The Magic Collection of David Baldwin
Sat, Oct 29, 2016 12:00PM EDT - Sun, Oct 30, 2016 12:00PM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 342
Magic Up To Date, or Shaw's Magical Instructor (Houdini's Copy)
Estimate: $600 - $900
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[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss)] W.H.J. Shaw. Magic Up To Date, or Shaw’s Magical Instructor [Houdini’s Copy]. Chicago, [1896]. Publisher’s gilt-stamped cloth. Front pastedown bearing an early pictorial bookplate of Houdini’s printed in Gothic purple lettering. Two annotations (“X” marks) on terminal leaf of main text, possibly in Houdini’s hand. Illustrated. 8vo. 104 + 1 (advt). Front cover scuffed, else good.
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