Hey everybody welcome back to Magic Orthodoxy my name is David and this is a book review Hey today, we're gonna do a review on the book card control by Arthur Buckley This is a paperback book, okay, and it is one of the Dover reprints and a lot of the Dover reprints are actually classics of card magic and they're easily able to reprint these because a lot of them are old and past their trademark copyright which also means that these books haven't been updated for the 21st century, okay, so reading a lot of the Dover reprints. Yes, the language is gonna feel old and archaic but don't let that deter you there are some crazy crazy crazy gems in these Dover reprints and some awesome tricks and well-known slides and I would think any magician worth their salt would recommend these Dover reprints to you and I've done some other reviews in the past for some of the other Dover books I would highly recommend you checking those out if you don't know Arthur Buckley was born in Australia and he became well-known in America for the magic he worked with cards on a lot of the major Vobbulous circus back in the 1920s he was schooled by the great slide of hand artists that he met in the entertainment business and by professional gamblers that he met along his early touring in Australia and his absolute mastery of the most powerful artful and demanding card-addling routines was legendary in 1946 he wrote this book this practical guide revealing the detail and secrets of his card magic and any magician or card conjurer who I think aspires to be proficient in carbon abulation will want to have this indispensable reference in their library this profusely illustrated book demonstrates step-by-step the astonishing card magic cultivated by one of the premier slide of hand artists of the 20th century it presents newvers that have left theater audiences amazed and that card playing professionals used their great advantage it is not a book for beginners but will help those with basic card expertise which new levels of performance in their art among the moves are shifts palms glides false shuffles cuts fans and steals you'll learn how to do the false table ripple shuffle how to deal from the bottom how to know an opponent's whole card how to warm up a cold deck and so much more in addition the author presents 40 dazzling deceptions guaranteed to amaze your audience Buckley's book contains more original and practical material than hundreds of lesser known books put together you know there are other authors that have shied away from many of Buckley's techniques because of they're being difficult but that shouldn't deter you hard work and determination are going to make you a better card performer also Buckley's detailed analysis of existing standard slides suggests dozens of new applications this book is divided into four different sections the first section is slides and it's just an outstanding compendium of different card slides featuring dozens of top bottom palms false shuffles both the hindu the overhand the dovetail a one-handed double lift and the multiple strip out palm steel the second section is called conjuring up the card table a number of techniques and routines are in here based on different gambling and this section features several excellent second deals methods of restoring the cut calling and stacking methods the third section is called manipulations and there's a lot of harder things in here like the difficult back palm slides that Cardini used many of these principles are probably more suitable for stage or parlor and probably not as readily used today but i would say that they are wonderful to learn and if you can pull them off successfully in a close-up context especially some of these flourishes you'll be greatly rewarded the last section like i alluded to earlier is called 40 experiments it's an excellent collection of intermediate and advanced magic tricks with cards you're not going to find any props in here there's no fakes there's no duplicates you know none none of that stinging stuff each affect features enough fine ideas to suggest several new directions if you're a very careful reader i would say enjoy this book love this book get this book especially if you're trying to go to the next level of card magic yes like i said the language is going to be a little difficult to muddle through but don't let that deter you hard work and determination will pay off and make you a better card performer all right so that is my review for card control from Arthur Buckley and it is available as a dover reprint as always we suggest that you like this video just so other people can find it faster we also recommend that you subscribe to this channel just as they have to date and only these in cards and card magic you want to follow me on social media you can i'm at facebook.com slash magic worth at oxy twitter.com slash magic worth at oxy instagram.com slash magic underscore orthodoxy and if you'd like more content you can always find it at magic worth at oxy.com thanks bye