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• INTRODUCTION

• Introduction by Michael Weber

• About the Limits of This Volume’s Ambitions

• SECTION ONE: The Routine (p. 1)

• Introductory Phase (p. 2)

• Exemplary Phase (p. 5)

• The Double Turnover (p. 5)

• The Double Lift Build-Up (p. 7)

• Brrrrtttt (p. 8)

• The Top Change (p. 10)

• For the Unambitious (p. 12)

• The Double Whammo (p. 15)

• The Bluff Pass (p. 17)

• Topper (p. 20)

• Tilted and Turned (p. 22)

• Up the Falls (p. 24)

• Thin Ambitions (p. 24)

• The Pass (p. 28)

• The Paintbrush Color Change (p. 28)

• The Pop-Up Card (p. 30)

• SECTION TWO: Alternative Sequences (p. 35)

• Chapter One: Four Opening Gambits (p. 36)

• The Center Double Lift (p. 37)

• The Hofzinser Spread Pass (p. 38)

• Signed with Suspicion (p. 41)

• To Boldly Go (p. 41)

• Chapter Two: Further Ascensions (p. 43)

• The Push-In Change (p. 44)

• Tabled Ambition (p. 46)

• The Outjog Change (p. 48)

• The Ambitious Miracle-Change (p. 49)

• Layers of Conviction (p. 50)

• The Tip-Over Change (p. 53)

• Two Bluff Insertions (p. 54)

• The Tiltless Tilt (p. 54)

• Bluff Insertion from the Front (p. 56)

• The Daley Leaper (p. 58)

• Cover for the Ambitious Card Double Lift (p. 60)

• The Impromptu Duplicate (p. 61)

• Four-Fifths of the Truth (p. 63)

• The Whole Truth (p. 64)

• The Kagemusha Principle (p. 65)

• Ambitious Movie (p. 66)

• The Finger-Clip Color Change (p. 67)

• Rise, Rise, Rise (p. 69)

• The Triple Whammo (p. 72)

• The Screened Leipzig Pass (p. 73)

• The Ultra Move (p. 78)

• The One-Handed Side Steal (p. 81)

• A One-Handed Sequence (p. 85)

• The Transfer of a Card (p. 88)

• The One-Card Double Lift (p. 90)

• The Ambitious Double-Deal (p. 91)

• The Ubiquitous Card (p. 94)

• Ambitious Gimmickry (p. 98)

• Fancy Dancer (p. 98)

• The Trick That Fooled Houdini (p. 100)

• The Gaffless Houdini Fooler (p. 101)

• Nothing Changes (p. 103)

• The Ambitious Twins (p. 104)

• Double Quick (p. 105)

• Chapter Three: Four Finales (p. 109)

• Four Finales (p. 110)

• One for the Money (p. 110)

• Under Foot (p. 114)

• Ambitious One-Way (p. 115)

• The Ultimate Ambition (p. 117)

• Chapter Four: Afterthought (p. 123)

• Ultimate Ambition Improved (p. 124)

• An Index To The Ambitious Card In Print (p. 127)

• Albright, Howard P. — Advanced Card Magic (1948), p. 1 — The Goofy Card

• Albright, Howard P. — Advanced Card Magic (1948), p. 3 — The Persistent Card

• Allerton, Bert — The Close-Up Magician (Parrish 1958), p. 24 — The Eye Popper

• Ammar, Michael — Encore 3 (1983), p. 24 — Yeast Card

• Andrus, Jerry — Genii, Vol. 26 No. 5, Jan. 1962, p. 195 — The Ambitious Card in Reverse

• Annemann, Ted — Ency. of Card Tricks (Hugard 1937), p. 282 — The Ambitious Card

• Annemann, Ted — Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks (1943), p. 49 — The Modern Eye Popper

• Annemann, Ted — Annemann’s Mental Mysteries, Part 2 (Hull 1944), p. 32 — The Eye-Popper Feat

• Anon — Ireland’s Yearbook 1938, p. 7 — Card Control

• Anon — Ireland’s Yearbook 1940, p. 7 — Card Control

• Anon — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #10 (Fulves 1977), p. 1025 — Anon’s Method

