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• The Lives of the Conjurors (London: Tinsley Bros., 1876), by Thomas Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin (New York: Publishers Printing Co., 1908), by Harry Houdini (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Die moderne salon-magic : Planmassige darlegung und vollstandige erklarung der bedeutendsten vorfuhrungen der zauberkunst, ihrer hilfsmittel und kunstgriffe (O. Spamer, 1891), by Carl Willmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The early magic shows (Office of J. Mulholland, 1945), by John Mulholland (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of conjuring and magic (International Brotherhood of Magicians, 1928), by Henry Ridgely Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Story of magic (New York, Loring & Mussey [©1935], 1935), by John Mulholland and John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chemical magic (G. Sully and company, inc., 1930), by John D. Lippy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Artisten-lexikon ; biographische notizen über kunstreiter. (E. Lintz, 1895), by Hermann Waldemar Otto (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Trix and chatter"; a novelty-serio-comic-magicologue (A. P. Felsman, 1921), by W. Dornfeld (page images at HathiTrust)

• The true history of the ghost : and all about metempsychosis, by John Henry Pepper (Gutenberg ebook)

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• Annemann's Practical Mental Effects: A Comprehensive Collection of the Best Mental Tricks of Recent Years (second printing; New York et al.: Holden's Magic Shops, 1946), by Theodore Annemann, ed. by John J. Crimmins, illust. by Nelson Hahne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Black Herman's Secrets of Magic, Mystery and Legerdermain (15th DeLuxe edition; Dallas: Dorene Pub Co, c1938), by Black Herman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blackstone's Secrets of Magic (New York and Chicago: A. L. Burt Co., c1929), by Harry Blackstone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conjuring for Amateurs: A Practical Treatise on How to Perform Modern Tricks (1901), by Ellis Stanyon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Fireside Magician: or, the Art of Natural Magic Made Easy (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, c1870), by Thomas Picton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic: In Which Are Given Clear and Concise Explanations of All the Well-Known Illusions, As Well As Many New Ones (Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1910), by Ellis Stanyon, contrib. by Henry Ridgely Evans (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Magical Suggestions (London: G. Johnson, 1921), by Harry Latour (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Memorias e Confidencias do Popular Illusionista Faure Nicolay (in Portuguese; Rio De Janeiro: Typ. Villas-Bôas, 1901), by Nicoláu Faure Nicolay
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• Sleights: Being a Number of Incidental Effects, Tricks, Sleights, Moves and Passes, For Purposes Ranging From Impromptu to Platform Performances (c1914), by Burling Hull (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Some Modern Conjuring: A Series of Original Experiments in the Magic Art (ca. 1909), by Donald Holmes (multiple formats at archive.org)
• New Juggling Tricks (first series; London: E. Stanyon and co., 1901), by Ellis Stanyon (illustrated HTML at juggling.org)
• Sealed Mysteries: Explaining the Latest Card Mysteries and Spirit Tricks Made Public for the First Time, with Directions for Constructing Trick Cards (Brooklyn, NY: Master Technic Pub. Co., c1911), by Burling Hull
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• Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena (New York: Munn and Co., 1898), by Chung Ling Soo
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• Ventriloquism Explained: and Juggler's Tricks, or Legerdemain, Exposed; With Remarks on Vulgar Superstitions, in a Series of Letters to an Instructor (Amherst, MA: J. S. and C. Adams, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Magician's Tour, Up and Down and Round About the Earth: Being the Life and Adventures of the American Nostradamus, Harry Kellar (Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry and Co., 1890), by Harry Kellar (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The secrets of Mahatma land explained, teaching and explaining the performances of the most celebrated oriental mystery makers and magicians in all parts of the world ... ([Press of T. J. Dyson & son], 1895), by Samri S. Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les mille récréations de société, contenant la description de tous les tours intéressans de gobelets et de cartes, et généralement tout ce qui est relatif à l'escamotage; des récréations de mécanique, d'optique, de chimie, d'hydraulique, etc., etc. (A. Wahlen, 1830), by J.-L. Hanin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A magician's tour, up and down and round about the earth : being the life and adventures of the American Nostradamus, Harry Kellar (Donohue, Henneberry, 1890), by Harry Kellar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author, and conjuror. (Chapman and Hall, 1860), by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin and Lascelles Wraxall (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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. By Houdini. - (E.P. Dutton, 1920), by Harry Houdini (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old and the new magic (The Open court Pub. Co.; [etc., etc.], 1906), by Henry Ridgely Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old and the new magic (The Open Court Publ. Co., [etc.,etc.], 1909), by Henry Ridgely Evans and P. Carus (page images at HathiTrust)
