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Bibliography of public domain magic books available for free.. _________________________________________________ Abbott, David P. The Open Court. Entangled Continua Publishing, 2019 255 pp, Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Mental Mysteries. Theo. Annemann, 1929 15 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Super Card Mysteries. Gilbert Gault, 1929 12 pp. Annemann, Theodore. 202 Methods Of Forcing. Max Holden, 1933 38 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Sh-h-h--! It's A Secret. L. Davenport & Co., 1934 54 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Complete Mental and Psychic Routine. Louis Tannen, 1935 27 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Mental Bargain Effects. Theo. Annemann, 1935 18 pp. Annemann, Theodore. En Rapport. Theo. Annemann, 1937 18 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Practical Mental Magic. Max Holden, 1944 268 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Miracles Of Card Magic. Max Holden, 1948 115 pp. Anonymous. By Far the Best Book of Conjuring Tricks (Illustrated). R. March & Co., undated 51 pp.

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Bibliography of public domain magic books available for free.. _________________________________________________

Abbott, David P. The Open Court. Entangled Continua Publishing, 2019 255 pp, Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Mental Mysteries. Theo. Annemann, 1929 15 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Super Card Mysteries. Gilbert Gault, 1929 12 pp. Annemann, Theodore. 202 Methods Of Forcing. Max Holden, 1933 38 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Sh-h-h--! It's A Secret. L. Davenport & Co., 1934 54 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Complete Mental and Psychic Routine. Louis Tannen, 1935 27 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Mental Bargain Effects. Theo. Annemann, 1935 18 pp. Annemann, Theodore. En Rapport. Theo. Annemann, 1937 18 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Practical Mental Magic. Max Holden, 1944 268 pp. Annemann, Theodore. Annemann's Miracles Of Card Magic. Max Holden, 1948 115 pp. Anonymous. By Far the Best Book of Conjuring Tricks (Illustrated). R. March & Co., undated 51 pp.

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Anonymous. Endless Amusement : A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science, Including Acoustics, Arithmetic, Chemistry, Electricity, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Magnetism, Mechanics, Optics, Wonders of the Air Pump, All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &C., &C., &C. : to Which Is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny, Or, the Art of Making Fireworks : The Whole So Clearly Explained, as to Be Within the Reach of the Most Limited Capacity. Thorp and Burch, 1820 216 pp. Anonymous. The Black Art; or, Magic Made Easy. Frederic A. Brady, 1869 84.pp. Anonymous. Prestidigitation; or, Magic Made Easy. Hunter & Co., 1870 100 pp. Anonymous. Modern Pastime, or, In-door Amusements including ventriloquism--parlour magic--elementary gymnastics--billiards--fun, and flirtation, forfeits, etc., etc.. Frederick Warne & Co., 1871 223 pp. Anonymous. How to Entertain a Social Party: a Collection of Tableaux, Games, Amusing Experiments, Diversions, Card Tricks, Parlor Magic, Philosophical Recreations, Etc.. F. M. Read, 1875 72 pp. Anonymous. The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist's Guide : A Practical Manual of Fireside Magic and Conjuring Illusions : Containing Also Complete Instructions for Acquiring & Practising the Art of Ventriloquism. Hurst & Co., 1876 116 pp. Anonymous. Mysteries of the Séance and Tricks and Traps of Bogus Mediums : A Plea for Honest Mediums and Clean Work by a Life-Long Spiritualist. Lunt Bros., 1903 77 pp. Anonymous. Wehman Bros.' New Book of One Hundred and Fifty Parlor Tricks and Games : Home-made Apparatus. Wehman Brothers, 1905 170 pp. Anonymous. Revelations; Devoted to the Interest of the Magician. Harry C. Schreck, 1919 36 pp.

