Giobbi, Roberto: Card College Volume 4
©2000 Roberto Giobbi, Published by Hermetic Press
Hardcover, 1091 pages
ISBN 0-945296-33-9

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Contents: (numbers are not page numbers)

1 Foreword

2 Chapter 39: Force Techniques, Part 3
3 The Under-the-Table Force
4 The Ribbon-spread Force
5 The Toss Force
6 The Peek Force
7 The Cut Force
8 The Credit-card Force
9 The Curious Count
10 The Packet Force
11 The Mishmash Force
12 Forcing Under a Handkerchief
13 The Bottom Bluff Force
14 The Dribble Force
15 Tricks Using Forces
16 A Question of Sex
17 The Card in the Wallet

18 Chapter 40: Card Switches
19 The Curry Turnover Change
20 The Simple Turnover Switch
21 The Card-spread Switch
22 The Allerton Change
23 The Kaps Switch
24 The "Hofzinser" Top Change
25 The Push-in Change
26 The Glide Change
27 The Mexican Turnover
28 Tricks with Card Switches
29 Everywhere and Nowhere
30 Underground Twins
31 Trapped in the Future

32 Chapter 41: Packet Switches
33 The Veeser Concept
34 The Toss Switch
35 The Talazac Switch
36 The Gambler's Packet Switch
37 The Jinx Change
38 The Pendulum Switch
39 Olram's Jinx Switch
40 The Turnover Palm Switch
41 The Steamboat Switch
42 The Count Switch
43 Tricks with Packet Switches
44 Flash Transposition
45 Day Trippers
46 Three-way Excursion

47 Chapter 42: The Deck Switch
48 The Direct Deck Switch
49 The Gambler's Deck Switch
50 The Joker Switch
51 The Deck Switch in the Contect of a Trick
52 The Trojan Deck
53 Through the Table
54 In a Flash
55 The Cardsharp
56 The Vanishing Deck Reconsidered
57 Final Thoughts on Deck Swithces

58 Chapter 43: Estimation
59 Visual Estimation
60 An Application
61 Location Using Outs
62 Fingernail Estimation
63 Tricks with Estimation
64 The Miracle Aces
65 Impossibility
66 Miraculous Coincidence

67 Chapter 44: Culling
68 The Grismer Cull
69 The Lessinout Shuffle
70 The Downjog Cull
71 The Above-the-Spread Cull
72 The Green Angle Separation
73 Tricks Using Culls
74 Trimental
75 The Stop Trick

76 Chapter 45: Stacking
77 The Erdnase Stack Shuffle
78 The Milk-build Shuffle
79 The Frank Lane Stack
80 Riffle Shuffle Stacking
81 Final Observations
82 Tricks with Stacking
83 Moracle
84 The Pseudo-stack
85 The Gambler in Person

86 Chapter 46: False Dealing
87 The Cards
88 The Basic Grip and the True Deal
89 The Double Deal
90 The Push-off Second Deal
91 The Strike Second Deal
92 The Bottom Deal
93 The Sail
94 A Trick Using False Deals
95 Call Your Hand

96 Chapter 47: Sandwich Techniques
97 The Display Load
98 The Direct Load
99 The Kosky Switch
100 The Simple Sandwich Load
101 Tricks with Sandwich Techniques
102 Cheops's Dunbury Sandwich
103 Hold the Mayo

104 Chapter 48: Lapping
105 General Observations on the Application of Lapping
106 The Bottom-card Lap
107 The All-around Square-up Lap
108 Jean Claude Page's Lapping Method
109 The Lap Control
110 The Trousers-fold Holdout
111 The Knee Holdout

112 Chapter 49: Advanced Pass Techniques
113 The Basic Technique
114 The Invisible Pass
115 Cover Suggestions for the Invisible Pass
116 The Turnover Pass
117 The Spread Pass
118 The Dribble Pass
119 The Cover Pass
120 The Display Pass
121 The Spread Half-pass
122 The Christ Twist
123 More Tricks with the Pass
124 Catch 22
125 Super-sensitive Fingertips

126 Chapter 50: Tilt
127 Tilt
128 One-handed Tilt Get-ready
129 Tilt Finesse I
130 Tilt Finesse II
131 Final Thought
132 Tricks with Tilt
133 Card Collection
134 Ultra-ambitious

135 Chapter 51: Flourishes, Part 2
136 The Side Shuffle
137 The Wave Cut
138 The Toss Cut
139 The Twin Falls Shuffle
140 The Four-card Turnover Display
141 The Star Turnover Display
142 The Frank Shields Display
143 The Pirouette
144 The Twirl
145 The Ravelli Pop-out

146 Chapter 52: Reverses, Part 2
147 The Swing-cut Reverse
148 The Future Reverse
149 The Palm Reverse
150 The Larreverse
151 FIRP
152 The Riffle-shuffle Reverse
153 More Tricks Using Reverses
154 Reverse Interlude
155 Surprise Spelling

156 Chapter 53: Turnovers
157 The All-around Square-up Turnover
158 The Through-the-Fist Flourish
159 The Gambler's Turnover
160 The Wristwatch Turnover
161 The Spectator Turnover
162 The Okito-box Turnover
163 The Transfer Turnover
164 Tricks with Turnovers
165 The Easy Poker Demonstration
166 Ace-capades

167 Chapter 54: The Structure of Magic
168 The Magic Pyramid
169 The System
170 Effects, Intellectual and Emotional
171 The Magic Iceberg
172 Final Thoughts
173 Bibliographic Notes
174 Cumulative Index

This, the fourth volume, resumes where Volume 3 left off, teaching such classic and invaluable sleights as the invisible pass, the turnover and spread passes, the Christ twist, second and bottom deals, the Jinx change, the Green angle separation, the cut force, the dribble force, and much more — including many powerful card tricks and routines. Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas and refinements, guaranteeing every reader, no matter how experienced, fresh techniques and insights into the performance of professional caliber Card Magic!

Here are some other topics covered in Volume 4: Forcing Techniques, Card & Packet Reversals, Advanced Passes, Culling & Stacking, Half Passes, Tilt, Sandwich Techniques, More Flourishes, Lapping, Card & Packet Switches, Estimation, Deck Switches, False Deals, Structural Theory. Also included is a full index to the first four volumes.

315 pages in hardcover.

Learn such invaluable sleights as the invisible pass, the turnover and spread passes, the Christ twist, second and bottom deals, the Jinx change, the Green angle separation, the cut force, the dribble force, and much more-including many tricks and routines by Mr. Giobbi himself. Some of the topics covered in Volume Four include:

Forcing Techniques
Card & Packet Reversals
Advanced Passes
Culling & Stacking
Half Passes
Tilt
Sandwich Techniques
More Flourishes
Lapping
Card & Packet Switches
Estimation
Deck Switches
False Deals
Structural Theory