Harry Houdini (1874-1926), whose real name was Erik Weisz, was one of the most famous magicians and escapologists of all time. He was highly sceptical of the many claims made concerning psychic and paranormal phenomena, which were very popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He attended hundreds of s???ances for the purposes of his study, and never experienced one he believed genuine. In this book, published in 1924, he described the mediums and psychics whom he revealed as fraudulent, exposing the ...
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Harry Houdini (1874-1926), whose real name was Erik Weisz, was one of the most famous magicians and escapologists of all time. He was highly sceptical of the many claims made concerning psychic and paranormal phenomena, which were very popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He attended hundreds of s???ances for the purposes of his study, and never experienced one he believed genuine. In this book, published in 1924, he described the mediums and psychics whom he revealed as fraudulent, exposing the tricks which had convinced many notable scientists and academics. These included spirit writing, table rapping, spirit manifestations, and levitation. Among those he revealed as frauds was the famous medium Mina Crandon, and his exposures led to a public split with his former friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a firm believer. The book is a fascinating account of superstition and gullibility.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Clean hardcover book in unclipped dust jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with b&w photographs. 294 pages. Clean jacket has slight edge wear, a few short closed edge tears, no chips, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Hardback book in near fine condition, dust jacket is very good, arno press reprint of the 1924 classic by harry houdini.
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Fine in very good jacket. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in black. 294 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Fine in dust jacket with wear a the extemities and a closed crinkled tear upper left front panel. Facsimile reissue of the scarce original first publication of 1924. Harry Houdini was the bane of spiritualism and its practice in his day and here presents in great detail the results of his research into spiritualists, mediums, seances, spirit manifestations, etc., unmasking sophisticated charlatans who victimized curiosity seekers and sincere belivers.
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As New in Fine dust jacket. 0405028016. This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Harry Houdini (1874-1926), whose real name was Erik Weisz, was one of the most famous magicians and escapologists of all time. He was highly sceptical of the many claims made concerning psychic and paranormal phenomena, which were very popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He attended hundreds of séances for the purposes of his study, and never experienced one he believed genuine. In this book, published in 1924, he described the mediums and psychics whom he revealed as fraudulent, exposing the tricks which had convinced many notable scientists and academics. These included spirit writing, table rapping, spirit manifestations, and levitation. Among those he revealed as frauds was the famous medium Mina Crandon, and his exposures led to a public split with his former friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a firm believer. The book is a fascinating account of superstition and gullibility."; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 294 pages.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light foxing on text block edges. Small closed tears on bottom front panel and top rear panel. Light shelfwear on panel corners.; 294 pages.
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