Gibson, Walter & Morris Young: Houdini's Fabulous Magic ©1961 Walter Gibson & Morris Young, Pub. Bell Publishing Co., NY Hardcover, w/dj, 214 pages

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Contents (from book ToC):

v Acknowledgments

1 The Substitution Trunk
8 Houdini's Handcuff Act
25 Houdini's Jail Escapes
35 Houdini's Card Scaling
39 The Straitjacket Escape
50 - The Bonza Jacket
53 The Needle Trick
61 - The Needle Switch
62 - The Threaded Razor Blades
65 Houdini's Box Escapes
66 - The Underwater Box Escape
70 - The Challenge Box Escape
71 - The Slide-Up Box
73 - The Metal-Rimmed Box
75 - The Iron Box Challenge
77 - The Plate Glass Box
81 - The Spanish Maiden Escape
84 The Milk Can Escape
99 Other Milk Can Escapes
106 - Escape From A Block Of Ice
109 The Mailbag Escape
113 Walking Through A Brick Wall
130 The Vanishing Elephant
140 - Other Elephant Vanishes
141 - The Double Cabinet
143 - Another Elephant Vanish
144 - Elephant Vanish In Circus Ring
146 The Orange Tree
150 Houdini's Radio Illusion
152 The Giant Card Star
157 The Buried Box Escape
161 Pillory Escapes
161 - Pillory "A"
162 - The Torture Pillory
164 Underwater Escapes
164 - Rubber Bag And Glass Box
170 - The Crystal Water Casket
176 The Water Torture Cell
196 About Houdini
212 Bibliography