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REEVE, Arthur (1880 – 1936). The Silent Bullet. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1910). Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Frontispiece by Will Foster. 8vo. Extremities rubbed, hinges cracked. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the flyleaf in ink: “To Harry Houdini – “Master of Mystery in fact from “Craig Kennedy” master of mystery in fiction. Arthur B. Reeve. Dec. 20, 1918.” Reeve is best-remembered as the creator of Craig Kennedy, a fictional detective character sometimes referred to as “the American Sherlock Holmes” whose stories were first serialized in Cosmopolitan magazine, and later published in book form. The Master Mystery was a Kennedy story that became the first of three serial films starring Houdini to which Reeve was attached. The inscription in this earlier work is a well-considered turn of phrase considering the collaboration between the men.