Houdini on Magic 1953

Scholastic’s The Great Houdini got me wondering which Houdini book has had the longest continuous life in print. Didn’t take me long to figure out that it must be Houdini on Magic by Walter B. Gibson and Morris N. Young. The book was first published in 1953 by Dover and has apparently never gone out of print.
.The book itself is a confection of previously published material, including Gibson’s Houdini’s Escape and Magic and Houdini’s own books and pitchbooks. This means it contains some Houdini mythology. On the upside, it’s very nicely illustrated and Gibson’s introduction — in which he talks about knowing and working with Houdini.