HOUDINI HARRY A Magician Among the Spirits

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MAGICIAN VS. CHARLATANS HOUDINI, HARRY. A Magician Among the Spirits. Illustrated. Large 8vo, publisher's full blue cloth, front cover and spine ruled and lettered in gilt, scattered light soiling, spine gilt rubbed, spine head chipped with small portion lost including portions of lettering; lacking dust jacket; internally quite clean. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924

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first edition, excellent association copy, boldly inscribed and signed by houdini on the front free endpaper. "To Elmer P. Ransom, Best wishes from the author, Houdini [underline flourish]." Ransom was a contemporary of Houdini and one of the first Chautaqua magicians. He and Houdini harbored similar disdain toward self-proclaimed psychics and mystics. It is in this book that Houdini recounts his exploits in debunking several of these characters, and enjoyed a passionate ally in Ransom.