Ganson, Lewis

1967
Written by Lewis Ganson
Work of Dai Vernon

242 pages (Hardcover), published by The Supreme Magic Company
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Dennis Patten
Language: English

84 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Karl Fulves (The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4, Vol. 3 No. 4, Feb. 1968, p. 158)
Jon Racherbaumer (Hierophant, Issue 2, 1969, p. 91)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Roger Klause	Matched Spellout		Related to Down & Under (Roy Walton, 1967) Spellout with a Hitch (Dai Vernon, 1987) Variations Deletreo (Iñaki Zabaletta, 2019)	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Roger Klause	Culling Procedure	setting up four of a kind for spelling		18	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
Dai Vernon	The Perfect Circle of Card	complete circle fan	Variations The Card Circle (Walt Lees, 1981)	23	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fan
Dai Vernon	"Secrets"	spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number	Related to Magic in Your Own Hands (Cliff Green, 1950) The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen (Ellis Stanyon, 1999)	27	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Do as I do	using pocket		31	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Dai Vernon	Black and Red Puzzle	Small packet version (false dealing)		37	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Dai Vernon	Mental Spell	one of ten, multiple out, setup??		41	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Bruce Cervon	Ten Gives Three	Ace to Ten are shuffled, reorder themselves, joker appears at chosen number	Related to An Extraordinary Prediction (Harry Lorayne, 1979) Variations Repeat Tap Reverse (Bill Derman, 1971)	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Larry Jennings	Tell-Tale Aces	rather complex handling	Related to Ringer (Jerry K. Hartman, 1972) Variations Jennings Improved (Barry Nelson, 1978) Ringer (Jerry K. Hartman, 1982) Hofzinser/Jennings (Walt Lees, 1981)	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Larry Jennings	Interlock Steal	unloading cards under top cards	Related to Howard Lyons (Ibidem reprint Vol. 1, p. 173 Slip-In Placement (Steve Forte, 2020)	51	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Dai Vernon	Vernon Push-Off		Related to A False Count to be Used when Dealing Off the Deck (Laurie Ireland, 1935)	54	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off
Larry Jennings	Larreverse		Related to Center Double Lift (Jerry K. Hartman, 1971) Undercover Reverse (Jerry K. Hartman, 1971) Variations The Infinity Reversal (Harapan Ong, 2018) Robverse (Robin Robertson, 2003) Larreverse - Ambitious Card (Rick Johnsson, 1993)	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Larry Jennings	The Jennings False Cut		Related to Affas-Gaffas False Cut (Frank Garcia, 1972)	60	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Larry Jennings	Double Reverse	featuring Larreverse		63	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Larry Jennings	Peeked Card Reverse	with Larreverse and Turnover Pass		64	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Larry Jennings	Gambler's Triumph	four Ace Revelation by cutting packets	Variations Blind-Bluff Aces (Jon Racherbaumer, Larry Jennings, 2007)	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Larry Jennings	The Changing of the Guard	three cards are changed to match Ace of Spades	Related to Royally Wild (John C. Wagner, 1987)	75	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Matching the Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards
Larry Jennings	Spread Switch Handling			76	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Spread Switches
Larry Jennings	Monarch's Quartette		Variations Metamorphosis (Larry Jennings, Roberto Giobbi, 1995) À la Jennings (Yves Carbonnier, 2019)	83	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Matching the Cards
Larry Jennings	Monarch's Quartette - plus			85	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Matching the Cards
Larry Jennings	Two Card Bold Switch	tabled		86	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Persi Diaconis	Les Cartes Diaconis		Variations Less Cards Marlo (Edward Marlo, 1983) Persi De D (Dominique Duvivier, 2004)	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Les Cartes Diaconis
Dai Vernon	Running the Scale	seven packets are cut rapidly on the table with one to seven cards		95	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Dai Vernon	Pure Mathematics	two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers	Related to James's Miracle (Stewart James, 1950) Ice Dice (Philip T. Goldstein, Stewart James, 1974) Die Version (Karl Fulves, Stewart James, 2001) Applause Card (Stewart James, Steve Beam, 2000)	99	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical/Straight Stack / Partial
