$2,600
Houdini, Harry. The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York: Publisher’s Ptg. Co., 1908. First Edition. Brown cloth stamped in white and black. Portrait frontispiece behind tissue. Illustrated with plates. List of illustrations and index tipped-in at rear, as issued. 8vo. Plastic sleeve taped onto front pastedown, containing a bust portrait of Houdini trimmed from a personal check. Minor shelf-wear; near fine. Presentation Copy, Inscribed and Signed on the Flyleaf: “To Alfred F. Goldsmith, with compliments and best wishes of the author/ Harry Houdini/ June 25 – 1916.” Goldsmith (1881 – 1947) was an antiquarian bookseller and bibliographer from New York (see Dickinson’s Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
