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1977 Houdini His Life And Art - Hard Bound Dust Jacket
World's Most Mystifying Magician Greatest Jailbreaking Escape Artist Debunker
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The World's Most Mystifying Magician Greatest Jailbreaking Escape Artist Debunker Of False Spiritualists. By Randi and Bert Randolph Sugar. Publisher Grosset & Dunlap New York. 1977, hard bound with Dust Jacket, 191 pages with index having loads of illustrations and photos of Houdini from the early years and on and the best part of all, are all the photo illustrations and reproductions of paper items for a visual journey enjoyed by any Houdini Enthusiast.
Part I The Bill
Act 1. Little Ehrich the Great
Act 2. The Houdinis
Act 3. Rising star over Europe
Act 4. American Conquest Intermission
Act 5. Sorrow, Straitjackets, and Vanishing Elephants
Act 6. Silent Movies and Spirit Mediums
Act 7. The Closing
Curtain Calls
Part II A Peek Behind The Curtain
Houdini the Showman
The Handcuff King
Slander in Germany
To Restrain the Murderously Insane
"Failure Means a Drowning Death"
The Chinese Water Torture Cell
Condition very light foxing top page edges, otherwise very fine.