• La science amusante ... 100 expériences. (Larousse, 1929), by Tom Tit (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magie et physique amusante (Calmann Lévy, 1885), by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shpilereyen : oyfgabn, reṭ nishn, shpiln un ḳuntsn (Matones̀, 1929), by Shloime Shnaider (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peerless prestidigitation : being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic (Hamley Brothers, Ltd., 1910), by Herbert De Caston (page images at HathiTrust)
• J.C. cigar magic : cigar manipulations: the only complete treatise on cigar magic. Equal to personal instruction (Jack Chanin, 1937), by Jack Chanin and John P. Hoot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Richard Heinemann presents "Original magic" (Carlo's Magic Shop, 1945), by Richard Heinemann and James L. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The young conjurer : a book for amateurs. Volume II (Will Goldston, 1919), by Will Goldston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The young conjuror : a book for amateurs (The Magician Ltd., 1910), by Will Goldston and James L. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The magic art ... (The Author, 1920), by Donald Holmes and James L. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Six-trix for 1944 (Frank Werner, 1944), by Bob Hummer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conjuring for amateurs; a practical treatise on how to perform modern tricks. (L.U. Gill;, 1901), by Ellis Stanyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Original creation for magicians hitherto kept up his sleeve (F.G. Thayer, 1920), by Charles Waller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic no mystery ; conjuring tricks with cards, balls, and dice, magic writing, performing animals, etc., etc. (John Grant, 1876), by W. H. Cremer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Card tricks. (Dover, 1952), by Wilfrid Jonson and James L. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the other side of the footlights, an expose of routines, apparatus and deceptions resorted to by mediums, clairvoyants, fortune tellers and crystal gazers in deluding the public (Heaney Magic Co., 1922), by Willis Dutcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Now you see it...magic with a new twist (Didier, 1946), by John Goodrum and James L. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sociable : or, One thousand and one home amusements : containing acting proverbs, dramatic charades ... : illustrated with nearly three hundred engravings and diagrams, the whole being a fund of never-ending entertainment (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858), by George Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
• My life of magic (Dorrance and company c1929, 1929), by Howard Thurston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Misdirection for magicians. (D. Fitzkee, 1935), by Dariel Fitzkee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magical suggestions (G. Johnson, 1921), by Harry Latour (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thought reading, second sight & spiritual manisfestations explained : showing how the supposed phenomena are produced by natural means (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1907), by Frederick Wicks and Washington Irving Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
• Entertaining by magic, a practical talk (M. Witmark & Sons, 1906), by Hermann Pallme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of Robert Houdin, clockmaker, electrician, conjuror. (Chas. L. Burlingame], 1898), by William Manning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collected magic series. (Portsmouth, Eng., 1920), by Percy Naldrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secrets of the great mysteries now revealed for the first time : handcuffs, iron box, iron bottle, iron boiler, coffin, rope chair, mail bag, band box, tramp chair, glass case, paper bag, packing case, straight jacket : a complete guide and reliable authority on all tricks. Full explanation of how the various tricks are performed, with diagrams and illustrations (Oudini, 1909), by Oudini (page images at HathiTrust)
• A modern mystery merchant : the trials, tricks and travels of Carl Hertz, the famous American illusionist. With frontispiece and 24 other illustrations. (Hutchinson & co., 1924), by Carl Hertz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic and its professors (G. Routledge, 1902), by Henry Ridgely Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic; stage illusions and scientific diversions, including trick photography. (Low, 1897), by Albert A. Hopkins and Henry Ridgely Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of modern conjuring : for wizards of all ages (Clarkson Potter, 2001), by Henri Garenne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magical experiments; or, Science in play (Worthington co., 1892), by Tom Tit, Robert Waters, and Camden Curwen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les nouveaux savans de société; ou, Recueil complet de tous les jeux familiers, phisiques et mathématiques. (Chez Barba, 1810) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das universum der magie (Horster, 1912), by Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Horster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les mille récréations de société, contenant la description de tous les tours int£eressans de gobelets et cartes et généralement tout ce qui est relatif à l'escamotage : des récréations de mécanique, d'optique, de chimie, d'hydraulique, etc., etc., : ouvrage destiné aux personnes qui veulent s'amuser et rire a peu de frais. (Audin, 1829), by J.