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MANNING, William. Recollections of Robert-Houdin. London: Chiswick Press, 1891. 18mo. Privately printed, from an edition of 205 copies, issued to the Members of the Sette of Odd Volumes, this volume presented to The Rev. J.W. Davis, signed by the author on the limitation page. Printed parchment-covered boards (browned and spotted). Illustrated with full-page plates of Robert-Houdin, mystery clocks, automata, etc. Magical bookplates/labels of Milton A. Bridges, John Brown Cook, and Raymond J. Goulet. Lot also includes: (5) copies of the 1898 reprint edition, housed together in a buckram box from the library of Raymond Goulet.