£100
Rare 1960s Dai Vernon Card Magic Booklets – 3 First Printings
Slateford, Edinburgh
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£100
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Rare early 1960s first-printing Dai Vernon card magic booklets – classic texts of modern card magic.
For sale is a set of three original vintage booklets written by Lewis Ganson featuring the legendary magician Dai Vernon.
Titles included:
• Inner Secrets of Card Magic
• More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
• Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
First printing details:
• Early 1960s stapled softcover booklets
• Printed in England by Backhouse & Britton, Phoenix Works, Nunhead, Peckham High Street, London S.E.15
• Original pastel covers typical of early Vernon editions
• No later reprint or second edition markings
Condition:
Very good for age (over 60 years old). Pages complete and covers in good condition with normal signs of age.
Collector note:
These books contain classic material from Dai Vernon, often called “The Professor” by magicians. The techniques inside helped shape modern card magic and are still studied today.
Early London printings like these are becoming harder to find, especially as a set.
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