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| dai vernon cups and balls: The Dai Vernon Cups and Balls Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon, Smith Magic Collection (Brown University), 1986 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Dai Vernon Book of Magic Lewis Ganson, 2019-07-07 This book is a classic of magic and includes Dai Vernon's linking rings moves and cups and balls routine. It uses high quality B&W photos throughout to show many of the moves. Each routine ends with an outline of the routine, which is great for practicing from. Highly Recommended.CONTENTS IN BRIEF INCLUDEForeword: How the Book Came To Be, and Some Introductory Remarks by Dai VernonIntroduction: About Writing the Book, by Lewis GansonB&W Photo of The ProfessorChapter 1: The Background to a Legend. Biographical notes on the magical life of Dai VernonChapter 2: The Vernon Touch. Lots of anecdotes about other magicians such as Nate Leipzig, Malini, and others.Chapter 3: A Chinese Classic. Routine for Coins Through the Table.Chapter 4: Penetration of Thought. Chapter 5: Three Ball Transposition. Chapter 6: Application of the Tenkai Palm. Chapter 7: The Linking Rings. Chapter 8: Seven Card Monte. Chapter 10: Expansion of Texture: Copper & Silver placed in hanky.Chapter 11: The Challenge. Chapter 12: Dai Vernon's Double Lift: with a well covered get ready.Chapter 13: The Cups & Balls. Dai Vernon's routine is a must study for effectiveness and routining. Chapter 14: Nate Leipzig's Card Stab.Chapter 15: Tips on Knots.Chapter 16: Six Card Repeat.Chapter 17: Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver.Chapter 18: Mental Spell.Chapter 19: Pot Pourri. Chapter 20: Ball, Cone, and Handkerchief. Chapter 21: The Last Trick of Dr. Jacob Daley: Four Ace Transposition packet trick.Chapter 22: Paul Rosini's Impromptu Thimble Routine.Chapter 23: Vernon Poker Demonstration (Thanks to Jay Marshall). Chapter 24: The Thumb Tie: a full routine. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Dai Vernon Cups and Balls Lewis Ganson, 1978 |
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| dai vernon cups and balls: The Books of Wonder Tommy Wonder, Stephen Minch, 1996 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Stars of Magic George Starke, Doctor Jacob Daley, Bruce Eliott, 2017-06-20 If you have not read and learned the magic contained in this book you have no business calling yourself a close-up magician. The magic by John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Bert Allerton, S. Leo Horowitz, Emil Jarrow, Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jacob Daley, Tony Slydini, Ross Bertram, Nate Leipzig, and Max Malini helped shape the art of close-up magic as we know it.It has often been said that mastering the magic in this book will make you an accomplished close-up and sleight-of-hand artist. In many ways, it contains all the magic you need to build a professional caliber repertoire. Many have earned a living performing these routines and now you can too.Includes: 41 incredible routines by 11 incredible artists, a historical introduction and a bonus section with private correspondence related to the Stars Of Magic. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Knack Magic Tricks Richard Kaufman, 2010-02-09 From simple to advanced, and using household and inexpensive props, Knack Magic Tricks includes tricks using cards, coins, handkerchiefs, and fruit, as well as mental tricks, anytime tricks, standup tricks, and tricks especially for kids (to be performed both for them and by them). |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Magic with Faucett Ross Lewis Ganson, Faucett Ross, 1976 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Magician and the Cardsharp Karl Johnson, 2006-07-25 A famous magician's journey to find the greatest cardsharp ever evokes the forgotten world of magic where Americans found escape during the Great Depression It has the nostalgic quality of an old-fashioned fable, but Karl Johnson's The Magician and the Cardsharp is a true story that lovingly re-creates the sparkle of a vanished world. Here, set against the backdrop of America struggling through the Depression, is the world of magic, a realm of stars, sleight of hand, and sin where dreams could be realized - or stolen away. Following the Crash of '29, Dai Vernon, known by magicians as the man who fooled Houdini, is tramping down Midwestern backroads, barely making ends meet. While swapping secrets with a Mexican gambler, he hears of a guy he doesn't quite believe is real - a legendary mystery man who deals perfectly from the center of the deck and who locals call the greatest cardsharp of all time. Determined to find the reclusive genius, Vernon sets out on a journey through America's shady, slick, and sinful side - from mob-run Kansas City through railroad towns that looked sleepy only in the daytime. Does he find the sharp? Well, Karl Johnson did - after years of research into Vernon's colorful quest, research that led him to places he never knew existed. Johnson takes us to the cardsharp's doorstep and shows us how he bestowed on Vernon the greatest secret in magic. The Magician and the Cardsharp is a unique and endlessly entertaining piece of history that reveals the artistry and obsession of a special breed of American showmen. