This is the 1991 2nd printing of this book in very good condition complete with original dustjacket having no rips or tears.
The classic book, Expert at the Card Table, by Erdnase was considered by Dai Vernon to be the greatest book on card magic ever written. Darwin Ortiz has spent ten years researching an writing 273 annotations, more than doubling the size of the original text. He sheds new light on the history of various moves and effects, provides technical insight into their proper execution, gives cross references for further reading, and includes hundreds of little known bits of obscure information. The original text of Erdnase has been reset in a larger, more readable form and Darwin has added 115 crystal clear photos as well as illustrations from other rare books. There is also an added chapter containing essays by some of today's top cardmen. A great work.