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Anonymous. The Magical Mail : A monthly house organ. Arthur Ivey & Co., 1921 40 pp. Anonymous. Stage Illusions and Entertainments. Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1923 166 pp. Anonymous. Revelations : Mental Telepathy, Thought Transference, Mind Reading, Second Sight, Hypnotism Etc., Etc., How It Is Done, And How To Do It. The Veritas Library, 1925 36 pp. Anonymous Learn How to be a Handcuff King and Mystery Man. Johnson Smith & Company, c. 1940 26 pp. Arnold, George. The Magician's Own Book; or, the Whole Art of Conjuring. Dick & Fitzgerald, 1862 396 pp. Bagshawe, Edward. E. D. Proudlock's Routine with Thimbles. L. Davenport & Co., 1933 36 pp. Bagshawe, Edward. Edward Proudlock's Version of the Sympathetic Silks. Edward Bagshawe and Company, 1936 31 pp. Bagshawe, Edward. Proudlock's Egg Bag and Four Ace Presentations. L. Davenport & Co., c.1938 28 pp. Baker, Al. Al Baker's Book One. L. Davenport & Co., 1933 42 pp. Baker, Al. Al Baker's Book Two. L. Davenport & Co., 1935 41 pp. Baldwin, Samuel "Samri". Spirit Mediums Exposed. M'Carran, Bird & Co. 1879 66 pp. Baldwin, Samuel "Samri". Secrets Of Mahatma Land Explained. T.J. Dyson & Son, 1895 120 pp. Bellew, Frank. The Art of Amusing : Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles, and New Charades, Together with Suggestions for Private Theatricals, Tableaux, and All Sorts of Parlor and Family Amusements. Carleton, 1867 348 pp.

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Bertram, Charles. Isn't It Wonderful?. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1896 302 pp. Bertram, Charles. A Magician in Many Lands. E. P. Dutton & Co., 1911 348 pp. Blitz, Antonio. Fifty Years in the Magic Circle: being an account of the author's professional life; his wonderful tricks and feats; with laughable incidents, and adventures as a magician, necromancer, and ventriloquist. Belknap & Bliss, 1871 488 pp. Branson, L. H. Indian Conjuring. George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1922 103 pp. Bullivant, Cecil H. The Drawing-Room Entertainer. C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., 1922 128 pp. Burlingame, Hardin J. Around the World With a Magician and a Juggler. Clyde Publishing Co. 1891 197 pp. Burlingame, Hardin J. Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books; Or, Modern Magicians and Their Works. Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1891 288 pp. Burlingame, Hardin J. Tricks in Magic. Clyde Publishing Co., 1895 96 pp. Burlingame, Hardin J. History Of Magic And Magicians. Charles L. Burlingame & Company, 1895 53 pp. Burlingame, Hardin J. How to Read People's Minds. Clyde Publishing Co., 1905 52 pp. Campbell, Loring This is Magic. Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., 1945 71 pp. Carl, James. Practical Conjuring. No publisher listed, 1911 32 pp. Carlton, Arthur P. Twenty Years of Spoof and Bluff. Herbert Jenkins, Limited, 1920 299 pp.

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Carrington, Hereward. Hindu magic : an expose of the tricks of the yogis and fakirs of India. A. M. Wilson, 1913 56 pp. Carrington, Hereward. Magic Is Fun : Magic for Every One. New Power Publications, c1920 154 pp. Carrington, Hereward. Side-Show Tricks Explained : Sword Swallowing, Fire Eating, Feats of Strength, Juggling Secrets, Etc.. Haldeman-julius Publications, 1928 33 pp. Carton, Bernard Conjuring for Connoisseurs. George Johnson, 1921 35 pp. Chanin, Jack. Jaysee Silk Color Change Supreme. Jack Chanin, 1936 14 pp. Chanin, Jack. J.C. Cigar Magic : Cigar manipulations: The only complete treatise on cigar magic. Equal to personal instruction. Jack Chanin, 1937 92 pp. Christopher, Milbourne. Milbourne Christopher's Own Version For Stretching A Rope. Kanter's Magic Shop, 1938 18 pp. Christopher, Milbourne and Fetsch, "Hen". Magic At Your Finger Tips : 33 Tested Tricks. Maryland Magic Studio, 1947 48 pp. Christopher, Milbourne. Fifty Tricks with a Thumb Tip. D. Robbins & Company, 1948 28 pp. Christopher, Milbourne. Conjuring With Christopher. Holden's Magic Shops, 1949 71 pp. Clark, Keith. Harold Rice Presents Keith Clark's Silks Supreme Silk King Studios, 1942 27 pp. Collins, A. Frederick. The Book of Magic : Being a Simple Description of Some Good Tricks and How to Do Them, with Patter. D. Appleton, 1915 206 pp. Collins, Stanley. Collins's Card Conceits. The Kent and Surrey Press, 1925 53 pp.

