Houdini's Library

Houdini's LibraryHarry Houdini (18741926) was not only a great magician but a great collector. Every corner of his townhouse at 278 West 113th Street in New York was filled with books, pamphlets, prints, clippings, playbills, and photographs documenting the history of magic and theatrical performance. It would cost fully a million dollars to forge the collection of evidence now in my hands, Houdini wrote in 1908. These programs, advertisements, newspaper notices, and

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