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Leat, Harry. Group of Seven First Editions. Including Magic of the Depots 1924 (1924); Tragic Magic (1925); Forty Years In & Around Magic (1923); Thoughtful Magic (1923); Diversified Magic (1924); Magical Cartoons & Interpolations (1927); and U.S.A. Depot Magic (1925). Illustrated, many with frontispieces. 8vos in publisher's pictorial wraps, tattered at edges as expected, else good. Filled with as much vitriol and editorial commentary as magic tricks and information about how to perform them, Leat’s books in some ways remain timeless criticisms of magicians and their habits, as well as looks back at some of the great performers of yesterday and how they may truly have looked to the most critical of observers. Houdini was one of Leat’s favorite targets and receives no special treatment in the pages of his publications.