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MAXEY, H.C. Life and Travels of Maxey, The Needle King. [London, 1898]. Four-page folded leaflet bearing a woodcut image of Maxey presenting the needle trick that Houdini would go on to popularize. Rear panel advertises Maxey’s appearance with Barnum & Bailey at the Olympia, London. Spine reinforced with paper tape, internal tears reinforced. Browned and brittle. SCARCE.