$1,600
Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). A Magician Among the Spirits. New York, 1924. First Edition. Publisher’s gilt-stamped cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Houdini with Conan Doyle. With a typed letter signed, “Houdini,” to Charles Pryse, mounted on the flyleaf, inviting Pryse to call him to arrange for an appointment. Gelatin silver print photograph of Houdini at a séance table mounted on the opposite pastedown. On the rear pastedown, a clipping from the New York Times of the same photo, annotated below in an unknown hand with the identity of the other man at the table. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. A fine copy, the spine slightly rubbed at head, a few pencil annotations.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
