Magical Ways and Means

Sixty Tricks by Al Baker

Second 1946 edition used
1941
Written by Al Baker
Work of Al Baker
135 pages (Hardcover), published by Carl Waring Jones
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Harlan Tarbell
Language: English
86 entries
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Elmer P. Ransom Foreword
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Al Baker Introduction
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Chapter One: Cards
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Al Baker A Lesson in Magic three cards, they travel back in second phase
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Al Baker Palm Replacement context of cards across
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Al Baker Undercount from left-hand dealing position into right hand one on top of the next, double push
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Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Bottom Palm no credit
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Al Baker The Magician at Home thread, on the floor/carpet
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Al Baker Red-Black Transposition envelopes
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Al Baker One Deck Do as I Do
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Al Baker The Torn and Restored Paper Napkin
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Al Baker The Half Card and Cigarette Trick
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Al Baker Cigarette Switch in the hands
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Al Baker The Ambitious Card - Two Novel Methods two phases
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Alexander Herrmann, Al Baker Herrmann's Vanish of a Fan of Cards pull
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Al Baker "Roughing" It recipe & comments
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Al Baker Outguessing the Spectator thought-of Numbers, two spectator, roughed deck
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Al Baker Improved Card Code for Two Persons verbal and nonverbal
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Al Baker The Walking and Jumping Card thread
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Al Baker The Flapless Envelope Switch "Baker Method"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 26
Al Baker The Knife Dial to find a card in the spread
Related toAlso published here 28
Al Baker Slipping the Cut - Table Method "Baker Improvement"
Draw Shift variation
VariationsAlso published here 29
Al Baker The Swinging Rising Cards "The Baker Method for Club Work"
with hanging houlette
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Al Baker Poker Face short card, cards found as they are riffled before the spectators' eyes
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Scallop Short Card
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Al Baker Miniature Card in Balloon
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Chapter Two: Coins and Bills
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Al Baker The Magical Filtration of Four Half Dollars
  • 1. Passage of the First Coin
  • 2. Passage of the Second Coin
  • 3. Passage of the Third Coin
  • 4. Passage of the Fourth Coin
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Al Baker Baker Steal
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Al Baker The Stack of Quarters
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Al Baker The Rising Coin - Baker Method coin dropped in glass, rises out and drops out, thread
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Al Baker Bending a Half Dollar
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Al Baker A Dinner Table Trick coin through tablecloth
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Al Baker A Knotty Problem into handkerchief held by spectator in which spectator tied a knot
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Al Baker Dollar Bill and Cigarette
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Al Baker Cigarette Switch in-the-hands
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Al Baker The Erectile Dollar Bill lengthwise folded bill moves to stand upright, thread attached to thumb tip
VariationsAlso published here 50
Al Baker The Dollar Bill Switch in envelope
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Al Baker Envelopes and Coin in paper and three envelopes
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Chapter Three: Silks
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Al Baker The Twentieth Century Silk Trick - Baker Method with dye tube and paper cornucopia
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Al Baker Phantom Tube - Baker Presentation
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Al Baker Spirits At Work thread, unknotting with short knot sequence
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Al Baker A Silk Force colored silks
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Al Baker The Knot that just Won't
VariationsAlso published here 64
Al Baker The Sympathetic Silks "Streamline Version", four silks
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Al Baker The Count counting four silks separately while two are knotted
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Al Baker False Knot for two Silks knotting two silks together
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Chapter Four: Ropes
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Al Baker Give a Magician enough Rope and... "A Stage Version of the Popular Cut and Restored Rope Effect"
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Al Baker A Rope Interlude thread, unknotting rope
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Chapter Five: Mind Reading
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Al Baker Cooperative Conjuring with (forcing) dice, between ten and thirty
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Al Baker ACME Mindreading Effect name of card written on paper, impression
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Al Baker Seeing Through Solid Matter numbers written on slate which is wrapped up, assistant can name total and numbers
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Al Baker A Super-Superprediction person names card which magician has transfered to another deck, roughed
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Al Baker Concentration spectator crimps his card without knowing
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Al Baker Al Baker Number Force with cards, waxed or roughed
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Al Baker The Baker Slate Easel for appearing writing
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Al Baker Any Telephone Book Test number adding
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Al Baker The Number and Book Test numbers on billets in changing bag
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Chapter Six: Mnemonics
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Al Baker The Saturday Evening Post Feat using memory, magazine test
  • First Method
  • Second Method
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Al Baker Phenomenal Memory
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Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
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Al Baker The Celebrity Feat stooge codes celebrity name with playing cards
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Al Baker The Polish Psychic number coded through name over phone
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Al Baker Living and Dead Test Plus with assistent, number total, code
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Al Baker A Miracle of Memory using real memory, about thirteen cards are removed
VariationsAlso published here 104
Al Baker The Pairs Re-Paired - New Baker Method using memory, for credit information see reference
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Chapter Seven: The Linking Rings
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Al Baker Linking Rings Opening starting with eight ring chain, thread and really linked rings
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Al Baker The Linking Rings "The Baker Opening Routine and Some Novel Moves"
  • The Addition of the Key Ring
  • 1. With the Key Ring, Regular Single Ring, and Small Ring
  • 2. With the Set of Three and a Regular Ring
  • 3. With Two Singles and the Key Ring
  • 4. With Two Single Rings
  • 5. To Apparently Link a Solid Single Ring on a Chain of Three
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Al Baker Thread Links without key, several methods in the routine
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Al Baker The Addition of the Key Ring using jacket
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Chapter Eight: Specialties
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Al Baker Levitation of a Glass of Liquid clings to silk, thread
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Al Baker The Naomi Goldfish Bowl Production
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Al Baker Ink Filtration - Baker Method from pitcher to glass on table
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Al Baker Welded Flash Paper
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Al Baker The Glass Penetration penetrating a sheet of glass, standard prop with finessed handling
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Al Baker The Flying Match Head
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Al Baker Kiddie Party Slate name of two children appears on slates, preshow, flap slate contruction
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Al Baker The Quick and the Dead "With the Baker Pellet Switch"
living and dead test with reading of dead name, finger tip
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Al Baker Baker Pellet Switch
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Al Baker The Cut and Restored Necktie using change bag
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Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2022.