Bruce Cervon's research archive of Dai Vernon's lif

Cervon, Bruce (Bruce Cernava). Archive of Bruce Cervon Correspondence. Spanning roughly 1965 – 67, and addressed to Faucett Ross and Frank Csuri. Cervon, who at the time had recently relocated to Lo

[Recordings] Archive of Larry Jennings’ Audio and Video Cassettes. Both commercially-produced and privately recorded, and including audio and video recordings of Jennings, Dai Vernon, and other prom

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Cigar box and magic props owned by Dai Vernon. Vintage Bering-brand cigar box signed and inscribed on the lid “Property of Dai Vernon/Magic Castle 196

Bruce Lenny Remarkable Lenny Bruce Archive, On Comedy Acts, Gigs, Clowns, and Jazz Pianists Small archive of autograph letters inscribed and signed by controversial comedian and writer Lenny Bruce (19

Vernon, Dai. Group of Dai Vernon Ephemera, Some Signed. Including a 1975 Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) from Vernon on personal stationery together with the hand-addressed envelope, in which Vernon dis

Photograph of the “Inner Circle” [Dai Vernon, Cardini, Charlie Miller, Al Baker, Arthur Finley, and Others]. Circa 1940s. Silver print on thick paper, showing the seven men gathered around a table

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon’s Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic. Tahoma: L&L Publishing, 1995. Number 8 from the limited, deluxe edition, bound in gilt stamped black leather with matching slipcase. 4to.

Ganson, Lewis. The Dai Vernon Book of Magic. Tahoma: L&L Publishing, 1994. Number 4 from the limited, deluxe edition, bound in gilt stamped black leather with matching slipcase. 4to. Fine condition. S

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon’s Inner Card Trilogy. Tahoma: L&L Publishing, 1996. Number 4 from the limited, deluxe edition, bound in gilt stamped black leather with matching slipcase. 4to. Fine conditi

Fitzkee, Dariel and Fred Braue. Dai Vernon. The First California Lecture. Oakland, 1978. Frank Csuri’s copy, his name gilt-stamped on the buckram cover, being number 14 of 100 first edition, with pi

[Vernon, Dai] Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon’s Tribute to Nate Leipzig. London: Harry Stanley, (1958). Publisher’s cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. Inscribed and signed by Vernon to John Scarne on th

Vernon, Dai. Portrait of Dai Vernon Fanning Cards. Circa 1948. Oversize half-length portrait of The Professor in a tweed coat performing a pressure fan with a pack of cards, a grin on his face. 11 x 1

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Four Dai Vernon Postcards. 1960. Written by Vernon to Frank Csuri, who chronicled much of Vernon’s magic in his famous notebooks. Vernon writes on var

Pencil Portrait of Dai Vernon. Circa 1978. Original sketch of Vernon, signed “Jeffrey O.”, commissioned for the cover of The First California Lecture (Oakland, 1978). Oval-cut mat. Sketched area a

Vernon, Dai. Two Photographs of Dai Vernons Hands. Circa 1933. Both show Vernon from the neck down, cards spread on the table before him, the mechanics of a shift being executed in his hands. Each 3 3

Vernon, Dai. Limited Edition Dai Vernon Playing Cards. Congress Playing Cards, June, 1982. Being four sealed packs of cards commemorating Vernon’s 88th birthday, housed in the original custom displa

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig. London: Harry Stanley, ca. 1960. First Edition. Publisher's cloth, illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Inscribed and Signed by Dai Vernon. Lacking j

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernons Inner Secrets of Card Magic. Bideford: Supreme Magic, 1976. Cloth with jacket. Illustrated. 8vo. Inscribed and signed on the flyleaf by Vernon to Mike Sinclair. Binding clea

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon’s Ultimate Card Secrets. London: Harry Stanley, ca. 1967. Publisher’s pebbled red buckram, pictorial dust-wrapper. Inscribed and signed on the flyleaf: “Best magical wi

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Dai Vernon Course in Magic Postcard. San Francisco, 1947. Printed advertising postcard for Vernon’s lecture held at the El Jardin by S.A.M. Assembly N

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig. London: Harry Stanley, ca. 1960. First edition. Publisher's cloth with pictorial jacket. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Inscribed and signed on

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernons Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic. Bideford: Supreme Magic, (1978). Cloth with jacket. Illustrated. 8vo. Inscribed and signed on the flyleaf by Vernon to Mike (Sinclair).

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernons More Inner Secrets of Card Magic. Bideford: Supreme Magic, (1978). Cloth with jacket. Illustrated. 8vo. Inscribed and signed on the flyleaf by Vernon to Mike (Sinclair). Fin

Minch, Stephen . Dai Vernon. The Lost Inner Secrets, 2 vol., 1987; More Lost Inner Secrets, 1988; Further Lost Inner Secrets, 1989, and He Fooled Houdini. Dai Vernon , a Magical Life, 1992, all de lux