"Dai Vernon's Ultimate Card Secrets" with Two Dai Vernon Lecture Notes from 1945 Laid In 

VERNON, Dai, subject. GANSON, Lewis, author. Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic. Photographs by Steve Young and Lewis Ganson. Line Drawings by Dennis Patten. Harry Stanley "Unique Magic Studio" London: [N.d., 1968?].

Small quarto. 242, [8] pp. With black and white photographs and line drawings throughout.

Full red faux leather, lettered in gilt on spine. Original dust jacket. Jacket with tape repair to at top of spine and some edge wear. Overall, a very good copy.

[Along with]:

Two Dai Vernon Lecture Notes

VERNON, Dai. Dai Vernon Lecture: Ball, Cone and Handkerchief.  Also contains "Gemini Cards" and "A Chinese Classic." Dated November 29, 1946. 

Six pages, typed. With 3 pages of black and white illustrations. Pages a bit yellowed and with one drip spot. Otherwise, a very good and early Dai Vernon piece of history.

VERNON, Dai. Vernon's 5 Choice & Original Impromptu Problems $3.00. [N.d., ca, 1940's]. 

5, [1] pp. Contains a few other tricks as well. Pencil illustrations of the tricks throughout. Pages browned, taped and chipping. 

*This came from a large collection once belonging to amateur magician Phil Herzog, which was then purchased by Ben Weinstein, Con Man and Magic collector and owner of the Heritage Book Shop in Los Angeles for over 52 years.

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