Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Expose of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, etc.

Houdini, Harry

Published by E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1920

About this Item

First edition. Signed by Harry Houdini twice: inscribed to former owner, Allan Warshauer, manager of the Orpheum Theatre in Oakland, CA where Houdini did an escape stunt on 3/26/23, dated. Also flat-signed "Houdini" on the dedication page. xiv, 240pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with navy lettering. About Very Good with darkening to spine, light wear, small tape stain to front board, tidemark along bottom edge of terminals. Old bookseller's label to front paste down. Lacking jacket. An expose of spiritualists and flimflammers by the famous Hungarian-American magician.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Expose of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, etc.
• Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Occult
  • Signed
  • Magic