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Ambitious Card John Gaspard, 2019-07-22 Magician Eli Marks is the top suspect in a series of murders. His greatest trick? Not becoming the next victim. ★★★★★ Psychics are being murdered and all the clues point to magician Eli Marks: one of his playing cards keeps turning up at every crime scene. What begins as a simple Halloween magic show turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse encounter as the body count rises while Eli frantically attempts to clear his name. It doesn't help that his ex-wife's new husband is the lead Homicide Detective on the case. Or that Eli appears to be the only thread tying all the murders together. Then things get really complicated when romance blooms with a beautiful psychic who may—or may not—hold the final clue to this murderous mystery. Eli can't help but be drawn to her, even though falling in love in the midst of a murder spree is never a good idea. As all the pieces of this deadly puzzle begin to fall into place, Eli must use every trick he knows to uncover the true killer … before he becomes the final victim. “This is a hugely entertaining crime novel, packed full of comedy….Warm, funny and well-plotted—a book to brighten any grey day. Do read it!”—FictionFan’s Book Reviews “The Ambitious Card is intelligently written and ... entirely engrossing.” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Grab your copy and get started on this fantastic and funny series right now! ★★★★★ “The Ambitious Card is a must read!” —Books and Looks “Before I had even finished the first chapter I had fallen in love with Eli. He is intelligent, sensitive, witty and, suddenly, the main suspect in a series of murders…well written, fast paced and exciting.”—The Frugal Mennonite “The deftly-plotted mystery is enriched by Eli’s relationships with his ex-wife, her new husband, his old-school stage magician Uncle Harry, and an interesting collection of people and places in and around St. Paul…This stylish novel is filled with interesting details, snappy dialogue, and appealing characters.”—More Than a Review “This story is very well written and fun to read. I would definitely read another Eli Marks Mystery!” —A Simple Taste for Reading “I had a great time reading The Ambitious Card. I don’t read many series, but I’m definitely willing to go on another adventure with Eli.” —The Writerly Reader “Well, Dear Reader, would I recommend The Ambitious Card? Would I read another Eli Marks mystery? Yes, I would do both.”—Charlie Britten, Write On |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Modern Coin Magic J. B. Bobo, 2012-05-24 The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete acts, 18 in all. 510 clear illustrations. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic Mark Wilson, 1988 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Greater Magic John Northern Hilliard, 1942 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Confidences Roberto Giobbi, 2012-12 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Unmasking of Robert-Houdini Harry Houdini, 2020-09-28 THIS book is the natural result of the moulding, dominating influence which the spirit and writings of Robert-Houdin have exerted over my professional career. My interest in conjuring and magic and my enthusiasm for Robert-Houdin came into existence simultaneously. From the moment that I began to study the art, he became my guide and hero. I accepted his writings as my text-book and my gospel. What Blackstone is to the struggling lawyer, Hardee’s “Tactics” to the would-be officer, or Bismarck’s life and writings to the coming statesman, Robert-Houdin’s books were to me. To my unsophisticated mind, his “Memoirs” gave to the profession a dignity worth attaining at the cost of earnest, life-long effort. When it became necessary for me to take a stage-name, and a fellow-player, possessing a veneer of culture, told me that if I would add the letter “i” to Houdin’s name, it would mean, in the French language, “like Houdin,” I adopted the suggestion with enthusiasm. I asked nothing more of life than to become in my profession “like Robert-Houdin.” By this time I had re-read his works until I could recite passage after passage from memory. Then, when Fate turned kind and the golden pathway of success led me into broader avenues of work, I determined that my first tour abroad should be dedicated to adding new laurels to the fame of Robert-Houdin. By research and study I would unearth history yet unwritten, and record unsung triumphs of this great inventor and artiste. The pen of his most devoted student and follower would awaken new interest in his history. