20% OFF 4 Magic Books HOUDINI, OUDINI, POP UP

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ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE
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HARRY HOUDINI, OUDINI, POP-UP
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FOUR BOOKS,
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These are 4 Original and Vintage books on magic. 2 on Harry Houdini, one pamphlet on Oudini, and a pop-up magic book, which is unopened in the original shrink wrap.
The Biography Follows:
In 1899, Houdini's act caught the attention of Martin Beck, an entertainment manager who soon got him booked at some of the best vaudeville venues in the country, followed by a tour of Europe. Houdini's feats would involve the local police, who would strip search him, place him in shackles and lock him in their jails. The show was a huge sensation, and he soon became the highest-paid performer in American vaudeville.
Houdini continued his act in the United States in the early 1900s, constantly upping the ante from handcuffs and straightjackets to locked, water-filled tanks and nailed packing crates. He was able to escape because of both his uncanny strength and his equally uncanny ability to pick locks. In 1912, his act reached its pinnacle, the Chinese Water Torture Cell, which would be the hallmark of his career. In it, Houdini was suspended by his feet and lowered upside-down in a locked glass cabinet filled with water, requiring him to hold his breath for more than three minutes to escape. The performance was so daring and such a crowd-pleaser that it remained in his act until his death in 1926.
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