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Literature of Legerdemain

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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 325

[HOUDINI]. Group of Nearly 30 Fiction or Non-Fiction Titles...

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[HOUDINI]. Group of Nearly 30 Fiction or Non-Fiction Titles About Houdini. [V.p., ca. 20th – 21st centuries]. 8vos and 4tos. Publisher’s bindings, hardcover and paperback, many in dust jacket where called-for (some occasional wear, soiling, ownership markings). Generally very good or better. Some titles include: Houdini the Untold Story by Milbourne Christopher (later Deluxe limited edition, signed by Maurine Christopher); Houdini’s Last Trick in Read It to Believe It!; Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright; Sherlock Holmes & Harry Houdini in the Adventure of The Pandora Plague; Houdini Lives! A Novel; The Great Houdini; Disappearing Tricks Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century; Houdini’s Book of Magic and Party Pastimes; Houdini’s Paper Magic (fifth printing); The New Revelation by Arthur Conan Doyle (Canadian edition, no jacket); Houdini The Man Who Walked Through Walls (first English edition and later American edition in price-clipped, mounted jacket); Houdini Puzzle Lock (metal puzzle lock – not a book); Houdini Puzzle Box (opening box puzzle); Harry Houdini Master of Magic (Scholastic biography – two copies), and more.

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