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Also toward that end, long paragraphs have been divided into smaller, more digestible paragraphs. These types of changes are logical and straightforward and result in a smoother flow for the reader. These remarks have been divided up and incorporated into the sections they are referencing. For example, the first 12 pages of chapter one (of the original) are a collection of introductory remarks covering a dozen topics. No text has been added, and little or none of the text has been cut-every time I thought a paragraph or section was missing, it popped up elsewhere. He has rearranged and restructured the original prose in an attempt to clarify the Erdnase system. Ben has not added any commentary or annotations (those will be contained in a sequel, the second volume of a proposed trilogy), he has done more than merely add photographs. From now on it will be hard not to recommend this volume to anyone who wants to learn something from Erdnase.ДЄlthough Mr. Here there are 69 photographs covering the same material. To give you an idea of the difference made, the moves in the section on вЂњordinary methods of stocking, locating, and securingвЂќ are granted four illustrations in the original. These photographs have a pristine clarity, and go a long way toward illuminating every ruse and subterfuge in the book. SmithвЂ™s illustrations, but has added more than 750 photographs taken by Julie Eng. The original, as we all know, has 101 drawings вЂњfrom life.вЂќ Mr. It was eventually published as The Annotated ErdnaseВ by Mike Caveney without the additional illustrations.Дavid Ben, the Canadian performer, writer, historian, and Artistic Director of Magicana, has produced something similar to what Ammar might have had in mind. In the 1980s the Chief Genii, Richard Kaufman, hoped to publish a new version with hundreds of additional illustrations (at Michael AmmarвЂ™s suggestion) and annotations by himself and Darwin Ortiz.

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Michael MacDougallвЂ™s treatise on card handling, Card Mastery, included the full text as the second portion of the book.

Some have included supplementary material, such as Dai VernonвЂ™s commentary published in both RevelationsВ and the updated Revelation.

First published in 1902, there have been dozens of editions. IвЂ™m of course referring to Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table, also known as The Expert at the Card Table, and most often referred to in shorthand as Erdnase. Long regarded as вЂњthe Bible of card handling,вЂќ Dai Vernon wrote that it is вЂњthe finest book on cards ever written.вЂќ It is the most analyzed, lionized, scrutinized, and fetishized text among magicians, and for over a century it has never been out of print. The Experts at the Card Table Review BY JOHN LOVICK | GENII MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2015