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Sat, Mar 31, 2018 03:30AM EDT
Lot 361

Knotting & Splicing Ropes and Cordage, Signed by Houdini.

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800

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[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz)] Hasluck, Paul (ed.). Knotting & Splicing Ropes and Cordage, Signed by Houdini. London: Cassell & Co., 1913. Green cloth lettered in red and black. Boldly signed by Houdini in blue ink on the printed front flyleaf. Occasional underlining, annotation, and ink drawing in the text, probably by multiple hands. Illustrated. 8vo. Ex-libris stamps of C.R. Tracy. Old coffee-ring stains to rear cover.