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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Scrapbook of Houdiniana and Magic Ephemera. 1927. Assembled by Edward M. Heyman. Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and signatures related to Houdini, Thurston, and The Great Nicola. Includes: HOUDINI. Several likely-unpublished photographs from Houdini’s funeral and gravesite, some depicting Houdini’s widow. — NICOLA. Sepia tone photographs of Nicola being trussed in a straitjacket and suspended upside-down in Bushwick, NY, 1926. One signed. — THURSTON. Pair of Throw-Out Cards. Both with Howard Thurston: “Good Luck,” One with “Sleep / The Mystery of Long Life is Simple / I want you to live 100 years,” and the other with “Perfect Sleep / Marvelous Invention!! Thurston’s Perfect Breather Stops snoring instantly and forever guaranteed.” One inscribed. — A business card signed by The Great Nicola. — Newspaper clippings regarding Houdini’s death, funeral, and aftermath, including Houdini’s expose of “Margery the Medium,” the unveiling of Houdini’s marble bust monument, images of Houdini’s widow, and clippings “solving” Houdini’s death. — Clippings on live burial stunts, Thurston and Chandra Bey, Hamid Bey, hypnotism, a girl being surgically operated on while in a hypnotic state. — A program featuring Hardeen at the New E.F. Albee Theatre. — Extensive handwritten notes detailing the owner’s inventory of magic books and props, descriptions of performances attended including Houdini, Thurston, Vernon, Hardeen, Cortini, and others. — A journal entry about several successful hypnotism attempts by the author.