$750
Houdini, Harry. Scrapbook of Houdiniana and Other Magic Ephemera. Edmund W. Younger [compiler], 1900s. Approximately 36 pages (8vo) in a French grammar book. Including two early Houdini pitchbooks (one the cover only) both titled “Sensational Perplexer!” and bearing portraits of Houdini centrally, referring to him as “The Mysteriarch.” The second pitchbook (four pages, including a full page illustration of Houdini) authored by “E.W.Y” – almost certainly the scrapbook’s compiler, E.W. Younger; photographic and illustrated clippings (ca. 1905) of Houdini related to appearances in Germany; a six-page account (illustrated) of the “Mirror Cuffs” escape published by The Daily Mirror (Mar. 18, 1904); a three-page account (illustrated) on Houdini published by The Sheffield Daily Independent (Jan. 20, 1904); with other miscellaneous ephemera of the period including two Edmund Younger magic programs (as Li Chung Soo); a four page booklet, “Life of Yangar/ West African Wonder Worker”; an ALS from Lindhorst Magic (St. Louis, Mo.) to Younger; a pictorial C. Barnard “Modern Card Manipulator” engagement flyer; handwritten instructions for the “New Wine and Water Trick” and other instruction sheets; and other clippings, most pictorial. Mildly soiled; margins ragged, sometimes resulting in loss of text.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
