Lathram, E.W. WymanÕs Hand-Book of Magic. New York:

Lathram, E. W. Wyman’s Hand-Book of Magic. New York: Published for the Author, by T.W. Strong, 1855. Twentieth century pink half leather with marbled sides, publisher’s pictorial wraps retained. Marbled endsheets. Portrait frontispiece, illustrations. 8vo. p. [1 – 5] 6 – 72. Minor marginal soiling to a few leaves at start, final leaf with a hole affecting one word, some marginalia. Ex-libris Oscar Teale, Roland Winder, John Henry Grossman. Toole Stott 427. A memo by Grossman tucked inside the book states that this copy was in Houdini’s library and includes his underlining, initialed HH – “typical of Houdini!” Grossman writes. Teale served as Houdini’s librarian around the time of his death.