Dai Vernon Bundle

Dai Vernon is, arguably, the most influential magician of the 20th century. Yet the man and his material remain largely misunderstood. In this unprecedented two-disc, three-hour seminar, Roberto Giobbi explores what makes Dai Vernon's magic so special.

In this 3 hour lecture, recorded live in the UK, Giobbi will discuss Dai Vernon’s tricks, techniques, presentations, theories, and how they have changed the way magicians look at magic. Along the way you’ll learn more about the personality of Vernon through amazing and amusing anecdotes. Studying Vernon is a fascinating and enlightening way of studying the essence of artistic magic. With The Dai Vernon Seminar, you will look through the eyes of the kind of figure who comes along once in a century and changes the way magic is understood and performed. This set also includes rare footage of Vernon himself, with commentary by Giobbi. Also included: an 80-page PDF of Dai Vernon: Life and Work, a full-length book on the magic and life of Dai Vernon. Who better to take us on a journey into the mind of Dai Vernon than Roberto Giobbi? Greatly respected for his incomparable Card College series, Giobbi is also a truly incomparable lecturer, who has become one of the most sought-out voices on magic in the world today. This live Vernon Seminar is the culmination of a lifelong study, and has been delivered to magicians around the world for over 15 years. This is your chance to step into the front row. Contents:

• Cups and Balls
• John Scarne Cups & Balls
• The Peripatetic Walnuts
• Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
• Mental Card Miracle
• Five Coins and a Glass
• Retention of Vision Vanish
• Silk & Silver (Fred Kaps)
• Major Contributions, Master Works, Character & Influences The Banana Trick Anecdotes & Life Stories
• Triumph: Dramatic Construction
• Climax for a Dice Routine
• Details of Card Handling
• Injog
• Top Card Break (Back Breaker)
• G.W. Hunter Shuffle Ruse
• False Cuts & Applications
• New Theory Second Deal
• Classic Force
• Post-peek Overhand Shuffle Control
• Capping a Packet
• Multiple Shift
• Poker Demonstration
• Linking Rings

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The story of the greatest natural magician the world has ever seen - the fantastic story of the man who fooled Houdini.

This fourth volume of The Vernon Chronicles is a complete change of pace from the three that preceded it. In the works since 1965, this enthralling anecdotal biography follows Dai Vernon from his birth to his coming to Hollywood's world-famous Magic Castle in 1963. As you read you will feel as if you are sitting with Dai at the Magic Castle while he shares the stories and experiences of his lifetime. Anecdotal biography which follows Dai Vernon from his birth to his arrival in Hollywood in 1963 to his becoming Resident magician at the world famous Magic Castle. You will feel as if you are sitting with Dai at the Magic Castle while he shares the stories and experiences of his lifetime. Don't miss this revealing history that can make you a better magician and a better performer. The story of the greatest natural magician the world has ever seen - Dai Vernon - with 67 historical photographs and 326 fascinating pages. Written by Keith Burns and Bruce Cervon Contents: Foreword by Richard Buffum Introduction Magic's Past and Future My First Hundred Years PART ONE 1896 - 1916 I Try to Fly and Other Early Memories My Father's Principles for Life My Father and My First Magic Tricks My First Playing Cards Learning about Silhouettes My First Magician Going Backstage Some Thoughts on Thurston My First Trip to the Pawn Shop Mother and Magic The Carnegie Library in Ottawa MagicBooks My Attack on Magic Practice Know the Terms You Should be an Engineer Cliff Green New York and Coney Island Carny Games Carnival Talk Larry Grey, the Dizzy Wizard My Brother Napier and the Army PART TWO 1917 - 1939 New York 1917 New York's Magic Shops Powers' Magic Shop Harry Kellar and Thurston The Short Card Doc Elliott, He Played with a Full Deck The Inner Circle "Just Think of a Card ... " "The Tricks of the Greeks" Gamblers The Three Card Monte The Masked Man. One of My Heroes Hofzinser. Another of My Heroes On Using Trick Cards Jeanne Comes into My Life Women in Magic Nate Leipzig My First Professional Engagement The Union League Club Cardini Doc Tarbell Jud Cole Horace Goldin and the Unusual Cane Alfred Benzone. "Originator of Ectoplasm" The Man Who Fooled Vernon Malini's Misdirection Malini. Still Another Hero Malini and the Queen On Meeting Thomas Edison Silhouettes and Agents Mr . Houdini and Madame Houdin More Memories of Harry Houdini Houdini and Spiritualism Ted "Male" Vernon Cuba Sawing a Woman in Half in Cuba My Black Magic in Cuba Sam Margules and Dickie the Dunce Mentalists Touring America Jarrow and Van Hoven Dai Yen or Dr Chung Fred Keating Mr. Shock and the Rubber Bands Dad Stevens - "The Mysterious Kid" The Fabulous Center Deal Charlie Miller. "I'm a Dice Man" My Life as Edward Brown J. Warren Keane William J. Hilliar Harry Blackstone Vernon in Print Jean Hugard The Wonderful Faro Box Paul Fox and FDR Neepie The Cigarette Trick Frank Tobey's Gambling Furniture Garnet Lee. the Chinaman's Toy Secrets Australian Slang Effects Defined Entertaining the Rich The Linking Rings My Brother Napier Dies PART THREE 1939 - 1963 My Harlequin Act Doves Steal the Show at the Rainbow Room Compeer. the Monkey How I Became "The Professor" Fu Manchu The Mind-Reading Box On the Same Bill with Charlie Chaplin Dante Sam Horowitz Becomes Me! From Blueprints to Broken Arms Citizenship Shade With the USO in World War II Dan Cummings Milbourne Christopher and the Cuban Lottery Annemann's Bullet Catch Annemann's Suicide Roy Benson On Being Natural Cruising A Couple of Funny Moments The Old Vaudeville Formula Old Cards...New Cards Authority The Father of the Modern Lecture Series Great Tricks Simple Ideas Drive People Crazy "A Pocket Trick" How to be Effective Classics An Original Thought Art in the Craft Traveling Magicians Through the Looking-Glass The Pass On Performing What's Wrong with Magic My Family Afterword You will learn far more magic here than from any mere book of tricks as Dai talks about his "Attack on Magic", "Practice", "On Using Trick Cards", "Secrets", Effects Defined", "Shade", "Authority", "Great Tricks", "Classics" and "What's Wrong With Magic". Dai describes the techniques he used to establish his world-wide reputation and introduces you to many legends of magic; his idols, such as the great Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser and Max Malini. His inspirations - Nate Leipzig, Dr. James Elliott, the Challenge Card Champion of the World, and J. Warren Keane. Many others including Harry Houdini, Jud Cole, Fred Keating, Jarrow, Cliff Green, and Tommy Downs; as well as such colorful and intriguing characters as Mr. Shock, The Mysterious Kid, Old Snakey Davis, "Slip the Jit" Harry, and Garnet Lee, the Chinaman's toy. Pages 308 - Hardcover, 67 historical photographs