Houdini, Harry (Erik Weisz) | Ephemera of the Master Mystifier

Houdini, Harry (Erik Weisz)

A group of 6 ephemeral items

Houdini Challenge … to escape from … a Sea-bag … Houdini accepts … for the Second Performance … January 30th, 1913. Hull: White & Farrell, 1913. Letterpress handbill (215 x 145 mm). Printed on dark peach paper; tape to foot. — Houdini Challenge … [to] roll you in several large sheets in mummy fashion and secure you to a hospital bed ... Kansas City: np, 16 October 1923. Letterpress handbill (228 x 152 mm). Printed in blue; spot to foot, tiny chip to upper corner. — Master Mystifier Houdini … Who presents an Entire Evening of Entertainment at the Shubert Princess Theatre. Chicago: np, nd. 3-page bifolium; second leaf a bit frayed along bottom. — Engraved portrait of Houdini in profile (105 x 86 mm). Np, nd. — Blank bank check (75 x 208 mm) with aforementioned portrait and check number "828" stamped in red. New York: Central Union Trust Company, Plaza Branch, 191. — Theodore Hardeen. Houdini. His Life and Work in Prose and Pictures. Np: np, 1922. Printed pamphlet, 16 pages (210 x 140 mm). Inscribed "Cordially yours | Theo. Hardeen | Bro. of Houdini."

Comprising 2 Houdini challenges, a theatre program, a profile portrait and a blank bank check printed with the same portrait, and a biography in pamphlet form inscribed by his brother and fellow escape artist. Condition generally very good.