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The Magic Collection of Ray Goulet

Thu, Mar 28, 2019 09:30PM EDT
Lot 393

Life and Adventures of Houdini, Containing an Account of His Famous Test with Weed Chain Tire Grips [cover title].

Estimate: $200 - $400

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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Life and Adventures of Houdini, Containing an Account of His Famous Test with Weed Chain Tire Grips [cover title]. N.p., ca. 1907. Yellow pictorial wraps showing Houdini shackled to tires. Illustrated. 8vo. 62pp. A defective copy, one gathering (8 leaves) re-bound and supplied in facsimile; tears to lower wrapper from label removal. Sold as is. A note from John Bushey, the former owner, suggests the missing gathering may have been originally omitted by the printer.