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LAUREAU, Marcel (“Erix”). Le Théatre Robert-Houdin a la “Belle Époque.” Auxerre: Imprimerie Moderne, 1948. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 100 COPIES (“010”). 4to. Illustrated. 8pp. Original publisher’s printed wrappers (some rubbing, sunning, a tear at spine). Very good. THIS COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE INNER FRONT WRAPPER: “A Monsieur et Madame Paul Fleming un souvenir de notre rencontre a Paris Avec mon amical menage Laureau “ERIX”.” From the collection of Ken Klosterman and his Salon de Magie, with his ink ownership stamp on the inner front cover. Paul Fleming (1890-1976) was an economics professor and a magician; he was an assistant to Eugene Laurant and Paul Germain (eventually taking over Germain’s tour when Germain retired to pursue the legal profession).