New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. Seventeenth Printing. xxvii, 180 pp. 12mo. White cloth covers with reverse black illustration of hand and title. Light scuffing from shelf wear but quite sharp overall. Heavily illustrated, as it should be. Very good. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. xvi, 228 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth coverd boards with gold titling to cover board and spine. Light scuffing to boards from shelf wear. No dust jacket as issued. Very Good. More
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1920. Hard Cover. First Edition. Second Printing, February 1929. xi, 240 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has small chips and tears at edges, minor darkening, now in mylar cover. Tan cloth cover with black titling which is clean and crips. Interior very clean, deckled edge.
Very few in dust jackets have survived. The sharpness of the exterior cloth and titling is owed to this sturdy dust jacket. A rare and exceptional copy of a book from the latter part of Houdini's life when his primary concern was disproving mediums and spiritualists. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Swann Galleries, 2008. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 8vo. Clean crisp copy. Prices realized for auction laid into volume. Very Good. More