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Cremer, William H. Jr., editor. Magic No Mystery ; Conjuring Tricks with Cards, Balls, and Dice, Magic Writing, Performing Animals, Etc., Etc.. John Grant, 1876 Cremer, William H. Jr., editor. The Secret Out: One Thousand Tricks in Drawing Room or White Magic, Together with an Endless Variety of Entertaining Experiments. Chatto and Windus, 18?? Davenport, Ira Sr. The Davenport Brothers, The World-Renowned Spiritual Mediums: Their Biography and Adventures in Europe and America. William White and Company, 1869 De Caston, Herbert. Peerless Prestidigitation : Being a Collection of Entirely New Ideas and Effects in the Fascinating Art of Modern Magic. Hamley Brothers, Ltd., c1910 Decremps, Henri La magie blanche devoilee, ou, Explication des tours surprenans qui font depuis peu l'admiration de la capitale & de la province : avec des reflexions sur la baguette divinatoire, les automates joeurs d'echecs, &c. &c.. Chez F.J. Desoer, 1792 Decremps, Henri Supplément à la Magie Blanche Dévoilée. Henri Descremps, 1785 Decremps, Henri Les petites aventures de Jérome Sharp, professeur de physique amusante. Ouvrage contenant autant de tours ingénieux que de leçons utiles, avec quelques petits portraits à la manière noire. J.F. Desoer, 1793 DeLawrence, George. A Vaudeville Magic Act. Geo. De Lawrence. 1919 DeLawrence, George and Thompson, James "Kater". Modern Card Effects and How To Perform Them. Arthur P. Felsman, 1920 DeLawrence, George. Miscellaneous Tricks with Handkerchiefs : Including a Fifteen Minute Act with Silks. G. Heaney, 1921 DeLawrence, George. How To Answer Questions In Crystal Gazing. Geo. De Lawrence, 1922

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DeLawrence, George. Impromptu Magic With Patter. T. S. Denison & Company, 1930 Devant, David and Abott, David. Magic: The Magazine of Wonder. 1910 Deveen, David. Cigarette Magic and Manipulation. L. Davenport & Co. 1929 Dexter, Will. 131 Magic Tricks for Amateurs. Arc Books, 1958 Dixie, Raymond. The Boy Magician : A Large Number of the Latest and Best Tricks Carefully Selected for the Rising Generation of Conjurers. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1920 Dornfeld, Werner F. "Trix and Chatter"; A Novelty-Serio-Comic-Magicologue. A. P. Felsman, 1921 Douglas, Bert. Bert Douglas's A.B.C Book of Patter : An original compilation of humorous patter lines, alphabetically arranged. Edward Bagshawe & Co, 1937 Douglas, Bert. Bert Douglas's Magical Patter : Effective Patter Presentations for the Up-To-Date Magician. L. Davenport & Co. Second edition 1940 Downs, T. Nelson. Modern Coin Manipulation : Embracing Every Sleight and Subtlety Invented and Known. Routledge, 1900 Downs, T. Nelson. The Art of Magic. Arthur P. Felsman, 1909 Downs, T. Nelson. Tricks with Coins; or, Modern Coin Manipulation. Wehman Bros., 1939 Eastman, Charles C. Enthusiastic Magic : Practical Card Effects and Miscellaneous Items. Chas. C. Eastman, no date given (c.1935) Elbiquet. A Text-Book of Magic. George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1914 Enochs, E. Loyd Loyd's Master Manipulation of Thimbles : A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Thimbles : Comprising Many New, Novel, and Original Conceptions : Equal to Personal Instruction. Loyd, no date given, (c.1930)

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Enochs, E. Loyd Producing Lighted Cigarettes : Ideas and Methods Used by the Foremost Manipulators of Lighted Cigarettes. Loyd, 1936 Erdnase, S.W. Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table : A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards. Frederick J. Drake, 1905 Erdnase, S.W. Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table : A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards. Frederick J. Drake, 1905 Ervin, E. G. Club Deceptions. Kanter's Magic Shop, 1947 Evans, Henry Ridgely. The Spirit World Unmasked. Laird and Lee, 1897 Evans, Henry Ridgely. In the Magic Circle. The Open Court Pub. Co, 1905 Evans, Henry Ridgely. The Old and New Magic. The Open Court Pub. Co, 1906 Farelli, Victor. The "Master Speller" : A modern card miracle, using a borrowed and unarranged pack of fifty-two cards. Edward Bagshawe & Co. 1930 Farelli, Victor. Farelli's "Controlled Coincidence" : Four Modern Card Miracles. E. Bagshawe & Co. 1931 Farelli, Victor. Farelli's Card Magic: A Practical Treatise on Little-Known Card Sleights, Including Numerous New Card Problems. Edward Bagshawe & Co. 1933 Farelli, Victor. Lend Me Your Pack: Novel Experiments With ... Borrowed Cards. L. Davenport & Company, 1936 Farelli, Victor. Thanks to Leipzig!. George Armstrong, 1949 Farelli, Victor. John Ramsay's Triple Restoration: An original paper tearing trick described in minutest detail. John Ramsay, 1949 Fetsch, Henry N, "Hen", Milk Pitcher Magic. Maryland Magic Studio, 1946

