$2,200
Houdini, Harry. The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York: The Publisher’s Printing Co., 1908. First edition. Brown cloth stamped in white and black. Portrait frontispiece. Illustrated with plates of rare posters and playbills, most from Houdini’s own collection. List of illustrations and index tipped-in at rear, as originally issued. 8vo. Insignificant wear at extremities; near fine. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed twice, signed and initialed by Houdini on the front free endpaper. The larger inscription reads, “To Robert Ankele with best wishes from the author and collector Harry Houdini/July 25 – 1912.” The smaller reads, “May this book bring back memories of the doer. HH.” Ankele was a magician and artist based in New York. He specialized in tricks using electricity as their motive power, and also published a well-known collage of portraits of famous magicians.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
