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Date Entered: 05/14/08VernonChronicles - Volume 1
The Vernon Chronicles Begin
In 1963 Dai Vernon was invited by The Academy of Magical Arts to move toHollywood, CA and become the resident "living legend" at the MagicCastle. Upon hearing this news, two young close-up artists packed up and movedcross country to Hollywood, just to sit at the feet of "TheProfessor". These two men were Bruce Cervon and Larry Jennings. During athree-year period in the early 1960s, they spent every minute they could withDai Vernon-and each night Bruce Cervon went home and carefully recordedeverything 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 covetedand speculated upon. Within these notebooks were known to lie fabulous secretsand tricks, knowledge gathered and guarded by The Professor over a lifetime inmagic that spanned seventy years-secrets that were kept from print and werereserved for the use of a very privileged few.
Beginning with this volume, the legendary Castle Notebooks are being opened tothe magical community. Bruce Cervon, with the aid and permission of Dai Vernon,and in co-operation with Larry Jennings and Louis Falanga, is releasing thismassive body of invaluable knowledge.
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Volume 3
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| Price: $56.00 |
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Vernon
Chronicles - Volume 3
Further Lost Inner Secrets
This third volume of The Vernon Chronicles offers another generous serving of
superb magic from the repertoire of magic's most revered Professor, Dai Vernon.
The book opens with a special essay, which surveys a cross section of the
close-up magic being done by New York City's avant-garde during the seminal
1920s and 1930s. William P. Miesel constructed the skeleton of this historical
excursion from columns in the old Sphinx magazine. Prominent there were Dai
Vernon and his friends; people like Sam Horowitz, Ted Anneman and Luis Zingone.
Mr. Miesel selected some of their more intriguing effects and, in collaboration
with Dai Vernon, Max Maven, Bruce Cervon and Stephen Minch, the methods were
reconstructed as accurately as is possible. This study is an important
historical document, and revealing in the life of Dai Vernon.
We then resume the pleasant task of recording another large portion of Dai
Vernon's unpublished work. Included are many little-known sleights and tricks
with cards, coins and bills. The magic ranges from the nearly self-working to
the consummately skillful. And, at long last, here is an explanation of the
near legendary "Joker Monte" trick that Mr. Vernon used for decades
to tease and baffle fellow magicians. His original method is given, along with
new ideas by Tom Gagnon and Bruce Cervon.
Like the second volume of this series, a generous seasoning of magic by Dai
Vernon's friends, both past and present, is included. Among those represented
are Arthur Finley, Sam Horowitz, Henry Christ, "One-Armed" MacDonald,
Dr. Daley, Faucett Ross, Herb Zarrow and Bruce Cervon.
This volume continues the pageant of exquisite magic that helped to justify Dai
Vernon's reputation as one of this century's most important innovators and
champions of artistic conjuring.
219 pages, hardbound with dust jacket. |
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Volume 4
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Vernon
Chronicles - Volume 4
He Fooled Houdini
This fourth volume of The Vernon Chronicles is a complete change of pace from
the three that preceded it. In the works since 1965, this enthralling anecdotal
biography follows Dai Vernon from his birth to his coming to Hollywood's
world-famous Magic Castle in 1963. As you read you will feel as if you are
sitting with Dai at the Magic Castle while he shares the stories and
experiences of his lifetime.
You will learn far more magic here than from any mere book of tricks as Dai
talks about his "Attack on Magic", "Practice", "On
Using Trick Cards", "Secrets", Effects Defined",
"Shade", "Authority", "Great Tricks", "Classics"
and "What's Wrong With Magic".
Dai describes the techniques he used to establish his world-wide reputation and
introduces you to many legends of magic; his idols, such as the great Johann
Nepomuk Hofzinser and Max Malini. His inspirations - Nate Leipzig, Dr. James
Elliott, the Challenge Card Champion of the World, and J. Warren Keane. Many
others including Harry Houdini, Jud Cole, Fred Keating, Jarrow, Cliff Green,
and Tommy Downs; as well as such colorful and intriguing characters as Mr.
Shock, The Mysterious Kid, Old Sneaky Davis, "Slip the Jit" Harry,
and Garnet Lee, the Chinaman's toy.
The story of the greatest natural magician the world has ever seen - the
fantastic story of the man who fooled Houdini.
Pages 308 - Hardcover, 67 historical photographs |
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