Card Tricks Without Skill by Paul Clive

This collection of card tricks is really wonderful with very nice routines and simple effects. It is surprising that this book has not seen more attention and is hardly known. Take a look. You will be surprised. One of those hidden gems. It has been described by others as a "minor classic".

This ebook covers both the first and expanded third edition.

• Introduction to the Third Edition
• Introduction
• Chapter I: Conjurers' Terms And Artifices
  • False Cuts
  • False Shuffles
  • Forcing
  • Locators, And Key Cards
  • Shuffles
• Chapter II: Beginners' Tricks
  • Three Odd Heaps, No. 1
  • You Do As I Do. No. 2
  • The Cuckoo Mates. No. 3
  • Over The 'Phone. No. 4
  • I Know That One. No. 5
  • Five In Harmony, No. 6
  • "Tops" Four-Aces. No. 7
  • Sympathetic Aces. No. 8
  • The Ten Heaps. No. 9
  • One And Two Are .... No. 10
  • Turn Again, Whittington. No. 11
  • The Mark Of Age. No. 12
• Chapter III: Impromptu Mysteries
  • Face Your Neighbour. No. 13
  • The Overhand Speller. No. 14
  • A Cut In The Dark. No. 15
  • Ten Steps To Freedom. No. 16
  • In The Back. No. 17
  • Neighbourly Reverse. No. 18
  • Chosen Box Number. No. 19
  • Hair-Raising. No. 20
  • Spectator's Four Ace. No. 21
  • Four-Day Week. No. 22
  • The Bank Robbery. No. 23
  • The Wishing Well. No. 24
  • This Is Your Card. No. 25
  • Predicament In Prediction. No. 26
  • Duet For One. No. 27
  • "Telling" Finger-Tips. No. 28
  • Takes The Pip. No. 29
  • On The Side. No. 30
  • Accommodation Spelling. No. 31
  • The Torn Card Obliges. No. 32
  • A Slice Of Luck. No. 33
• Chapter IV: Miscellaneous
  • The Spectator Turns Magician. No. 33/34
  • The Eleven-Card Speller. No. 34/35
  • The Writing On The Fan. No. 35/36
  • Alone Above Reverse. No. 36/37
  • Putting On A New Face. No. 37/38
  • Speechless Telepathy. No. 38/39
  • The Jester Reveals. No. 39/40
  • Pocket Sympathy. No. 40/41
  • Elbow Grease. No. 41/42
  • Adding The Pips. No. 42/43
  • Tearing A Pack Of Cards In Half. No. 43/44
  • "Up Your Sleeve, Mister." No. 44/45
  • It's In The Bag. No. 45/46
  • From Pack To Envelope. No. 46/47
  • Three From Six. No. 47/48
  • Aces Get-Together. No. 48/49
  • A Stab In The Dark. No. 49/50
  • Card Through Handkerchief. No. 50/51
  • In The Army. No. 51/52
  • Mental Selection. No. 52/53
  • I Ask No Questions. No. 53/54
  • Controlled Reverse. No. 54/55
  • The Face In The Box. No. 55/56
  • To Get His Back Up. No. 56/57
  • Pass This Way. No. 57/58
• Chapter V: Treated And Prepared Cards
  • Prediction By Deduction. No. 58/59
  • The Key To The Draw. No. 59/60
  • Sticking To Choice. No. 60/61
  • That's Torn It. No. 61/62
  • Double And Quit. No. 62/63
  • Double Foresight. No. 63/64
  • All Over The House. No. 64/65
  • Slick On The Draw. No. 65/66
  • Esteemed Judgment. No. 66/67
  • One For All. No. 67/68
  • The Stained-Glass Window. No. 68/69
  • Reflection On Selection. No. 69/70
  • The Change-Over. No. 70/71
  • "Extra Special" Torn Card. No. 71/72
  • A Slick Count. No. 72/73
  • Signed Coincidence. No. 74
  • Chu, Chin, Chow. No. 75
• Chapter VI: Pre-Arrangement
  • Super Thirty-Cards Trick. No. 73/76
  • Odd Man Out. No. 74/77
  • Two Good Turns. No. 75/78
  • Spelling By Question. No. 76/79
  • Victory Flush. No. 77/80
  • Heaps Of Coincidence. No. 78/81
  • Married Bliss At Twenty-One. No. 79/82
  • The Sequel Of Fifteen. No. 80/83
  • A Bee In His Bonnet. No. 81/84
  • Think And Spell. No. 82/85
  • Quadrangle Speller. No. 83/86
  • The Spelling Bee. No. 84/87
  • Simple Nap. No. 85/88
  • The Pips In The News. No. 86/89
  • Study In Shade. No. 87/90
  • Super-Thought Card. No. 88/91
  • The One I Left Behind. No. 89/92
  • Four In Line. No. 90/93
  • It's A Reservation. No. 91/94
  • "Drawn" From The Spread. No. 92/95
  • Cut And Choose. No. 93/96
  • Hard-Boiled Mystery. No. 94/97
  • Thirteen's A Suit. No. 95/98
  • The Sandwich. No. 99
  • The Parting of the Ways (Out of this World). No. 100
  • One Little Bird Stayed At Home. No. 101
• Chapter VII: The Identity Pack
  • The Identity Pack
  • The Identity Pack
  • Tricks With The Identity Pack
• Chapter VIII: Contributions By Present-Day Magicians
  • George Braund, M.I.M.C.
  • The "Fly-Over" Cards. No. 108/114
  • Paul Clive, M.I.M.C.
  • Chu, Chin, Chow. No. 109 [same as 75]
  • Col Ling Soo
  • A Cheeky Trick. No. 110/115
  • Douglas Craggs
  • "Your Lucky Number." No. 111/116
  • Lionel King
  • The Missing Cards. No. 112/117
  • Jack Kinson
  • A Matter Of Touch. No. 113/118
  • Victor Peacock
  • Magic By Proxy. No. 114/119
  • Stanley Stephenson, I.B.M.
  • The Magic Mirror. No. 115/120
  • Edward Victor, M.I.M.C.
  • The "Do-Itself" Card Trick. No. 116/121
  • Peter Warlock, M.I.M.C.
  • The Count Of Caligula. No. 117/122
• That's It
• The Last Word

1st edition 1946, 198 pages; 3rd edition 1959; 1st digital edition 2018, PDF 219 pages.
word count: 84890 which is equivalent to 339 standard pages of text