-L. Demerson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twentieth century magic and the construction of modern magical apparatus; with the introduction of new experiments mechanical, chemical, electrical. ([s.n., 1898), by Nevil Monroe Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ein moderner zauberer. (W., Coppenrath, 1882), by Alexander Heimbürger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Boy's own book extended : a complete encyclopedia of all athletic, scientific, recreative, outdoor and indoor exercises and diversions. (C. S. Francis and company, 1859), by Thomas Picton and William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prestidigitation moderne; recueil de tours de physique amusante (Delarue, 1877), by L. P. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der kleine taschenspieler und magier, oder deutliche anweisung verschiedene taschenspielerkünste und magische täuschungen mit wenigen kosten zu machen : zur unterhaltung und belehrung über manches unerklärbarscheinende der natürlichen magie (C.A. Friese, 1810), by Heinrich August Kerndörffer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern magic; a practical treatise on the art of conjuring (G. Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1901), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der junge tausendkünstler. Praktische anleitung zur darstellung leichter und unterhaltender taschenspielerkünste, schattenspiele, puppenkomödien u.s.w. mittels selbstgefertigter apparate (Velhagen & Klasing, 1890), by Max Allihn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Carlo Bosco's Zauber-Kabinet (Ernst, 1870), by Carlo Bosco and Kerndörffer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leaves from conjurers' scrap books; or, Modern magicians and their works. (Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1891), by H. J. Burlingame (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of magic (Arthur P. Felsman, 1921), by T. Nelson Downs and John Northern Hilliard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic no mystery: : conjuring tricks with cards, balls, and dice; magic writing, performing animals, &c. &c. (Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly., 1876), by W. H. Cremer and Wiljalba Frikell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A wizard's wanderings from China to Peru (Dean & Son, 1886), by John Watkins Holden, Chesley V. Young, Morris N. Young, Hanna M. McManus, John J. McManus, and McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Latest magic (Spon & Chamberlain, 1918), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Latest magic : being original conjuring tricks / invented and arranged by Professor Hoffmann. (Spon & Chamberlain, 1919), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• New ideas in magic. Illusions, spiritualistic effects, etc. ... (M.N. Smith & Co., 1902), by W. H. J. Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conjuring for amateurs : a practical treatise on how to perform modern tricks (L. Upcott Gill, 1897), by Ellis Stanyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Higher magic; magic for the artist. (Adams Press Print, 1920), by Oscar S. Teale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Otkytyi͡a Taĭny drevnikh magikov i charodi͡eev : ili volshebnyi͡a sily natury v polʹzu i uveselenīe upotrebli͡ennyi͡a : perevod v osʹmi chasti͡akh sostai͡ushchīĭ ... iz Ni͡emet͡skoĭ knigi ... Magie, oder die Zauber-Kräfte der Natur... (Pechatana v Universitetskoĭ Tipografīi u Ridigera i Klaudīi͡a, 1789), by Johann Samuel Halle and V. A. Levshin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sleights; being a number of incidental effects, tricks, sleights, moves and passes, for purposes ranging from impromptu to platform performances. (American Magic Corporation, 1914), by Burling Hull (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic at home : a book of amusing science (Cassell, 1891), by Tom Tit and Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magischer zeitvertreib: oder, Wie werde ich in wenigen stunden ein perfekter zauberkünstler? (Verlag Kosmos, 1908), by Willy Backhaus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les trucs du théâtre, du cirque et de la foire (Libr. A. Colin, 1909), by Max Charles Emmanuel Champion de Nansouty (page images at HathiTrust)
• A magician's tour up and down and round about the earth : being the life and adventures of the American Nostradamus, Harry Kellar (R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1886), by Harry Kellar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The boy's treasury of sports, pastimes, and recreations (D. Bogue, (Late Tilt and Bogue), 1844), by Samuel Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anecdoten Samlung. ([Regensburg, 1818), by J. M. Berger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic up to date, or, Shaw's magical instructor (The author, 1896), by W. H. J. Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of magic and magicians (C.L. Burlingame & Co., 1895), by Hardin J. Burlingame (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neue handsachen (Buchdruckerei "Saxonia", 1915), by Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Horster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Around the world with a magician and a juggler : unique experience in many lands, from the papers of the late Baron Hartwig Seeman and William D'Alvini, Juggler. (Clyde Pub. Co., 1891), by Hardin J. Burlingame (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jarrett magic and stage craft; technical. ([New York], 1936), by Guy Jarrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Games of skill and conjuring : including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice ... (Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār (Maktabat al-Fallāḥ al-Adabīyah, 1918), by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar Jawbarī (page images at HathiTrust)
