[HOUDINI] NVA 1925 Benefit Deluxe Souvenir Program Book. Elaborate souvenir program issued for the May 3, 1925 National Vaudeville Artists benefit held at the New York Hippodrome. Flexible boards embossed in two colors. Full-page gilt portrait of Houdini. Thick and heavy 4to. Shelfworn but intact and in good to very good condition. 

As elaborate a souvenir program as has ever been produced, and in many ways, an encyclopedia of vaudeville personalities of the era. The book is filled with full-page gilt-printed portraits, some with linen finishes, and many in color, depicting the famous vaudeville stars and managers, Houdini included, along with contemporary magicians and variety artists Servais LeRoy, Frank Van Hoven, Leon & Co., Harry Kahne, and Willard, ″the Man who Grows.″