Link to the actual book : <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_7wyAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=_7wyAQAAMAAJ&printsec=fron...</a>
The Expert at the Card table is a classic, but pretty advanced for someone just getting started with card handling.<p>For anyone looking to learn more, I would strongly recommend some of the video tutorials available at <a href="http://www.theory11.com/tricks" rel="nofollow">http://www.theory11.com/tricks</a> (some are free, many are cheap, and majority can be streamed online)<p>Specifically look for anything you can find by Jason England. That man is a modern master of card sleights if their ever was one, and over the years he has created some great walkthroughs for techniques from the Faro Shuffle to Palming to Dice Switching.<p>(Full disclosure, I have done some work for this site, but it's legitimately one of the greatest resources for learning more about this topic that I know of)
Erdnase is like the Genesis of the card magic canon. While it has an important & worthwhile place on any cardworker's bookshelf (Dai Vernon basically considered it the bible), there are some newer & more modern treatises a little more accessible in terms of language, descriptions, illustration, and just overall instruction. The multi-volume Card College series by Roberto Giobbi comes to mind.
For a fascinating look at one of the masters of card manipulation, see <i>Secrets of the Magus</i> :<p><a href="http://rickyjay.com/NewYorker_RickyJay.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://rickyjay.com/NewYorker_RickyJay.pdf</a><p>There was also a recent documentary on Ricky Jay (available on Netflix) called <i>Deceptive Practice</i> :<p><a href="http://www.rickyjaymovie.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rickyjaymovie.com/</a>
I have a copy of this, reprinted in 1940s sandwiched into another work by MacDougall. Lots of fun for a bored child. I still shuffle cards in the rather striking way he describes:<p>Cut the deck perfectly in half. This is easier than it sounds.<p>Pincer the halves at the end, and push the two other ends together.<p>Push harder, smoothly, and rotate your wrists opposite slightly. The two halves will fan into each other. With practice you can perform 2 (4?) perfect shuffles and end up with the cards in the same order you started in.
Here's a nice video by Richard Turner demonstrating various card manipulation techniques:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11R-jy8DZt8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11R-jy8DZt8</a>
That's nothing, there are <i>whole books</i> dedicated to some of these individual techniques and tricks, like 'Second Dealing'<p><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dealing" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dealing</a><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Second-None-Art-Dealing/dp/098191666X/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Second-None-Art-Dealing/dp/098191666...</a>
I'm a big fan of
"The Complete Works of Derek Dingle"
and
"The Secrets of Brother John Hamman"<p>Both are absolutely excellent.