• The black art fully exposed and laid bare ... (F. M. Reed, 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The black art! or, Magic made easy. (F. A. Brady, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Herrmann's wizards' manual; a practical treatise on coin tricks (Shrewsbury publishing co., 1916), by Alexander Herrmann and Carleton Britton Case (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated descriptive price-list of magical apparatus and illusions ... ([New York], 1884), by Otto Maurer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leaves from conjurers' scrap books (Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1891), by Hardin J. Burlingame and Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lorento's wizards' guide, or, Magic made easy (Hurst, 1878), by Francois R. Blitz, Professor Lorento, and McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prestidigitation (Hunter & co., 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Second sight secrets and mechanical magic (The Dunham press, 1905), by Herman Pinetti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sibyllans hemligheter : praktisk spådoms- och trollkonstbok (O. Hansen, 1910), by Sven Linde (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neuer Wunder-Schauplatz der Künste und interessantesten Erscheinungen im Gebiete der Magie, Alchymie, Chemie, Physik, geheimnisse und Kräfte der Natur, Magnetismus, Sympathie und verwandte Wissenschaften. (J. Scheible, 1839), by Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe, Karl von Eckartshausen, Giuseppe Pinetti, Jacob Meyer, Gottfried Erich Rosenthal, Johann Christian Wiegleb, Johann Nikolaus Martius, and Harold Jantz Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secreti della magia bianca : ossia Spiegazione de' giuochi di mano sorprendenti del cavalier Pinetti (G. Nobile, 1827), by Henri Decremps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand-book of magic: second series; being the newest tricks of deception, developed and illustrated, to which is added an exposure of the second sight mystery; also an exposure of the card tricks made use of by professional card players and sportsmen. (T. W. Strong, 1855), by John Wyman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tricks with coins : embracing every sleight and subtlety invented and known (F.J. Drake, 1902), by T. Nelson Downs and William J. Hilliar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The parlor magician, or 100 tricks for the drawing room (New York, 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Confidences et révélations; comment on devient sorcier ... (A. Delahays, 1868), by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boy's own book. (David Bogue, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Razskazy o temnykh predmetakh, o volshebstvi︠e︡, naturalʹnoĭ magīi, obmanakh chuvstv, suevi︠e︡rīi︠a︡kh, fokusnichestvi︠e︡, koldunakh, vedʹmakh i t.p. (V tip. I. Shumakhera, 1861), by Matveĭ Stepanovich Khotinskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boy's own book extended; a complete encyclopedia of all athletic, scientific, recreative, outdoor and indoor, exercises and diversions. (C.S. Francis and Co., 1855), by William Clarke and Thomas Picton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Every little boy's book. : A complete cyclopædia of in and outdoor games with and without toys, domestic pets, conjuring, shows, riddles, etc. : With two hundred and fifty illustrations. (Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon Street; New York: 56, Walker Street., 1864) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some modern conjuring; a series of original experiments in the magic art ([S.l.], 1909), by Donald Holmes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Indian conjuring (Routledge, 1922), by L. H. Branson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trollkonsternas bok; populär handledning vid utförandet av alla slags trollkonster (s.k. modärn magi) (Björck & Börjesson, 1918), by Professor Hoffmann and D. S. Hector (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die magie des XIX. jahrhunderts als kunst und als geheimwissenschaft. (Heuser, 1896), by Uriarte and Friedrich Maier (page images at HathiTrust)
• New handkerchief tricks : a collection of novel and original Sleights (including a practical method of executing the Continuous Back and Front Palm with a handkerchief), in connection with a series of up-to-date tricks, introducing new combinations, &c., &c., also a chapter entitled Some new knots (E. Stanyon & Co., "School of Magic", 1900), by Ellis Stanyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• New handkerchief tricks (second series) (Ellis Stanyon's "School of Magic", 1909), by Ellis Stanyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic and its mysteries (H.J. Wehman, 1890), by J. Dazley Theobald (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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, publishers, no. 18 Ann Street, 1857), by John Wyman, Henry Llewellyn Williams, Wiljalba Frikell, Frank Cahill, and George Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic : in which are given clear and consice explanations of all the well-known illusions, as well as many new ones here presented for the first time (Penn Pub. Co., 1910), by Ellis Stanyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spirit slate writing and kindred phenomena (Munn & company, 1898), by William E. Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grand Opera House, London, Ont., programme Tuesday evening, Nov. 12th, Frederick Bancroft in his magnificent spectacular production of magic, under the direction of Mr. Clarence Fleming. (s.n., 1896), by Ont.) Grand Opera House (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secrets of the black art a hand-book of magic, puzzles, &c. for parlour entertainments. (s.n., 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern magic. A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. (D. McKay, 1904), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• More magic (G. Routledge and sons, 1890), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern magic. A practical treatise on the art of conjuring. (G. Routledge & Sons, 1877), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Art of conjuring unveilled. (M. Young, 1880), by M. Young and M. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rusʹkyĭ shtukar : knyz͡hka do zabavy i vyucheni͡a si͡a duz͡he harnykh ta zadyvli͡ai͡uchykh shtuk. (nakladom i drukom "Svobody", 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Razlichnyi︠a︡ zaklinanīi︠a︡ i suevi︠e︡rīi︠a︡ srednikh vi︠e︡kov. (Taĭny mīra, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The modern conjurer and drawing-room entertainer (C.A. Pearson, 1922), by C. Lang Neil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stage illusions (George Routledge & Sons, Limited, in the 1910s), by Will Goldston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Zauberkunst aller Zeiten und Nationen : namentlich des ägyptischen Alterthums und des neuzehnten Jahrhunderts : enthaltend die enthüllten Geheimnisse der ägyptischen Wahrsager, der Orakel, der Bauchrednerei, der Telegraphie, der Cartomancie in 280 ausgewählt schönen, belustigenden und belehrenden Kunststücken aus der Physik, Chemie, Optik, Mechanik, Mathematik, Arithmetik und Experimentirkunst, nach Philadelphia, Bosco, Petorelli, Comte und Anderen (Druck, Verlag und Lithographie von B.F. Voigt, 1831), by Carl Ferdinand Leischner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zauberkräfte der Natur (Gedruckt bey Joh. Thomas Edlen von Trattnern ..., 1785), by Johann Samuel Halle and Harold Jantz Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conjuring patter (Hamley Bros., ltd., in the 1900s), by P. T. Selbit (page images at HathiTrust)
• Match-stick magic ; being a collection of entertaining, amusing and instructive puzzles, games, scientific and constructional experiments, conjuring tricks, etc., to perform which only a few matchbooks are required (C. Arthur Pearson, 1921), by Will Blyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Carlo Bosco's tooverkabinet. Onder anderen bevattende 154 verrassende kunststukken uit de natuurlijke tooverkunst, met kaarten, kogels, geldstukken, ringen, enz., benevens 46 kunststukken met speelkaarten, en 13 der onderhoudendste rekenkunstige raadsels. Met 24 afbeeldingen. (H.C.A. Campagne & Zoon, 1884), by Carlo Bosco (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tricks for everyone : clever conjuring with common objects (C. Arthur Pearson, 1910), by David Devant (page images at HathiTrust)
• A text-book of magic (G. Routledge & sons, limited;, 1914), by pseud Elbiquet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hanky panky : a book of conjuring tricks (J.C. Hotten, 1872), by Henry Llewellyn Williams, W. H. Cremer, and Wiljalba Frikell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hercat's conjuring up to date (Dean & Son, Ltd., 1908), by Hercat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrierte zauber-soiree für privat-aufführungen im salon. Nebst zugehörigen erklärungen. (O. Spamer, 1887), by Jacoby-Harms (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die natürliche Zauberkunst : aller Zeiten und Nationen, in einer vollständigen Sammlung der überraschendsten, bewunderungswürdigsten und belehrendsten Kunststücke aus der Physik, Chemie, Optik, Mechanik, Mathematik und Experimentierkunst nach Philadelphia, Bosco, Petorelli, Comte, Döbler, Becker und Anderen (B.F. Voigt, 1886), by Carl Ferdinand Leischner (page images at HathiTrust)
• King Koko : or, The pretty princess and the lucky lover : a conjuring entertainment in the form of a fairy tale, with practical instructions (Chatto & Windus, 1904), by Professor Hoffmann and H. L. Shindler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of modern conjuring, magic and illusions. A practical treatise on the art of parlour and stage magic, illusions, spiritualism ... etc., etc. (Ward, Lock and co., 1886), by Frank Lind (page images at HathiTrust)
• After-dinner sleights and pocket tricks (Hamley brothers ltd., [etc.], 1904), by C. Lang Neil and F. Nelson Downs (page images at HathiTrust)
