Charles Jordan'S Best Card Tricks: With 265 Illustrations (Dover Magic Books)One of the legendary figures in the history of card magic, Charles T. Jordan (18881944) is known for the astonishing range of his inventive ability, the subtlety of his thinking, and the fact that so many of his creations have become magic classics. Although he did not perform in public, he profoundly influenced later generations of magicians and his writings embody many of the fundamental principles used in card magic today. In this volume, one of