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Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
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Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - /home/potterauctions/public_html/quickerthantheeye/index.php, line 112

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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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