• Anon — Seven Circles, Vol. 2 No. 3, Dec. 1931, p. 44 — The Tricky Deuce

• Armstrong, George — Wizard, Vol. 1 No. 9, Dec. 1957, p. 167 — The Ambitious Card

• Avis, Jack — Pentagram, Vol. 8 No. 4, Jan. 1954, p. 28 — A Finish for the Ambitious Card Routine

• Baker, Al — Magical Ways and Means (1941), p. 17 — The Ambitious Card Two Novel Methods

• Baker, Al — Pallbearers Review, Vol. 7 No. 2, Dec. 1971, p. 474 — Ambitious Card

• Baron, Harry — How to Do Card Tricks and Entertain People (1960), p. 83 — Jumping Joker

• Bauer, Ron — Genii, Vol. 47 No. 2, Feb. 1983, p. 113 — The Screened Leipzig Pass

• Berg, Joe — Here’s Magic (Hahne and Berg 1930), p. 35 — A Routine with a Double-Backed Card

• Bertram, Ross — Bertram on Sleight of Hand (1984), p. 112 — Up and Up

• Bertram, Ross — Bertram on Sleight of Hand (1984), p. 158 — An Uplifting Application

• Bobo, J. B. — M.U.M., Vol. 46 No. 7, Dec. 1957, p. 160 — Bertram’s Ascending Card

• Bobo, J. B. — Top Secrets of Magic (Thompson 1956), p. 289 — The Travelling Joker

• Braue, Fritz — Genii, Vol. 2 No. 7, Mar. 1938, p. 22 — The Travelling Joker

• Braue, Fred — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 14 No. 3, Aug. 1956, p. 234 — Ambitious Card Move

• Braue, Fred — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 18 No. 10, June 1961, p. 466 — Chesbro Move

• Braue, Fred — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 18 No. 11, July 1961, p. 113 — My Ambitious Card Routine

• Braue, Fred — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 18 No. 12, Aug. 1961, p. 124 — My Ambitious Card Routine

• Braue, Fred — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 19 No. 1-2, Sep.-Oct. 1961, p. 140 — My Ambitious Card Routine

• Braue, Fred — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 19 No. 3, Nov. 1961, p. 23 — My Ambitious Card Routine

• Brooke, Ken — Routine with Trilby, p. 11

• Buckley, Arthur — Card Control (1946), p. 177 — The Ambitious Card

• Carnegie, Harry — The Gen, Vol. 14 No. 12, Apr. 1959, p. 364 — The Recurring Ambitious Card

• Chesbro, Verne — Genii, Vol. 15 No. 7, Mar. 1951, p. 284 — Verne’s Varieties

• Clark, Robert — Modern Magi, Vol. 2 No. 11, June 1945, p. 38 — The Ambitious Card

• Clive, Paul — Card Tricks Without Skill (1946), p. 150 — All Over the House

• Cook, John Brown — Card Control (Buckley 1946), p. 80 — The Transfer of a Card

• Cornelius, John — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #10 (Fulves 1977), p. 1027 — John Cornelius Method

• Daryl — The New York Magic Symposium Close-Up/Stage Collection Two (Kaufman 1983), p. 91 — Sunrise

• de Seive, Will — These Card Tricks Will De Seive (1936), p. 3 — A Clever Routine in Connection with the Snap Double Lift

• Dingle, Derek — The Complete Works of Derek Dingle (Kaufman 1982), p. 106 — Too Many Cards

• Elliott, Bruce — Classic Secrets of Magic (1953), p. 144 — The Ambitious Card

• Elliott, Bruce — Phoenix, No. 231, June 15, 1951, p. 924 — Brrrrtttt!

• Elliott, Bruce — The Best in Magic (1956), p. 138 — Brrrrtttt!

• Elmsley, Alexander and Lewis Ganson — The Gen, Vol. 9 No. 7, Nov. 1953, p. 199 — Turn About Card

• Endfield, Cy — The Gen, Vol. 12 No. 10, Feb. 1957, p. 245 — The Ambitious Card

• Endfield, Cy — Entertaining Card Magic, Part 3 (1958), p. 5 — The Ambitious Card

• Fernandes, H. — Genii, Vol. 20 No. 7, Mar. 1956, p. 268 — What About This One?

