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ROBINSON, Ben and WHITE, Larry. Twelve Have Died… Bullet Catching - The Story & Secrets. Watertown: Ray Goulet’s Magic Art Book Co., 1986. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS RARE BOOK ABOUT BULLET CATCHING. 8vo. Illustrated. 191 pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, spine lettered in silver (minor rubbing to spine), publisher’s printed dust jacket (some rubbing, toning to upper edge of jacket, some creasing to front flap). Fine. INSCRIBED on the front pastedown from the publisher, Ray Goulet, to Chet Karkut: “To Chet + Helen My Two Very Dear Friends. Chester! I’m Indebled [sic] To You Forever For your Support In The World Of Collecting (magic) Love Always Ray.” With Karkut’s reflective bookplate and embossed ownership stamp on the ffep. Additionally INSCRIBED by Ray Goulet to later owner, Roger Dreyer, president of Fantasma, on the copyright page. Laid-in is a small cardboard token of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, with Karkut’s name on the reverse. Also laid-in are original photos of Ray Goulet with Ben Robinson (the author), and Goulet with Karkut.