Dover publishes 'Houdini's Paper Magic'

Today sees the release of Dover Publications new reprint of Houdini's 1922 book, Houdini's Paper Magic. While this book has been reprinted several times, this one is somewhat special as it joins Dover's perennial reprints of Houdini on Magic and The Secrets of Houdini.

Dover's Houdini's Paper Magic can be purchased now at Amazon.com (U.S.) and pre-ordered at Amazon.co.uk (UK release July 28).

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Dover will release 'Houdini's Paper Magic' in 2017

Next year Dover Publications will release a new edition of Houdini's 1922 book Houdini's Paper Magic. While this book had been reprinted many times, the fact that Dover is doing it is somewhat special. Dover has kept editions of Houdini on Magic and The Secrets of Houdini in print for several decades. In fact, Dover's Houdini on Magic was the very first Houdini book I ever bought. So we like them!

On the right is an early look at the cover art. As the book has not been printed yet, this might change, but I like what I see.

Dover's Houdini's Paper Magic can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com (U.S.) and Amazon.co.uk (UK). The release date is June 14, 2017.

Click the links below for a look back the history of Dover's other two Houdini titles, still in print and going strong!

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• The perennial Houdini on Magic
• The secrets of The Secrets of Houdini

Houdini’s Paper Magic reprint

The books Houdini wrote during his life have all fallen into the public domain and are therefore reprinted again and again in varying quality. I don’t even try to keep up, and let most of these reprints pass me by.

But every once and a while there’s a standout, and that applies to Barnes & Noble’s 2007 reprint of Houdini’s Paper Magic. It’s a small quality hardcover with a very nice dust jacket by Jo Obarowski. The text is a facsimile of the original 1922 edition by Dutton.

If you don’t have Paper Magic and don’t want to shop (and pay) for a first edition, this might be the one to add to your Houdini library.

Houdini’s Paper Magic can be purchased at Amazon.com.