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Fitzkee, Dariel. Linking Ring Manipulation with an Original Ring Routine, "The Oriental Rings". The American Studios, 1930 Fitzkee, Dariel. Misdirection for Magicians. Dariel Fitzkee, 1935 Fitzkee, Dariel. The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin. Dariel Fitzkee, 1937 Fitzkee, Dariel. Contact Mind Reading – Expanded. Saint Raphael House, 1945 Fixen, Laura G. Mind Reading; or, Second Sight. The True Secret Of Mind Reading As Performed By The Zancigs. Diamond Dust, 1912 Fleischman, Sid and Gunther, Bob. The Blue Bug : A Manual of Sorcery with Cigarette Papers. Lloyd E. Jones, 1947 French, Edwin A., French's manipulative magic with additions. Compiled by Chas. C. Eastman. No publisher listed. c.1930 Frikell, Wiljalba. Hanky Panky: A Book of Conjuring Tricks. Chatto & Windus, 1875 Frikell, W.. The parlor magician: or, 100 tricks for the drawing room : containing an extensive and miscellaneous collection of conjuring and legerdemain : sleights with dice, dominoes, cards, ribbons, rings, fruit, coin, balls, handkerchiefs, &c., all of which may be performed in the parlor or drawing room : without the aid of any apparatus : also embracing a choice variety of curious deceptions which may be performed with the aid of simple apparatus : the whole illustrated and clearly explained with 121 engravings. Martinka & Co.. c.1870 Frost, Thomas. The Old Showmen, and The Old London Fairs. Tinsley Brothers, 1874 Frost, Thomas. The Lives of the Conjurors. Tinsley Brothers, 1876 Frost, Thomas. Circus Life and Circus Celebrities. Chatto & Windus, 1881 Ganthony, Robert. Bunkum Entertainments: Being a Collection of Laughable Skits on Conjuring, Physiognomy, Juggling, Performing Fleas, Waxworks,

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Panorama, Phrenology, Phonograph, Second Sight, Lightning Calculators, Ventriloquism, Spiritualism, Etc. : to which are Added Humorous Sketches, Whimsical Recitals, and Drawing-room Comedies. L.U. Gill, 1895 Ganthony, Robert. Ventriloquism Self-Taught : Being A Thoroughly Reliable Guide to the Art of Voice Throwing and Vocal Mimicry by an Entirely Novel System of Graduated Exercises. Dick & Frizgerald, 1901 Gibson, Walter B. After Dinner Tricks. Magic Publishing Company, 1921 Gibson, Walter B. Sixteen Master Card Mysteries. Walter B. Gibson, 1928 Gilbert, A. C. Mysto Magic. The A. C. Gilbert Co, 1919 Gilbert, A. C. Gilbert Chemical Magic : A Presentation of Original and Famous Tricks in Conjuring Accomplished by the Use of Chemicals. The A.C. Gilbert Company, 1920 Gilbert, Alfred C. Gilbert Coin Tricks for Boys, Designed to Teach Coin Conjuring to Boys in a Simple Manner, and to Provide Entertainment of an Unusual Character. The A.C. Gilbert Company, 1920 Goldin, Horace Illusion Device. US Patent Office, Patent 1,458,575, 1923 Goldin, Horace. Mysterious Tricks. Will Goldston Limited, 1930 Goldston, Will. More Tricks and Puzzles Without Mechanical Apparatus. Dutton, 1910 Goldston, Will. Stage Illusions. The Magician, Ltd, 1912 Goldston, Will. A Magician's Swan Song. John Long, Ltd, 1913 Goldston, Will. Card and Ball Tricks With Patter. No publisher listed, 1916 Goldston, Will. Magic for the Forces. The Masterpiece Magical Company, 1918 Goldston, Will. Easy Magic With Patter. Will Goldston, Ltd, 1919