• After-dinner sleights and pocket tricks. Explaining and illustrating tricks (C.A. Pearson, 1906), by C. Lang Neil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parlour magic : a manual of amusing experiments, transmutations sleights and subtleties, legerdemain, &c. for the instruction of youth. (D. Bogue, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tricks and magic made easy (E.J. Clode, 1919), by Edward Summers Squier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Amateurzauberer : eine Sammlung auserlesener, überraschender Zauberkunststücke mit Münzen, Karten und anderen Gegenständen, zur Darstellung in privaten Kreisen (Schwabacher'sche Verlagsbuchh., 1900), by H. F. C. Suhr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic and its mysteries (Frederick Warne, 1881), by J. Dazley Theobald and McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A whirlwind of wizardry (F.A. Arnold ; Printed at the Bancroft Press, 1919), by Chris Van Bern and De Vega (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical conjuring (E.J. Furniss, 1911), by James Carl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die moderne salon-magic : Planmassige darlegung und vollstandige erklarung der bedeutendsten vorfuhrungen der zauberkunst, ihrer hilfsmittel und kunstgriffe (O. Spamer, 1891), by Carl Willmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handkerchief magic : tricks and amusements with a pocket handkerchief (C. Arthur Pearson, 1922), by Will Blyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quality magic (W. Goldston, 1921), by Theodore Bamberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moderne Magie (Neukomm & zimmermann, 1910), by Fritz A. Hügli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magisches Allerei (Horsterscher Verlag, 1905), by F. W. Conradi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dʹemonstrations mystʹerieuses (Horsterscher Verlag, 1905), by F. W. Conradi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern magic; a practical treatise on the art of conjuring (Routledge,), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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), by Antonio Blitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Trix and chatter"; a novelty-serio-comic-magicologue (A. P. Felsman, 1921), by W. Dornfeld (page images at HathiTrust)
• New and original magic : comprising a number of novel and entertaining effects, a fund of information for the professional artist and his younger brother, the amateur (Spon & Chamberlain ;, 1922), by Edward Morrell Massey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Different magic. (s. n., in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hindu magic : an expose of the tricks of the yogis and fakirs of India (The Sphinx, 1913), by Hereward Carrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Miscellaneous handkerchief tricks that you can do (G. Heaney, 1921), by Geo. De Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stage illusions (The Magician ltd., 1912), by Will Goldston (page images at HathiTrust)
• New magical sleights and fakes (Hamley Bros., 1906), by Reginald A. Morrell and Frederick Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Tarbell course in magic (N.L. Magic Co., 1941), by Harlan Tarbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dva volshebnika. Fokusy dli︠a︡ di︠e︡teĭ mladshego i sredni︠a︡go vozrasta. (A.D. Stupin, 1913), by Ī. A. Li︠u︡bich-Koshurov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tricks with paper cups : new and original effects (Berland Magical Creations, 1942), by Samuel Berland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reel magic (N. Louis, 1941), by John Albenice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Expert manipulation : including an accurate and comprehensive technical treatise on the expert manipulation of miniature billiard balls, for manipulative artists and advanced students of the art of magic (Stage Magic Co., 1928), by Burling Hull (page images at HathiTrust)
• The miracle of floating light (The author, 1931), by Burling Hull (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moderne Wunder : natürliche Erklärung der neueren und älteren Geheimnisse der Spiritisten und Antispiritisten, Geistercitierer, Hellseher, Gedankenleser, Heilmedien, Mnemotechniker, Rechenkünstler : sowie der neueren sensationellen Wunder und Darstellungen aus dem Gebiete der Optik, Physik und Mechanik (Verlag und Druck von Otto Spamer, 1897), by Carl Willmann and Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author, and conjuror. (Chapman and Hall, 1859), by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and times of Augustus Rapp, the small town showman (J. Marshall for the Ireland Magic Co., 1959), by Augustus Rapp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic; stage illusions and scientific diversions, including trick photography. (Munn & Co., 1901), by Albert Allis Hopkins and Henry Ridgely Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Houdini's spirit exposés from Houdini's own manuscripts, records and photographs. (Experimenter publishing co., inc., 1928), by Joseph Dunninger and Joseph H. Kraus (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trick brain. (Saint Raphael house, 1944), by Dariel Fitzroy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secrets of magic. (F. Watts, inc., 1946), by Joseph Leeming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Riddles and drawing-room magic : humor for quick and dull wits (Laird & Lee, 1907), by George Schorb (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fabled doctor Jim Jordan; a story of conjure. (Johnson, 1963), by F. Roy Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tarbell System incorporated: Magic. (Tarbell System, 1927), by Harlan Tarbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• 400 tricks you can do (Blue Ribbon books, 1940), by Howard Thurston (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to make a ghost walk; simple directions for staging a séance (D. Kemp & company, 1936), by Joseph Dunninger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tricks every boy can do (Hart Pub. Co., 1948), by Harold H. Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mémoires récréatifs, scientifiques et anecdotiques du physicien-aéronaute E.G. Robertson : connu par ses expériences de fantasmagorie, et par ses ascensions aérostatiques dans les principales villes de l'Europe, ex-professeur de physique (Paris : Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, rue Hautefeuille, 10 bis, 1840., 1840), by E. G. Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shpilereyen : oyfgabn, reṭenishn, shpiln un ḳuntsn (Matones̀, 1929), by Shloime Shnaider, Sh Gilder, and Noṭe Ḳozloṿsḳi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magic for boys (Association Press, 1954), by Sherman Ripley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Magic for amateurs (D. Appleton and company, 1924), by William Hiram Radcliffe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Parlor magic : a series of tricks made easy, for evening parties and other entertainments. (U.S. Book Co., 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
