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Lot 3

CANNELL, J.C. (1899 – 1953). The Secrets of Houdini. London...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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CANNELL, J.C. (1899 ? 1953). The Secrets of Houdini. London: Hutchinson & Co., (1931). FIRST EDITION. Publisher?s maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With the uncommon pictorial dust jacket (considerably chipped and worn at folds and extremities). Portrait frontispiece of Houdini, plates and drawings. 8vo. Bookseller ticket of Will Goldston and tiny booklabel of ?Mazirko? the Magical Mystic. Faint foxing, minor wear to page edges; very good or better. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the flyleaf ?To my friend / E.W. Beal / with my Compliments / Horace Goldin / Oct. 1931.?