• Fisher, Bob — Sphinx, Vol. 32 No. 12, Feb. 1934, p. 371 — An Extension of Annemann’s Eye Popper Routine

• Fulves, Karl — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #10 (1977), p. 1027 — Depth Charge

• Ganson, Lewis — Dai Vernon’s Tribute to Nate Leipzig (1963), p. 162 — Ambitious Card Quickie

• Ganson, Lewis — The Gen, Vol. 9 No. 8, Dec. 1953, p. 244 — Gerald Kosky’s Card Change

• Garcia, Frank — Phoenix, No. 263, Sep. 5, 1952, p. 1051 — Garcia’s Interlude

• Garcia, Frank — Phoenix, No. 282, May 29, 1953, p. 1126 — Topper

• Garcia, Frank — Garcia’s Double or Nothing, p. — — instructive ms.

• Garcia, Frank — Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972), p. 48 — The Ambitious Card (Five Select Moves)

• Garcia, Frank — The Close-Up Magic of Frank Garcia, Part II (1982), p. 25 — An Ambitious Card Move

• Gardner, Martin — 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck (1940), p. 18 — Eye Pop Routine

• Gaultier, Camille — Magic Without Apparatus (Hugard translation 1945), p. 211 — The Ambitious Card

• Glover, Brian — Abracadabra, Vol. 33 No. 842, Mar. 17, 1962, p. 153 — My Ambitious Card Routine

• Goldstein, Phil — Classic Tackler (1976), p. 16 — Tabled Ambition

• Goldstein, Phil — Linking Ring, Vol. 55 No. 8, Aug. 1975, p. 59 — Four-Fifths of the Truth

• Goldstein, Phil — Magic Info, Mar. 1980 — Fancy Dancer

• Grant, U. F. — Magic Made Easy, No. 2, p. 4 — The Ambitious Card

• Hahne, Nelson C. — Smart Magic (1935), p. 17 — Hahne’s Persistent Ace

• Hall, Trevor H. — Nothing Is Impossible (1946), p. 24 — The Ambitious Card

• Harris, Ben — New Directions 1 (1985), p. 7 — Super Flip

• Harris, Paul — Paul Harris Reveals Some of His Most Intimate Secrets (1976), p. 1 — Solid Deception

• Harrison — Sphinx, Vol. 41 No. 11, Jan. 1943, p. 234 — The Ambitious Card Again

• Hatton and Plate — Magicians’ Tricks: How They Are Done (1910), p. 63 — A Card Apparently Placed at the Bottom of the Pack, Appears at the Top

• Hay, Henry — The Amateur Magician’s Handbook (1950), p. 104 — The Ambitious Card

• Hilliard, J. N. — Greater Magic (1938), p. 460 — End Strippers

• Hilliard, J. N. — Greater Magic (1938), p. 475 — The Double Lift with a Short Card

• Histed, Louis S. — Abracadabra, Vol. 9 No. 212, Jan. 18, 1950, p. 481 — The Ambitious Card

• Histed, Louis S. — Abracadabra, Vol. 9 No. 212, Jan. 18, 1950, p. 56 — Ambitious Card

• Hoffmann, Prof. — Drawing Room Conjuring (1885), p. 46 — The Ambitious Card

• Hornak, Jerry — Tops, Vol. 18 No. 8, Aug. 1953, p. 7 — Ambitious Card Routine

• Howarth, David — Winners All (1962), p. 17 — My Way with the Ambitious Card

• Hugard, Jean — Card Manipulations No. 3 (1934), p. 48 — The Ambitious Card

• Hugard, Jean — Card Manipulations No. 5 (1936), p. 132 — Introducing the Ambitious Card Trick

• Hugard, Jean — Modern Magic Manual (1939), p. 337 — The Ambitious Card

• Hugard and Braue — The Royal Road to Card Magic (1948), p. 158 — Ambitious Card

• Hugard and Braue — Expert Card Technique (1950; also 1940), p. 283 — First Phase

• Hugard and Braue — Expert Card Technique (1950; also 1940), p. 284 — Using Double Lift Turnup, a

• Hugard and Braue — Expert Card Technique (1950; also 1940), p. 285 — Pop-Up Card

• Hugard and Braue — Expert Card Technique (1950; also 1940), p. 285 — Ambitious Twins

