First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and decorated endpapers; 192pp., with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, a monochrome portrait frontispiece and many monochrome illustrations and diagrams. Minor wear. Dustwrapper very lightly edgeworn (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. This book concerns the drama and mystery surrounding a code left by Houdini and supposedly known only by him and his wife Bess. He promised that after his death, if possible, he would communicate from beyond the grave. His wife would then affirm the communication if the prearranged words were correct in respect to the code. The code was used by the Houdini's in the early days of their act. Although the story of the code along with Houdini and Bess has been portrayed in films, written of in books and debated by magicians and researchers for years since Houdini's death in 1926, Rauscher is the only one to reveal the answer and solve the riddle. The author adds to this puzzling array of many characters his first hand knowledge of the famous medium, Arthur Ford, who was credited with receiving the message from Houdini and affirmed in a sworn document by Mrs. Houdini. Rauscher's friendship with Ford, his work on Ford's biography, 'The Man Who Talked With The Dead', places him in a unique position to finally reveal the truth behind one of the 20th century's greatest mysteries. Do the Spirits Return? In addition to the Houdini Code, Rauscher presents an in depth overview of the personality of Houdini and how he became an American icon. He has painted a unique and perceptive word portrait of Houdini quoting numerous great magicians of his era who speak candidly of the master escape artist. The book is a kaleidoscope of unusual and colourful characters. No. 684 of only 1,000 copies.

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T�tulo: The Houdini Code Mystery A Spirit Secret Solved; Magical Pro-Files series, number 9
Editor: Mike Caveney's Magic Words, Pasadena CA,
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2000

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