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This book is part biographical, a history of Lewis Ganson - one of the most prolific authors of magic, and a lot of wonderful magic.

It is written in Ganson's usual well-written, well-articulated style. Cards, coins, money magic, mental magic, cups and balls, and much more.

1st edition 1982; 232 pages.

Table of Contents

4. Dedication
5. Bibliography
7. Contents
9. Index of Photographs
12. A Tribute to Lewis Ganson Evening (Edwin Hooper)
17. Introduction
19. A Tribute from Dai Vernon
21. The Music Room
24. Jess
24. The Burford Arms
26. A Magician at the Bar
29. The Cap and Pence
34. Ellis Stanyon's Limit Four Ace Trick
40. Moving On
41. My Start in Magic
46. Jack...

"In all the world of magic, I don't think you could find a fairer, squarer person than Lewis" - Dai Vernon, Genii December 1974.

"As I look at the literary scene of magic today, the name of one man stands out above all the rest and the owner of that name is my old friend Lew Ganson." - Peter Warlock, Genii, December 1974.

Martin Breese writes in the original description of these tapes:

Among Cy's teachers you find legends such as Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Paul Curry, Bruce Elliott, Bill Simon, Edward Marlo, and Chan Canasta. No wonder this book is that good.

Cy Endfield was an interesting man. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he studied at Yale and then worked with the New Theater League in New York. From there he moved to...

1. ...A Telling Beat - Wizard Beal
121. Spiritune - Frederica

     Chapter Eight: Four Gems

125. The Ringer - Horace Bennett
128. Thimble Box - Bob Ostin
130. Peep-O - Dennis Patten
131. Colour Magnets - Norman Gilbreath

     Chapter Nine: Coins Alone

133. Coins From Hand To Hand - Horace Bennett
135. Coins For Connoisseurs - Roger Klause
138. Chinese Coins - Dai Vernon
139. The Duplex Coin - Ken De Courcy
141. Four Coins And A Tumbler - Niberco
143. Will-O'-The-Wisp - Roger Klause
144. Coin In A Tumbler - Ross Bertram
146. A New Coin Change - Dai Vernon

     Chapter Ten: Coins And Things

148. Cylinder And Coins (Or Poker Chips) - Johnny Ramsay And Dai Vernon
155. The Disappearing Hole...

The second volume continues with more than 60 outstanding close-up routines from the best names in magic.

1st edition 1967, 300 pages; PDF 184 pages.

Table of Contents

6. Foreword

   Chapter 1: Destroyed & Restored

7. Cut & Restored Silk
9. Yarn Trick
11. Ten Shilling Note Trick
15. Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper
16. Bennett's Boner
17. Note In Cigarette

    Chapter 2: Three Rings For Dai Vernon

    Chapter 3: Mainly Mental

33. Seven Colours Of Wisdom
34. Elizabeth Arden
35. The Taste Tells
37. Mollusca Mental
39. Idento
40. Noted Number
42. Pseudo Psychometry
45. Transversale
47. Licensed Telepathy

    Chapter 4: Novel Necromancy

49. Miniature...

Le Tour des Gobelets et des Balles par Aldo Colombini qui enseigne ici la routine avec laquelle il a remporté le concours de close-up à Vienne en Autriche lors de la FISM en 1976. Cette routine intègre des idées de Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Pete Biro et Larry Jennings, ainsi que de nombreux éléments originaux crées par Aldo lui-même.

Cet ouvrage faisait partie de la célèbre collection Ganson Teach-In publiée à l'origine par Supreme Magic Inc. Les droits sont à présent détenus par Martin Breese que nous remercions pour son aimable autorisation de reproduire ce livret.

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Many effects from famous magicians such as Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Fred Keating, David Devant, T. Nelson Downs, Ross Horwitz, Nate Leipzig and of course Faucett Ross himself.

• PREFACE
• A Magician and his Magic
  • Faucett Ross
  • Letters to Charlie Miller
  • The Beginning
  • The Business Side
  • Rules and Common Sense
  • Practice
  • The Magician
  • Showmanship
  • A Bargain
  • Advice on Programmes
• Section One: HANDKERCHIEF MAGIC
  • A Glass and a Silk
  • The Colour Change
  • Handkerchief Box Routine
  • Cut, Burnt and Restored Handkerchief
  • Novel Addition
  • Handkerchief Cane
  • Producing a Silk
  • Fountain of Silks
• Section Two: AN ORIENTAL FLAVOUR
  • Snowstorm in...

