Houdini: The Man Who Walked through Walls
by Gresham, William Lindsay
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: MacFadden-Bartell Corporation, 1967. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Good. The first full biography of the man behind the myth, answering once & for all the question, "Did Houdini work his escapes by some supernormal power?" By the author of the noir classic, "Nightmare Alley." In 263 pages with an Opinionated Bibliography in rear, 8 pages of black-and-white photos in center. Orig. published in hardcover in 1959, this is the Third Printing (1967) of the 1962 First Mass Market Paperback Edition from MacFadden-Bartell, with orig. $.60 cover price. Though completely clean & the binding secure & square, condition is downgraded to Good- (minus) solely due to surface appearance, with heavy creasing & edgewear to both covers. Pages all heavily tanned but completely unmarked; all pages secure. Protected in new mylar collector bag free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022388
- Title
- Houdini: The Man Who Walked through Walls
- Author
- Gresham, William Lindsay
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- MacFadden-Bartell Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY LIFE STORY TRICKS MAGIC MAGICIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Vintage Paperbacks; Games: Gambling/Chess/Puzzles/Cards/Trivia;
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...