1987
Written by Stephen Minch
Work of Dai Vernon
235 pages (Hardcover), published by L&L Publishing
Illustrated with drawings by Tom Gagnon
Language: English
81 entries
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Dai Vernon Foreword
i
Bruce Cervon Introduction
iii
Larry Jennings Introduction
vi
Stephen Minch Author's Introduction
viii
Elizabeth Wilson A Visit With Dai Vernon Biographical telling of Vernon's life with quotes and anecdotes highlighting the pertinent moments in is life (Elizabeth Wilson is Ron Wilson's wife)
xi
Dai Vernon On the Turn of a Card revealing a chosen card (Leipzig, Rosini)
1
Dai Vernon On the Corner-Short locating a corner short card and other things
Variations 2
Tapping on Table by some San Francisco Gambler, locating corner short
Related to 2
Bruce Cervon Two Corner Short Controls overhand and riffle shuffle, using corner short
5
Harry Riser Estimation Help jogged corner short
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Tom Gagnon Faro Control corner short next to selection unaffected by faro shuffle
7
Dai Vernon On the Scallop Short
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Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
Related toVariations 10
Dr. James William Elliott Breaking at the Injog
12
Dai Vernon Rotating the Break
15
Dai Vernon The Vernon All-Around Square-Up jogs
Related to 17
Dai Vernon Left Side Diagonal Insertion
17
George Bardosis A Curious Turnover-Pass
22
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ The Vernon One-Handed Shift see Curry reference for credit to Henry Christ
Related to 25
Dai Vernon Heel Break
26
Dai Vernon Glimpse from the Twirl Cut
Related to 30
Dai Vernon Subway Transfer for Two tabled
Related to 33
Dai Vernon Hindu Transportation bringing bottom two cards to the top
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Dai Vernon The Hindu Double-Undercut
Related to 36
Dai Vernon The Vernon Multiple False Cut with John Rakinakis anecdote
Also published here 38
Dai Vernon The Vernon Simple False Cut
Related to 41
Dai Vernon On the Push-Through Shuffle
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Dai Vernon The Loose-lift Display
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Dai Vernon Vernon Push-Off
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Dai Vernon The Loose Stud-style Display
51
Bruce Cervon The Cervon Loose-Pivot Lift
52
Dai Vernon On Tabling a Double Card
55
Dai Vernon On the Top Palm Topping the Deck finesse
Related toVariations 57
Dai Vernon Capping a Packet at the pickup of a small packet
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Dai Vernon Position
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Dai Vernon Replacing the Top Palm three methods
61
Dai Vernon After the Bottom Palm tips for removing the left hand from the deck
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Arthur Finley The Arthur Finley Diagonal Palm Shift
Also published here 65
Dai Vernon The Packet-Display Palm
Related toAlso published here 68
John Rakinakis Lightening the Load small packet to tabled deck
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Dai Vernon On the Palm Change
74
Dai Vernon On the Side Steal
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Dai Vernon The Strip-out Addition two handlings
Also published here 79
Dai Vernon A New Peek Control using finger nail
Related to 86
Dai Vernon The Shuttle-Cut Control
89
Dai Vernon, Dr. James William Elliott The Perfect-Pitch False Count recontructing Dr. James Elliot
Related to 90
Dai Vernon The Transfer Force angle jog handling
Related toVariationsAlso published here 93
, Dai Vernon The Breather Crimp
Related to 96
Dai Vernon, John Rakinakis, Dr. James William Elliott On the Second Deal tips
Related to 98
Dai Vernon The "New Theory" Double Deal see third method in Marlo reference
Related to 100
Dai Vernon No Sleight Triumph
Related to 105
Dai Vernon Half Pass
106
Dai Vernon The Second Campaign
113
Dai Vernon, Fred Black Fred Black Shuffle Variation credit information
113
Dai Vernon In Uniform eight cards small packet Triumph
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Dai Vernon The Slow-Motion Aces - A Reassessment
121
Dai Vernon Aces in Excelsis fair layout
130
Dai Vernon The Fingerprint Card Trick
Related toVariations 136
Dai Vernon A Match Made in Cincinnati performing Matching the Cards with a new deck, includes cutting to any named value
139
Laurie Ireland, Dai Vernon The Aeroplane Card Trick with repeat version
Inspired by 144
Sam Leo Horowitz Second Steal
146
Dai Vernon Pseudo Duplicate
147
Dai Vernon The Two-Thirteen Trick Ace to Three are removed, named value transforms into selection
149
Dai Vernon Turnover Display second finger underneath leverage thing
152
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, Dai Vernon Alignment Move
152
Stephen Minch Alignment Move credit information
154
Dai Vernon The Unadulterated Cutting the Aces
Related to 155
Dai Vernon Spellout with a Hitch four-of-a-kind kicker
Related to 160
Dai Vernon The Rising Sun clean phase, one-handed Tenkai Switch
Related toVariations 164
Dai Vernon Oil Slick 4&4
Related to 169
Dai Vernon Notes on the Three Card Monte torn card
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Dai Vernon The Persistence-of-Vision Coin Vanish
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Dai Vernon Five Coins and a Glass full routine
Inspired byRelated toVariations 191
Dai Vernon, Manuel Five Coin Star
Inspired byRelated to 204
Dai Vernon Silk and Silver production, vanish, reproduction
Related toVariations 208
Bruce Cervon The Cervon Opening three coin production
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Bruce Cervon A Shuttle Pass
210
Dai Vernon Slipping the Jit
226
Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley Crossed Destinies innovative handling
Also published here 229
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
230
Dai Vernon, Ross Bertram Back Clip & Tenkai Pinch Handlings
231
Data entered by Denis Behr.