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Product Description: In February 1880, when Arthur Conan Doyle was only twenty years old, he embarked upon 'the first real outstanding adventure in my life,' seven months as a ship's surgeon on an Arctic whaler. The voyage took the young Conan Doyle into unknown regions and plunged him into dangerous and bloody work on the ice floes of the Arctic seas...read more
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9780226009056 | Univ of Chicago Pr, October 1, 2012, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: In February 1880, when Arthur Conan Doyle was only twenty years old, he embarked upon 'the first real outstanding adventure in my life,' seven months as a ship's surgeon on an Arctic whaler.

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While attempting to expose fraudulent medium Lucius Craig to New York's gullible society, master magician and escape artist Harry Houdini is faced with investigating a murder during one of Craig's fake seances, an event that Houdini himself attended. Original.
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9780857682932 | Titan Books, June 12, 2012, cover price $12.95
9780380800582 | Avon Books, November 1, 2001, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: While attempting to expose fraudulent medium Lucius Craig to New York's gullible society, master magician and escape artist Harry Houdini is faced with investigating a murder during one of Craig's fake seances, an event that Houdini himself attended.

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Product Description: New York City in 1897 and young escapologist Harry Houdini is struggling to get the recognition he craves from the ruthless entertainment industry. When toy tycoon Branford Wintour is found murdered in his Fifth Avenue mansion, detectives call upon Houdini to help solve this mysterious crime...read more
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9780857682840 | Reprint edition (Titan Books, February 7, 2012), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: New York City in 1897 and young escapologist Harry Houdini is struggling to get the recognition he craves from the ruthless entertainment industry.

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Product Description: In turn-of-the-century New York City, struggling young performer Harry Houdini is working for the renowned magician Kellar. One night his master’s astonishing illusion the Floating Lady goes horribly wrong, with Kellar’s levitating assistant apparently plunging to her death...read more
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9780857682925 | Reprint edition (Titan Books, February 7, 2012), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In turn-of-the-century New York City, struggling young performer Harry Houdini is working for the renowned magician Kellar.

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Product Description: When Harry Houdini is framed and jailed for espionage, Sherlock Holmes vows to clear his name, with the two joining forces to take on blackmailers who have targeted the Prince of Wales. It’s a case that requires all of their skills — both mental and physical...read more
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9781848564923 | Titan Books, November 17, 2009, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When Harry Houdini is framed and jailed for espionage, Sherlock Holmes vows to clear his name, with the two joining forces to take on blackmailers who have targeted the Prince of Wales.

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Daniel Stashower unearths the true story of the murder that rocked 1840s New York and became the obsession of a doomed and desperate author.
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9781851685486 | Gardners Books, June 1, 2009, cover price $14.65 | About this edition: Daniel Stashower unearths the true story of the murder that rocked 1840s New York and became the obsession of a doomed and desperate author.

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Traces the July 1841 murder investigation into a twenty-year-old saleswoman whose demise was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' associated him with the crime. By the author of Teller of Tales. Simultaneous.
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9780143059004 | Unabridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, August 30, 2012), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Traces the July 1841 murder investigation that was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' associated him with the crime.

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Product Description: Paul Galliard is a magician by training and heredity: his father died performing the Bullet Catch, an infamous trick that over the centuries has claimed the lives of more than a dozen magicians. A pragmatist; Paul confines his conjuring to commercials; he shows up often on TV screens, demonstrating the "magical" power of some brand of household cleanser...read more
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9780896218970 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, February 1, 1990), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Paul Galliard, the son of a famous illusionist killed while performing a trick thirty years before, investigates the present-day deaths of his father's friends
9780688071950 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1989, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Paul Galliard, the son of a famous illusionist killed while performing a trick thirty years before, investigates the present-day deaths of his father's friends

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9781933397658 | Felony & Mayhem, February 1, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Paul Galliard is a magician by training and heredity: his father died performing the Bullet Catch, an infamous trick that over the centuries has claimed the lives of more than a dozen magicians.

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Traces the July 1841 murder investigation into a twenty-year-old saleswoman whose demise was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' associated him with the crime. By the author of Teller of Tales. Reprint.
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9780525949817 | E P Dutton, October 5, 2006, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Traces the July 1841 murder investigation that was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' associated him with the crime.

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9780425217825 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, December 4, 2007), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Traces the July 1841 murder investigation into a twenty-year-old saleswoman whose demise was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' associated him with the crime.

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A third collection of original Sherlock Holmes mystery tales features supernatural themes and is complemented by a nonfiction essay by Caleb Carr on the Holmes legacy as it has affected the works of the writer and other authors. Original.
By Martin Harry Greenberg (editor), Jon Lellenberg (editor) and Daniel Stashower (editor)
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9780786714001 | Running Pr Book Pub, January 8, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A third collection of original Sherlock Holmes mystery tales features supernatural themes and is complemented by a nonfiction essay by Caleb Carr on the Holmes legacy as it has affected the works of the writer and other authors.

