MagicGizmo

Las Vegas, NV. Gambler's Book Club, 1976. Wrappers, 64 pages. A must for the card table aficianado. Very good condition. Out of print.

Great companion to the Britland and Gazzo "Phantoms of the Card Table" book. Walter Scott, Dai Vernon, Eddie McGuire, T. Nelson Downs, are discussed in this GBC book. Second and Bottom dealing, peeks, slick aces, etc. Excerpts from letters too!

For several years Eddie McGuire, an amateur magician had been in correspondence with some of the top names, notably T. Nelson Downs in New York. He spoke often of his association with an amazing card cheat, Walter Scott, and his unbelievable skills at the card table. In New York, on 14 June 1930, McGuire arranged a special presentation to the Inner Circle of the New York magic elite. Scott wowed his audience and became and overnight sensation. However he had no interest in pursuing a life among this community and was only pushed to perform by McGuire. The manuscript was used by McGuire to fulfill his own ambitions and his search for publicity. He wanted desperately to know the secrets of the highest professionals and used is presence as Scott's intermediary to ingratiate himself. For others, such as Dai Vernon, McGuire was a pest who constantly used his position to condescend and frustrate Vernon's efforts to meet Scott in person.