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Goldston, Will. Secrets of Famous Illusionists. John Long, Limited, 1933 Goldston, Will. Great Tricks Revealed. George Routledge and Sons, 1935 Goldston, Will. Tricks of the Masters. David McKay and Company, 1942 Good, Arthur. Magical Experiments; or, Science In Play. Worthington Co., 1892 Grant, U. F. Grant Presents Super Magical Secrets. Max Holden, 1928 Grant, U. F. and Smith, H. Adrian. Flap Slate Wrinkles; A Treatise on Novel Uses of the Spirit Slates. No publisher listed, 1931 Grant, U. F. Illusion Secrets. No publisher listed. Undated c. 1934 Grant, U. F. Modern Levitations. L. D. and Co., 1943 Greenwood, Don Lighted Cigarettes Act. Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, undated Harbin, Robert Demon Magic. L. Davenport & Co., 1938 Hatton, Henry and Plate, Adrian. Magician's Tricks, How They Are Done. The Century Co., 1910 Herrmann, Alexander. Herrmann's Book of Magic : Black Art Fully Exposed. Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1903 Herrmann, Alexander. Herrmann's Wizard's Manual : A Practical Treatise on Coin Tricks, Card Tricks, Sleight-of-Hand, Illusions, Black Art, Mind Reading, Spirit Mediumship, Ventriloquism, etc., etc. Shrewsbury Publishing Company, 1916 Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic : A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring. G. Routledge and Son, 1885 Hoffmann, Professor. More Magic. David McKay, 1890

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Hoffmann, Professor. Later Magic. E. P. Dutton & Co., 2nd edition, 1911 Hoffmann, Professor. Latest Magic : Being Original Conjuring Tricks. Spon & Chamberlain, 1918 Holden, Max. Card Tricks That Anyone Can Do. Max Holden, 1934 Holden, Max. Modern Hand Shadows. Max Holden, 1935 Holden, Max. Manual of Juggling. Max Holden, 1947 Holden, John Watkins. A Wizard's Wanderings From China to Peru. Dean & Son, 1885 Holden, Max. Programmes of Famous Magicians. Max Holden, 1937 Holmes, Donald. Some Modern Conjuring : A Series of Original Experiments in the Magic Art. D. H. Alsdorf, 1909 Holmes, Donald. Tricks With Prepared Cards. Donald Holmes. 1913 Holmes, Donald. The Magic Art. Donald Holmes, 1920 Holmes, Donald. Donald Holmes' Bag O' Tricks. Donald Holmes. 1923 Hoole, Norman, and Shepherd, J.J. Original Magical Novelties: a selection of novel magical problems from the repertoires of Norman Hoole and J.J. Shepherd.. George Johnson, 1921 Hopkins, Albert A. Magic : Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography. Munn & Co, 1897 Houdini, Harry. Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Boston Medium "Margery" to Win the $2500 Prize Offered by the Scientific American : Also a Complete Exposure of Argamasilla, the Famous Spaniard who Baffled Noted Scientists of Europe and America, with His Claim to X-ray Vision. Adams Press Publishers, 1924

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Houdini, Harry. Houdini's Paper Magic: The Whole Art of Performing with Paper, Including Paper Tearing, Paper Folding and Paper Puzzles. E. P. Dutton & Company, 1922 Houdini, Harry. The Right Way to Do Wrong : An Exposé of Successful Criminals. Harry Houdini, 1906 Houdini, Harry. The Unmasking of Robert Houdin. Publishers Printing Company, 1908 Houdini, Harry. A Magician Among the Spirits. Harry Houdini, 1924 Houdini, Harry. Miracle Mongers and Their Methods : A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc.. E. P. Dutton and Company, 1920 Hugard, Jean. Coin Magic: A Complete Manual of Coin Conjuring. Max Holden, 1935 Hugard, Jean. Thimble Magic. Max Holden, 1936 Hugard, Jean. Silken Sorcery. Max Holden, 1937 Hugard, Jean. Close-Up Magic for the Night Club Magician. Max Holden, 1938 (NOTE: bound with Thimble Magic) Hugard, Jean. Modern Magic Manual. Harper and Brothers, 1939 Hull, Burling. Sealed Mysteries : Explaining the Latest Card Mysteries and Spirit Tricks Made Public for the First Time : With Directions for Constructing Trick Cards. Master Technic Publishing Co., 1911 Hull, Burling. Master Sleights With Billiard Balls. American Magic Corporation, 1914 Hull, Burling. Sleights; being a number of incidental effects, tricks, sleights, moves and passes, for purposes ranging from impromptu to platform performances. American Magic Corporation, 1914

