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third volume in the series includes more gems from the legendary ‘Castle Notebooks’ kept by Bruce Cervon, including unpublished Vernon effects in addition to contributions from some of his friends and contemporaries such as Sam Horowitz, Henry Christ, Dr.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