Literature of Legerdemain
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Lot 320
HOUDINI, Harry (Erich Weisz, 1874 – 1926). The Unmasking of...
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HOUDINI, Harry (Erich Weisz, 1874 – 1926). The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York: The Publishers Printing Co., 1908. First edition. Brown cloth decorated in white and black. Frontispiece portrait of Houdini behind tissue, plates. 8vo. Cloth rubbed, old cellotape to illustration list and index tipped-in at rear, else very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the flyleaf, “Best wishes, Harry Houdini / Be Sure to read at least the introduction/ Xmas 1919.”
Update: A second Houdini autograph, in pencil, appears on one of the final leaves of the book.
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