Mystery Clock. After Jean Eugne Robert-Houdin, ca.

After Jean EugŽne Robert-Houdin. Glass Column Mystery Clock. Recreation of the famous French magicianÕs second series (or ÒdoubleÓ) mystery clock, without a visible or traditional connection betwe

This single hand Mystery Clock could be attributed to Robert-Houdin. The clock tells time with no apparent connection between the hand and the base. Robert-Houdin’s name (along with Paris) is etched

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Card-Sharping Exposed. London: George Routledge, (1882). FIRST EDITION. Original light blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, red, and black, floral endpapers. Illustrated.

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Soirees Fantastiques Tour Handbill. Paris: Michelet, ca. 1860. Lithograph on fine, nearly translucent paper. Robert-Houdin listed as both founder and director. Finely illus

[Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene] La Malle des Indes. Paris and London, ca. 1870. Lithographed sheet music by Georges Lamothe, dedicated “to my friends Robert-Houdin and Brunnet.” The cover depicts a b

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. The Tricks of the Greeks Unveiled. New York: J.W. Lovell Co., ca. 1880. Lovell’s Library edition. Pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 12mo. Wraps worn and chipped at e

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Robert Houdin, the Great Wizard. Philadelphia: Charles Desilver & Sons, 1859. Brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt (misspelling “Houden” on spine). 8vo.

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First English Edition. Two volumes in matching dark blue publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. 8vo. Spines

An E. Robert Houdin ormolu bronze and marble clock garniture set consisting of a central mantle clock with ormolu foliate and instrument decoration surrounded by marble panels and crested with birds,

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Card Sharper Detected and Exposed. London: George Routledge, 1882. Publishers pictorial blue cloth stamped in red, black and gilt. Floral en

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. The Tricks of the Greeks Unveiled. New York: John Lovell, 1882. Publisher’s cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated with line drawings. 8vo. Minor scuff

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878. Dark red pictorial cloth, stamped gilt and black. Frontispiece with

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. Philadelphia: Geo. G. Evans, 1859. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 8vo. General light wear and scuffing on cover, many pages wi

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Card Sharper Detected and Exposed. London: George Routledge, 1882. Publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in red, black and gold. Floral ends

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, 1903. Green cloth lettered in gilt on front. Publisher’s decorative endsheets. 8vo. 201pp + 4pp advts. L

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed, or The Art of Always Winning. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, 1902. Trans. William J. Jilliar. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth. Illustra

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. L’Art De Gagner A Tous Les Jeux. Paris: Calmann Levy, 1879. Nineteenth century green quarter leather, the raised spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Marbled sides and end

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Secrets of Stage Conjuring. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. Vibrant maroon pictorial cloth, stamped in black and gold. Portrait fro

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Tricheries Dec Grecs. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1863. Publisher's decorative printed wraps. Illustrated title page, other figures and drawings. 8vo. Front wrapper detached, spine d

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Four Pulp Books on Card-Sharping. Including The Sharper: Detected and Exposed (London: Chapman and Hall, 1863; significant foxing and chipping on spine), The Tricks of the

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. London: Spencer Blackett, 1891. Pictorial green cloth. Illustrated with figures. 8vo. Spine darkened, with some soiling and rubbing to

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Les Tricheries Des Grecs Devoilees. Professor Hoffmann’s Copy. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1863. Contemporary half buckram, marbled sides. Signed by Professor Hoffmann und

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. The Sharper Detected and Exposed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1863. First English edition. Maroon embossed cloth, spine gilt stamped. Illustrated. 8vo. 268pp. Sturdily b

Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Magie et Physique Amusante. Paris: Calmann Levy, 1892. Full red leather with Parisian coat of arms gilt-stamped on cover, gilt title on banded spine, all edges red, marbled