• Hugard and Braue — Expert Card Technique (1950; also 1940), p. 286 — Ambitious Card Move

• Hull, R. W. — Eye Openers, p. 287 — Cover for the Ambitious Card

• Hull, R. W. — Eye Openers, p. 287 — Double Lift

• Hull, R. W. — Eye Openers, p. 287 — Omnipresent Eight

• Hull, R. W. — Ency. of Card Tricks (Hugard 1937), p. 4 — Hull’s “Eye Popper”

• Hull, R. W. — Greater Magic (Hilliard 1938), p. 254 — Hull’s “Eye Popper”

• Hull, R. W. — Linking Ring, Vol. 43 No. 10, Oct. 1963, p. 531 — Hull’s “Eye Popper”

• Hull, R. W. — Linking Ring, Vol. 43 No. 10, Oct. 1963, p. 52 — Hull’s “Eye Popper”

• Hull, R. W. — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #10 (Fulves 1977), p. 1025 — Ralph Hull’s Method

• Inzani, Remo — Abracadabra, Vol. 28 No. 705, Jan. 8, 1959, p. 45 — Ambitious Card

• Ireland and King — Exclusive Magic From Our Notebook (1933), p. 3 — Where Do You Want the Ace?

• Jennings, Larry — Epilogue Special No. 3, Part 2 (97), p. 13 — An Ambitious Classic

• Jonson, Wilfred — But Not To Play (1946), p. 89 — All Two’s

• Judah and Braun — Subtle Problems You Will Do (1937), p. 39 — The “Flop-Over Card Sleight”

• Kane, Peter — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 21 No. 4, Dec. 1963, p. 26 — Aces A-Risen!

• Kane, Peter — A Card Session with Peter Kane (1967), p. 6 — Aces A-Risen!

• Kattner, Wilbur — Off the Beaten Path (1947), p. 5 — Local Card Makes Good

• Kort, Milton — Psycho-Gizmo, No. 39, Aug. 30, 1964, p. 5 — Milt Kort’s Card Trick

• Kort, Milton — Psycho-Gizmo, No. 40, Sep. 5, 1964, p. 7 — Milt Kort’s Card Trick

• Kort, Milton — FF-Color Card Tricks (1970), p. 41 — Ambitious Like

• Koynini, Tony — Wizard, Vol. 51 No. 5, Sep. 1951, p. 81 — Ambitious Card Moves

• Krenzel, Ken — The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel (Lorayne 1978), p. 62 — The “One-Card” Double Lift

• Krenzel, Ken — The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel (Lorayne 1978), p. 160 — The Front Tilt

• Lamonte, Jack — Magic Wand, Vol. 42 No. 237, Mar. 1953, p. 26 — The “J. L.” Bottom Steal

• Lamonte, Jack — Mastered Amazement (1947), p. 61 — Slow Motion Card Change

• Lamonte, Jack — Wizard, Vol. 2 No. 24, Mar. 1949, p. 405 — Bottom Jump

• Lamonte, Jack — Wizard, Vol. 3 No. 32, Nov. 1949, p. 271 — Slip Repeat

• Lamonte, Jack — Wizard, Vol. 3 No. 33, Dec. 1949, p. 294 — One Card’s Ambition

• Lamonte, Jack — Wizard, Vol. 3 No. 34, Jan. 1950, p. 327 — Second to (N)one

• Larsen, Wm. W. and T. Page Wright — Genii, Vol. 3 No. 6, Feb. 1939, p. 188 — The Repeating Card Comedy

• Lee, R. N. — Dragon, Vol. 7 No. 5, May 1938, p. 15 — A Card Idea

• Leech, Al — For Card Men Only (1949), p. 25 — An Ambitious Card Climax Routine

• Leech, Al — Cardmanship (1959), p. 6 — Doubly Ambitious

• Leech, Al — Manipulating with Leech (1952), p. 26 — An Ambitious Card

• Logue, J. Gibson Jr. — Sphinx, Vol. 32 No. 6, Aug. 1933, p. 180 — Ambitious Cards Elaborated

• Logue, J. Gibson Jr. — Sphinx, Vol. 36 No. 10, Dec. 1937, p. 285 — A Second Portfolio, What’s the Top Card

