Versatile Card Magic Revisited

par Simon

In 1981, with little fanfare, a brand new publishing company released a book on card magic by an unknown author. Today, more than 20 years later, Frank Simon’s Versatile Card Magic is considered a modern classic. Those lucky enough to own a copy of the first and only edition know that Frank’s methods are diabolical and the effects created by them are baffling to magicians and laymen alike. Here at long last, is the much anticipated edition of Frank’s elusive book. The text has been corrected, rewritten when necessary, and completely re-typeset. The 111 photos that appeared in the original book have been replaced with 283 new, crystal-clear images. The only thing that as stayed the same is Frank’s great magic and those distinctive Jerry’s Nugget cards that appear in the photos.

Pages: 228 – 9.5″ x 10″ – Hardcover with dust jacket – Black and white photos

A peek inside Frank Simon’s “Versatile card magic revisited”
Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note Mike Caveney
Foreword Cy Endfield
Preface Frank Simon
Part One Versatile Spread Controls
Versatile Outjog Control
Pass the Sandwich
Catch the Sandwich
Toss the Sandwich
A.P.E. (Rich Marotta)
Versatile Even Control
The Card that Finds Itself
Cut and Count
Casual Control
The Informers
Versatile Re-Entry Control
You Shuffle as I Shuffle
Odds on Triumph
Handmade Triumph
Part Two Varieties
Benihana Aces
Pirandello False Cut (Jeff Semel)
Pirandello Undercut
About Faces Aces II
Teaser Bluff Shift
Cutiltillusion
The Collectavator
Pop-out Move (Piet Forton)
Ultimate Pop-out Move (Piet Forton)
Keep on Cloning
Topsy Turvy Faro
The Spread Double Lift
Christ-Kardyro Spread Switch
Spread Cull
Quorum Quota
Odd Color Out
Part Three Advanced Versatile Spread TechniquesvVersatile Cull Switch
Numerical Affinity
Riff Spell
Classical Slickie
Thinking Touch
Holding Position
Versatile Bottom Reverse
Jim Patton Versatile Bottom Reverse
Spread ’em
Don’t Forget to Remember
Versatile Cover Steal
Open Cover Steal
Guesstimation Special
Hot Zinger
Tre Choice
Elevator Sandwich
A Stranger Coincidence
Part Four The Versatile Spread Palm
Versatile Spread Palm
A Parting Shot