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Fooling Houdini Alex Stone, 2013-06-25 An exploration of the world of magic that teaches the reader many tricks--including how better to understand the real world. When Alex Stone was five years old, his father bought him a magic kit--a gift that would spark a lifelong love. Years later, he discovered a vibrant New York underground magic scene exploding with creativity and innovation and populated by a fascinating cast of characters. Captivated, he plunged headlong into this mysterious world. From the back rooms of New York City's century-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, Fooling Houdini recounts Stone's quest to join the ranks of master magicians. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around a single overriding need: to prove one's worth by deceiving others. But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. In trying to understand how expert magicians manipulate our minds to create their astonishing illusions, Stone uncovers a wealth of insight into human nature and the nature of perception. By investigating some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works--and why, sometimes, it doesn't. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Tricks David Ben, 2003 Cards. Wonder. Roses. Cell Phones. Sleight of Hand. Hot Coffee. Matchbooks. Miracles. Finger Rings. Wands. Credit Cards. Bottlecaps. Astonishment. Coins. Cigarette Papers. Bafflement. Laptop Computers. Postage Stamps. Sugar Packets. Secrets. These are the things David Ben's Tricks is made of. Tricks contains material for all skill-levels, from technically demanding renditions of the Cards to Pocket and Open Travelers to self-working Faux Automata using cellular phones and laptop computers. In between, close up miracles, parlor tricks and stage effects abound. Standout effects include Postage Prediction, a no-nonsense mental effect with postage stamps; Bad Habits, an improved, logical version of the Cigarette Through Quarter plot; and Matchless Psychometry, an up-to-date version of Annemann's classic Pseudo-Psychometry.Ben has also revealed the inner-workings behind selections from his acclaimed theatrical productions The Conjuror and The Conjuror's Suite. Tricks also includes the performance scripts for these effects - giving the reader a complete view of how a seasoned professional develops material for the real world.Within these pages you will gain insight into a host of miracles that David Ben has made his living with for the last 20 years. Detailed are not only the rudiments of each effect, but also the select secrets only available to a working professional who has performed a trick hundreds, if not thousands, of times. Inside, you'll find the tricks behind Tricks. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Art of Magic T. Nelson Downs, 2012-11-07 Indispensable book for magicians, containing many methods and sleights not found in other standard books. 68 illustrations. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Practical Mental Magic Theodore Annemann, 1983-01-01 Outstanding collection of nearly 200 crowd-pleasing mental magic feats requiring no special equipment. Author offers insider's tips and expert advice on techniques, presentation, diversions, patter, staging and all else needed to make any trick a foolproof success. Lucidly written, thoroughly diagrammed book by one of magic's legendary figures |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Amateur Magician's Handbook Henry Hay, 1994 Demonstrates sleight of hand and other magic tricks, and includes tips on performing before children and television cameras. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Illustrated History of Magic Milbourne Christopher, 2006 Follow the fascinating stories of the world's greatest necromancers, from sorcerer-priests in ancient Egypt to such modern miracle workers as Houdini and David Copperfield. