HOUDINI: THE CAREER OF ERIC WEISS – by Kenneth Silverman.

This is one of the most captivating studies of the legendary illusionist and his remarkable life. Recommended. VG+/EXC.

New York. 1996. Kaufman & Greenberg. Hardbound with dust jacket. Footnotes by Kenneth Silverman related to his biography, HOUDINI!!! Limited to 500 copies. Condition: Fine.

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini – Daring Dive Into the Edgbaston Reservoir. Birmingham: Parker & Groves, Printers, 33, Coleshill Street, ca. 1910s. English letterpress broadside for Houdini��

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini The Famous Jail Breaker Happy New Year Postcard. [New York], 1907. Color lithographic, pictorial postcard depicting Houdini shackled neck to ankle, with Houdini�

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini “To My Mother” souvenir card. [New York?], ca. 1913. Decorative border surrounds and elaborate tribute to mothers, bearing Houdini’s name at its conclusion

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini Shelton Pool Stunt Invitation. New York, 1926. Printed postcard-size invitation to Houdini’s famous breath-holding stunt in a metal coffin submerged at the bot

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini Is In Town Postcard. Cleveland, 1925. Monochrome card advertises Houdini at the B.F. Keith Palace Theatre, Cleveland, on his final tour. Canceled on March 7 1925

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini Final Tour Letterhead. Circa 1925. Unused legal-size letterhead advertising Houdini’s final 1925-26 tour of “Three Shows in One,” including magic, illusion

Signed Edition, A Magician Among The Spirits, by Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss, 1874-1926), published by Harper Brothers, New York and London, 1924, First Edition. Hardcover, gilt embossed cloth bound,

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini Brewery Challenge Letter. Dated December 26, 1911. A TLS on Indianapolis Brewing Co. letterhead challenging Houdini to be locked within a tank filled with "Liebe

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini “Master Mystifier” Postcard. Chicago, 1926. Promotes Houdini’s engagement at the Princess Theatre, bearing a pre-written note stating: “[the] extraordina

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York, 1908. First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth. Frontispiece of Houdini behind tissue guard. A unique trophy copy from Rex

[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss)] Ogle, R.B. Original Publicity Illustration of Houdini. Circa 1920s. Pen and ink on paper, possibly depicting a scene from The Master Mystery (1920), in which Houdini is

[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss)] W.H.J. Shaw. Magic Up To Date, or Shaw's Magical Instructor [Houdini's Copy]. Chicago, [1896]. Publisher's gilt-stamped cloth. Front pastedown bearing an early pictoria

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin Window Card. [New York], 1908. Pictorial bookshop window card for Houdini's work, bearing a handsome offset photo of Houdini in the corner

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Nurses Escape Challenge. Kansas City, Mo., 1923. Letterpress handbill for the performance at the Orpheum Theater, in which a group of nurses challenge Houdini to escape

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Inscribed and Signed Photograph of Houdini Piloting his Airplane. Australia, 1910. Candid photograph of the great magician behind the controls of his Voisin biplane at D

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Typed Letter Signed, "Houdini," to Richard Van Dien. New York, June 7, 1923. On a half page of Houdini's personal letterhead, a brief letter to Van Dien, originally encl

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Photograph of Houdini and Company Aboard a Train Car. Circa 1920. Houdini and eight other individuals, including his wife Beatrice, stand on the rear of a train car. Hou

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Life, History and Handcuff Secrets. Leicester: Wilsons’ Printers, ca. 1907. Original pictorial pale yellow wrappers (a variant, bearing printer’s data lower left of

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). A Magician Among the Spirits. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. Blue cloth gilt stamped with scarce publisher’s dust jacket. Plates. Tall 8vo. Ticket t

Tray of costume jewelry (necklace & earrings) incl. Kenneth Lane, Juliana, Weiss, etc. Collection of Carole Tanenbaum.

James Martin (b. 1928) oil on board. It is signed and dated in the lower right and titled "Candelabra." Martin was influenced early in his career by Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, Mark Tobey, Mark C

HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Houdini Typed Letter to Remigius Weiss. Dated January 20, 1925 and typed on Houdini’s lettered notepaper bearing his New York address, he writes,