• New coin tricks (I. & M. Ottenheimer], 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secret out (John Camden Hotten, 1871), by Wiljalba Frikell, Henry Llewellyn Williams, and W. H. Cremer (page images at HathiTrust)
• More magic (D. McKay, 1890), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Latest magic, being original conjuring tricks ([publisher not identified], 1918), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Story of magic (New York, Loring & Mussey [©1935], 1935), by John Mulholland and John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Jean Hugard testimonial : Barbizon Plaza Playhouse, April 28, 1945. ([publisher not identified], 1945), by Abril Lamarque, Ben Dalgin, and John J. Crimmins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• For magicians only (F.G. Thayer, 1923), by Charles Waller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effective conjuring, for home entertainments and public platforms (Methuen & co. ltd., 1928), by Will J. Blyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Impromptu conjuring without apparatus, preparation or sleight of hand (C. Arthur Pearson, 1924), by Will Blyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Impromptu magic, with patter (T. S. Denison & company, 1922), by Geo. De Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tricks of the masters. (David McKay company, 1942), by Will Goldston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The young conjurer, Part 1. (W. Goldston Ltd., 1919), by Will Goldston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Universum der Magie, mit einer vollständigen Schule der modernen Zauberkunst : Abteilung; Münzen, Finderhüte, Handsachen, Zauberstäbe, Bühnen- u. Salonkunststücke, Schattenspiele, Illusionen usw. (Verlag Es werde Licht, 1924), by F. W. Conradi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of modern conjuring. (L.U. Gill;, 1906), by R. Kunard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Miscellaneous conjuring tricks from "Modern magic," (G. Routledge and Sons., Ltd., 1893), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magical mysteries : magic made easy (Rand McNally, 1929), by Fred Halsey McElhone and Elinor Dillon McElhone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A bag of tricks (The Reilly & Lee co., 1931), by Will L. Lindhorst (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chemical magic (G. Sully and company, inc., 1930), by John D. Lippy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Westminster wizardry (W. Goldston, Ltd., 1929), by Frederick Montague (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tous prestidigitateurs; 100 tours ... (Soc. parisienne d'édition, 1929), by Luc Mégret (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sub rosa : another book of exclusive magic (Published by the author, 1928), by Oswald Rae (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Waller's wonders : a collection of practical magical effects (G. Johnson, the Magic Wand office, 1927), by Charles Waller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Watch this one! A collection of choice magical effects with small objects, by J. B. Bobo. Edited by J. G. Thompson, jr. (L. E. Jones, 1947), by J. B. Bobo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Classics of magic. (T. J. Osborne, 1945), by Tom Osborne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "My best;" a collection of the best originations conceived by eminent creators in the inventive field of twentieth century magic. Compiled and edited by J. G. Thompson, jr. Illus. by Tom Fitzgerald. (C. H. Hopkins, 1945), by J. G. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Further magic of the hands. Illus. by the author. (M. Holden, 1946), by Edward Victor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Magic handbook. (Science and Mechanics Pub. Co., 1961) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Three hundred tricks you can do (Comet Books, 1948), by Howard Thurston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Card manipulations. (M. Holden, 1934), by Jean Hugard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stage illusions and entertainments, with 161 illustrations. (Funk and Wagnalls company, 1923), by Levani and Bernard E. