The Collection of Jim Rawlins Part II
Sat, May 25, 2019 03:30AM EDT
Lot 335
The Ghost! As Produced in the Spectre Drama? by the Apparatus called the Dircksian Phantasmagoria.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz) Dircks, Henry. The Ghost! As Produced in the Spectre Drama? by the Apparatus called the Dircksian Phantasmagoria. London: E. and F.N. Spon, 1863. First edition. Houdini?s Copy (his bookplate, hinged to front inside pastedown). Engraved Pictorial cobalt cloth stamped pictorially in gold and blind, yellow endpapers. Illustrated. 8vo. p. [1] 2 ? 102, [2] ads, 12-page publisher?s catalog, tipped-in notice. Very good. Scarce. Toole Stott 245. Ownership signature of G.B. Dawes to title (1864), small marginal losses to a few leaves not affecting text; splitting and rubbing joints with two punctures to spine panel, but holding.
