I recently got back into practicing card magic and this was the only book I had. Looking around at what is out at the market I cannot really see a better book to start with. Each chapter is well constructed with easy to follow instructions. I cannot really fault the book. Though it was written a fair while ago it is still applicable to magic today. If there was one fault with the book I would say that you will find that you work your way through the book quite easily and all of a sudden you come across the pass which you would expect to be at the end of the book due to the nature of its difficulty. However this is only a minor point and one which does not merit giving the book a score lower than 5. If you are interested in buying a book on card magic buy this book.