Personal Secrets

By Harry Lorayne

This is material that Mr. Lorayne says he left out of his book Close-Up Card Magic.

This was Harry Lorayne's second book on card magic where he reveals several of his best routines. From the introduction: "The effects and routines you’ll find here are some that I purposely left out of my first book on cards, Close-Up Card Magic. Frankly, I had intended to keep them to myself. However, the response to Close-Up Card Magic has been so overwhelming and Lou Tannen has been so persuasive—that I finally acquiesced to putting these in print. That’s the reason for the title, P.S. This is really just an addenda to Close-Up Card Magic. This book breaks down 9 different Card Magic Tricks: Four Of A Kind; Red and Black; Fantasy; Four More; Leap Frog; Magician Vs. Gambler; Color Quickie; Revers-All; The Fantastic Card Square; Ten Card Puzzler.

Contents Include:

• Forward
• Four of a Kind: Four of a kind, named by spectator, lost into deck, which is mixed face up and face down. The deck is restored, except for the four facing the other way.
• Red & Black Fantasy: Spectator takes a bunch of cards and separates them into red and black. Magician figures out how many are in each pocket.
• Four More: Magician quickly finds four of a kind that have been lost in the deck.
• Leap Frog: A thought of card leaps from the deck to a small fan of cards, reversed.
• Magician vs. Gambler: Nice patter. Magician cuts four of a kind--spectator thinks they are kings, they are actually 4s. The kings are in the magician's pockets.
• Color Quickie: Spectator blindly picks card from blue-backed deck that matches unknown red card. Magician does the same thing, but the red card is now a different card 
• Revers-All: Deck is cut into three portions, one face up. Cards all face one way, except for two selected cards.
• The Fantastic Card Square: First, magician makes a magic square with matching card suits and values, then provides numbers to make magic square with sums up to selected number.
• Ten Card Puzzler: Puzzle, not trick, in turning over cards.

Details: Personal Secrets by Harry Lorayne

52 pages, soft covers, saddle-stitched, size; 5 1/2" by 8 1/2".