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The highlights in this third part of the Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic trilogy are his teachings on the second deal including a one handed and a stud second deal, the chapter on the "Three Card Monte", and the chapter on palming.
1st edition 1961; original 72 pages; PDF 62 pages.
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- CHAPTER ONE: THE FOUR BLUE BACKED ACES
- CHAPTER TWO: BLINDFOLD POKER DEAL
- CHAPTER THREE: CARDS OF COINCIDENCE
- CHAPTER FOUR: THREE CARD MONTE
- The Three Cards
- The Throw
- The Game
- 1. The use of a short card
- 2. The Optical Move
- CHAPTER FIVE: LARRY GREY'S "CARDS ACROSS"
- CHAPTER SIX: MORE NOVEL KNOWLEDGE
- 1. To Shuffle A Certain Number Of Cards Above A Selected Card
- 2. Plunger Location
- 3. Card From Pocket
- 4. Switching A Card In An Envelope
- 5. Double Lift From Fan
- 6. Staring Him In The Face
- CHAPTER SEVEN: PALMING
- 1. Top Palm — Dai Vernon
- Other Methods Of Palming
- 2. To Palm A Card From The Pack With The Gambler's Palm
- 3. One Handed Palm — Dai Vernon
- 4. Second Gambler's Palm
- 5. Springing A Card Into The Gambler's Palm Position
- 6. Some Useful Notes On Palming
- CHAPTER EIGHT: DEALING SECONDS
- 1. Dai Vernon's Second Deal
- 2. Single Handed Method
- 3. Dai Vernon's "New Theory" Second Deal
- 4. A Quick Trick
- CHAPTER NINE: THE CARD PUZZLE
- CHAPTER TEN: ANOTHER LARRY GREY TRICK
- CHAPTER ELEVEN: CHANGES
- The Top Change
- The Bottom Change
- One-Handed Card Change—Dai Vernon
- Harry Lorayne's Change For Four Cards
- CHAPTER TWELVE: TWO TRICKS
- Dai Vernon's Version Of "Everywhere And Somewhere"
- Matching Any Number Of Cards
word count: 23773 which is equivalent to 95 standard pages of text