General Comments

55 entries in Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / General Comments
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Hoffmann To Make the Pass "the very backbone of card conjuring"
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
4
S. W. Erdnase Shifts
Related to 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
95
Jack Merlin Passes
1927/28
Merlin's Master Manipulations
4
Graham Adams The Pass and How to Do Without It
1931
Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book"
14
Jean Hugard Some Notes on the Pass
1935
Card Manipulations (Issue 4)
90
Laurie Ireland The Invisible Pass
1935
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")
20
Louis Nikola Riffle Shuffle as Pass Substitute
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
396
The Pass information about practicing, covering and delaying the pass (via end crimp)
 		1938
Greater Magic
182
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Foreword history of the pass
 		1946
The Invisible Pass
7
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Resume with other break controls, after peeks and as get ready for the classic force
 		1946
The Invisible Pass
25
Al Leech Passes general comments
 		1954
Handbook Of Card Sleights
5
Dai Vernon Tips for Experts - The Pass
1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
193
Andrew Galloway The Pass misdirection applied to the pass
 		1980
Diverting Card Magic
10
Ken De Courcy I Pass comment on the pass
 		1980
Cards in Cabaret
18
Richard Kaufman In Addition on pass and gaffs
 		1981
Cardworks
164
Ray Goulet The Pass
1981
The Thompson Pass
1
Roy Walton General Notes on the Pass
1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
197
Jon Racherbaumer Marlo On The Pass bibliography with Marlo's variations
 		Dec. 1990
The Olram File (Issue 1)
14
T. Page Wright The Pass comments
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
74
Gary Ouellet Quest on great examples, the history of the passes, Hermann / Hofzinser pass
 		1994
The Pass
15
Gary Ouellet Notions distinguishes three ways to do a pass
  • The Classic Pass
  • The Turnover Pass
  • The No-Turnover Turnover Pass
 		1994
The Pass
21
Gary Ouellet Breaks break handling for the pass
 		1994
The Pass
41
Gary Ouellet Shinola on covers for the pass, different styles and other sources
 		1994
The Pass
53
Gary Ouellet Even An Elephant Would Forget
1994
The Pass
90
Gary Ouellet Amusements comments on mastering the pass
 		1994
The Pass
127
Gary Ouellet Autopsy on mastering the pass
 		1994
The Pass
139
Roger Crosthwaite Sauter La Coupe on beating the cut and false cuts
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
228
Roberto Giobbi The Pass Introduction
 		1996
Card College — Volume 2
295
James Swain Secrets of the Pass introduction
 		1996
Miracles with Cards
129
Chris "Doc" Dixon A Few Words from Joe Montana on Passing
1997
Everything Is Funnier with Monkeys
99
Ellis Stanyon Chapter 14: Principles of Sleight of Hand chapter intro, comments on the pass
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
222
Ellis Stanyon Additional Methods for the Double-Handed Pass section heading
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
234
Roberto Giobbi Advanced Pass Techniques Introduction
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
969
Ian Baxter The Experts Have Their Say quotes about the pass from the literature
 		2002
The Turnstile Pass
3
John Carney The Classic Pass and Other Myths
  • Our Man Erdnase
  • The Big Picture
  • Focus, Misdirection, and Punctuation
Related to 2002
The Book of Secrets
232
Larry Jennings Selection Procedure before the Pass
2002
The Book of Secrets
239
Karl Fulves Comments on the Pass
2003
Off The Books (Issue 7)
113
Wesley James The Pass essay on the sleight
 		2004
Enchantments
335
Wesley James The Basic Position
2004
Enchantments
337
Tony Giorgio Overcoming The Cut
  • The Giorgio Letters
 		Nov. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 11)
20
R. Paul Wilson "Show me your pass!" on invisible passes
 		2005
The West Coast Slow
4
Kurt Volkmann The Origin of the Shift "Translated by J. B. Mussey"
historical comments
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, March 1952
 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
237
Benjamin Earl The Big Question shift or double undercut, joke
 		Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
5
Roberto Giobbi To Pass Or Not To Pass
Nov. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 11)
21
Justin Higham The Face-Up Pass
2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
33
Jon Racherbaumer Remembrance of Things Passed commentary on the pass and its status
 		2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
29
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Invisible Influence (Jonah Berger)
  • Should Magicians Pass on the Pass?
 		Sep. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 9)
20
James Swain Should I Learn the Pass?
  • Derek Dingle's Breakthrough
  • Meeting Fred Kaps
  • My Calling Card
  • Being Ahead
  • How Can I Learn the Pass?
  • Tricks with the Pass
  • Is it Worth it?
 		May 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 5)
72
Johnny Thompson Pass vs Shift a definition/distinction
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
223
Steve Forte Chapter 4 - Beating the Cut
  • Introduction
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
279
Steve Forte Shifts the shift in gambling
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
280
Steve Forte Variants
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
282
Steve Forte On Immediacy when executing a Shift
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
286
Steve Forte Summary
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
328
Steve Forte Shifts analysis and fact checks
  • Annotators
  • Recommendation
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
673