Published by W.H. Allen / Virgin Books, 1977
ISBN 10: 0491017987 ISBN 13: 9780491017985
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Great Houdinis This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Published by W. H. Allen, Uk, 1977
ISBN 10: 0491017987 ISBN 13: 9780491017985
Seller: EbenezerBooks, Tynewydd, RCT, United Kingdom
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.
Published by W.H. Allen / Virgin Books 21/03/1977, 1977
ISBN 10: 0491017987 ISBN 13: 9780491017985
Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Published by W H Allen, GB, 1977
ISBN 10: 0491017987 ISBN 13: 9780491017985
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
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.
Published by W H Allen, LONDON, 1977
ISBN 10: 0491017987 ISBN 13: 9780491017985
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
First Edition
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.
Published by W H Allen, Hill Street, London -, 1977
ISBN 10: 0491017987 ISBN 13: 9780491017985
Seller: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
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.