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Effect

Mysterious Bookmarks or Rising Cards from Book

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
5 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
1 sleight, in the library

A very pretty experiment in which three selected cards are placed in different parts of a book. The book is closed, yet on command they arise one at a time.

How it is done

The method, 5 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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