Dai Vernon	Slow Motion Card Vanish	thumbnail clip	Related to Eye-Level, One-Man Card Vanish (Billy McComb, 1972)	103	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Bare Handed Cards / Manipulation / Vanish / Single Cards
Dai Vernon	On the pass	tips and finesses	Related to Dai Vernon's Kiss Pass (Dai Vernon, 2018)	111	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Classic Pass
Fred Black, Dai Vernon	The Black Pass			114	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Classic Style Passes
Dai Vernon	Location Pass	a certain glimpsed Card is shifted to known position		116	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Classic Style Passes
Johnny C. Sprong	Sprong's Pass		Related to Turning the Pack to Hide the Pass (Jack Merlin, Jean-Nicholas Ponsin, Dr. C. Gautier, 1933) Olram's Ponsin Pass (Edward Marlo, 1991)	117	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Classic Style Passes
Walter Baker	Fan Pass Transformation	actually not visual		118	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Spread & Fan Pass
Mexican Joe	Mexican Joe's Table Pass	bringing only bottom slug back to bottom	Variations Mexican Joe (Steve Forte, 2020)	121	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (classic) Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / Passes with table edge cover
Charlie Miller	Charlie Miller's Table Pass		Related to Spin-Shift (Steve Forte, 2020)	122	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / Two-Handed
Dai Vernon	Vernon on table passes - 1st Method	Draw Shift		123	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / One-Handed
Dai Vernon	Vernon on table passes - 2nd Method			124	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / Two-Handed
Dai Vernon	Peek handling (Standard)			127	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dai Vernon	Pressure Fan	step fan	Related to Delayed Fan Control (Edward Marlo, 1952)	128	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses
Dai Vernon	Spread Location	step in spread	Related to Delayed Spread Control (Edward Marlo, 1952) Variations Ribbon Spread Angle Jog (Howard Hamburg, 2018)	129	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses
Dai Vernon	To Shuffle the Card to the Top with the Riffle Shuffle	after peek control		131	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Dai Vernon	Double Peek Control			132	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control
Dai Vernon	Three Break Control		Related to To Control Three Peeked Cards (Edward Marlo, 1952) Double Peek Control (Dai Vernon, Daryl Martinez, 1980) Variations Cull & Triple Peek Control (Jack Avis, 1994)	132	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control
Dai Vernon	Transferring the Break	to Greek Break		134	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Dai Vernon	Multiple Peek Control	one after the other		134	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control
Dai Vernon	A Spectator finds his own Card	using Greek Break		135	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force
Dai Vernon	Adaption of the Greek Break for Card Stabbing	Variation of the Greek Break		137	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Alfred Benzon	Benzon's Shuffle	riffle	Variations Variation Of The Benzon One Hand Shuffle (Ellison Poland, 1969)	141	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / One handed Shuffles
Dai Vernon	Vernon One-Handed Shuffle	riffle on the table	Related to One Hand Riffle Shuffle (Joseph K. Schmidt, Unknown, 1944)	142	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / One handed Shuffles
Dai Vernon	Card Placement	Variation of Kelly Bottom Placement		145	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Kelly/Ovette Bottom Placement
John McCormick	Penetration	through Wallet or magazine		146	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	The Short Card	construction of Scallop Short		149	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Scallop Short
Dai Vernon	The Corner Short	many tips like bringing it to certain position or above/below selected cards		150	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
Dai Vernon	Locating a Short Card	method of cutting to Scallop Short		150	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Scallop Short
Unknown	Tapping on Table	locating corner short	Related to Tapping on Table (Edward Marlo, 1970) Tapping on Table (Unknown, 1987)	150	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short