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Hull, Burling. Bulletin Of Latest Sleights And Tricks. American Magic Corp, 1914 Hull, Burling. A Modern Handkerchief Act. American Magic Corp, 1914 Hull, Burling. The Art of the Stage : Magical Stagecraft and Showmanship. American Magic Corporation, 1914 Hull, Burling. Great East Indian Rope Trick. American Magic Corp, 1914 Hull, Burling. The Challenge Handcuff Act. No publisher listed, 1916 Hull, Burling. The Real Secret of the Stage Second Sight Act : Including the Author's New Improved Plan and System of Act. American Magic Corporation , 1916 Hull, Burling. Thirty One Man Mind Reading. No publisher listed, 1935 Hull, Burling. Burling Hull's Three "Wow" Card Hits. Midwest Magic Service, 1939 Hull, Burling. Annemann's Card Miracles And Annemann's Mental Mysteries. L. Davenport, 1940 Hurling, Maurice. A Short Cut to Ventriloquism. L. Davenport & Co. 1934 Hurst, Lulu. Lulu Hurst (The Georgia Wonder) Writes Her Autobiography, and For the First Time Explains and Demonstrates the Great Secret of Her Marvelous Power. Psychic Publishing Company, 1897 Jonson, Wilfrid. Let's Pretend. George Johnson, 1937 Johnson, George A Few Jardine Ellis' Secrets. George Johnson, 1925 Kellar, Harry. A Magician's Tour, Up and Down and Round about the Earth: Being the Life and Adventures of the American Nostradamus. Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1890

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Larsen, William and Wright, T. Page. The L.W. Card Mysteries. No publisher listed. c.1928 Larsen, William and Wright, T. Page. The L.W. Mindreading Mysteries. No publisher listed. 1928 Larsen, William and Wright, T. Page. The L.W. Mysteries For Children. No publisher listed. 1928 Larsen, William and McGill, Ormond. Radio and Nite Club Mindreading. Thayer's Studio. 1944 Latour, Harry. Magical Suggestions. George Johnson, 1921 Le Dair, Jack. Tricks Of A Trouper. Goodliffe Publication, 1946 Levante, Les "The Great". Fifty More Easy Card Tricks. No publisher listed, 1941 Lewis, Eric C. and Bellman, Dan. Magic As We Do It!. L. Davenport & Co., 1935 Lorento, Professor. Lorento's Wizards' Guide; or, Magic Made Easy. Hurst & Company, 1878 Lorento, Professor. Amateur Amusements. Hurst & Company, 1878 Lustig, David. J. Vaudeville Mind Reading And Kindred Phenomena. R. W. Doidge, 1920 Lustig, David. J. Vaudeville Magic. R. W. Doidge, 1920 Second edition, revised and enlarged. Lustig, David. J. and Doidge, Robert W. Vaudeville Ventriloquism; A Practical Treatise on the Art of Ventriloquism. R. W. Doidge, 1920 Lustig, David. J. La Vellma's Vaudeville Budget for Magicians, Mind Readers and Ventriloquists. R. W. Doidge, 1921

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MacCarthy, E. Brian. Slow Sleights: Billiard Balls, Thimbles, Cards, Coins, etc.. George Johnson, 1934 MacCarthy, E. Brian. Modern Sleights. George Johnson, 1946 Maly, Charles J. Celestial Agent: An Easy Road To Mind Reading, Mental And Spirit Effects, And Muscle Reading. L. L. Ireland, 1944 Marlo, Edward. Card Fan Productions. L. L. Ireland, 1941 Martineau, Francis B., Victory Bouquet. Silk King Studios, 1944 Martineau, Francis B., Walsh Cane Routine. Silk King Studios, 1945 Maskelyne, Nevil and Devant, David. Our Magic : The Art in Magic, The Theory of Magic, The Practice of Magic. E. P. Dutton & Co., 1911 Maskelyne, John Nevil. 'Sharps and Flats.' : A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill. Longmans, Green, & Co. 1894 Miller, Leonard. Thrilling Magic. Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1959 Morrow, Albert. Thought Reading Exposed: How To Become A Thought Reader. The Daisy Bank Printing and Publishing Company, 1914 Mulholland, John. The Early Magic Shows. The Office of John Mulholland, 1945 Munro, George M. Art in Ten Minutes: A Lightning Sketch Lecture. George Johnson, 1922 Mussey, Barrows. Magic. A. S. Barnes, 1942 Neil, C. Lang, The Modern Conjurer and Drawing-Room Entertainer. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1902 Neil, C. Lang, After-Dinner Sleights and Pocket Tricks. Hamley Brothers, Ltd., 1904

