Weston's Ways with Cards by Mark Weston (PDF Download)

Mark Weston – Weston’s Ways With Cards (official pdf)

 

From the Foreword:

 

    It has always been my aim to perform close-up magic impromptu, and with unprepared cards. This I do most of the time. Occasionally I find it is better to use the odd special card to enhance a particular routine, and as a commercial performer I have no qualms about this. In my view, the performer’s personality should override all else, the props being the tools of his trade. When the blend of personality and props is exactly correct, the performance becomes an entertainment … this is the aim.The routines in this book are designed to appeal to those using card magic as a vehicle for entertainment. All are audience tested and a large number of these routines are in my regular act, having been in my repertoire for many years.

 

    Within the pages of this volume are new routines, along with improved twists and handling of existing routines, for the novice and expert alike. Each item is clearly described in meticulous detail, and the text is accompanied with numerous photographs and illustrations. Most of the effects are within the scope of the card worker, and with practise the novice will improve his technique by careful study of the photographs and illustrations.

 

    Foreword

    About Face

    Seven Up

    Ace Cutter Mark II

    Under My Foot

    Move To Show Both Sides Of A Card Blank

    Fancy Deal Stop Trick

    The Stop Trick

    The Spinners

    No Palm Foursome

    Double Cross

    Transpositions

    Ace Cutter

    Another Triumph

    Magic Aces

    Double Kicker

    Club Night Interlude

    Guarantee F.B.I. Card

    Splitz

    Multiple Card Shift

    Flash

    The Supreme Glimpse

    The Last Card

    More Incredible

    Spectator Unexplained (After Vernon)

    The M.W. Vanishing Deck

    Hello Strangers

    The Blue Deck Routine

    Impromptu Cards Across

    Card Up The Sleeve (After D’amico)

    Second Sight

    Sign Of The Cross

    Two Faced Forces

    Spectator Cuts The Aces

    Force Yourself

    In The Soup

    Cards Through The Table

    Spectator Match

    Jumbo Flam

    Moves And Sleights – Step-By-Step

        The Double Undercut

        The Double Undercut

        The Reverse Double Cut

        Hindu Shuffle Control

        Injog Shuffle Control

        The Riffle Count

        Double Lift

        Middle Double Lift

        Right Hand Top Card Palm

        Palming Of Several Cards In The Right Hand

        The Glide

        The Side Glide

        The Half Pass

 

1st edition 1994, 126 pages; 1st digital edition 2017, 160 pages.

word count: 46090 which is equivalent to 184 standard pages of text