Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1959. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1959. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21.5cm); [xii], 306pp. Eight page black and white photo spread at center. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.50 price intact; boards in light blue cloth with dark blue lettering. Jacket shows a number of tears along folds, chipping at spine ends with partial loss to title, and a fair bit of toning to front and back panel and moreso down spine. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, with fading and toning along edges and spine. Fore-edge of page 179-180 a bit distressed. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Biography of the great escape artist by the author of Nightmare Alley.