Title: Revelation
Author: Dai Vernon
Description: 392 pages measuring 9 by 11 1/2 inches
Hardbound with dust jacket
Published in 2008
Price: Domestic: $65.00 + $5 Postage
Canada: $65 + $24 airmail postage
International: $65.00 + $40 Airmail Postage

It’s not what you think.

This is not a reprint of our 1984 edition of Revelations, Dai Vernon’s legendary annotations for The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase.

This new, over-size book was triggered by the discovery of more than 160 long-lost photographs of Dai Vernon’s hands that were taken in 1961 specifically to illustrate this manuscript. It is as close as you will ever get to a personal session with the Professor.

Includes:

A facsimile reproduction of the entire, original typed Revelation manuscript.

The entire text of The Expert at the Card Table with Vernon’s annotations inserted at the appropriate places illustrated with the newly discovered photos.

Plus more than 100 pages of added material including Vernon’s explanation (with photos) of Topping the Deck, Walter Scott’s Second Deal and Double Belly Cut, the Ping Pong Shift, The Hop, Allen Kennedy’s legendary Center Deal and more.

The book itself measures 9 by 11.5 inches with 392 pages and a beautiful dustjacket designed by Michael Albright. The book is bound in green cloth and stamped with copper foil.

Peek inside "Revelation"

SPECIAL REGULAR EDITION:

The 150 copies of the DELUXE EDITION sold out in four days but because of a problem with the slipcases, we ended up with 150 extra slipcases. The original slipcases would not fit the leather-bound deluxe edition, but (after removing two leather tabs inside the slipcase) they did hold a regular edition without the dust jacket. Because of all the people who were disappointed after missing out on the deluxe edition, we decided to create this SPECIAL REGULAR EDITION.

The SPECIAL REGULAR EDITION consists of a regular copy of the book (without the dust jacket) and tipped onto the title page is the beautiful photo of Dai Vernon taken in 1939 by photographer Hal Phyfe. The book is housed in a beautiful, leather-covered slipcase that has been foil stamped with ?Revelation Dai Vernon.? The contrast of the card-table green cloth on the spine of the book with the rich, green leather on the slip case, looks spectacular.

Make no mistake, these are not deluxe editions. There is no leather on the spine, no limitation number, no dustjacket, and no Dai Vernon playing card. These are special regular editions and the price is $100 plus $5 postage ($24 postage to Canada, $40 International).

For those who have already purchased the regular edition, and are willing to remove that beautiful dust jacket, we will send you a slipcase and the Vernon photo (complete with the double stick tape so it is ready to be applied to the first title page) for $35 plus $3 postage. ($8 postage to Canada, $15 International).