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Nelson, R. Alan. Hellstromism. Nelson Enterprises, 1935 Nikola, Louis. Hand Shadows : The complete art of shadowgraphy. C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., 1913 Novak, Bob, Jack Miller's Linking Ring Routine. Louis Tannen, 1945 Odin, Claudius. Trans. Farelli, Victor. The Odin Rings: The Last Word on the Chinese Linking Rings. L. Davenport & Company, 1940 Osborne, Tom. 3-to-1 Rope Trick. Kanter's Magic Shop, 1938 Otto, Arthur. The Beginner's Guide to Conjuring. C. Dresdin & Co., 1910 Oudini. The Great Mysteries Now Revealed for the First Time. Johnson Smith & Company, 1909 Ovette, Joseph. Advanced Magic. Magical Ovette, 1919 Ovette, Joseph. Bargain Magic. Heaney Magic Co, 1921 Ovette, Joseph. Silk Creations. Joseph Ovette, 1931 Ovette, Joseph. Ovette's Tricks And Illusionettes. D. Robbins & Co, 1944 Pinchbeck, William Frederick. The Expositor; Or, Many Mysteries Unravelled. Delineated in a Series of Letters, Between a Friend and His Correspondent, Comprising the Learned Pig, Invisible Lady and Acoustic Temple, Philosophical Swan, Penetrating Spy Glasses, Optical and Magnetic, and Various Other Curiosities on Similar Principles: Also, a Few of the Most Wonderful Feats as Performed by the Art of Legerdemain, with Some Reflections on Ventriloquism. William Frederick Pinchbeck, 1805 Piesse, George William Septimus. Chymical Natural and Physical Magic Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Juveniles During the Holiday Vacation. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858

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Pinetti, Herman. Second Sight Secrets and Mechanical Magic. The Dunham Press, 1905 Poppe, Johann Heinrich Moritz von. Neuer Wunder-Schauplatz der Künste und interessantesten Erscheinungen im Gebiete der Magie. J. Scheible, 1839 Proskauer, Julien. Spook Crooks! : Exposing the Secrets of the Prophet-eers Who Conduct Our Wickedest Industry. A. L. Burt Company, 1932 Proskauer, Julien. The Dead Do Not Talk. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946 Rice, Harold R. and Van Zandt, W.T., Thru the Dye Tube. Silk King Studios, 1943 Rice, Harold R., Rice's More Naughty Silks: a 30 minute silk routine employing but one unprepared silk. Silk King Studios, 1947 Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Written by Himself. Chapman and Hall, 1859 Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Les Secrets de la Prestidigitation et de la Magie: Comment on Devient Sorcier. Michel Lévy Frères, 1868 Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Trans. Smithson, M. I. Card sharping exposed. The tricks of the Greeks unveiled: or, The art of winning at every game. J.W. Lovell Company, 1882 Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Magie et physique amusante. Michel Lévy Frères, 1885 Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. The Secrets Of Stage Conjuring. George Routledge and Sons, 1881 Robinson, William E. Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena. Munn & Co. 1898 Roterberg, August. Latter Day Tricks. August Roterberg, 1896

