Pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information Information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using archival materials. To make an appointment, please email Reference. Special permission from the Curator of Performing Arts, plus advance notice, is required to access artifacts, art, glass lantern slides, and any restricted material. Predominately English some printed material, letters, and documents in French, German, Material related to magic, performance, theatre, and other topics. Not an uncommon book, but this copy has acquired quite the history of illustrious former magician owners, with the Goldston connection taking it tantalisingly close to Houdini himself.Harry Houdini: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Centerħ6 document boxes (31.92 linear feet), 26 oversize boxes (osb), 12 oversizeįolders (osf), 10 bound volumes (bv), 3 note boxesĪrtist, business man, aviator, author, and actor popularly known as Harry HoudiniĬonsist of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, business documents, The text block is slightly foxed, dusty and age toned, there is a short closed tear to the edge of the contents page and the colour frontispiece is present but the glue holding it in place has dried and it has become detached. The book is quite firmly bound in the publisher's red cloth, lettered and bordered in black, the cloth is slightly marked and rubbed, the extremities are bumped and the spine is slightly faded. The earlier chain of provenance detailed by a stamp to the dedication page and with signs to the spine of the paper reference label that Goldston seems to have applied to all books in his library, which has evidently become detached and lost. With an interesting chain of provenance, the book was originally owned by magician and author, Will Goldston, a close friend of Houdini, then Tom "The Magical Schoolmaster" Harris, a Magic Circle member who inherited Will Goldston's library, to Fred Wiles, then most recently on to fellow Magic Circle member, Paul Daniels, with his Wally Herbert designed bookplate and pencil reference to the front pastedown. edition of four months earlier, rather than second U.K. London imprint, but printed in the United States, so I assume that means first U.K.
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