dai vernon

A long while ago, I wrote a blog post about three different presentations for Dai Vernon's classic packet trick "Twisting the Aces". I briefly described each approach and included bare-bones scripts, but didn't bother to write up the full handling. Well, I've now put that right and written up...

So my partner is the late Lewis Gansons great granddaughter and we have LOADS of his original magic paperwork, phots, tricks, letters ect. The picture attached is a list of most of the items we have, but we have found a couple more bits since. Does anyone know anything about any of this as we...

I was talking to one of my magician friends recently and he said that he thinks l the basic presentation for the Invisible Deck and Biddle trick fall under the category of "triumph plot". He said that a key part of a triumph plot is that one card is left inverted in the deck. I argued that the...

I have recently bought the essential dai vernon from l and l publishing .. i am amateur magician from belfast and enjoy magic as a hobby and to show at get togethers, i cannot recommend this book enough .. i have had the dai vernon book of magic some time now and vernons cup and ball routine is...

I want to sell copies of some book which are all out of print as far as I know, so I was wondering if someone can tell how valuable are they: -Williamson's Wonders -Essential Dai Vernon -By Forces Unseen -Complete Works Of Derek Dingle I tried looking for them on ebay to see the prices but I...

I watched this through today, for the second time in a few years. While I disagree with many of his life decisions, Dai Vernon is a fascinating character and one of the greatest magicians to ever live. This documentary is well worth a watch if you haven't.