Plate, Adrian. Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) text biography text Scrapbooks-United States. xx 1902 1919 monographic eng

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1 v. (ca. 250 p.) : ill., ports. ; 31 cm. 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). n-us--- Plate, Adrian Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc Magic tricks Tricks Houdini scrapbook 36 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Houdini.13028 2010713028 aacr DLC 101123 20250607041248.1 16550868 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)