02189cam a2200409 a 4500 16550868 20250607041248.1 101123i19021919xx ac 001 0deng 16550868 7 cbc orignew 2 ncip 20 y-genrareb he04 2010-11-23 he04 2010-11-23 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-644 2010713028 DLC DLC n-us--- Houdini scrapbook 36 Plate, Adrian. [Manuscript scrapbook of magic tricks], [1902-1919]. 1 v. (ca. 250 p.) : ill., ports. ; 31 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Scrapbook chiefly of manuscript magic trick instructions, many of which are multi-paged and attached to a single scrapbook page. There are a few mimeographed ms. and typescripts; and several clippings from magic supplies catalogs, often heavily annotated by the author. Some additions and annotations by Houdini. Indexed by type of trick. Includes an ALS from Plate to Harry Houdini, 25 May 1917, giving Houdini the scrapbook. Laid in is a pencil sketch of a pillory apparatus, probably by Houdini and typescript notes, dated 14 Mar. 1902, "Hofzinzer's tricks, as explained to Houdini by Herr von O. Ficher [i.e.,Ottokar Fischer), Vienna, Austria." Bequest: Estate of Harry Houdini, April 1927. Author was a Dutch-born magician who emigrated to the U.S. in 1877, best known for his mental magic. Co-authored Magicians' tricks (1910). Plate, Adrian Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Magic tricks. Tricks. Scrapbooks United States. rbgenr Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926. Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC rbc0001 2024houd13028 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Houdini.13028 Scrapbook pages are quite brittle. he04 2010-11-23 rbc/scd rbc/houd rbc/digital/houdini