HOUDINI, Harry (pseudonym of WEISS, Ehrich (1874-1926)). A Magician Among the Spirits. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. 8vo. With 16 inserted plates and several intertextual illustrations. [xxii], 1-294 pp. With 2 copies of the Errata tipped-in, one before the Introduction, the other after p. 294. Publishers' full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (binding worn, soiled, gilt almost entirely missing, front hinge starting, text toned, foxed, and occasionally soiled, second Errata sheet a bit loose). Good.FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY HOUDINI ON THE DEDICATION PAGE. Houdini was famously skeptical of spiritualism and mediums, despite being friends (for a time) with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a well-known believer (there is a chapter in this book devoted to Doyle). Houdini exposed various mediums and other spiritualists as frauds, including the Davenport Brothers, Ann O'Delia, Dr. Slade, and more. A few years after this book was published, Houdini and others exposed the famous medium, Mina ?Margery" Crandon, which led to the end of Houdini's friendship with Doyle, who believed in Crandon. Measurements: 12"L x 10"W x 2"H.