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Novel mysteries (E. Bagshawe & Co., 1927), by Edward Bagshawe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magisches Mixtum Compositum. Eine Fülle neuester Karten- und Salonkunststücke; ferner antispiritistische Experimente und die neueste Illusion "Creo," (Horster, 1927), by F. W. Conradi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Magic for the millions. (T. Yoseloff, 1957), by Greer Maréchal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Magical novelties : a book of new conjuring tricks (Medrington, 1906), by Charles P. Medrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplementary magic (G. Routledge ;, 1917), by Elbiquet (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new magician's manual; tricks and routines with instructions for expert performance by the amateur (D. Kemp, 1936), by Walter B. Gibson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Prestidigitation : les cigarettes : traité comprenant les diverses disparitions, passes et manipulations et les principaux tours pouvant s'exécuter avec des cigarettes ordinaires de la régie (Imp. Georges Chevalier, 1928), by A. Martin-Bontemps (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sensational tales of mystery men (London : Goldston, 1929., 1929), by Will Goldston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Weird wonders for wizards (London Magical Co. (E. Sewell), 1924), by Sidney E. Josolyne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern master mysteries (The author, 1923), by Brunel White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My mysteries (C. Arthur Pearson, 1924), by C. Ivor Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La prestigitation moderne: lecteurs de pensee, devineresses, secrets des prestidigitateurs, fakirs, mediums etc (A. Michel, 1927), by prestidigitateur Alber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Laughter and legerdemain (G. Johnson, The Magic Wand Office, 1928), by Frederic Culpitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A B C of conjuring (Dranels, 1923), by Charles Crayford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Magicien des salons (Delarue, 1859), by active 19th century Richard and Delion (page images at HathiTrust)
• The novelty act de-luxe : with "watches and clocks" (s.n.,̈, 1927), by Linden Heverly and F. G. Thayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of amateur and professional magic for home and stage : a practical treatise on coin tricks, card tricks, sleight-of-hand, illusions, black art, mind reading, spirit mediumship, ventriloquism, etc., etc., modern magical mysteries, many secrets and methods of marvelous performances explained which have astounded the public in all nations (Stein Publishing House, 1941), by Max Stein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• New original ideas (s. n.], 1923), by R. S. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Masked magical glossary (Harry Leat, 1928), by Harry Leat and Wilfrid Jonson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mysterious tricks : a series of magical mysteries profusely illustrated (W. Goldston, in the 1920s), by Horace Goldin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jap box tricks : an exhaustive treatise on the Japanese or Egyptian handkerchief box, containing many new uses, tricks and ideas, together with complete acts and routines (s.n., 1937), by Glenn G. Gravatt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Second sight secrets and mechanical magic, by Herman Pinetti (Gutenberg ebook)
• Book of parlor tricks: How to perform them (Gutenberg ebook)
• Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena, by Chung Ling Soo (Gutenberg ebook)
• Holiday Frolics; Or, Endless Amusement for the Christmas Fireside: Containing, the Most Astonishing Feats of Legerdemain, and Astounding Conjurings; Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Tricks With Cards & Dice. Art of Making Fireworks; Together With an Excellent Collection of Puzzles, Conundrums, Riddles, Charades, &c. &c. The Whole Admirably Calculated to Beguile the Leisure Hours of Our Holiday Friends. Embellished With a Copper-plate Engraving (Gutenberg ebook)
• Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring, by Professor Hoffmann (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Juggler's Oracle; or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open: Consisting of all the newest and most surprising tricks and experiments with cards, cups and balls, conveyance of money and rings, boxes, fire, strings and knots; with many curious experiments by optical illusion, chymical changes, and magical cards, &c., by H. Boaz (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Old and the New Magic, by Henry Ridgely Evans, contrib. by Paul Carus (Gutenberg ebook)
• Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments: Composed and Performed in Different Capitals of Europe, and in London, by Giuseppe Pinetti (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs & Others, by Edwin Thomas Sachs (Gutenberg ebook)
• Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians, by William K. David (Gutenberg ebook)
• Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography, by Albert A. Hopkins, contrib. by Henry Ridgely Evans (Gutenberg ebook)
• Magic : In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones., by Ellis Stanyon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Water Wizardry: A collection of tricks in which water is the chief agent, by Arthur Ainslie (Gutenberg ebook)
• Endless Amusement: A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works. (Gutenberg ebook)
• Indian Conjuring, by L. H. Branson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sports and pastimes, or, Sport for the city and pastime for the country with a touch of hocus pocus, or leger-demain / fitted for the delight and recreation of youth by J.M. (London : Printed by H.B. for John Clark ..., 1676), by J. M. (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Hocus pocus; or The whole art of legerdemain, in perfection. By which the meanest capacity may perform the whole without the help of a teacher. : Together with the use of all the instruments belonging thereto. : To which is now added, abundance of rare and new inventions. / By Henry Dean. (Philadelphia: ;: Printed for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street., 1795), by Henry Dean (HTML at Evans TCP)

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