Vernon Chronicles Ebook - Download Vernon Chronicles - Volume 1 - In 1963 Dai Vernon was invited by The Academy of Magical Arts to move to Hollywood, CA and become the resident "living legend" at the Magic Castle. Upon hearing this news, two young close-up artists packed up and moved cross country to Hollywood, just to sit at the feet of "The Professor". These two men were Bruce Cervon and Larry Jennings. During a three-year period in the early 1960s, they spent every minute they could with Dai Vernon-and each night Bruce Cervon went home and carefully recorded everything he had learned. Cervon's notes grew to fill fourteen large binders. Among the inner circle, these became known as The Castle Notebooks, and their content was much coveted and speculated upon. Within these notebooks were known to lie fabulous secrets and tricks, knowledge gathered and guarded by The Professor over a lifetime in magic that spanned seventy years-secrets that were kept from print and were reserved for the use of a very privileged few. Beginning with this volume, the legendary Castle Notebooks are being opened to the magical community. Bruce Cervon, with the aid and permission of Dai Vernon, and in co-operation with Larry Jennings and Louis Falanga, is releasing this massive body of invaluable knowledge. Volume One contains more than fifty sleights, tricks and routines with cards and coins. They are fully explained in these pages for the first time. The material is vintage Vernon, the magic that made him a legend among magicians; expert magic that has made one reputation and will make others. Included are rich insights into the thinking and psychology that is known as "The Vernon Touch," and historical anecdotes that are both entertaining and informative.

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Numerous rare photos and pieces of memorabilia from The Professor's private collection have been added, as well as a biographical essay on him by Elizabeth Wilson. There are very few books that recognized as a classic before they reach press, this volume is one such book. 51 illustrations, 33 historical photographs. 270 pages. Vernon Chronicles - Volume 2 - An 18 page Vernoniana Portfolio by professional photographers Young & Robin opens this volume. You'll discover rare and interesting Vernon memorabilia photographed so you can enjoy it over the years. Over 50 Vernon routines, 27 historical photographs, 177 illustrations, 280 pages. Contents: Foreword Introduction Author's Introduction Verrnoniana Portfolio by Young and Robin Chapter One: Lost and Found Department The Challenge Locations The Bridge The Dual Crimp The Scrape The Wallet Punch Dual to the Death By Any Other Name The Slap Trick Chapter Two: "The Garden of Forking Paths" Aces to Order Out of Sight and Mind II Four Options Two-Six-Four Royale Chapter Three: From Silk to Nuts The Tale of the Treasury-Worm The Daivergent Silk The Twirl Link The Threadborne Link The Peripatetic Walnuts Chapter Four: Formal Exchanges The Trick that Cannot be Reconstructed The Loving Couple A1 In' Dai at the Hop A Reblocking of "The Jumping Jack" Out of Uniform Chapter Five: Card Ciphers The Rendezvous Force Why am I Here? Frisbie Saunders' Location by the Numbers Affinities Packet Calculator Chapter Six: Singular Events The Intelligent Leaper Driven to the Depths The Corsican Climbers Punched in the Face Out of Touch Sans Index Vernon on Edward G . Brown's "Poker Hand Mystery" Aces by Proxy The Third Color Tour Through the Outback The Top-Stock Riffle Reverse Larry Jennings' Eidetic Commanding the Colors It Stands Alone The Silhouette Change A Face in the Night Chapter Seven: Sorted Affairs A Sticky Solution It's a Snap Vernon on Gilbreath Nerves on Edge Chapter Eight: New Wine from Old Bottles Max Malini's Hypnotic Gaze Divination Nate Leipzig's Two-Deck Transposition Leipzig on the Collins Ace Trick Henry Christ's Vanish for the Collins Ace Trick Henry Christ's Spell Detector The Christ Ace Trick Vernon Chronicles - Volume 3 - The third volume in the series includes more gems from the legendary 'Castle Notebooks' kept by Bruce Cervon, including unpublished Vernon effects in addition to contributions from some of his friends and contemporaries such as Sam Horowitz, Henry Christ, Dr. Daley, Faucett Ross, Herb Zarrow and others. Leading off this incredible volume is a 30-page essay, 'Trouping Around in Magic with Max Holden' by William P. Miesel, Max Maven, Bruce Cervon, Stephen Minch and Dai Vernon, a historical commentary on the New York Inner Circle in the 1920s and 30s.