Larry Jennings	All Around Square Up	jogs		155	Cards / Sleights / All Around Square Ups Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Larry Jennings	Jennings Top Palm	can be done tabled	Related to Bertram's Hold-Out Palm (Ross Bertram, 1978) Variations The Tenkai Top (Doug Edwards, 2001)	157	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Dai Vernon	Key Card Placement	running cut	Related to Placement Control (Edward Marlo, 1971) Another Example: A Vernon Key Card Placement (Gary Kurtz, 1992) Key Card Control (Roberto Giobbi, 2008) Variations Key Card Placement (Roberto Giobbi, 2012)	159	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Dai Vernon	Small Packet Glide		Variations Deep Glide (Harry Riser, Dai Vernon, 1996)	159	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
Maurice Rooklyn	The Rooklyn Top Palm		Related to The Lay Away Palm (Cliff Green, 1961)	161	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Dai Vernon	Spreading six Card as five			165	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Faucett Ross	Single Shuffle Control	top card on top, one shuffle		165	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Dai Vernon	Key Card Location	spread	Variations Key Card Placements (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	166	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Dai Vernon	Cold Deck Cut		Related to Tabled False Cut (Unknown, 1991) Variations Cold-deck Cut Force & Key Card Placement (Roberto Giobbi, 2016)	168	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Dr. James William Elliott	Bottom Deal	Straddle Grip	Related to Invisible Seconds (John Scarne, 1994) On the Elliott Bottom Deal (Dr. James William Elliott, Michael Feldman, 2017)	172	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / Strike
Dr. James William Elliott	Dr. Elliot's Favorite Break Control	little finger eccentric position, as delay for pass		174	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Jack Avis	Slippery Aces			177	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Alex Elmsley	Face Your Brother	Spectator pushes three Cards next to their Mates		183	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Francis Haxton	Last Word Four Aces	spectator chooses Leader Packet	Variations The Scottish Assembly (Peter Duffie, 1993) Once Again (Peter Duffie, 1993) Power Trip (Peter Duffie, 2022)	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Fred Lowe	The Innocent Cheat	?	Related to The Poker Lesson (Harry Riser, 1996)	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Peter Warlock	Thought of Card Across	unprepared		193	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Fred Lowe	Palm Crimp	corner Crimp, inner left		193	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
Roy Walton	Fellow Travellers	with color change kicker		198	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Ross Bertram	Pivot Change	into Tenkai	Also published here Pivot Change (Ross Bertram, 2001)	203	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm / Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
Ross Bertram	Bottom Steal and Recovery	tabled	Variations Variations of a Palm (Edward Marlo, 1995) The Watt's Box Load (Griffin Watt, 2019) Also published here Bottom Steal and Recovery (Ross Bertram, 1978)	205	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Flat Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Replacements (all positions except Classic Palm)
Fred Kaps	The Three Jokers	using three glasses	Also published here The Three Jokers (Fred Kaps, 1986) The Three Jokers (Fred Kaps, 1988)	209	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen	Ups and Downs			213	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Eddie Taytelbaum	Find the Ace	false Indices		216	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Eddie Taytelbaum	Infallible Force			220	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Variant	four cards	Related to Add On (Bob Ostin, 2005) Variations Herb's Variant (Herb Zarrow, 1972) A Use for the Faulty Follower (Vernon't Variant) (Bob Ostin, 1976 ca.) Vernon's Variant Variant (Milton Kort, 1999) Expert Vernon's Variant (Johnny Thompson, 2018) Also published here 4 card you do as I do (Dai Vernon, 2007)	226	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			227	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Dai Vernon, Hubert Lambert, Faucett Ross	Emerald Isle Aces	kind of stop force		228	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Hubert Lambert	Swivelleroo		Variations Swivelleroo Variation (Hubert Lambert, Dan Block, 1995) Also published here The Swivelleroo Cut (Hubert Lambert, Nate Leipzig, 1996)	229	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Flourish Cuts
Francis Carlyle	Card Transposition			233	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Gerald Kosky	"You Get It"			235	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Jay Ose	"Do as I Do" with one Pack	each gets one half		237	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck
Bill Simon	Sleight of Mind	travelling production combo		239	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Miscellaneous

Data entered by Denis Behr.

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