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[HOUDINI] Oversize Scrapbook of Houdini Ephemera and Clippings. 1900s – 80s. Folio-size (25 ½ x 20") bespoke scrapbook filled with newspaper broadsheets, clippings, and related ephemera regarding the life, career, death, and supposed afterlife of Harry Houdini. Included are hundreds of pieces extracted from both American and English newspapers, many of them full pages and well-illustrated, chronicling Houdini's attempts to contact the spirit world and his association with Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as advertisements for his shows, announcements of his death, stories regarding his performances, and more; later clippings describe and discuss Houdini seances held after his death (running well in to the 1980s), the Harold Kellock-authored Houdini biography and excerpts therefrom, and other elements of the legend built up around Houdini's life and untimely death. Also included are a handful of reprinted Houdini challenges, handbills, and broadsides, a reprinted photograph of Houdini in a strait jacket, and an original candid photograph of Beatrice Houdini circa 1940. Brown paper-covered boards over cloth spine, with gilt-lettered title label to front board reading “Harry Houdini / King of Handcuffs." Approximately half-filled, and including hundreds of items in total, providing a fascinating view and considerable insight to Houdini and his life both on stage and from beyond the grave. Kevin Connolly Collection.