ROBERT-HOUDIN, THE GREAT WIZARD : CELEBRATED FRENCH CONJURER, AUTHOR, AND AMBASSADOR
Minneapolis: Carl W. Jones, 1944. First edition. Octavo, xii, 457 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is pink with black print. Dust jacket has edge wear, with portion of front top edge torn away, toning to spine, light peripheral soiling. Price unclipped: “$2.50”. Boards in pink cloth with black print. Text block has tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: “The original French illustrations”— title page; b&w frontispiece portrait, drawings. "Memoirs of Robert Houdin", "Robert Houdin Memoirs"-- cover titles. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. More