Card College, Volume 5: A Complete Course in Sleight of Hand Card Magic

by Roberto Giobbi

Its finally here! In the fifth volume of the acclaimed Card College series, Roberto Giobbi has prepared a graduation party! In previous volumes the reader has been given a remarkable collection of tools for creating astonishing card magic. In the same vein, Volume 5 begins with a meaty chapter of new techniques and strategies, which include methods for covertly arranging stacks during performance, obtaining a duplicate of a spectators signature with his knowledge, and secretly conveying cards to and from the deck-powerful tools indeed. But then Volume 5 diverges from the established Card College formula. Judging that the reader now has more than a sufficient number of tools in his grasp, Mr. Giobbi provides eight chapters filled with tricks and routines that illustrate how various techniques are applied to create world-class card magic. These effects, however, are not mere constructions meant for teaching. Most have been drawn from Roberto Giobbis professional repertoire-and because of this, even the classics of card magic are given a fresh gleam as Giobbi adds refinements won from years of performing experience. His choice of material is impeccable, featuring not only original effects and handlings of his own, but tricks and routines by world-masters as well. One finds such gems as Fred Kaps presentation for The Signed Card in Box, along with Giobbis cunning treatment of this modern classic, Henry Christs fabulous Ace routine and a superb handling of a forgotten masterpiece by Charlie Miller. And everything is taught with the clarity and attention to detail for which the Card College series has become known. Open this book and welcome to the party-prepare to graduate! Some of the topics covered in Volume Five Making Secret Setups False Shuffles Obtaining Duplicate Signatures Quick Tricks Openers and Routines with the Aces Favorite Effects Gambling Demonstrations Mental Mysteries All in all, Volume Five features 34 professional-caliber routines that hav

Genres: Magic

296 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2011

About the author

Roberto Giobbi is a full-time professional magician and one of Europe's finest and most successful exponents of sleight-of-hand with cards. In 1988 and 1991 he was recognized by his peers with awards for excellence in card magic from the prestigious FISM World Congress of Magicians, and in 1990 he received from the Swiss International Congress of Magicians their highest award, the Grand Prix. He also is one of the thirty members of the exclusive Escuela Magica de Madrid, and the author of numerous works on magic in German. In 1988 he was named Author of the Year by the Magischer Zirkel von Deutschland.

Reviews

[Prahlad Saldanha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical, well thought out, refined material. I learned something about the psychology and aesthetics of magic which will remain with me even if I never perform a trick from this book.