Vernon Chronicles Volume 1: Lost Inner Secrets COPY In 1963 Dai Vernon was invited by The Academy of Magical Arts to move to Hollywood 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. On the Turn of a Card No Sleight Triumph The Persistence-of-Vision Coin Vanish
Contents
Foreword (Dai Vernon)
Introduction (Bruce Cervon)
Introduction (Larry Jennings)
Author’s Introduction (Stephen Minch)
A Visit with Dai Vernon (Elizabeth Wilson)
Chapter One: Sleights, Tips and Technique
270 pages | 51 illustrations | 33 historical photographsProduct Description
On the Corner-Short
On the Scallop-Short
Enlarging a Break
Breaking at the Injog
Rotating the Break
The Vernon All-Around Square Up
A curious Turnover-Pass
The Vernon One-Handed Shift
Glimpse from the Twirl Cut
Subway Transfer for Two
Hindu Transportation
The Hindu Double-Undercut
The Vernon Multiple False-Cut
The Vernon Simple False-Cut
On the Push-Through Shuffle
Three Loose Lifts
On Tabling a Double Card
On the Top Palm
Capping a Packet
Replacing the Top Palm
After the Bottom Palm
The Arthur Finley Diagonal Palm Shift
The Packet-Display Palm
Lightening the Load
On the Palm Change
On the Side Steal
The Strip-Out Addition
A New Peek Control
The Shuttle-Cut Control
The Perfect-Pitch False Count
The Transfer Force
The Breather Crimp
On the Second Deal
The “New Theory” Double Deal
Chapter Two: Among the Amaranths
The Second Campaign
In Uniform
The Ace Addembly
The Slow-Motion Aces – A Reassessment
Aces in Excelsis
The Fingerprint Card Trick
A Match Made in Cincinnati
The Aeroplane Card Trick
The Two-Thirteen Trick
The Unadulterated Cutting the Aces
Spellout with a Hitch
The Rising Sun
Oil Slick
Notes on the Three-Card Monte
Chapter Three: Dreams of Mammon
Five Coins and a Glass
Silk and Silver
Slipping the Jit
Crossed Destinies