Card College, Volume 2: A Complete Course in Sleight of Hand Card Magic

by Roberto Giobbi, Barbara Giobbi-Ebnother (Illustrator), Richard Hatch (Translator)

Picking up where Volume One left off, Volume Two teaches such classic and invaluable sleights as the palm, the pass, the glimpse, false counts and much more. Volume Two concludes with a chapter on psychology, misdirection and presentation thats among the best treatments ever done on these important subjects. Throughout, Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas and refinements, guaranteeing every reader, no matter how experienced, fresh techniques and insights. Some of the topics covered in Volume Two The Glimpse Card Reverses The Crimp Palming False Cuts False Counts The Pass The Overhand Shuffle Flourishes The Double Turnover Misdirection Psychology Routining Presentation

Genres: Magic, Nonfiction

254 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1996

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

[Michiel Tummers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book takes off where volume 1 ended. In it are more sleights to practice (and some will take months , even years to fully master, for example the pass is considered one of the most difficult sleights in all of card magic) and some 100 pages of theory on the art of magic and performing. Giobbi's plan was to write only these 2 volumes but in the end he wrote a 5 volume encyclopedia on sleight of hand card magic and after that he even wrote 3 volumes on self working card magic (card college light, lighter and lightest). Mandatory reading for any magician

[Rylan Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a magician now

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 2 of Roberto Giobbi's Card College picks up where volume 1 left off. It expands on techniques and slights already learned, while introducing new ones, all with the same clarity and illustrations from Volume 1. A great addition.