Book
1949
Written by Paul LePaul
Work of Paul LePaul
219 pages (Hardcover), published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc.
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
82 entries
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The Card Magic of Le Paul (written by Paul LePaul, work of Paul LePaul, 1949)
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Paul LePaul Acknowledgments Jerry McDermott, Robert & Dorothea Parrish
9
John Mulholland Introduction 15
Robert Parrish A Sketch of Le Paul 17
Paul LePaul Preface on performing, misdirection, technique
21
Part I. New and Improved Sleights and Flourishes 25
Paul LePaul Invisible Turn-Over Pass 29
Paul LePaul A Flourish And A Pass deck spreads itself between hands
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35
Paul LePaul The Color-Change (Side Steal Method) side-steal method
39
Paul LePaul The Side-Steal (Improved Method) 45
Paul LePaul Peek with fingertip grip for initial demo
46
Paul LePaul Riffling while holding the break 47
Paul LePaul The Right Hand Top-Palm group method
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52
Paul LePaul Right Hand Top-Palm Single Card Method
Variations
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Paul LePaul, Herb Zarrow The Erdnase Bottom-Palm (improved) actually Zarrow's, for credit information see Zarrow book reference from 2008
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55
Paul LePaul A Bottom-Card Steal 58
Paul LePaul The Diagonal Left Hand Palm (Improved Method)
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Paul LePaul Left Hand Center-Card Steal from spectator peek
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Paul LePaul A Useful Acquitment spreading the deck with palmed card
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Paul LePaul The Flip-Over Double-Lift hit lift
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Paul LePaul Snap Over snapping off the second finger
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Paul LePaul The Snap-Over Double-Lift
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Paul LePaul Holding Back two cards while dribbling the cards
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Paul LePaul The Top-Change four methods
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Paul LePaul An Instantaneous Change
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Paul LePaul The Second-Deal (Improved Method) end grip
85
Paul LePaul A Rapid One-Hand Deal
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87
Paul LePaul A Rapid One-Hand Second-Deal 89
Paul LePaul The Bottom-Deal (Simplified Method) bottom card set two-handed during previous top deal
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Paul LePaul A Natural Jog-Control top half dropped on bottom half
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93
Paul LePaul A Fancy Control flip-over cuts
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Paul LePaul A Deceptive Crimp Location card is crimped lengthwise
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Paul LePaul An Automatic Jog-Control
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Closing A Fanned Deck with One Hand 100
Paul LePaul A False Waterfall Shuffle 104
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Paul LePaul A False Riffle Shuffle using Automatic Rear Jog procedure
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Paul LePaul An Instantaneous Palm Flourish fan production
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Paul LePaul A Card Fan Flourish fan production
119
Paul LePaul A Vanish And Reproduction Of A Deck Of Cards 124
Part II. New and Different Magical Effects 127
Paul LePaul Simplicity - The Keynote to Good Magic on simplicity, puzzle vs. magic
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Paul LePaul How Close Can You Watch? Transposition of two complete decks
Variations
131
Flushtration Hindu Shuffle 132
Paul LePaul Deceptive Perception five red-backed cards and one blue-backed card change into five blue-backed cards and one red-backed card
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Paul LePaul Mistaken Identity transposition with odd-backed card
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Paul LePaul The Substitution Envelope Mystery selection changes places with a card in an envelope
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Paul LePaul Finessed Glide see also page 140
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Paul LePaul The One-Eyed Jacks sandwiched card changes with selection face-up in deck
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Paul LePaul A Magical Transposition simple two card transpo, using deck
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Paul LePaul Cover for the Top Change 149
Paul LePaul A Paradox Of Pairs classic force face-up
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Paul LePaul An Unexpected Climax deck split into two and each half placed inside pocket, two selections are found, first selection changes to third selection as climax
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Paul LePaul, Dr. Jacob Daley Bottom Card Steal as a Switch gambler's cop as a switch using a double
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Paul LePaul A Perfect Stop Effect cards removed one at a time from pocket by performer until spectator stops, card held at that time is selection, continuous gambler's cop
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Paul LePaul Impromptu Torn And Restored Card except one quarter, restored card minus corner shoots out when deck is riffled
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Paul LePaul A Quadruplicate Mystery four selections lost, then the four spectators each take a card from tabled spread which are shown to be the selections
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Paul LePaul Hindu Shuffle Multiple Control controlling four cards to the top
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Paul LePaul, Dr. Jacob Daley Palm Switch Handling 167
Paul LePaul Color Segregation
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Red-Black Shuffle no credit given, "shown to me by Downs"
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Longitudinal Crimp 170
Paul LePaul A Deft Illusion a card is shown to one spectator and pocketed, three cards shown to three spectators are tabled, they all saw the same originally pocketed card, tabled cards are indifferent and in pocket is the original card
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Dai Vernon Double Undercut 176
Paul LePaul Bottom Glimpse as Switch 176
Dr. Jacob Daley, Paul LePaul The Bashful Queens three Queens on the table change to indifferent cards. All four Queens are found in four different pockets
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Paul LePaul Spread Double Lift double outjogged in spread and moved to top
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Paul LePaul A Reverse Card Routine
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Classic Pass Half Pass very brief
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Paul LePaul Covered Turnover under cover of half fanned pack
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Push-Up Change 188
Paul LePaul An Impromptu Rising Card Effect
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Paul LePaul Transposition of the Four Aces Aces are lost, then four indifferent cards change to (transpose with) the four Aces one by one
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Paul LePaul Turnover Pass as Packet Switch cards shown on face of deck, deck turned over, bottom cards are removed
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Snap-Over Change 196
Paul LePaul The Hand Picked Aces with bluff spacing in fan, three Aces lost, six card placed in two rows, chosen row contains those three Aces
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Two-Way Magician's Choice 202
Paul LePaul Aces Up! Aces in row on table, deck placed on one and it comes to top, repeated with other Aces
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Frederick Braue Braue Addition and Switch no credit
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Paul LePaul Display Palm Drop top card turned over and back and side-steal palmed card added to top
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Paul LePaul The Gymnastic Aces Aces leap one at a time out of the deck when shaking incompletely faroed deck
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Paul LePaul Cut Shift series of cuts from Hindu position
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Paul LePaul Cards in a Sealed Envelope construction of loading envelopes, four signed Aces
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Paul LePaul In Conclusion 219
Data entered by Uli Weigel & Denis Behr, January 2004.