Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Expose of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, etc.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1920.
First edition. Signed by Harry Houdini twice: inscribed to former owner, Allan Warshauer, manager of the Orpheum Theatre in Oakland, CA where Houdini did an escape stunt on 3/26/23, dated. Also flat-signed "Houdini" on the dedication page. xiv, 240pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with navy lettering. About Very Good with darkening to spine, light wear, small tape stain to front board, tidemark along bottom edge of terminals. Old bookseller's label to front paste down. Lacking jacket. An expose of spiritualists and flimflammers by the famous Hungarian-American magician.
Price: $6,000.00
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