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Houdini, Harry. Ex-Police Constables’ Challenge! Bristol: Chappell & Co. Printers, May, 1920. Letterpress challenge handbill (8 x 5 ”) in which the Bristol Police Department challenges Houdini to escape from “an obsolete punishment suit” “encircling your body, so as to make you utterly helpless.” Laid down on linen. Losses at bottom right not affecting printed area, ink mark left margin, other nicks and losses around edges.


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