From the Preface:

I must confess that my initial reaction to the Fingerprint Trick was tepid. There was no tension or conflict and it came off as being a glorified location trick. But one aspect interested me. It violated one of magic's cardinal rules - namely, never tell an audience what you are going to do before you do it. And, worse, in this case the performer divulges how he plans do it. Every presentation explains how the trick ostensibly works: The selection is found by detecting the thumbprint left on it. This is a plausible explanation, but as the trick unfolds, thiscasual explanation seems less likely to be true. This is especially the case if spectators closely examine the cards and cannot discern any thumbprints. The trick then becomes a demonstration of skill or a matter of having keen eyesight.

• PREFACE
• FOREWORD
• DETECTED BY FINGERPRINTS (Jean Hugard)
• DICK TRACY CARD TRICK (Clyde F. Cairy)
• BREATH CONTROL (John Scarne)
• DETECTED BY PULSE (Conrad Rheiner)
• FINGERPRINT CARD TRICK (Harold Martin)
• FINGERPRINT TRICK (Paul Swinford)
• THE THUMB PRINT CARD (Edward Marlo)
• THE FINGERPRINT CARD TRICK (Dai Vernon)
• THE FINGERPRINT TRICK (Tony Giorgio)
• THE FINGERPRINT TRICK (Dave Solomon)
• MODERN FINGERPRINT TECHNIQUE (Dominic Spadone)
• DIGITAL IMAGE (J. K. Hartman)

1st edition 2019, 39 pages.
word count: 10925 which is equivalent to 43 standard pages of text