Aldo Colombini teaches the routine with which he won the close-up competition at FISM 1976 in Vienna, Austria. It includes ideas by Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Pete Biro and Larry Jennings, as well as many original elements by Aldo himself.

This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese whom we thank for the kind permission to reproduce this booklet.

[Get the full collection of all 17 Teach-Ins at a huge discount.

1st edition 1977; original 26 pages; PDF 35 pages.

4. CONTENTS
5. DEDICATION
6. INTRODUCTION
8. THE COLOMBINI PRESENTATION
10. REQUIREMENTS
11. SET-UP
12. GETTING READY
13. PERFORMANCE
13. - THE...

This is a wonderful three ring routine developed by Aldo Colombini studying performances by Dai Vernon and Rink, Jay Marshall, Duraty and others. Aldo mixed these influences with his own unique creativity to develop one of the best three ring routines ever developed.

This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese whom we thank for the kind permission to reproduce this booklet.

[Get the full collection of all 17 Teach-Ins at a huge discount.

1st edition 1978; original 23 pages; PDF 28 pages.

5. Contents
6. Introduction
7. Requirements
7. Performance ...

I was lucky that I stumbled across this book very early on in my magic development. It had a huge impact on how I approached magic and how I think today about magic. The introductory chapter "The Vernon Touch" should be mandatory reading for every magician. I would go so far as to recommend re-reading it every year. Martin Breese wrote: "One of the most important books of magic ever written." Max Holden said: "I consider Vernon the greatest man with a pack of cards of the present day." Many consider Dai Vernon, the professor, as one who had probably the biggest impact on magic in recent times. ...

This is a fascinating combination of biographical detail and carefully described magical secrets researched and recorded by Dai Vernon and Lewis Ganson.

Vernon was an intimate friend of Leipzig. Vernon not only saw many performances given by Leipzig, but Leipzig also explained Vernon in detail how all of his tricks worked and how they are to be performed. Vernon recorded this in his notebooks from which this publication was prepared by Ganson and Vernon. It is therefore fair to say that this is as close as you will ever get to learn from Leipzig.

Leipzig was a gentelman of magic who could...

Lewis Ganson expertly and with care to minute details explains the famous six ring routine devised by Dai Vernon. Vernon first performed the entire routine in front of Ganson's cine camera. By studying the film in slow motion, they were able to determine the most suitable photographs to take with a still camera to illustrate the text.

Many considered the best and most beautiful routine for the Chinese Linking Rings. You can see Vernon perform this routine in Dai Vernon in Britain 1958.

1st edition 1958, PDF 31 pages.

8. Introduction
10. THE SYMPHONY OF THE RINGS
11. The Rings
11. Arranging the Rings
11. Performance
12. 1....

This is the first part of Vernon's famous Inner Secrets of Card Magic series. It includes notable work on color changes. In "Dai Vernon's Colour Changing Pack" Vernon provides the proper motivation for the use of the Hindu Shuffle: showing the back color of the deck. "Emotional Reaction" is an example of a subtle and cunning use of a key card. Probably the best effect in this volume is the "Notis Stop Trick".

1st edition 1959; original 76 pages; PDF 59 pages.

2. CONTENTS
4. FOREWORD
5. PREFACE
6. INTRODUCTION
8. CHAPTER ONE: TAKING THINGS EASY
8. - Emotional Reaction
10. - Cocktail Cards
11. - The Bent Corner...

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...

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.

2. CONTENTS
4. FOREWORD
5. CHAPTER ONE: THE FOUR BLUE BACKED ACES
9. CHAPTER TWO: BLINDFOLD POKER DEAL
11. CHAPTER THREE: CARDS OF COINCIDENCE
15. CHAPTER FOUR: THREE CARD MONTE
15. - The Three Cards
15. - The Throw
16. - The Game
19. - 1. The use of a short card
20. - 2. The Optical Move
22. CHAPTER FIVE: LARRY GREY'S "CARDS ACROSS"
24. CHAPTER...

This work was planned to be the last volume in Dai Vernon's Inner Card Secrets series. However, due to water damage caused by a fire the typed manuscript was lost. It took several years to recover from this mishap and therefore this last volume was originally published much later than the first three volumes (Inner Secrets of Card Magic, More Inner Secrets of Card Magic, Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic). The wait was justified because it was and still is one of the important works of card magic - now available as an ebook.

