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He was born on September 4, 1874 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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Learn the tricks of magic of the mind, teach yourself the art of illusion, appear to read your friends and families minds. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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(Al Baker is known all over the world as the fairest, most...)
Al Baker is known all over the world as the fairest, most charming and wittiest man in magic. Magical Ways and Means, Sixty Tricks by Al Baker. Contains Al Baker& tricks on cards, coins, and bills, silks, ropes, mindreading, mnemonics, and his specialties on levitation of a glass of liquid, ink filtration, cut and restored necktie, the flying match head, the quick and the dead (with Baker Pellet Switch), and more!. Ninety-two drawings by Dr. Harlan Tarbell and Forty-seven photographs by Irving Desfor.
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He was born on September 4, 1874 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Al 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. Al Baker opened a magic shop with Martin Sunshine in Times Square.
Al Baker also regularly contributed to The Sphinx and other magic magazines. Al Baker was known by most of his magical contemporaries as an outstanding M.C., author, and inventor. By the time he was 21 was working in vaudeville as magician and ventriloquist.
Though he was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua & Lyceum headliner, he also had a photo studio there. He was Dean of the Society of American Magicians from 1941 to 1951. In 1951 Al Baker wrote a book called Pet Secrets, where he had the American mystery writer, Clayton Rawson draw all his illustrations.
He died on October 24, 1951. Al Baker's dry humor and tongue in cheek approach to his advice to other magicians is timeless. Al Baker was once quoted saying, "No matter how bad the show, or how little the kids, or how hard it is to get their attention, take a live rabbit and coil of paper out of your hat and you're safe."
The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript (Ca 1929)
Al Baker's Pack (1932)
Cardially Yours (1934)
THOUGHT TRANSCRIPTIONS by AL.Baker Jan 11th (1938)
Effects 1, 2, 3 (Ca 1939)
Card Trio (1948)
The Secret Ways of Al Baker by Miracle Factory Books (2003).
(Learn the tricks of magic of the mind, teach yourself the...)
(Al Baker is known all over the world as the fairest, most...)