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ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean-Eugène (1805 - 1871). Robert-Houdin, Am...

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ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean-Eug?ne (1805 - 1871). Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author and Conjuror. Written by Himself. London: Chapman and Hall, [1870]. Fourth edition. Original pictorial boards. 8vo. Binding worn, scuffed, front board nearly detached, some worm-holes to boards, some foxing in text, a few gutters overopened. With Dawes? bookplate on front pastedown. Fair condition for this uncommon edition of the ?father of modern magic?s? memoirs. Toole Stott 1166.