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Devious Standards Jamy Ian Swiss, 2011 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Art of Close Up Magic Lewis Ganson, 1996-05 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Dai Vernon Matteo Filippini, 2013-02-05 DAI VERNON, L'UOMO CHE INGANNO' HOUDINI Di Matteo Filippini Dai Vernon... Il Professore, The New York Card Expert, Cranky Old Man Of Magic ed altre numerose definizioni che amici, estimatori, colleghi, discepoli e avversari gli hanno dato nel corso dei suoi gloriosi 98 anni di vita. L'UOMO CHE INGANNO' HOUDINI e il primo saggio bibliografico su Dai Vernon in italiano; un'opera dedicata a colui che e stato il punto di svolta epocale per lo sviluppo e la maturita della cartomagia e del close-up moderni. Il pioniere di una magia d'altri tempi eppure ancora cosi moderna: efficace, naturale e misteriosa. Proprio come dovrebbe essere. Nel libro, oltre alla parte biografica, sono presenti anche una completa bibliografia commentata, due gemme cartomagiche vernoniane, un articolo sul leggendario servizio dal centro di Allen Kennedy, uno sul primo libro di Vernon The 20 Dollars Manuscript ed una lista di effetti/tecniche selezionati dall'autore. |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Revelation Dai Vernon, David Ben, Michael Albright, 2008 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Destination Zero John Bannon, 2015-02-01 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Illusion in Cultural Practice Katharina Rein, 2021-11-25 This volume explores illusionism as a much larger phenomenon than optical illusion, magic shows, or special effects, as a vital part of how we perceive, process, and shape the world in which we live. Considering different cultural practices characterized by illusionism, this book suggests a new approach to illusion via media theory. Each of the chapters analyses a specific kind of illusionistic practice and the concept of illusionism it entails in a given context, including philosophy, perception and cognitive theory, performance magic, occultism, optics, physiology, early cinema, cartomancy, spiritualism, architecture, shamanic rituals, and theoretical physics, to show the diversity of shapes that illusionism and illusions can take. The book provides detailed analyses of illusions within performance and ritual magic, philosophy, art history and psychology as well as a first approach to the study of illusions outside of these established fields. It aims to find ways of identifying and analysing a wider range of illusions in the humanities. This multidisciplinary and comprehensive volume will appeal to scholars and students with an interest in media and culture, theatre and performance, philosophy, sociology, politics and religion. This publication was supported by the Internationales Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar with funds from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. IKKM Books Volume 47 An overview of the whole series can be found at www.ikkm-weimar.de/schriften Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 license https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003188278-8/vanishing-lady-railway-illusions-movement-1-katharina-rein?context=ubx&refId=fe124e6e-8290-43e9-9d48-753bad162c50 Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003188278-13/talking-rocks-illusory-sounds-projections-otherworld-julia-shpinitskaya-riitta-rainio?context=ubx&refId=3aa829a8-8c0b-4103-870a-6fe5a4393e71 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Millionaires' Magician Steve Cohen, Keith Champagne, 2018-06 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Cards As Weapons Ricky Jay, 1977 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Annotated Erdnase Darwin Ortiz, 1991-01-01 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1949 Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Five Points in Magic Juan Tamariz, Donald B. Lehn, 2007 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Big Book of Magic Patrick Page, 1976 |
| dai vernon cups and balls: The Secret History of Magic Peter Lamont, Jim Steinmeyer, 2018-07-17 Pull back the curtain on the real history of magic – and discover why magic really matters If you read a standard history of magic, you learn that it begins in ancient Egypt, with the resurrection of a goose in front of the Pharaoh. You discover how magicians were tortured and killed during the age of witchcraft. You are told how conjuring tricks were used to quell rebellious colonial natives. The history of magic is full of such stories, which turn out not to be true. Behind the smoke and mirrors, however, lies the real story of magic. It is a history of people from humble roots, who made and lost fortunes, and who deceived kings and queens. In order to survive, they concealed many secrets, yet they revealed some and they stole others. They engaged in deception, exposure, and betrayal, in a quest to make the impossible happen. They managed to survive in a world in which a series of technological wonders appeared, which previous generations would have considered magical. Even today, when we now take the most sophisticated technology for granted, we can still be astonished by tricks that were performed hundreds of years ago. The Secret History of Magic reveals how this was done. It is about why magic matters in a world that no longer seems to have a place for it, but which desperately needs a sense of wonder. |
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