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THE GREAT HOUDINI: The Life and Secrets of the Master Magician
by Williams, Beryl and Samuel Epstein with Introduction By Walter Gibson
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: Pocket Books, Jr., 1951. First printing, February 1951. Pocket Books, Jr. #J-63. Interior and cover Illustrated by Louis Glanzman. Introduction by Walter Gibson. Includes index. Reading crease, edges of text block dye still bright red, a couple of small creases at lower front, else a near fine, tight copy.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Glanzman, Louis S.. Vintage Paperback.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021032
- Title
- THE GREAT HOUDINI: The Life and Secrets of the Master Magician
- Author
- Williams, Beryl and Samuel Epstein with Introduction By Walter Gibson
- Illustrator
- Glanzman, Louis S.
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Pocket Books, Jr.
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Magic, Vintage Paperback, Biographical,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Magic;
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About the Seller
Murder By The Book
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Warwick, Rhode Island
About Murder By The Book
In business since 1978 specializing in Mystery, Detective Fiction both in hardcover and collectible paperbacks.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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