These were more stunts than magic, but they did appear to be engaging.
The first few offered magic tricks and their secrets that were much too simple for Houdini or any other serious magician. I obviously wanted to see what some of these tricks were, so I hastily started turning pages. It was described as a book with “fascinating puzzles, tricks and mysterious stunts.” The front cover of the Houdini Big Little Book of Magic published in 1933. The book had a copyright date of 1927 by Beatrice Houdini, the magician’s wife and executor of his estate. From what was printed on the cover, the book – which had been tossed among other incongruous items on an auction table – contained 145 magic tricks by Harry Houdini and other magicians. It was a Big Little Book, one of the palm-sized books made by the Whitman Publishing Co. The word “MAGIC” had eerily disappeared from its title, but the name Houdini was in large bold letters. Its spine was torn, its cover was marked with a jagged water stain, and its cover was slightly ajar. It would take more than magic to put this little book back together again.
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