Dai Vernon: A Biography

By David Ben. Artist, Magician, Muse. 1894-1941. 2006. Condition: Very Good.

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

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. 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

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. 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. Dai Vernon Silhouette of Magician Bill Arenholz. [New York], 1941. Profile bust silhouette of Arenholz, who performed as "Fu Ling Yu," inventor and builder of various magic props. Togethe

Dai Vernon Hanging Bust. Niagara Falls: Rob Allen, 1984. Vernon in bowtie with cigar, peg-hole on reverse for hanging. Signed, dated, and numbered by the artist at base. 6 long. Minor surface wear; ve

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

Framed SIGNATURE, 1976 SPINNING COIN, and ORIGINAL MAGIC CASTLE POSTCARD. SIGNED by Dai Vernon on the blue mat. Excellent condition, not examined out of frame.

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Dai Vernon Photograph Inscribed to Danny Dew. G.F. Bartlett, ca. 1960s. Linen-finish silver print portrait of Vernon, inscribed and signed in the lower

Photograph of Dai Vernon, Cardini, and Others. Irving Desfor, 1956. Glossy silver print showing Cardini drawing a card from a deck, Vernon looking on just above him. Inscribed on the deck of cards: ��

Vernon, Dai. Portrait of Dai Vernon performing for Chester Morris. Circa 1948. Oversize image of Vernon, back to the camera, performing a card trick for film star and magician Chester Morris, who scra

Vernon, Dai. The Vernon Touch: Writings of Dai Vernon in Genii, 19681991. Genii, 2006. First edition. Black cloth stamped in silver, with jacket. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Very good.

Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Oversized Photo of Dai Vernon. Circa 1960. Classic half-length portrait of Vernon, pack of cards in hand. 20 x 16”. Mounted to board, as issued.

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. The Dai Vernon Book of Magic. London: Harry Stanley, (1978). Cloth with jacket. Illustrated. 8vo. Inscribed and signed on the flyleaf by Vernon to Mike (Sinclair). Light wear to jacket;

Dai Vernon Hanging Bust. Niagara Falls: Rob Allen, 1984. Ceramic caricaturist-style hanging bust (6” long) of Vernon in bowtie with cigar. Signed twice, dated, and numbered by the artist at base. Mi

A Dai Vernon master magician who fooled Houdini signed magaic magazine cover with COA

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

Verner, Jeanne. Danny Dew’s Chinese Mask and Costume. New York, 1940s. Lifelike papier mâché mask handmade by Jeanne Verner, Dai Vernon’s wife. Accompanied by a radiant aqua robe decorated with