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- PublisherW.H. Allen
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0491017987
- ISBN 13 9780491017985
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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The Great Houdinis
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W. H. Allen, Uk
(1977)
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ISBN 13: 9780491017985
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Book Description Hard Copy. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. pink boards, library stamped, some minor library wear and tear, with some minor shelf wear, some wear to edges and corners, jacket has minor wear to edges, in protective jacket, a good tight clean copy. a wonderful insight in a great magician. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 625171
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The Great Houdinis : A Vaudeville
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: nrVG DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Page edges a bit browned. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Seller Inventory # kb210A.777
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The Great Houdinis : A Vaudeville
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. THE GREAT HOUDINIS A Vaudeville. Melville Shavelson. W. H. Allen, London 1977 First Edition. ISBN 0491017987 176pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy has some mild age toning to the page edges but is otherwise very good. The unclipped dustwrapper is also in very good condition. Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz in Budapest, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 - October 31, 1926) was an American stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice as "Harry Handcuff Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he sensationally challenged different police forces to try to keep him locked up. This revealed a talent for gimmickry and for audience involvement that characterized all his work. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to hold his breath inside a sealed milk can. In 1904, thousands watched as he tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned by London's Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Another stunt saw him buried alive and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of near-breakdown. While many suspected that these escapes were fabricated, Houdini meanwhile presented himself as the scourge of fake magicians and spiritualists. As President of the Society of American Magicians, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists who gave practitioners a bad name. He was also quick to sue anyone who pirated his own escape stunts. Houdini made a number of movies, but quit acting when it failed to bring in money. He was also a keen aviator, and aimed to become the first man to fly a plane in Australia. Even the circumstances of his death in 1926 were dramatic and mysterious. According to one version, a student in Montreal asked him if his stomach was hard enough to take any blow, to which he replied that it was, whereupon the student rained a series of blows on it before Houdini had time to tense up. A few days later, he died of a ruptured appendix. This may have been unconnected, as he had already been suffering appendicitis and refusing to seek medical attention. Ref H3. Seller Inventory # 008258
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THE GREAT HOUDINIS, A Vaudeville,
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Book Description hardcover, 14cms x 22½cms, with dust jacket 176 pages Touring with his wife Bess, who partnered him in the act, Harry Houdini would delight a terrified public with death-defying escapes, from a straight-jacket twenty storeys above Times Square, or in a chained packing-case thrown into New York harbour. He took his strange profession as master magician and escapologist very seriously. This book describes the secrets of training, genius and guile that went into Harry Houdini's astounding feats. 18 b&w photographs. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 41963
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