Al Baker's Pet Secrets-Carl W; Jonew Publ-1951-2nd Edition-Hard Cover-vFINE-Af

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Al Baker's Pet Secrets-Carl W; Jones Publ-1951-2nd Edition-Hard Cover-vFINE-
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ITEM: Hard cover book, Al Baker's Pet Secrets, a Carl W; Jones Publication, 1951, 2nd Edition, Hard Cover.
Baker shares some of routines and methods that made him one of the most prolific inventors and authors in magic.
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Contents
:
3 Foreword (Dai Vernon)
7 Introduction (Jean Hugard)
9
Chapter 1 Hair Magic
9 Hair Secrets
11 The Baker General Utility Hook-Up
12 The Double Ended Hook-Up
12 Double-Breasted Hook-Up
13 The Balancing Card
14 The Card from the Hat
16 The Deck that Cuts Itself
18 The Simplex Rising Card
20 The Rising Ring
21 The Grandfather Clock Trick
22 Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
25
Chapter 2 Thread Magic
25 The Al Baker Arabian Beads
29 Floating Glass of Milk
31 The Hindu Thread Trick
35 Coin Production
36 Chapter 3 Rope Magic
36 The Instantaneous Visible Restoration
36 The Al Baker Lightning Pull
39 The Doctor Cuts a Rope
39 Ring and Tape Penetration
40 Variation on Stretching a Rope
42
Chapter 4 Card Magic
42 The Jet-Propelled Card
47 Double Impossibility
49 Color Flight
51 The Spectator Does The Trick
53 The Impossible Force
55 The Baker 'Readers'
56 Mental Discernment
57 The Lie Detector
57 Long-Distance Telepathy
57 The Clairvoyant Spectator
58 How to Force a Card
58 The Card Between Glass Plates (Baker Improvement)
59 Jumbo Switch
61 Giant Gambling
62
Chapter 5 Mental Magic
62 Double Thought
64 One-Man Billet Reading
64 The Baker Billet Switch
66 Center Tear Tip
67 Mental Masterpiece
69 The Telepathic Miracle
75
Chapter 6 Money Magic
75 The Baker Bill Tear
77 The Stack of Quarters (New Method)
80 The Vanishing Quarter
81 Fun With the Money-Making Machine
82 Dime and Penny Gag
83 The Bill in the Borrowed Lemon
85
Chapter 7 Magic from Another World
85 The Baker Spirit Photo
90 Magnetisn't
91
Chapter 8 Various Magic
91 The Baker Chewing Gum Trick
95 Finesse With the Dye Tube
99 The Vanishing Glass of Water
101 Salt Flight
102 Silk Transportation
103 Sugar Cube Vanish
104 Goldfish Production
107 Bar Trick Fooler
108 Egg Finale
108 Rabbit Production
110 The Obedient Snake
110 The Short Highball
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Al Baker
(September 4, 1874 - October 24, 1951) was a professional magician born in Poughkeepsie, New York. Baker was known by most of his magical contemporaries as an outstanding M.C., author, and inventor.
By the time Baker was 21, he was already working in
Vaudeville
as magician and ventriloquist. Later he was performer at Coney Island as a
Chautauqua
&
Lyceum
headliner, where he also had a photo studio.
Al Baker was one of the greatest entertainers in magic and combined original effects with a natural sense of humor. His stage act consisted of the following: Cake in the hat, Card from the hat, dyeling silks, Knot in the silk, The Pack that cuts itself, thirty card trick, & torn and restored paper napkin.
Baker was an inventor of many tricks that he marketed including his Dictionary Test, Al Baker Slates and his version of the Rice bowls. Many of his silk magic effects were included in Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic. One of his creations was the
Purse Frame
.
Baker opened a magic shop with Martin Sunshine in Times Square.
Honors and Awards
Dean of the
Society of American Magicians
from 1941-1951.
Bibliography
Books
Al Baker's Book One
(1933)
Al Baker's Book Two
(1935)
Magical Ways and Means
(1941)
Mental Magic
(1949)
Pet Secrets
(1951)
Manuscripts
The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript
(Ca. 1923) (A mimeographed pirated version titled "This will open your eyes: Al Baker's Exclusive Twenty-five dollar Manuscript" was released around 1951)
Al Baker's Pack
(1932)
Cardially Yours
(1934)
Effects 1, 2, 3
(Ca. 1939)
Card Trio
(1948)
DATE:  1951, second edition
SIZE:  6 1/8 by 9 1/4  inches, 111 pages, in red cloth hard covers.
COND:  All in otherwise Fine, almost Mint condition. Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
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