Houdini: His Life-Story ... from the Recollections and Documents of Beatrice Houdini
by KELLOCK, Harold
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1930). Fifth printing. 8vo. Frontispiece. [viii], 384 pp. Publisher's red cloth; light wear to spine ends and tips, spotting to front cover, newspaper clipping to verso of ffep, bookseller's ticket Real photo postcard of Houdini flying a biplane in Australia affixed to the front pastedown. The postcard is captioned "Houdini piloting his biplane. The first successful aviator in Australia. Wins the Australian Aero League's Trophy, March 15th. 1910. Melbourne, Australia." According to a manuscript note beneath the card (possibly in the hand of magician Romuald Codare who owned this book) it was procured from Houdini's brother Hardeen, "who was playing in Boston on March 7th 1933 at the Bourdain Square Theatre." PROVENANCE: Romuald Codare, 1912-1933, professional magician (ownership inscription on ffep)
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101082
- Title
- Houdini
- Author
- KELLOCK, Harold
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1930)
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