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Roterberg, August. New Era Card Tricks. Messrs W. & F. Hamley, 1897 Roterberg, August Card tricks : how to do them and sleight of hand : designed for parlor and stage entertainments for the instruction of professionals and amateurs. Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1902 Sachs, Edwin. Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs & Others. L. Upcott Gill, 1885 Schorb, George. Riddles and Drawing-room Magic : Humor for Quick and Dull Wits. Laird & Lee, 1907 Scot, Reginald The Discoverie of Witchcraft. 1584, reprint 1886 Selbit, P. T. Conjuring Patter. Norman Davy Printing Co., 1907 Sellers, Tom. Tricks That Work. George Johnson, 1927 Sellers, Tom. Magic Hits. George Johnson, 1931 Sellers, Tom. Sellers' Secrets. George Johnson, 1931 Sellers, Tom. More Secrets. George Johnson, 1933 Sellers, Tom. Magical Pleasantries. Will Goldston, Ltd. 1933 Sellers, Tom. Card Tricks That Work. George Johnson, 1934 Sellers, Tom. Novel Necromancy. George Johnson, 1935 Sellers, Tom. Immediate Magic. George Johnson, 1937 Sellers, Tom. Subtle Sorcery. George Johnson, 1938 Sellers, Tom. Scots Magic. George Johnson, 1939 Sellers, Tom. Condensed Conjuring. George Johnson, 1941 Sellers, Tom. Trick Tracks. George Johnson, 1942

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Sellers, Tom. Twenty Tricks. George Johnson, 1943 Sellers, Tom. Magical Mixture. L. Davenport & Co. 1943 Sellers, Tom. More Magical Mixture. L. Davenport & Co. Undated c.1943 Shaw, W. H. J. Magic Up To Date, or, Shaw's Magical Instructor. William Shaw, 1896 Shaw, W. H. J. New Ideas in Magic : Illusions, Spiritualistic Effects, Etc.. M. N. Smith, 1902 Sparks, H. G. Pack a Deck. George Johnson, 1939 Squier, Edward Summers. Tricks and Magic Made Easy. Edward J. Clode, 1919 Stanley, Harry Flash Magic : A Unique Collection of Tricks, Ideas, Gags and Tips with Flash Paper. Blackpool Union Printers, Ltd. 1945 Stanyon, Ellis. Card Tricks: A Practical Treatise on Conjuring with Cards. The Penn Publishing Company, 1900) Stanyon, Ellis. Conjuring for Amateurs: A Practical Treatise on How to Perform Modern Tricks. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901 Stanyon, Ellis. Magic; in Which Are Given Clear and Concise Explanations of All the Well-known Illusions, as Well as Many New Ones Here Presented for the First Time. The Penn Publishing Company, 1903 Stebbins, Si. Card Tricks and the Way They Are Performed. No publisher listed, undated Steele, W. F. (Rufus) Card Tricks That Are Easy to Learn, Easy To Do. Kanter's Magic Shop, 1935 Stillwell, George. Stillwell's Handkerchief Manipulation Act (Illustrated). Hamley Brothers, Ltd., 1902

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Theobald, J. Dazley. The Amateur Magician: The Science & Art of Conjuring & Magic Fully Explained: And Instructions Given for Successfully Performing Feats in Legerdemain: Also an Exposure of So-called Spirit Rapping, Table Turning and Spirit Manifestations. J. Theobald & Co., 1880 Thurston, Howard. Howard Thurston's Card Tricks. I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1903 Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Easy Pocket Tricks : The A-B-C Of Magic. Howard Thurston, 1915 Thurston, Howard. Fooling Millions. Howard Thurston, 1928 Thurston, Howard. 400 Tricks You Can Do. Blue Ribbon Books, 1940 Various. The Crest Magician : Devoted to Magic and Magicians. Crest Trading Company, 1907-1908 Victor, Edward. More Magic Of The Hands: a magical discourse on effects with cards, tapes, coins, silks, dice ... &c. L. Davenport & Co., 1938 Waller, Charles. Original Creation for Magicians Hitherto Kept "Up His Sleeve". F. G. Thayer, 1920 Warford, Aaron A. How to Become a Magician, Containing a Grand Assortment of Magical Illusions as Performed by the Leading Magicians and Wizards of the Day. Frank Tousey, 1882 Warlock, Peter. Best Tricks With Slates. Max Holden, 1942 Watson, Donald "Monk" The Professional Touch. Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., 1945 Williams, Ned. Six Card Creations. Edward Bagshawe & Co., 1929 Williams, Samuel. The Boy's Treasury of Sports, Pastimes, and Recreations. D. Bogue, 1847

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Wyman, J., Williams, H. Llewellyn., Frikell, W., Cahill, F., Arnold, G. . The magician's own book, or, The whole art of conjuring.: Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers. The whole illustrated with over 500 wood cuts, and intended as a source of amusement for one thousand and one evenings. Dick & Fitzgerald, 1857 Zancig, Agnes and Zancig, Julius. The Twentieth Century Guide to Palmistry. The Henneberry Company. 1901

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