Dai Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic

FOREWORD by Ken Brooke 4
CHAPTER ONE — THE FOUR BLUE BACKED ACES 5
CHAPTER TWO — BLINDFOLD POKER DEAL 9
CHAPTER THREE — CARDS OF COINCIDENCE 1 1
CHAPTER FOUR — THREE CARD MONTE 15
CHAPTER FIVE — LARRY GREY'S "CARDS ACROSS" 23
CHAPTER SIX — MORE NOVEL KNOWLEDGE 25
- 1. To Shuffle a Certain Number of Cards Above a Selected Card.
- 2. Plunger Location.
- 3. Card from Pocket.
- 4. Switching a Card in an Envelope.
- 5. Double Lift From Fan.
- 6. Staring Him in the Face.
CHAPTER SEVEN — PALMING 35
- 1. Top Palm.
- 2. To Palm a Card From the Pack With the Gambler's Palm.
- 3. One Handed Palm.
- 4. Second Gambler's Palm.
- 5. Springing a Card into the Gambler's Palm Position.
- 6. Some Useful Notes on Palming.
CHAPTER EIGHT — DEALING SECONDS 48
- 1. Dai Vernon s Second Deal.
- 2. Single Handed Method.
- 3. Dai Vernon s "New Theory ' Second Deal.
- 4. A Quick Trick.
CHAPTER NINE — THE CARD PUZZLE ...... 54
CHAPTER TEN — ANOTHER LARRY GREY TRICK 5 7
CHAPTER ELEVEN — CHANGES 63
- The Top Change.
- The Bottom Change.
- One-Handed Card Change.
- Harry Lorraine's Change For Four Cards.
CHAPTER TWELVE — TWO TRICKS 69
- Dai Vernon's Version of "Everywhere and Somewhere".
- Matching Any Number of Cards.

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