Legendary? Nah, that’s a bit of an overstatement.
A legend is usually just a tall tale with a sprinkle of truth.
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks are the genuine article.
When Bruce Cervon relocated to Los Angeles to soak up knowledge from the great Dai Vernon, he started jotting down everything he learned from the Professor and his magic mates. He didn’t stop there—he meticulously documented his own original tricks, many of which he kept for his professional gigs. Over the years, these notebooks expanded like a magician’s ego, and while Bruce kept them under wraps, the buzz around Cervon’s Castle Notebooks grew among magic’s elite (and rightly so).
These notebooks birthed five volumes of Cervon’s own magic and three volumes of The Vernon Chronicles. And this is just scratching the surface! The Castle Notebooks are jam-packed with material Bruce intended for future volumes on Vernon and himself, plus a treasure trove of card cheating techniques (thanks, Vernon), unpublished gems from magic luminaries, and Bruce’s own routines that the world was yet to see. We're talking over 1500 pages of pure magic madness.
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks are essentially the holy grail for anyone delving into close-up magic from the golden era of the Magic Castle. Inside, you'll find an abundance of tricks, sleights, and secrets that Bruce kept under wraps for yonks—many of which still outshine today's flashy offerings. Honouring Bruce's wish for this information to remain exclusive, his wife, Linda Lipps Cervon, alongside L&L Publishing, is releasing these notebooks in a stunning facsimile set of hardcover books. Every page? Scanned right from the original handwritten notes.
Volume 5
This volume features notebooks 12 and 13, crafted from 1969 through 1987.
Also includes an index for all 5 volumes.
403 pages
"The Cervon Notebooks are almost like being at some of the most fascinating magic sessions of the 20th century. The material Vernon shared in itself is quite astonishing."
- Eugene Burger
"The Bruce Cervon Notebooks are pure gold! I'm finding fascinating information with the turn of every page! Part of the fun is uncovering the buried treasures hidden inside."
- Bill Malone
"Digging through these pages is an opportunity that virtually no one imagined would ever be possible. But it is, and it's worth digging as there are gems to be discovered."
- Max Maven
