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Caveney, M . Carter the Great. 1995, number 576/1000 copies, dw; Whaley, B . Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Magic. 1989, 2 vol., 1/500 copies; Rauscher, W . The Houdini Code Mystery. 2000, number 367/1000 copies; Ben, D . Zarrow, a Lifetime of Magic. 2008, dw; Temple, P . Thurston and Date, the written word. 2 vol., 2006, slipcase; Houdini, H . A Magician among the Spirits. 1996, 1/1000 copies, slipcase; Charvet, D . Ade Duval Silken Sorcerer. 2009, signed copy; Christopher, M . Houdini, Collectorâ€™s edition, 2010, inscribed by author; Sharpe, S . Conjurorâ€™s Hydraulic & Pneumatic Secrets. 1991, dw; Sharpe, S . Conjurorâ€™s Optical Secrets. 1985, dw; Moses, A . Houdini speaks out. 2007, signed copy; Christopher, M . Houdini, a Pictorial Life. 1976, dw; Christopher, M . Houdini Pictorial Biography. 1998, dw; Christopher, M . Panorama of Prestidigitators. 1956, wrappers; Sawyer, T . The Hoffmann Collector. 1986; Sawyer, T . Professor Hoffmann. A Bibliography. 1983, signed copy; Sawyer, T . Men of Letters, Collins & Hall, 1991, wrappers bound in; Dawes, E . Vonetta Mistress of Mystery, 1982; Stolt, R . Circus and Allied Arts. A World Bibliography. 1960, 2 vol., dw; Gibson, W . The Original Houdini Scrapbook. 1977; Moulton, H . Houdiniâ€™s History of Magic in Boston 1792-1915, 1983; Randi . Houdini, His Life and Art. 1977, dw; Henning, D . Houdini his Legend & his Magic. 1978, wrappers; Fleischman, S . Escape. The Story of the Great Houdini. 2006, dw; Brandon, R . The Life and many Deaths of Houdini. 1993, dw, signed copy; Dawes, E . The Magic of Britain. 1994, original wrappers bound in; Genii . Houdini. Jan. 2011, wrappers bound in; Braun, John . Of Legierdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks. 1999, cloth; Carlton, Arthur P . Twenty Years of Spoof and Bluff. 1920, wrappers; Dawes, E . The Barrister in the Circle. 1983, dw; Jay, R . Dice. 2003, dw; Culliton, P . Houdiniâ€™s Strange Tales. 1992, wrappers; Brookesmith, P . Open Files, 1990, dw; Marsden, S . The Haunted Realm. 1986, dw; Seldow, M . Vie et Secrets de Robert Houdin, 1971, dw; Meyes, B . Houdini â€“ A Mind in Chains. 1976; Stanyon â€™s Magic. 1996, dw.; Hanzlike, M . Houdiniâ€¦ short bibliography, wrappers; Brinson, C . Owen Clark. 2010, presentation copy to Trevor; Steinmeryer, J . The Last Greatest Magician in the World. 1980, dw; Cartridge, R . Houdiniâ€™s Texas Tours, 1916 & 1923, dw; Fitzsimmons, R . Death & The Magicianâ€¦ Houdini. 1980, dw; Houdini, Harry . Miracle Mongers & their Methods. 1981, dw; [ Alexander, C .] The Life and Mysteries of the celebrated Dr. Q. 1921; Books at Brown. [H. Adrian Smith]., 1987; Albertus Magnus . Egyptian Secrets. 1930, cloth; Carter, C . Carterâ€™s Magic and Magicians. [n.d.], rebound; Johnson, K . The Magician and the Cardsharp. 2005, dw; Britland, D . Phantoms of the Card Table. 2003, dw; Abbott, P . A Life in Magic. 1960, new cloth; Edmonds, I . The Magic Bros. 1979, dw; Andrews, V . Good Night Mister Dante. 1978, dw; Cramer, S . Germain the Wizard. 1966, wrappers; Christopher, E . Houdini. 1969, ex-library copy; Findlay, J.B . Professor Hoffmann, 1977, dw; Meyer, B . Houdini â€“ a Mind in Chains. 1976, dw, Marget Yates Magic Library Books; Houdini, Harry . Magical Rope Ties & Escapes. W. Goldston Ltd, [n.d.], pictorial boards; Gibson, W . Houdiniâ€™s Fabulous Magic. 1976, dw; Silverman, K . Notes to Houdini. 1996, dw; Lavery, J . The Secret Life of Siegfried & Roy. 2008, dw; Ayling, W . Oriental Conjuring and Magic. 1981, dw; Cramer, S . The Secrets of Karl Germain. 1962, wrappers; Demon Magic Catalogue, 2 copies, n.d., wrappers; Hamleys. Magic by Hamleys, 2 catalogues, undated, wrappers; all original cloth or boards unless stated

Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson