_EF You can’t remember where THAT card trick is… It was a Cutting the Aces effect and you’re sure it was in one of the Vernon books. But which one? The Joyal Index has the answer! For over a decade, author and magician Martin Joyal has researched and catalogued card effects in hundreds of magic …
_EF To learn more about the life and time of Dai Vernon get this book “The Vernon Chronicles, Volume 4 – He Fooled Houdini, Dai Vernon a Magical Life.” It contains many fascinating anecdote about Dai’s Life, but only a few magic tricks. This probably explains why so few copies of this book are in …
_EF (Omar Domenech): Illustrations and cover design by Tom Gagnon. This is third volume of Dai Vernon’s material culled from Bruce Cervon’s legendary “Castle Notebooks”. This is arguably the last great installment of the Vernon Chronicles, since the fourth and final volume contains only a biography of The Professor. This volume, like the first in …
_EF (Omar Domenech): Illustrations and cover design by Tom Gagnon. This is the second volume of Dai Vernon’s magic culled from Bruce Cervon’s legendary “Castle Notebooks”. Unlike the previous volume, this one is composed almost entirely of effects. Any tips on technique found in this volume are taught as part of effects rather than having …
_EF The sleights, stratagems and effects described in meticulous detail by Stephen Minch were the result of Bruce Cervon’s careful note-taking when sessioning with Dai Vernon and have never seen print before. Sleights discussed include the Turnover Pass, the Vernon Multiple False-Cut, the Push-Through Shuffle, the Diagonal Palm Shift and so much more. Effects include …
_EF For decades people have been begging for, and have repeatedly asked me, “Where is the Charlie Miller book?” Where indeed ? It’s been under your nose for 40 years, in the pages of “Magicana” where Charlie published an enormous amount of his own repertoire. Not just stuff he noodled together the night before, but …
5 out of 5 Dr. Daley’s Last Trick c. 1954 (The Dai Vernon Book of Magic, pg 210) is a very popular effect which has spawned many variations. The effect itself also has much in common with Milbourne Christopher’s Red and Black Aces c. 1948 (Tarbell Course in Magic Vol. 5). Many purists are going …
_EF This Facsimile version of Expert at the Card Table by the, still mysterious, S.W. Erdnase is an incredibly faithful reproduction of the original book. The original was published in 1902 and has had a profound impact on card magic ever since (after some prodding from Dai Vernon). With the exception of using better quality …
_EF J. N. HOFZINSER presents all of the master’s card magic, which was a specialty of this brilliant magician. This volume provides an in-depth study and explanation of Hofzinser’s huge contributions to the field. Descriptions of card tricks can be found as early as the sixteenth century. During the centuries that followed, a body of …
Whit (Pop) Haydn owned the antique Chink-a-Chink that belonged to Dai Vernon and he first went to Encore Magic (Chris Reesman) to get exact copies made for sale c. 2006. However, when these were sold a few years later Whit teamed up with Jim Riser to make an even more improved model which is this …
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