Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins Part III
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Lot 247
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Houdini, Harry. Miracle Mongers and Their Methods. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1920. First edition. Brown cloth stamped in black. Portrait frontispiece of Houdini. Plates. 8vo. Insignificant foxing, else near fine. A handsome example. With a lengthy inscription on the flyleaf: ?To my friend Walter Lippman, Best wishes, Houdini. I did the buried ?alive? in Berlin Germany 1908 ? rebuilt it in 1916 ? & still have apparatus. H. May 27/26.? The book is again signed on the dedication page in ink by Houdini. Lippman, the father of modern journalism, was a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Houdini?s inscription to the famed writer sheds further light on a stunt he infrequently performed, casting some light on the fact that he did present the feat in Germany in 1908, long before a poster advertising it was printed by Strobridge in 1914.
