1951
Written by Clayton Rawson
Work of Al Baker
111 pages (Hardcover), published by Carl Waring Jones
Illustrated with drawings by Clayton Rawson
Language: English
73 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Dai Vernon Foreword
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Jean Hugard Introduction
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1: Hair Magic
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Al Baker Hair Secrets
  • What to use
  • Where to get it
  • Color
  • Length
  • How to keep it
  • Substitutes for hair
  • Nylon thread
  • Wax, magician's wax
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Al Baker The Baker General Utility Hook-up
VariationsAlso published here 11
Al Baker The Double-Ended Hook-up
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Al Baker, Dr. Jacob Daley The Double-Breasted Hook-up
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Al Baker The Balancing Card card stands upright on performer's palm, thread
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Al Baker The Card from the Hat thread
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Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
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Al Baker The Simplex Rising Cards thread
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Al Baker The Rising Ring thread, wand
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Al Baker The Grandfather Clock Trick large clock pendulum moves, thread
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Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
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2: Thread Magic
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Al Baker The Al Baker Arabian Beads pearls taken from thread re-thread by themselves
VariationsAlso published here 25
Al Baker The Al Baker Arabian Beads: Repeat Method
Inspired byAlso published here 28
Al Baker Floating Glass of Milk thread
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Al Baker The Hindu Thread Trick
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Al Baker Coin Production threaded stack of coins
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3: Rope Magic
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Al Baker The Instantaneous Visible Restoration pull
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Al Baker The Al Baker Lightning Pull
VariationsAlso published here 36
Dr. Jacob Daley The Doctor Cuts a Rope finessed display
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Al Baker Ring and Tape Penetration
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Al Baker Variation on Stretching a Rope
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4: Card Magic
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Al Baker The Jet-Propelled Card unsigned but fair selection vanishes, to nest of envelopes
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Al Baker Double Impossibility cards are fairly chosen, leave deck, appear in performers hand
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Al Baker Color Flight envelopes, paired double cards
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Al Baker The Spectator Does The Trick four cards chosen from one deck by four spectators, another spectator cuts a second deck and the four cards at that spot match selections
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Al Baker Double-Ended Case to add cards to deck
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Clayton Rawson The Impossible Force spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
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Al Baker The Baker "Readers" Angel-Back brand
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Al Baker Mental Discernment marked
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Al Baker The Lie Detector marked
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Al Baker Long-Distance Telepathy marked
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Al Baker The Clairvoyant Spectator marked
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Al Baker How to Force a Card finesse, four cards under break
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Al Baker The Card between Glass Plates "Baker Improvement"
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Al Baker Jumbo Switch stand prop
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Al Baker Giant Gambling royal flush
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5: Mental Magic
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Al Baker Double Thought two spectators open deck in another room to choose a card, performer divines them, accordion-connected triples
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Al Baker One-Man Billet Reading
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Al Baker The Baker Billet Switch
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Al Baker Center Tear Tip
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Al Baker Mental Masterpiece performer duplicates words written by spectator
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Al Baker The Telepathic Miracle "A Two-Person Mental Act"
design or word duplication by medium
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6: Money Magic
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Al Baker The Baker Bill Tear impromptu
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Al Baker The Stack of Quarters "New Method"
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Al Baker The Vanishing Quarter using ring and two playing cards and shell
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Al Baker Fun with the Money-Making Machine ideas for this prop
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Al Baker Dime and Penny Gag for magicians only
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Al Baker The Bill in the Borrowed Lemon gaffed knife
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7: Magic from Another World
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Al Baker The Baker Spirit Photo "freely" chosen person appears on paper as photograph
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Al Baker The Force Deck to force a number
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Al Baker Magnetisn't with animation
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8: Various Magic
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Al Baker The Baker Chewing Gum Trick card to borrowed chewing gum
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Al Baker Finesse with the Dye Tube great steal for gimmick
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Al Baker The Vanishing Glass of Water
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Al Baker Salt Flight from hand to container
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Al Baker Silk Transposition two glasses with silks
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Al Baker Sugar Cube Vanish
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Al Baker Goldfish Production sixth finger
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Al Baker Bar Trick Fooler finesse, coloring substance hanging from a thread
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Al Baker Egg Finale gag with egg and glass
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Al Baker Rabbit Production from gathered-up paper coils
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Al Baker The Obedient Snake snake basket version
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Al Baker The Short Highball visible enlargment
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Data entered by Denis Behr.