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SCHEMATIC THEMATIC STUDIES (ISSUE 1)

CARD(S) ACROSS AL BERBEL 

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CONTENTS

Introduction

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Subject Presentation

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Origin

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Evolution

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Contributions

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Most Important Versions

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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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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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- 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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- "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 RobertHoudin. - "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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- "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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- "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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- "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-GlattKartentricks-Teil I (1962), Jochen Zmeck. -

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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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- "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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- "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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- "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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- "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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- "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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- "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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