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Decremps, Henri | Three classic conjuring works with a fine presentation inscription

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October 28, 08:54 PM GMT

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3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Decremps, Henri

La Magie blanche dévoilée — Supplément — Testament de Jerome Sharp. Paris: Chez J. F. Desoer, 1789


3 volumes, 8vo (206 x 127 mm). Engraved frontispiece in first volume, half-titles in the first 2 volumes, titles within printed ornamental borders, 2 full-page text illustrations and 1 woodcut diagram in vol. I, 1 engraved plate, 2 full-page text illustrations and numerous woodcut text illustrations and diagrams in vol. II, numerous woodcut text illustrations and 2 leaves with printed music in vol. III. Contemporary brown marbled-paper boards, manuscript paper spine labels, preliminaries in Supplément sprung from text block but intact, boards rubbed, spines and joints of first and third volumes abraded.


Presentation copy inscribed by Harry Houdini in the first volume: "To my friend | G.G. Laurens | with best wishes | from | Harry Houdini | Sept 15 —1917 | I bot [sic] these book [sic] personally | in Stuttgart Germany."


PROVENANCE:

G.G. Laurens (gift from Harry Houdini)

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