HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874?1926). A Magician Among the Spirits. [Beatrice Houdini, Her Book.] New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. FIRST EDITION, THE FIRST COPY OF THE WORK DISTRIBUTED by Houdini to his wife Beatrice. Blue cloth gilt with portrait frontispiece of Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle. Plates. 8vo. Spine faintly toned with caps chipped, rubbing to cloth, old cellotape stains to pastedowns, but very good condition overall.WITH A PAGE-FILLING INSCRIPTION FROM HOUDINI TO HIS WIFE ON THE FLYLEAF: ?The first book / completed. / To my / sweetheart wife / Beatrice / Wilhelmina / and a lot of other name[s] / all endearing to us both / your devoted / husband / Houdini / April 9/1924." Below Houdini's tender inscription is a notation and autograph of his wife: ?Passed Away / Oct. 31 ? 1926 / His sorrowing wife / Beatrice." Affixed to the front pastedown in a stock bookplate INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Beatrice Houdini in ink: ?Beatrice Houdini / wife of the author." Below this plate is another inked inscription: ?Passed away [with an arrow pointing to Beatrice's name] Feb. 11th 1943 / Mrs. Marie Rahner Hinson / Sister of Mrs. Houdini." Additionally, two carbon copy letters dated April 10, 1924, are laid in to the book, each written and SIGNED by Houdini's secretary, Oscar Teale. The letters relate to an illustration published in the book on page 47, showing the arrangement of a room in which D.D. Home purportedly floated about. It was Teale who made the original sketch for the book. A remarkable relic that makes clear the deep personal bond between Houdini and his wife both during their lifetimes and after his death.