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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). The Right Way to Do Wrong. Boston: Harry Houdini, 1906. FIRST EDITION of the author’s first book. Publisher’s red pictorial wraps bearing a bust portrait of Houdini on the upper. Portrait frontispiece (with a second frontis. bound in after the first), profusion of illustrations. 8vo. Minor thumbsoiling and corner wear, with spine sunned, and minor spots of soiling and wear, but overall very good condition for a work frequently encountered in tattered and worn condition due to the inexpensive binding. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED with an unusual large capital letter H, “With compliments / of the / author / Harry Houdini.” RARE in this state and with this unusual autograph.