Baker, Al

Book

1933
Written by Al Baker
Work of Al Baker

39 pages (Paperback), published by Max Holden
Illustrated with drawings by Clayton Rawson*
Language: English

18 entries

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Al Baker	To My Friends, Magic Lovers		Also published here To My Friends, Magic Lovers (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	6	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Al Baker	Al Baker's Pack That Cuts itself	thread	Also published here The Pack that cuts itself (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Haunted Deck / Thread
Al Baker	The One Man "Lights Up" Seance	tie for hands	Also published here The One-Man "Lights Up" Seance (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	9	Rope / Knots for Escapes Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
Al Baker	A Card and A Number	number free, card forced from a second deck	Also published here Al Baker's Nikola Miracle (Al Baker, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) also in: A Card and A Number (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations A Card and A Number - 2nd Method (Al Baker, Al Baker's Second Book, 1935) also in: A Card and A Number - Second Method (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) A Card and A Number - Take Three (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) … and 2 more	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Al Baker	Al Baker's Pet Hat Trick	hat as a utility prop to exchange billets or other things	Also published here Al Baker's Pet Hat Trick (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	12	Bill / Number-Reading Billet / Switches Clothing / Hat
Al Baker	Al Baker's Rising Cards		Also published here Al Baker's Rising Cards (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	14	Cards / Principles / Thread Work Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Thread
Al Baker	Feel My Pulse		Also published here Feel My Pulse! (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	17	Numbers / Thought Reading and similar
Al Baker	The Al Baker Wrist Tie	through spectator's arm	Also published here The Al Baker Wrist Tie (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	18	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
Al Baker	The Impossible Discovery	forcing deck, two deck switches	Also published here In der Tasche des Zuschauers (Al Baker, Hokus Pokus, 1976) also in: Dans la poche du spectateur (Al Baker, Hokus Pokus, 1976) The Impossible Discovery (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations Baker's Impossible Discovery - FB Improvement (Frederick Braue, The Fred Braue Notebooks, 1985)	21	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck or Bank Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	Pocket Switch	twice in context	Also published here Pocket Switch (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	21	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / In context of Routine Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	Cards of Thought		Also published here Cards of Thought (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)
Al Baker	Al Baker's Addition Trick	with assistent, code	Also published here Ein Mentaleffekt von Al Baker (Al Baker, Hokus Pokus, 1976) also in: Une expérience de mentalisme de Al Baker (Al Baker, Hokus Pokus, 1976) Al Baker's Addition Trick (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	25	Numbers / Thought Reading and similar Propless / Coding / Using Assistant
Al Baker	Another Rope is Cut and Restored!		Also published here Another Rope is Cut and Restored! (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	27	Rope / Cut & Restored
Al Baker	The Finger Points	reading body language, thought-of card	Also published here The Finger Points (Al Baker, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: The Finger Points (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Tells & Body Language
Al Baker	The Matchmakers	two cards torn, spectator sort out the pieces face down, pedestal prop	Also published here The Matchmakers (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Props & Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	"Say When!"	two cards, partial forcing deck	Also published here "Say When!" (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Now! (Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1944) Mentalex? (Theodore Annemann, Annemann's Buried Treasures*, 1952)	32	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck or Bank Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Al Baker	Al Baker's Billet Mystery	three billets, envelopes, including the umbrella move	Also published here Al Baker's Billet Mystery (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Your Thought (Cyril Marriott, The Phoenix, 1944) Handling Billets (Malcolm Davison, Magic of the Mind, 1960) … and 1 more	33	Billet / Readings Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Billet / Switches
Al Baker	The Self Unknotting Handkerchief	thread, not fixed to body	Also published here The Self-Unknotting Handkerchief (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	38	Silk & Handkerchief / Animation

Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2022.

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