Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks

Bruce Cervon’s Castle Notebooks – Volume 5

Bruce Cervon’s Castle Notebooks are a landmark collection in the history of close-up magic and card technique. Compiled from decades of detailed personal notes by Bruce Cervon, this facsimile hardcover series preserves material gathered during his time at the Magic Castle and his studies with Dai Vernon.

Volume 5 continues this extensive archive, containing notebooks 12 and 13, written between 1969 and 1987. The material reflects a combination of Vernon-influenced techniques, unpublished professional routines, card handling theory, and methods related to gambling and card cheating, along with Cervon’s own working material.

These notebooks form part of a larger body of over 1,500 pages of original handwritten notes. Much of the content was previously reserved for professional use or never published during Cervon’s lifetime. The material that did appear publicly was only a fraction of what is contained in these notebooks.

This volume also includes a complete index for the full five-volume set, helping readers navigate the broader collection. The material is presented in facsimile format, with scanned pages preserving the original handwritten structure.

The content is primarily focused on advanced close-up magic, particularly card magic and sleight-of-hand techniques from a historically significant period in modern magic.

Details:

• Volume 5 of Bruce Cervon’s Castle Notebooks
• Contains Notebooks 12 and 13 (1969–1987)
• Includes index for the complete 5-volume set
• Facsimile hardcover edition (scanned original notebooks)
• Approx. 403 pages
• Focus on close-up magic and card techniques
• Includes Vernon-related material, gambling sleights, and professional routines
• Historical Magic Castle material

A significant archival resource of close-up magic and card technique from one of the most important periods in modern magic history.