• Lorayne, Harry — Close-Up Card Magic (1962), p. 51 — Ambitious Card Routine

• Lorayne, Harry — The Magic Book (1977), p. 130 — The Ambitious Card

• Lyons, Howard P. — Ibidem, No. 2, 1953, p. 11 — Double-Up

• Madden, Dick — Jinx, No. 25, Oct. 1936, p. 155 — The Modern Eye Popper

• Marcus, Paul — Linking Ring, Vol. 42 No. 2, Feb. 1962, p. 71 — Prelude

• Marechal, Greer Jr. — Magic for the Millions (1957), p. 86 — Ambitious Card

• Marlo, Ed — The Cardician (1954), p. 11 — Flight of Time

• Marlo, Ed — The Cardician (1954), p. 54 — Ambitious Card Move

• Marlo, Ed — Ibidem, No. 19, Dec. 1959, p. 25 — The Three Roughskeeters

• Marlo, Ed — Ibidem, No. 24, Dec. 1961, p. 11 — Ambitious Handling

• Marlo, Ed — Ibidem, No. 24, Dec. 1961, p. 14 — The Ambitious Four

• Marlo, Ed — Kabbala, Vol. 1 No. 2, Oct. 1971, p. 11 — For the Unambitious

• Marlo, Ed — Kabbala, Vol. 1 No. 8, Apr. 1972, p. 62 — They’re All Alike

• Marlo, Ed — Kabbala, Vol. 1 No. 10, June 1972, p. 81 — Ambitious Swindle

• Marlo, Ed — Linking Ring, Vol. 43 No. 9, Sep. 1963, p. 55 — Marlo’s Hot Card

• Marlo, Ed — Linking Ring, Vol. 43 No. 9, Sep. 1963, p. 57 — Ups and Downs

• Marlo, Ed — Pasteboard Presto (1938), p. 9 — The Ambitious Card

• Marlo, Ed — Phoenix, No. 137, Oct. 31, 1947, p. 549 — Flight of Time

• McCarthy, Daniel — Suedes and Shades (1984), p. 18 — Queens Outrageous

• McDonald, Peter A. — Demon Telegraph, No. 147, Sep. 1951, p. 4 — If I Were a Blackbird

• Meisel, William P. — Creative Card Magic of William P. Meisel (1980), p. 15 — An Ambitious Surprise

• Meisel, William P. — Creative Card Magic of William P. Meisel (1980), p. 18 — Second Routine

• Meisel, William P. — Ibidem, No. 10, June 1957, p. 79 — Ambitious Five

• Meisel, William P. — Kabbala, Vol. 2 No. 2, Oct. 1972, p. 13 — Ambitious Tell

• Mentzer, Jerry — Card Cavalcade II (1974), p. 155 — Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five

• Mentzer, Jerry — Card Cavalcade Four (1977), p. 76 — Ambitious Red Back

• Mentzer, Jerry — Card Cavalcade Finale (1979), p. 21 — Ambitious Red Back

• Mentzer, Jerry — Card Cavalcade Finale (1979), p. 28 — Ambitious Card

• Mentzer, Jerry — Card Cavalcade Finale (1979), p. 35 — Comedy Ambitious

• Merlin, Jack — And a Pack of Cards (1940; also 1928 mimeo edition), p. 83 — The Ubiquitous Card

• Miller, P. W. — Tops, Vol. 1 No. 12, Dec. 1936, p. 13 — Card Routine

• Mills, Jess E. — Jinx, Winter Extra, 1936–37, p. 181 — The Super Eye-Popper

• Mills, Jess E. — Annemann’s Miracles of Card Magic (1948), p. 62 — The Super Eye-Popper

• Moreau, M. — Magic Without Apparatus (Gaultier 1945), p. 215 — The Card That Retains Its Position

• Morris, Paul — Sphinx, Vol. 38 No. 8, Oct. 1939, p. 196 — A Jumping Routine

• Morris, Paul — Sphinx, Vol. 38 No. 10, Dec. 1939, p. 250 — Another Ambitious Card Routine

• Murphy, Everett — Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 4, June 1930, p. 151 — Ambitious Card

• Nash, Martin — Any Second Now (Minch 1977), p. 197 — Queens Uprageous

• Nash, Martin — Any Second Now (Minch 1977), p. 207 — Limited Ambitions

• Odin and Farelli — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 11 No. 5, Oct. 1953, p. 58 — The Odin Cards; the Ambitious Card

• Olai, E. — Sphinx, Vol. 38 No. 3, May 1939, p. 70 — Eyepopper Cards

• Palhinha, Mariano — Dainty Deceptions (1936), p. 9 — Whereisit (?)

