Baker, Roy: Baker's Brainwaves
©1981 Roy Baker, Supreme Magic, England
Hardcover, w/dj, 160 pages
Comments (contents courtesy Dietrich Keller, http://magicbooks.be)
Contents:
2 Dedication
5 Publisher's Preface (Dennis Hopper)
7 Contents
9 Foreword
11 Section One - Card Chicanery
12 Spectator's "Impossible" Divination
13 Chance-It!
14 Spot On!
16 Bewitched
17 Spooky Sunday
21 Flash Card
22 Betyatis
25 Section Two – Roy's Cunning Close-Ups
26 Non-Stop Stopper
27 Torn-lit Cig
28 The Match Fountain
30 Hokey Pokey
32 Condi-Mental
33 Sneaky Snake
34 The Missing Link
35 Spoonerism
36 A Date to Remember
37 Stamp-It
39 A Cheeky Cigarette Move
40 Crazy Coin Penetration
42 The Reversing Mirror
43 Frozen Flame
44 Stars at your Fingertips
47 Section Three – Children's Delight
49 Big Ears and the Princess
53 The One that Didn't get Away
55 Kids' Kracker Korner
58 Santa's Stocking
60 Fun's A-Buzzing
63 Golly Golly
66 Poly-Tulip
68 Jack & the Chocolate-Bean Stalk
70 Santa´s Whiskers
72 The Soldier Who Lost His Head
74 Tan-Tan The Tangerine Man
76 It's a Fair Cop
78 The Go-Cum Car
80 Tizard The Wizard
83 Section Four - Squeeze Pack Sorcery
84 Lota Vase
85 Organ Pipes
85 Thimbles
86 Nonspill Beaker Routine
87 Glass Holdout
88 Cake-Making
89 New Aquarius
90 Milk Vanish
90 Liquid, Silk & Streamers
93 Section Five - Make-Em laugh!
94 Jest For a Giggle
96 All My Own Work
98 Egbert Egghead, The Quiz Kid
100 That's Storking
101 Telephone Caper
103 Drunk Again & Sharpahooter
105 Blindfold Card Discovery
106 Funny Funnel Fun
107 Follow My Colour
109 The Blindfold Paper Tear
111 The Boxers
113 Buttons and Bows
115 Section Six - Magic-Mix
116 20th Century Cracker
118 All Alive-0!
119 Mood Music for Magic
121 Plasti-Mat Opener
122 Supa-Safe Rice Bowls
125 Canned Milk and Finger Ring
127 A Penny for Your Thoughts
129 Thimblicity Change
130 In the Glasshouse
132 Come-Silk
133 Wham!
134 Aerosol Mentalism
135 Nu-Slant Burnt Note
137 Topsy Turvy Tot
139 "Canned" and "Canned Again"
142 How Now, Grant's Cow
144 Not A Chance
147 Visi-Tration
148 It's Quicker by Tube
150 Kapowee
152 Choppa-Bloon
155 Encore Penetration
157 The Porous Die
| Owner | Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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| Location | Magic Library (Home) |
| Index | 3836 |
| Added Date | Feb 24, 2019 20:08:56 |
| Modified Date | Apr 06, 2026 14:21:06 |
| Book Condition | Mint |
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Roy Baker
England: fl.1950s-80s; died 10th November 2006)
Stage name of Geoffrey R. H. Hursell, aka "Zaharee". Pro performer (with hyp act) and mail order dealer (in Rainham, Kent). Invented the Fez Egg Bag (Abdul's Fez) by late 1960s. See Hugh Miller, Baker's Bonanza (1969). Wrote Baker’s Capers (1983).
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Roy Baker
Born: Geoffrey Roy Herbert Hursell
1921
Kentucky, New South Wales, England
Died: November 10, 2006
Reinham, Kent, England
Roy Baker (1921-2006) was the stage name of Geoffrey R.H. Hursell, a British magician, hypnotist and mentalist, also known for his comedy magic.
Biography
Using the name Zaharee, he was a regular contributor to Abra and other magic magazine. Under his own name, Hursell, Baker published a short lived magazine called IT.
Baker was the inventor of the P.A.T.E.O. Force described page 39 in his book Baker's Bonanza.
Books
Baker's Bonanza by Hugh Miller (1968)
Yell-up for Kids (1977)
Baker's Brainwaves (1981)
Baker's Capers (1983)
References
Cover, The Gen, Vol. 20, No. 1, May 1964, from THE GEN desk… by Lewis Ganson, page 3
Cover, The Gen, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 1968, from THE GEN desk… by Lewis Ganson, page 25
Genii Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 1, January 2007, Genii Speaks, Roy Baker died, page 13
The Linking Ring, Vol. 87, No. 3, March 2007, Broken Wand, Geoffrey R.H. (Roy Baker) Hursell, by Ian Adair, page 113
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