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- Author/Editor: Walter B. Gibson
- Publisher: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc.
- Date: c. 1930s
- Condition: Very Good
Brown cloth with black stamping on front cover and spine. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated, 316 pages. Ex-libris Frank Rolland Furkey. Mild toning to covers, else in very good condition. Compiled by Gibson from Houdini's own notes.
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