Books and Manuscripts

Houdini, Harry
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
New York: The Publishers Printing Co., 1908. First edition. 8vo. 319 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Houdini and numerous black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's light brown pictorial cloth, stamped in black and in white; soiling to boards and spine; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; front hinge worn. 

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Houdini, (Harry)
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods…
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (Feb., 1929). Second Printing. 8vo. (ii), xi, (iii), 240 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Houdini and black and white plates. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper; dust-jacket wanting.

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Houdini, (Harry)
Houdini's Paper Magic…
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (Jan., 1934). Fourth Printing. 8vo. ix, (i), 206 pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and numerous black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in orange, scattered light soiling to boards; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.

Lot includes three titles related to Houdini: Gibson, Walter B. Houdini's Escapes and Magic (New York City, ca. 1930); Kellock, Harold. Houdini His Life-Story (New York, ca. 1931); Gresham, William Lindsay. Houdini… (New York, 1959).