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ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugène (1805 – 71). Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of this seminal conjuring autobiography. Two volumes in matching dark blue publisher’s pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Dawes bookplates. 8vos. Chipping and soiling to boards and spine, general shelf wear, light soiling to interior pages. Volume I interior block with minor warping, Volume II with pen markings to verso of p. 271. Toole Stott 602.