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Blue Ribbon Books. Fair with no dust jacket. 1930. Not First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Stated fifth printing. As Is, reading copy. Spine is well worn with worn edges on both side of the spines backstrip. Boards have surface spotting. Text is very good with expected age tone, free of former owner writing or bookplates. Lacks jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC; 8vo .

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1928. Presumed 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (12)384pp. Many photo plates. Gilt-stamped red cloth with only a hint of rubbing to corners. Clean, bright & unmarked. No printing indicated.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1930). Fifth printing. 8vo. Frontispiece. [viii], 384 pp. Publisher's red cloth; light wear to spine ends and tips, spotting to front cover, newspaper clipping to verso of ffep, bookseller's ticket Real photo postcard of Houdini flying a biplane in Australia affixed to the front pastedown. The postcard is captioned "Houdini piloting his biplane. The first successful aviator in Australia. Wins the Australian Aero League's Trophy, March 15th. 1910. Melbourne, Australia." According to a manuscript note beneath the card (possibly in the hand of magician Romuald Codare who owned this book) it was procured from Houdini's brother Hardeen, "who was playing in Boston on March 7th 1933 at the Bourdain Square Theatre." PROVENANCE: Romuald Codare, 1912-1933, professional magician (ownership inscription on ffep)