Winter Magic Sale
Sat, Dec 3, 2016 11:00AM EST - Sun, Dec 4, 2016 11:00AM EST
Lot 247
A Magician Among the Spirits
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
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| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). A Magician Among the Spirits. New York, 1924. First Edition. Publisher’s gilt-stamped cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Houdini with Conan Doyle. With a typed letter signed, “Houdini,” to Charles Pryse, mounted on the flyleaf, inviting Pryse to call him to arrange for an appointment. Gelatin silver print photograph of Houdini at a séance table mounted on the opposite pastedown. On the rear pastedown, a clipping from the New York Times of the same photo, annotated below in an unknown hand with the identity of the other man at the table. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. A fine copy, the spine slightly rubbed at head, a few pencil annotations.
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