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Group of Seven Books and Pamphlets By or About Houdini.

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Group of Seven Books and Pamphlets By or About Houdini.

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[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss)] Group of Seven Books and Pamphlets By or About Houdini. Including Houdini’s Paper Magic (Dutton, 1922); Houdini’s Book of Magic and Party Pastimes (1927; cover and spine shelfworn, pale marginal soiling); Houdini: His Life Story (1928); Secrets of Houdini (1932; ownership signature of John Northern Hilliard); Houdini versus Robert-Houdin (1955; inscribed and signed by the author [Sharpe]); Art and Craft of Magic (1957); and Where Houdini Was Wrong (1950). 4to and 8vo.

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