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INSCRIBED TO HOUDINI (HOUDINI, HARRY.) Leat, Harry. U.S.A. Depot Magic. Illustrated. 8vo, original wrappers, lightly browned, few small tears at
INSCRIBED TO HOUDINI (HOUDINI, HARRY.) Leat, Harry. U.S.A. Depot Magic. Illustrated. 8vo, original wrappers, lightly browned, few small tears at edges. London, 1925
- Notes: this copy inscribed and signed "To the Editor of the Red Magic Section New York World From Harry Leat." Houdini was the editor of the Red Magic supplement appearing in the New York World. In the introduction to the present volume Leat takes to task Houdini and Thurston for "exposing" tricks in American newspapers: "In using the word 'exposers' I mean men who disclose magical secrets to the public... But in America they go the whole hog. In The New York World there is a Red Magic section by Houdini, and Thurston contributes to the New York Sunday Graphic. Personally I fail to see the idea. I am left wondering whether they want the money, advertisement, or what... in my opinion, no man has a right to expose a trick that is obviously not his own... as a means of probably increasing his earnings, or obtaining publicity."
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