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Sleights covered include Subway Gambler's Palm, the Contortion Palm, Flat Top Switch, the Zarrow Block Addition and A Table Pass. Effects include the legendary Joker Monte, in addition to Horowitz's Look Homeward, Angel, Tenkai's Phoenix Bill Vanish and many more. 63 routines, 210 illustrations, 32 historical photographs - 270 pages of pure Vernon. Contents: Foreword - Herb Zarrow Introduction - Bruce Cervon Author's Introduction - Stephen Minch Trouping Around in Magic with Max Holden - William P, Miesel Chapter One: Dark Side of the Hand Subway Gambler's Palm The Contortion Palm Dr . Daley's Face-Lift Addition The Lilliput Palm An Historical Note on the Dr. Elliott Top Palm The Revolving Palm-Replacement The Finley Diagonal Palm Shift Revisited Flat Top Chapter Two: Sundry Sleights Flat Top Switch The Spring-Loaded Tip-Over Change The Zarrow Block Addition A Note on Zarrow's Revolving Aces Back Breaker The Hair's-Breadth Stall Vernon on the "Endfield" Slip Cut On the Hay False Dovetail Shuffle A Table Pass Chapter Three: Motley Spellatron Cut and Spell Caught in the Stretch If the Suit Fits Bruce Cervon's Trans Mitt Given the Slip Will-o'-the-wisp The Vernon Deck Vanish and Recovery Chapter Four: Cheats Joker Monte Three in the Hand, One in the Bush A Straight Deal The David and Goliath Deal Black's Stack Stacked to Formula Chapter Five: Inflationary Effects On Your Metal All Sound and Fabric Right Where? Two Techniques with the Purse Palm Pastiche on Ramsay, with Variations On the Origins of the Steeplechase Folding Money Cashing a Check Chapter Six: Notes on Cherished Ghosts "Vester" Adam's Flight of Fabric Arthur Finley's Remote Control S . Leo Horowitz's Look Homeward. Angel Henry Christ's Obstinate Pasteboards Faucett Ross' Twice Turned Mac MacDonald's Lost Chord Dr. Daley's Vis-A-vis Dr. Daley's Select Transposition Dr. Daley's Interlocking Setup Tenkai's Phoenix Bill Vanish Larry Grey's Cut to Perfection Jay Ose's Presentation for The Glass Through Table John Scarne's Doppelganger Location John Scarne's Western Union Trick 208 Chapter Seven: Solitary Amusements What's-the-Value Solitaire Think-of-a-Card Solitaire Vernon Chronicles - Volume 4 - Anecdotal biography which follows Dai Vernon from his birth to his arrival in Hollywood in 1963 to his becoming Resident magician at the world famous Magic Castle. You will feel as if you are sitting with Dai at the Magic Castle while he shares the stories and experiences of his lifetime.

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Don't miss this revealing history that can make you a better magician and a better performer. The story of the greatest natural magician the world has ever seen - Dai Vernon - with 67 historical photographs and 326 fascinating pages. Written by Keith Burns and Bruce Cervon Contents: Foreword by Richard Buffum Introduction Magic's Past and Future My First Hundred Years PART ONE 1896 - 1916 I Try to Fly and Other Early Memories My Father's Principles for Life My Father and My First Magic Tricks My First Playing Cards Learning about Silhouettes My First Magician Going Backstage Some Thoughts on Thurston My First Trip to the Pawn Shop Mother and Magic The Carnegie Library in Ottawa Magic Books My Attack on Magic Practice Know the Terms You Should be an Engineer Cliff Green New York and Coney Island Carny Games Carnival Talk Larry Grey, the Dizzy Wizard My Brother Napier and the Army PART TWO 1917 - 1939 New York 1917 New York's Magic Shops Powers' Magic Shop Harry Kellar and Thurston The Short Card Doc Elliott, He Played with a Full Deck The Inner Circle "Just Think of a Card ... " "The Tricks of the Greeks" Gamblers The Three Card Monte The Masked Man. One of My Heroes Hofzinser. Another of My Heroes On Using Trick Cards Jeanne Comes into My Life Women in Magic Nate Leipzig My First Professional Engagement The Union League Club Cardini Doc Tarbell Jud Cole Horace Goldin and the Unusual Cane Alfred Benzone. "Originator of Ectoplasm" The Man Who Fooled Vernon Malini's Misdirection Malini. Still Another Hero Malini and the Queen On Meeting Thomas Edison Silhouettes and Agents Mr . Houdini and Madame Houdin More Memories of Harry Houdini Houdini and Spiritualism Ted "Male" Vernon Cuba Sawing a Woman in Half in Cuba My Black Magic in Cuba Sam Margules and Dickie the Dunce Mentalists Touring America Jarrow and Van Hoven Dai Yen or Dr Chung Fred Keating Mr. Shock and the Rubber Bands Dad Stevens - "The Mysterious Kid" The Fabulous Center Deal Charlie Miller. "I'm a Dice Man" My Life as Edward Brown J. Warren Keane William J. Hilliar Harry Blackstone Vernon in Print Jean Hugard The Wonderful Faro Box Paul Fox and FDR Neepie The Cigarette Trick Frank Tobey's Gambling Furniture Garnet Lee. the Chinaman's Toy Secrets Australian Slang Effects Defined Entertaining the Rich The Linking Rings My Brother Napier Dies PART THREE 1939 - 1963 My Harlequin Act Doves Steal the Show at the Rainbow Room Compeer. the Monkey How I Became "The Professor" Fu Manchu The Mind-Reading Box On the Same Bill with Charlie Chaplin Dante Sam Horowitz Becomes Me! From Blueprints to Broken Arms Citizenship Shade With the USO in World War II Dan Cummings Milbourne Christopher and the Cuban Lottery Annemann's Bullet Catch Annemann's Suicide Roy Benson On Being Natural Cruising A Couple of Funny Moments The Old Vaudeville Formula Old Cards...New Cards Authority The Father of the Modern Lecture Series Great Tricks Simple Ideas Drive People Crazy "A Pocket Trick" How to be Effective Classics An Original Thought Art in the Craft Traveling Magicians Through the Looking-Glass The Pass On Performing What's Wrong with Magic My Family Afterword INDEX PHOTO CREDITS