Vernon Chronicles - Volume 3 - eBook DOWNLOAD

The third volume in the series includes more gems from the legendary 'Castle Notebooks' kept by Bruce Cervon, including unpublished Vernon effects in addition to contributions from some of his friends and contemporaries such as Sam Horowitz, Henry Christ, Dr.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.

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