A Magician Among The Spirits (Inscribed Association Copy)
by Magic - Houdini
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 294 pp. Stated first edition. The great escape artist, Houdini documents his skepticism with the work of mediums and other individuals who claimed to have the ability to contact the dead. In 1923 Houdini joined a committee sponsored by The Scientific American which offered a prize to any medium who could demonstrate "physical" psychic ability under scientific protocols and controls. The committee investigatory panel included among others Dr. William McDougall, a Harvard University psychologist. This copy is INSCRIBED by Houdini to Prof. McDougall, and is dated in 1925 in Worcester, Massachusetts. A marvelous association copy. Condition of this book is only good with considerable wear to spine tips. The book is lightly bowed and has a neat prior ownership name stamped on the rear endpaper. The book is otherwise clean and still well-bound. Meaningful association copies of works by Houdini are few and far between.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35309
- Title
- A Magician Among The Spirits (Inscribed Association Copy)
- Author
- Magic - Houdini
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Magic, Spiritualism, Inscribed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature / First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Derringer Books
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Avon, Connecticut
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- Association Copy
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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