• Parrish, Robert — For Magicians Only (1944), p. 63 — Hop, Skip and Jump

• Patton, Jim — Precursor, No. VII, Mar. 1985, p. 4 — Versatile Side-jog Switch

• Perry, Warner — Hugard’s Magic Monthly, Vol. 3 No. 2, July 1945, p. 133 — To the Top

• Porter, Tom R. — M.U.M., Vol. 47 No. 11, Apr. 1958, p. 477 — The Ambitious Card

• Rink — The Gen, Vol. 15 No. 2, June 1959, p. 57 — The Ambitious Card

• Robertson, Robin — Card Modes (1983), p. 8 — Overly Ambitious

• Roe, Charles A. — Hade-E-Gram, Vol. 4 No. 40, Apr. 1962, p. 46 — The Persistent Card

• Roots, Arthur W. — Magic Wand, Vol. 45 No. 251, Oct. 1956, p. 141 — Rock’n Roll Card

• Rosenthal, Harvey M. — Genii, Vol. 28 No. 1-2, Sep.-Oct. 1963, p. 21 — Ambitious Pop-Up Cards

• Rothbart, Dr. Laszlo — Deck in Hand (1940), p. 28 — A New Ambitious Card Routine

• Roxy — Tops, Vol. 17 No. 5, May 1952, p. 2 — Repeat Ambitious Card

• Roxy — Apocalypse, Vol. 8 No. 5, May 1985, p. 1066 — Ambitious Blacks

• Rusduck — Cardiste, No. 6, Mar. 1958, p. 15 — Ambitious 52

• Rutledge, Ned — Linking Ring, Vol. 30 No. 4, June 1950, p. 72 — Fantasy Impromptu

• Rutledge, Ned — Magic to Delight (Thompson 1970), p. 31 — The Traveling Joker Again

• Sardo, John — Tops, Vol. 14 No. 4, Apr. 1949, p. 12 — The Fidgety Card

• Schoeneck, F. V. — Hit the Deck, p. 14 — Miracle from Smoke No. 2

• Schoonmaker, Warren — Dragon, Vol. 7 No. 10, Oct. 1938, p. 2 — Just Another Card Trick

• Sellers, Tom — Card Tricks That Work (1934), p. 21 — The Queen Returns

• Sellers, Tom — Magic Wand, Vol. 24 No. 166, Jun.-Sep. 1935, p. 70 — A Neat Card Trick

• Shailes, John — Wizard, Vol. 7 No. 84, Jan. 1955, p. 408 — A Novelty Climax

• Sherman, Jim — 29 Clever Card Tricks with the Svengali Deck, p. 10 — The Persistent Card

• Shields, Frank — Genii, Vol. 12 No. 8, Apr. 1948, p. 229 — Ambitious Card Routine

• Shields and Jones — Genii, Vol. 23 No. 5, Jan. 1959, p. 185 — Double Daring

• Simon, Bill — Effective Card Magic (1952), p. 66 — The Ambitious Card

• Simon, Bill — Effective Card Magic (1952), p. 115 — Ambitious Bit

• Simon, Bill — Effective Card Magic (1952), p. 139 — Double Rise

• Slater, Rupert H. — Magic Wand, Vol. 24 No. 167, Oct.-Nov. 1935, p. 150 — The Wonder Card That Wanders

• Slydini, Tony — Sphinx, Vol. 50 No. 5, Sep. 1951, p. 161 — The Revolving Pass

• Slydini, Tony — The Magic of Slydini…and More (Fulves 1976), p. 91 — Drop Steal

• Smith, J. Stewart — The Top of the Deck (1950), p. 16 — The Ambitious Card

• Smith, J. Stewart — Further Thought on Cards (1960), p. 22 — Some Thoughts on the Ambitious Card

