Unlike the previous volume, this volume consists almost entirely of effects. All of the technique tips found in this volume are taught as part of the effects and do not have their own section as in the previous book.
Like the previous volume and the one that follows, this book is full of candid photos showing the professor at work and at play. You'll feel like you're sitting in the Magic Castle with Dai Vernon as he shares the stories and experiences of his life.
Originally published in 1988, this text is now available as a convenient eBook for the first time! It contains over 50 of Vernon's routines, 27 historical photos and 177 illustrations on 245 pages.
Content
Foreword - Bill Larsen
Introduction - Bruce Cervon
Introduction by the Author - Stephen Minch
Vernonana Historical Photo Portfolio or Rare Vernon Memorabilia - Robin Young
Chapter One: Lost and Found Department (card effects that revolve around finding a selected card)
- 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 ( card tricks in which the final effect varies depending on choices made by the spectator)
- Aces to order
- Out of Sight and Mind II
- Four options
- Two Six Four Royale
Chapter Three: From Silks to Nuts (effects that do not involve playing cards)
- The Tale of the Treasury Worm
- The Daivergent Silk
- The Twirl Link
- The Threadborne Link
- The Peripatetic Walnuts
Chapter Four: Formal exchanges (card transposition effects)
- The Trick that Cannot be Reconstructed
- The Loving Couple
- Al'n'Dai at the Hop
- A Reblocking of “The Jumping Jack”
- Out of uniform
Chapter Five: Card Ciphers (card tricks that make use of counting or numbers)
- The Rendezvous Force
- Why am I Here?
- Frisbie Saunders' Location by the Numbers
- affinities
- Packet Calculator
Chapter Six: Singular Events (effects that can't easily be placed in other categories)
- 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 (card tricks with pre-prepared decks)
- A Sticky Solution
- It's a snap
- Vernon on Gilbreath
- Nerves on Edge
Chapter Eight: New Wine from Old Bottles (previously unpublished effects admired by some of the magicians Vernon)
- 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
