ROBERT-HOUDIN BY J. CHAVIGNY, # 344, LUND TO JAY MARSHALL, W/WILLARD'S GRAVE PIC

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POTTER AND POTTER AUCTIONS, INC.
CHICAGO, IL
WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING ITEM(S) OF MAGICIAN MEMORABILIA FOR YOUR COLLECTION:
LE ROMAN D'UN ARTISTE
ROBERT-HOUDIN
Renovateur de la Magie Blanche
by Jean Chavigny
Imprimerie Lhermitte
Blois, France, 1943
#344 of 450 copies
with note on front end paper from Jay Marshall indicating that he received this book as a gift from his collecting compere, Robert Lund, in 1969.
Mr. Marshall also gives instructions for the protection of the folding plates present, in the event a future owner elects to have this book trimmed (for binding).
183 pp
heavily illustrated.
Together with a sepia tone vintage photograph of Robert-Houdin's grave site taken by Willard Smith.