• Solomon, Harris — Genii, Vol. 20 No. 5, Jan. 1956, p. 196 — Trickaidekaphobia

• Spooner, William — Wonderful Routines of Magic (Poland 1969), p. 47 — Spooner’s Ambitious Card Move

• Stadelman, Paul — Sphinx, Vol. 48 No. 11, Jan. 1950, p. 287 — The Persistant Card

• Stanton, Noel — The Gen, Vol. 20 No. 1, May 1964, p. 15 — Ambitious Card Turnover

• Stanyon, Ellis — Conjuring with Cards (1898), p. 43 — To Cause Two Cards Placed in the Center of the Pack to Appear on the Top

• Stanyon, Ellis — New Card Tricks (1910), p. 6 — The Invisible Double-Handed “Pass” – Second Method

• Starke, George — Sphinx, Vol. 44 No. 6, Aug. 1945, p. 162 — Well, I’ll Be…

• Stevenson, Al — 75 Tricks with a Stripper Deck (1957), p. 24 — The Bad Penny

• Syd the Sorcerer — Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 338, July 19, 1952, p. 405 — A new Ambitious Card

• Taub, Jacob — The Doc and His Deck (1976), p. 23 — Full Deck Ambitious Card Routine

• Taub, Jacob — The Doc and His Deck (1976), p. 33 — Three Card Ambitious Card Routine

• Taub, Jacob — Card Treats (1979), p. 49 — Improved Three-Card Ambitious Card Routine

• Thompson, J. G. Jr. — Phoenix, No. 105, May 10, 1946, p. 422 — Thompson’s Discontented Card

• Thompson, J. G. — Top Secrets of Magic, Vol. 3 (1968), p. 319 — Upsadaisy

• Thompson, J. G. — Top Secrets of Magic, Vol. 3 (1968), p. 327 — Thompson’s Discontented Card

• Trost, Nick — Cardman’s Secrets, Vol. 2 (1964), p. 34 — E-Z-Ambitious Card Routine

• Van Deusen and Gravatt — Ency. of Self-Working Card Tricks (1936), p. 336 — The Eye Popper (with Svengali Deck)

• Vernon, Dai — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #7 (Fulves 1977), p. 989 — Single Ambition

• Vernon, Dai — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #8 (Fulves 1977), p. 1008 — Double Quick

• Vernon, Dai — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #10 (Fulves 1977), p. 1026 — Dai Vernon’s Method

• Vernon, Dai — Phoenix, No. 253, Apr. 18, 1952, p. 1010 — The Unambitious Card

• Vernon, Dai — Stars of Magic, Series 5 No. 2 (1949), p. — — Dai Vernon’s Ambitious Card

• Victor, Edward — Pallbearers Review, Close-Up Folio #10 (Fulves 1977), p. 1026 — Edward Victor’s Method

• Waldman, Sheldon — Underhanded Sorcery (197), p. 9 — Room at the Top

• Walker, A. and H. — Conjuring Tricks (1921), p. 57 — The Travelling Card

• Walker, A. and H. — Up to Date Conjuring (1920), p. 57 — The Travelling Card

• Walton, Roy — Card Cavalcade 3 (Mentzer 1975), p. 45 — Ambitious 1-2-3-4

• Walton, Roy — Pallbearers Review, Vol. 7 No. 11, Sept. 1972, p. 559 — Ambitious 1-2-3-4

• Walton, Roy — Pabular, Vol. 3 No. 1, Sep. 1976, p. 310 — Ambitious Movie

• Warlock, Peter — Peter Warlock’s Book of Magic (1956), p. 97 — The Ambitious Card

• Weiner, Irving — Linking Ring, Vol. 40 No. 2, Apr. 1960, p. 64 — Double Lift with One Card

• Weston, Mark — Wizard, Vol. 8 No. 94, Feb. 1956, p. 338 — A Different Slant on the Ambitious Card

• Whittington, H. J. — Convenient Card Magic (1943)

• Wolfsberger, Gary — Ambitious Card (1976) — booklet

• Wright and Larsen — Genii, Vol. 3 No. 6, Feb. 1939, p. 188 — The Repeating Card Comedy

• Yeager, Jack — Ireland’s Yearbook 1951, p. 3 — Ambitious Card Routine