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Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
by Lewis Ganson & Dai Vernon

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(1 review, 34 customer ratings) ★★★★★

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Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic by Lewis Ganson & Dai Vernon

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The second part in Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic trilogy is the jewel in this series. It features such classics as "Twisting the Aces" (which includes the first publication of Alex Emsley's "Four as Four Count" - better known as Ghost count or Elmsley count), "Out of Sight--Out of Mind," "Oil and Water," "McDonald's $100 Routine," and "The Trick that Cannot be Explained" the ultimate jazz magic effect. You will also find a number of Vernon Touches on his riffle shuffle technique, crimps, Zarrow shuffle and others.

This ebook is absolute must read for any card magician. You should read all three parts but this second part you simply can't ignore.

1st edition 1960; original 88 pages; PDF 71 pages.

  1. CONTENTS
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. CHAPTER ONE: TWISTING THE ACES
  4. CHAPTER TWO: THINK OF A CARD
  5. - Simple Arithmetic
  6. - Riffled Thought
  7. - Think Of An Ace
  8. - Out Of Sight—Out Of Mind
  9. - Thought Transposed
  10. CHAPTER THREE: OIL AND WATER
  11. CHAPTER FOUR: MCDONALD'S $100 ROUTINE
  12. CHAPTER FIVE: THE NOTIS CASCADE
  13. CHAPTER SIX: MAINLY MANIPULATION
  14. - 1.—Allen Shaw's Card Production
  15. - 2. — Cardini's Card Production
  16. - 3. — Mosquito Parade
  17. CHAPTER SEVEN: MAGIC WITH THE RIFFLE SHUFFLE
  18. - Basic Formation Of A Step
  19. - The Pull Through Shuffle
  20. - The Pull Out Shuffle
  21. - Retaining The Top Stock
  22. - Zarrow Full Deck Control
  23. - Side Riffle Cut
  24. - Transferring A Bottom Stock To The Top
  25. - Reversal Of Bottom Cards
  26. - To Keep The Colours Separated
  27. - To Bring Cards To The Top
  28. CHAPTER EIGHT: CRIMPS
  29. - Top Card Crimp
  30. - Corner Crimp
  31. - Whole Pack Crimp
  32. - Cut Crimp
  33. - Spring Crimp
  34. - Mexican Joe's Crimp
  35. - Snap Crimp
  36. CHAPTER NINE: CARDS TO POCKET
  37. CHAPTER TEN: FORCING A CARD
  38. - The Classic Force
  39. - The Malini Force
  40. - Riffle Force—Dai Vernon
  41. - Fan Force—Dai Vernon
  42. - Back to Back Force—Dai Vernon
  43. CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE TRICK THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED
  44. CHAPTER TWELVE: VERNON TOUCHES
  45. - The Vernon Glide
  46. - The Push-Off Count
  47. - The Buckle Count

word count: 27463 which is equivalent to 109 standard pages of text


Reviewed by Tony Kent (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★   Date Added: Tuesday 12 April, 2022

A well-known classic by one of the truly great masters. Anyone interested in card magic will find treasures here, and if you aren't into cards if you study this book then you will be.

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