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Baker, Al. Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Al Baker. Jamaica, N.Y.: Irving Desfor, ca. 1940. Classic half-length portrait of the humorist, author, magician, and ventriloquist performing the Rising Cards. 8 x 10”. Photographer’s stamp to verso. Inscribed and signed “To my good friend Carl Jones / Al Baker / Sept. 26 1941.” Carl Jones published many influential magic books, including two of Baker’s: Magical Ways & Means, and Al Baker’s Mental Magic.