No serious card man can exist without reading and studying this work.

1st edition 1967; original 246 pages; PDF 156 pages

5. CONTENTS
7. FOREWORD
10. CHAPTER ONE:...

A silent film record of Dai Vernon's visit to Britain in 1958.

If you have only read about the Professor Dai Vernon but never seen him in real life, then here is your chance for a glimpse into what he was like. You will see him sightseeing and you will see him perform several of his feature routines such as the Symphony of the Rings, card production, color change, wand spin vanish and more.

• Portsmouth: H.M.S. Victory and Dicken's Birthplace
• Polo at Cowdrey Park
• Stratford-on-Avon
• Fellow Magicians
• Leipzig's Card Levitation
• Card Production
• The Symphony of the Rings
• Colour Change
• Wand spin Vanish
• Jumping Jack
• Charlie Miller's Diminishing Cards ...

First edition softcover stapled. Some pages have a tiny tear on the bottom edge. Published by Harry Stanley. Exlibris of Weirdo and Margaret Yates. For details on contents see the digital edition.

1. ...
   • ...
   • Black Bunny
   • Snap Tail
   • A Short Tail
238. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
238. Gag Bag
239. figures for Funny Bunny Business
240. Puzzle Corner
240. The Match-ic Penny - Douglas Francis
241. Keeping TAB on Men and Books
     • Watch This One! - J. B. Bobo
     • 33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases - Burling Hull
     • Dai Vernon
     • Lane's Patter Book
     • This Week magazine
     • Will Desmond
     • Harry Canar
     • Tom Dethlefsen
     • The Magic Wand to reappear
     • Harry K. Shigeta
     • Dr. Zina Bennett
     • The Blackstone Show
242. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • Perplexity
     • Miracle Card Location
243. Trickster Monthly (report from B.A.T.) ...

1. ...A Billiard Ball Finale - Joseph Ovette
484. Gag Bag
     • Man Overboard - Tom Barton
     • The Vanishing Matches
     • The Stars of the Firmament
     • The Wonderful Vanishing Umbrellas
     • Candidates for an Oscar
485. Great Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
     • The Inquisitive Jack
     • Easy Card Discovery
     • Simple Location
485. Now Ready - Dai Vernon's Select Secrets - new edition
486. advertisements
488. P.C.A.M. flyer

489. The Bat - Number Sixty-Five - May 1949 - 12 pages
489. caricature of Caryl S. Fleming
490. Bat's Belfry - editor's comments
     • Magic in the Modern Manner - Orville Mayer - printed
     • magic contest
     • Caryl S. Fleming
     • P.C.A.M. Convention plans
     • Dr. Henry Ridgely...

Luke Jermay was raised in a small city just outside of London, England. Jermay has been performing his brand of “psychological illusion” for over half of his life. Beginning as a child captivated by amazing stories of performers from the past such as Houdini, Alexander, Thurston and Vernon, Jermay found himself drawn to the worlds of magic and illusion. As with most kids Jermay became fascinated by magic tricks and sleight of hand but his passion for conjuring extended way beyond a childhood fad.

Luke has authored many successful books on mentalism and has produced several instructional videos created for magicians and mentalists.

For a number of years Jermay devoured...

Original Aces material, including the Fair Deal Aces, a new approach with no fake cards, Paging the Aces (the moves of which magicians won't follow), Four by Twelve Aces, a card trick in the Vernon tradition. This ebook is for card men who enjoy clever technical sleight of hand.

1st edition 1950, 2nd edition 1974, 12 pages; digital edition 2012, 12 pages.

Here are a few samples:

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Vol. 4, No. 6, January 2009; 68 pages.

Cover: Chris Cox

7. Welcome - editor's letter
8. Letters
9. News
10. The buck stops here ... Emily Blunt and Colin Hanks, two stars of the movie The Great Buck Howard talk to MagicSeen
11. The Great Buck Howard - movie review
12. The Bookshelf - a look at important books from bygone decades - Mark Leveridge
    • The 1960s - Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets Of Card Magic - Lewis Ganson
15. News
16. Duncan Trillo, Still making the news every week! - interview
19. News
22. Shawn Farquhar, Part 2, Magic Junkie - interview
26. The Pressure Cruise - Mark Leveridge - article
34. Chris...