-12
Paul Harris: The Act) (1988), Paul Harris.

- "Shinkansen", page 5, Lecture (1988), Philip T. Goldstein.

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- "Trans Mitt", page 70, The Vernon Chronicles – Volume 3 (1989),

Bruce Cervon.

- "Las cartas viajeras", page 234, Sonata (1989), Juan Tamariz.

- "The modern leaper", page 1823, Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13, No.
8) (1990), Doug Edwards.

- "The BC cards across", page 69, Ultra Cervon (1990), Bruce Cervon,
Alex Elmsley.

- "Repeat Signed Cards Across", page 9, The Olram File (Issue 1)

(1990), Edward Marlo, Randy Wakeman.

- "Don´t split the keys", page 28, That´s It (1990), Edward Marlo.

- "Shinkansen", page 4, Nycanotes (1990), Philip T. Goldstein.

- "Shinkansen", page 83, Nycanotes (1990), Philip T. Goldstein.

- "Chosen cards across", page 271, The Collected Works of Alex

Elmsley – Volume 1 (1991), Alex Elmsley.

- "Hop two it", page 96, Smoke and Mirrors (1991), John Bannon, Ron
Wilson.

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 REFERENCES

- "Shinkansen", page 5, Music City Conclave 1992 Notes (1991), Philip

T. Goldstein.

- "The “Rule” Exchange", page 2137, Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15,
No. 11) (1992), Harry Lorayne.

- "Del bolsillo de un espectador al de otro", page 34, La Magia de

Ascanio – Vol. 3 (1992), Jean Carles, Arturo de Ascanio.

- "Butte ox? Two butte ox!", page 55, Workers Number 4 (1994),
Michael Close.

- "Cards and envelopes", page 1077, More Greater Magic (1994),

Eugene Laurant.

- "Pocket to pocket trick (Half Card Trick)", page 1082, More Greater
Magic (1994), T. Nelson Downs.

- "Twenty card trick", page 1095, More Greater Magic (1994),  John
Mulholland.

- "New Zens´s 15 cards and envelope trick", page 1097, More Greater
Magic (1994), John Mulholland, Michael F. Zens.

- "Pocket to pocket trick (Half Card Trick)", page 1082, More Greater
Magic (1994), T. Nelson Downs.

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- "Maze cards across", page 154, Gene Maze and The Art of Bottom
Dealing (1994), Gene Maze.

- "Flight fantastic", page 41, Magicl Wishes (1994), Meir Yedid.

- "All expense paid trip for three", page 1067, The Trapdoor – Volume
Three (Isuee 56) (1995), Jim Krenz.

- "Too many cards", page 6, Self-Working Close-Up Card Magic (1995),

Unkown.

- "Invisible thought transference", page 144, M.I.N.T. – Volume II

(1995), Edward Marlo.

- "All expense paid trip for three", page 1, All Expense Paid Trip for
Three (1995), Jim Krenz.

- "The Cards of Capistrano", page 292, Card College – Volume 2

(1996), Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Roberto Giobbi.

- "Leap of Faith", page 187, The Art of Astonishment – Book 1 (Issue

Las Vegas Close-Up) (1996), Bill Malone.

- "Big-Time Leaper", page 241, The Art of Astonishment – Book 3

(Issue Magical Arts Journal) (1996), Paul Harris.

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 REFERENCES

- "Las Vegas Leaper", page 185, The Art of Astonishment – Book 1

(Issue Las Vegas Close-Up) (1996), Paul Harris.

- "Across the void", page 5, The Warpsmith Returns (1996), Tom Stone.

- "Oversiter", page 7, Open Secrets (1996), Peter Duffie.

- "Red/Black Flyer", page 27, Jennings ´67 (1997), Larry Jennings.

- "No palm cards across", page 30, Solomon´s Mind (1997), David
Solomon.

- "Twenty card trick", page 11, It´s a Matter of Style (1997), Bob White.

- "Robin Hood", page 6, Das kleine grüne Heft (1998), Pit Hartling.

- "21st Century Cards Across", page 35, 21st Century Card Magic
(1999), James Swain.

- "Several cards pass through a book", page 44, Ellis Stanyon´s Best
Card Tricks (1999), Ellis Stanyon.

- "The “knock-out” card trick", page 144, Ellis Stanyon´s Best Card
Tricks (1999), Theodore DeLand.

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- "The “Best Ever” Card Trick", page 144, Ellis Stanyon´s Best Card
Tricks (1999), Theodore DeLand.

- "The Airplane Cards", page 23, Theater of the Mind (1999), Barrie
Richardson.

- "Triple Cross", page 192, Scams & Fantasies with Cards (2002),
Darwin Ortiz.

- "Teleportation", page 27, Impuzzibilities (2002), Jim Steinmeyer.

- "Ten cards and envelope trick", page 744, The Secret Ways of Al
Baker (Issue Notebooks) (2003), Al Baker.

- "Thirty card trick", page 746, The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue
Notebooks) (2003), Al Baker.

- "The allergic card trick", page 25, Artificial conclusions (2003), Jim
Steinmeyer.

- "Look elsewhere", page 133, Off the Books (Issue 7) (2003, Karl
Fulves.

- "Simulcast", page 152, Off the Books (Issue 8) (2003), Karl Fulves.

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 REFERENCES

- "La Flor de Coleridge", page 289, La Magia Española del Siglo XX

(2003), Gabi Pareras.

- "Three cards across", page 43, The Dave Campbell Legacy (2004),
Dave Campbell.

- "Killer cards across", page 2, Killer Koncepts (2004), Peter Duffie,

Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson.

- "Choc-a-Block", page 97, Subtle Miracles (2004), Peter Duffie.

- "Twenty card trick", page 26, It´s a Matter of Style (2005 edition)
(2005), Bob White.

- "From the pocket of one spectator to that of another", page 123, The
Magic of Ascanio – Studies of Card Magic (2006), Jean Carles.

- "The nine facts", page 300, The Magic of Ascanio – Studies of Card
Magic (2006), Arturo de Ascanio.

- "Stealth Infiltration", page 106, Best of Friends – Volume III (2007),

Nick Pudar.

- "Filling the Void", page 46, The Magician´s Ltd Cookbook (2007),
Tomas Blomberg.

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- "The Heist", page 159, 52 Memories (2007), Jack Parker.

- "A card, a number", page 289, Prolix (Issue 5) (2008), T. Page Wright.

- "The card across", page 194, The Magic of Fred Robinson (2009),
Fred Robinson.

- "Cards across", page 48, Routines Matter (2009), Trevor Lewis.

- "The Magician who Fools Himself", page 11, Subsequent (2010), Jim
Steinmeyer.

- "Analysis of a Magical Effect/Method", page 3, Reflections (2011),

Helder Guimaraes.

- "Three cards across", page 58, Magic Page by Page (2011), Patrick
Page.

- "You Decide” Cards Across", page 21, Nephelococcygia (2015), Helder

Guimaraes.

- "The card across", page 27, Principia (2018), Harapan Ong.

- "The evolution of a magic trick", page 232, Parlour Tricks (2020),

Rhys “Morgan” Jones, Robert “West” Tay.

- "Playing Heavy", page 228, Magic for BLM (2020), Daniel Roy.

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