Winter Magic Auction
Sat, Dec 16, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Dec 17, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 307
A Magician Among the Spirits. Signed Twice by Houdini.
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400
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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). A Magician Among the Spirits. Signed Twice by Houdini. New York: Harper & Bros., 1924. First Edition. Inscribed and signed on the title page: “To Jean Jaffe with best wishes from Houdini/June 20—1924/It has taken 30 years of my life to be to place the covers embracing my researches [“em” in “embracing corrected on line below]. Signed again, “Houdini,” on the dedication page. First inscription partly browned from news clipping (obituary of magician F.E. Powell) mounted to facing pastedown. Frontispiece, plates. 8vo. Heavy pencil notations to half-title in unknown hand, ink stain to top edge at start, otherwise fine.
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