Signed book: A Magician Among the Spirits. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1924. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 294 pages. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the front free end page, “To Hattie Mooser with love & best wishes to you and yours, Houdini, friend of your Bro. Leon, May 6/24.” Mooser (1878–1970) was the proprietor of the Aladdin Studio Tiffin Room in San Francisco, a popular “theatrical” supper club. Address label to inside front cover, seven letters of the inscription (not the signature) touched up in ballpoint in another hand, mild scattered toning to interior, and a hint of mild wear to extremities, otherwise fine, visually appealing condition. LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
