The Four Full Hands

1947 reprint used. According to advertisements in The Sphinx, "Four Full Hands of Down-To-The Minute Magical Effects" was published in 1921 (ad in Nov. 1921 issue), and "Four Full Hands of Card Tricks" in 1922 (ad in Feb. 1922 issue).
Magazine
1947
Written by Charles T. Jordan
Work of Charles T. Jordan
40 pages (Stapled), 2 Issues, published by Lloyd E. Jones
No illustrations
Language: English
67 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
Lloyd E. Jones Foreword based on Jordan's "Four Full Hands of Card Tricks" and "Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects"
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Hand No. 1. Impromptu Card Tricks
Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 7
Charles T. Jordan The Master Stop Trick four cards are selected and placed back in the deck, spectator deals through the deck and performer stops him at the selections, except the last one which is found in the performer's pocket
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 7
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 7
Charles T. Jordan Improved Satan's Prophecy prediction, deck divided into two halves and a selected card vanishes from one half and appears at the position predicted in the other half
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Center Spread Glimpse corner bent back as cards are fanned between hands, faces towards audience
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 9
Charles T. Jordan Card Vanish via Miscall four cards placed on table, one miscalled and forced
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 9
Leaving Cards Behind
Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 9
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Pair two selected cards are predicted and travel from one half to the other in card case, miscalling
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Charles T. Jordan The Four-to-One Detection similar to the 21 card trick, with sixteen cards, different layout & redistribution
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 10
Charles T. Jordan Case Addition cards left in case added to center of inserted packet
 		Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 10
Charles T. Jordan The Assistance Card Trick follow up to last trick, card is selected and put in pocket, performer goes through the cards once and knows the missing one, clocking mod 13
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 11
Hand No. 2. An Impromptu Routine
Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 13
Charles T. Jordan The Inseparable Aces Aces distributed in deck, when dealt they are all together, multiple glide
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 13
Charles T. Jordan On Routining performing tricks in which the previous trick sets up the next
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 13
Charles T. Jordan Separation while Looking Through Cards while taking out the Aces, one apparently forgotten
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 13
Multiple Glide with several cards, more added during dealing
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 13
Charles T. Jordan The Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck (clubs/diamonds and hearts/spades)
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 14
Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 14
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
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Charles T. Jordan The Dead Easy Location divided deck
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 15
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
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Variations
 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 15
Hand No. 3. Miscellaneous Card Tricks
Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 17
Charles T. Jordan The 49-Card Trick twenty-one card trick with forty-nine cards
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 17
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Force deck held high with faces towards audience in left hand, cards dealt until stopped, force card horizontally held by little finger
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 17
Charles T. Jordan The Fade-Out Vanish card from ten-card-packet vanishes
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 18
Charles T. Jordan Count Transfer as cards are counted into right hand with faces towards audience, one card is moved there behind the scenes
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 18
Charles T. Jordan Bewildero! spectator remembers card and position from face, then he counts to it from the back and loses it into one pile without looking at it again, it is on top of other pile and ditched or similar
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Charles T. Jordan Bewildero the Second! selection ends up between two Aces after lots of counting
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Hand No. 4. Card Tricks Requiring Preparation
Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 21
Charles T. Jordan Count the Cut spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many by taking cards with the corresponding values from pocket, Si Stebbins
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 21
Charles T. Jordan The Discard Trick two cards chosen by fair cuts, spectator deals into piles and left-over cards are keys for selections
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 21
Charles T. Jordan Recycling by Dealing dealing deck in seven piles, then six, then eight, then seven piles restores order
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 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 21
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
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Variations
 Four Full Hands of Card Tricks 1922 22
Charles T. Jordan The Take a Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
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Charles T. Jordan The Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
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Variations
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Hand No. 1. Impromptu Card Tricks
Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 25
Charles T. Jordan The Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
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Nail Bump Card
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 25
Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 25
Charles T. Jordan Placement via Key Card deck dealt into piles, key which was next to selection is at same position as selection in different pile
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Charles T. Jordan The Sequel position of two selections is predicted
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 26
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 27
Charles T. Jordan Slip Transfer from deck to deck, KM precursor
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 27
Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card or appears at same position in other packet
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Hand No. 2. Card Tricks Requiring Some Skill
Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 29
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery of the Aces assembly with quarters of the deck, not small packets
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Charles T. Jordan Fan Display hiding cards between third and fourth card
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Charles T. Jordan Bottom Slip Cut
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Charles T. Jordan The Aces Again
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Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Card Reader some hands dealt and performer knows cards in one of them, riffle stacking from bottom
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Charles T. Jordan Double Cut Handling in-the-hands with side jog
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 30
Charles T. Jordan A Wonderful Color Divination colors openly separated, red card placed in black packet by spectator is predicted, repeated, "Smoothly worked, this goes big." (in the original advertisement there was "Vanishing Court Card" instead of this effect)
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  • marketed ca. 1921
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Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 31
Charles T. Jordan, Earl De Forrest The Diabolical Reversed Card (Improved) card reverses visibly à la tunnel effect
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Hand No. 3. Card Tricks Requiring Preparation
Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 33
Charles T. Jordan Cremo! Card Restoration Extraordinary card forced via spelling procedure, duplicate in deck
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Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 34
Charles T. Jordan The Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 35
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 35
Charles T. Jordan The Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
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Variations
 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 36
Hand No. 4. Miscellaneous Tricks
Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 37
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Foresight chosen ad from magazine predicted
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 37
Charles T. Jordan The Dollar and the Sucker dollar changes into chip in stiff paper
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 38
Charles T. Jordan A New Card Discovery key above and below selection and fair riffle shuffle, added in 1947 reprint (in the original advertisement there was "Just a Square of Paper" instead of this effect)
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Charles T. Jordan The Acme Ring Release ring knotted on cord, released under handkerchief
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 39
Charles T. Jordan A Handkerchief Hint foil in double handkerchief so it can be handled as bundle when balled up
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 Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects 1921 39
Data entered by Denis Behr, December 2015.