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The second volume of never-before-published Sherlock Holmes stories collects the contributions of great mystery writers to the genre, including Anne Perry, Shayrn McCrumb, Bill Crider, Colin Bruce, Carolyn Wheat, Jon L. Breen, and others, who offer their own interpretations of exploits of the master sleuth. Reprint.
By Martin Harry Greenberg (editor), Jon L. Lellenberg (editor) and Daniel Stashower (editor)
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9780786710812 | Running Pr Book Pub, October 15, 2002, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A collection of new stories featuring the famous detective by such writers as Anne Perry, Loren D.

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9780786712441 | Reprint edition (Running Pr Book Pub, November 5, 2003), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The second volume of never-before-published Sherlock Holmes stories collects the contributions of great mystery writers to the genre, including Anne Perry, Shayrn McCrumb, Bill Crider, Colin Bruce, Carolyn Wheat, Jon L.

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Featuring contributions from such renowned crime fiction writers as Anne Perry, Loren Estleman, Gillian Linscott, and Peter Tremayne, a magnificent collection of eleven new adventures of the most celebrated detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, celebrates the sheer genius, analytical methods, and remarkable manners of this illustrious sleuth. Reprint.
By Martin Harry Greenberg (editor), Jon L. Lellenberg (editor) and Daniel Stashower (editor)
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9780786708987 | Carroll & Graf Pub, September 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A collection of new stories featuring the famous detective by such writers as Anne Perry, Peter Tremayne, Jon L.

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9780786710744 | Reprint edition (Running Pr Book Pub, September 16, 2002), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Featuring contributions from such renowned crime fiction writers as Anne Perry, Loren Estleman, Gillian Linscott, and Peter Tremayne, a magnificent collection of eleven new adventures of the most celebrated detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, celebrates the sheer genius, analytical methods, and remarkable manners of this illustrious sleuth.

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A portrait of Philo T. Farnsworth, the true inventor of television, describes his initial design for the precursor of television at the age of fourteen and his struggle to develop the project without RCA's powerful David Sarnoff.
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9780767907590 | Broadway Books, April 1, 2002, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A portrait of Philo T.

Miscellaneous:

9780767913218 | Broadway Books, May 7, 2002, cover price $24.95

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Chock full of new insights into the creator of Sherlock Holmes, this compelling new portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle covers his life, from his whaling adventures as a young man to his obsession with the 'Psychic Crusade' during his final years. Winner of the 1999 Edgar for Best Biographical Work. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
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9780805050745 | Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 1999, cover price $32.50 | About this edition: A biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes shows how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, beginning as a small-town doctor, became a friend to the famous, a celebrated writer, and a psychic investigator.

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9780805066845 | Reprint edition (Owl Books, January 1, 2001), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes shows how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, beginning as a small-town doctor, became a friend to the famous, a celebrated writer, and a psychic investigator.

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When the beautiful young assistant of a world-famous magician is murdered on stage during a performance, a young Harry Houdini joins forces with his wife, Bess, and brother, Dash, to unravel the crime. By the author of The Dime Museum Murders. Original.
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9780380800575 | Avon Books, December 1, 2000, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: When the beautiful assistant of the world-famous magician is murdered on stage during a performance, a young Harry Houdini joins forces with his wife and brother to unravel the crime.

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Product Description: In 1897, New York City teems with hustlers and freshly made millionaires, fine artists and con artists, criminals and immigrants. Among them is a rabbi's son who calls himself Houdini. He is struggling to make it in the brutal entertainment business when detectives call on him to attempt the most amazing feat of his fledgling career: solve the mystery of a toy tycoon murdered in his posh Fifth Avenue mansion...read more
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9780380800568 | Twilight, December 1, 1999, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: In 1897, New York City teems with hustlers and freshly made millionaires, fine artists and con artists, criminals and immigrants.

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By Daniel Stashower (editor)
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9781570623417 | Shambhala Pubns, October 1, 1997, cover price $25.00

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Product Description: Ever wanted to read minds? Or be a contortionist? Anything is possible with this unique collection of rare magical ephermera, which explores the world of mystery and illusion. The box contains a booklet about magic and conjuring, a pamphlet on how to be a contortionist, a portable Ouija Board, a set of magical posters, cards, and more...read more
By Daniel Stashower (compiler)
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9781570621482 | Shambhala Pubns, October 1, 1995, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Ever wanted to read minds?

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Suspense, comedy, and romance are blended in this grand mystery, which features the combined talents of Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini against the perpetrators of 'the crime of the century'
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9780688041892 | William Morrow & Co, January 1, 1985, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Suspense, comedy, and romance are blended in this grand mystery, which features the combined talents of Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini against the perpetrators of 'the crime of the century'

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