If you aspire to be, in Marlo's words, a Cardician, then here's the how-to on this ingeniously useful card sleight.

In card magic, the "Side Steal" is a sleight of hand technique used to secretly control a specific card to the top of the deck.

This versatile move can also be used to control a card to any position near the top or even for color change effects.

The Side-steal is often covered by a squaring motion, making it appear that the deck is simply being shuffled.

This impressive book covers a variety of techniques and covering moves and includes example effects, too, that make use of the technique.

One hundred illustrations make every move crystal clear.

Partial contents:

• The Side Steal (An Introduction)
• The Technical Steal
• The Deliberate Side-Steal
• The Curled Forefinger
• The Bold Steal
• Second Handling
• Third Handling
• Additional Technique
• The Bottom Bold Steal
• The Bold Stop Effect
• Second Method
• Third Method
• A Slight Difference
• Standard Side Steal
• On the Left Side
• Multiple Holdout
• Left Hand Side Steal
• Color Steal
• Almost Standard
• The Finger Flutter
• Method Two
• Method Three
• Method Four
• The Clip Steal
• Clip Steal to Bottom
• Clip Steal Color Change
• Fourth Palm Position?
• Palm Positions
• First Palm Position
• Second Palm Position
• Third Palm Position
• Side Steal to Bottom
• Second Method
• Third Method
• Fourth Method
• Fifth Method
• Sixth Method
• Multiple Rear Palm Steal
• To the Top
• Second Method
• Card From Case
• The Stop Effect
• The Insertion Steals
• Full Left Hand Steal
• Direct Insertion Steals
• Right Hand Steal
• The Diagonal Steal
• Side Steal Cover-ups
• First Cover-up
• Another Handling
• Clip Steal Cover-up
• Between the Aces
• Dribble Stop Effect
• Card Stab
• For the Purists
• Concluding Observations

Review:

"You will find more about the Side Steal in this book than in all that has been written about this much used sleight up to this time." (John Braun)

This book is Chapter Four in Marlo's Revolutionary Card Technique series. When first released, it sold for more than $22.00 in today's money.

Magic World revised edition features two new chapters and two added illustrations.

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