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Featuring the collection of magic bibliographer Stephen Forrester, this premier sale will feature highlights from his library of rare, old, and unusual conjuring books from the seventeenth century to the present day. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 246

CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944). Houdini Unlocked. [Los Angeles...

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CULLITON, Patrick (b. 1944). Houdini Unlocked. [Los Angeles]: Kieran Press, 1997. Two volumes. Publisher’s full orange cloth pictorially stamped in black and gold, in matching orange cloth slipcase as issued. From the LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies. Profusion of illustrations and photographs. 4to. Near fine. Sold with the paperback reprint of Houdini’s Strange Tales edited by Culltion, and two audio tapes of the work dramatized by Culliton.

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