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The Expert at the Card Table

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208:. W.E. Sanders is an anagram of S. W. Erdnase, and Sanders had the education, knowledge of magic, and familiarity with gambling necessary to write the book. According to David Copperfield, "he pursuit of Erdnase has dominated the lives of many magicians and has led them to spend thousands of hours searching public records, newspaper articles, genealogical archives, bankruptcy files, image banks, magic books, yearbooks, census documents, and local libraries". 779: 211:
Originally the author started selling the book for $ 2.00 in 1902 and the next year it dropped to $ 1.00. Although the author did not renew the copyright, the book has remained in print since 1902, albeit small private printings on occasion. First editions are "highly sought after by collectors", and
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Despite his widespread influence on the magician community, the author's identity remains an unsolved mystery. The book may have been published under an assumed name given that it was illegal to distribute books on crooked gambling in the early 1900s. Many believe Erdnase's real name was E.S. Andrews
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The influence of this book is such that it has been issued in annotated form; translated into Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Korean; and issued as a series of DVDs by a professional magician, demonstrating and explaining Erdnase's techniques and methods. A featured show of
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said of it, "... perhaps no other book in all the list of conjuring books has been so avidly read, so affectionately regarded." Erdnase's glossary of terms was in itself extremely influential, and has been reproduced more or less directly by numerous authors, including Hugard, and Henry Hay.
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described it as "a detailed description of the sleight of hand used by crooked gamblers and card magicians. With discussion of everything from false shuffles to fake cuts, dodgy dealing to secret palming, it was the ultimate instructional manual on how to cheat".
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is credited with popularizing this influential text in the community of professional magicians. Well past ninety years of age, Vernon was fond of quoting from it, with page numbers, when discussing card techniques with his colleagues at the
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at gambling tables. It was written, according to its author, because "if it sells it will accomplish the primary motive of the author, as he needs the money".
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described the book as "the most famous, the most carefully studied book ever published on the art of manipulating cards at gaming tables". Similarly,
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Artifice, ruse, and subterfuge at the card table : a treatise on the science and art of manipulating cards
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Artifice, ruse and subterfuge at the card table : a treatise on the science and art of manipulating cards
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the story of Expert of the Card Table is also performed regularly by UK magician Guy Hollingworth.
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author whose identity has remained a mystery for over a century. As a detailed manual of
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The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist
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The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation
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The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation
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The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation
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Stanley, T. L.; Times, Special to the Los Angeles (July 15, 2011).
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David Copperfield has a copy in his private museum.
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The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation

S. W. Erdnase
Sleight of hand
ISBN
978-0-486-28597-9
sleight of hand
S. W. Erdnase
pseudonymous
card sharps
magic or conjuring
cards
card manipulation
sleight of hand
Martin Gardner
David Copperfield
Wilbur F. Sanders
Dai Vernon
Magic Castle
Jean Hugard
Guy Hollingworth
Neil Patrick Harris
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
"Fresh Clues Could Reveal Magic-Trick Writer Who Pulled a Disappearing Act a Century Ago"
The Wall Street Journal



NY
ISBN

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