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• Geschichte des Schattentheaters: Erweiterte Neubearbeitung des Vortrags "Das Schattentheater in Seiner Wanderung vom Morgenland zum Abendland" (in German; Berlin: Mayer und Müller, 1907), by Georg Jacob (PDF in Germany)
• Geschichte des Schattentheaters im Morgen- und Abendland (second edition, in German; Hanover: H. Lafaire, 1925), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les Ombres Chinoises de Mon Père (in French; Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1885), by Paul Eudel (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Karagös; türkische Schattenspiele, hrsg., übersetzt und erklärt von Hellmut Ritter. (Orient-Buchhandlung H. Lafaire, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The great secret of shadow pantomimes; or, Harlequin in the shades. How to get them up and how to act them. With full and concise instructions, and numerous illustrations. (S. French, 1868), by Tony Denier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Karagheuz; ou, Un théâtre d'ombres à Athènes. (Impr. de la Cour royale A. Raftanis, 1921), by Louis Roussel, Antoine Mollas, and Karagöz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Marionettes, masks and shadows (Doubleday, Page & co., 1930), by Winifred Mills and Louise M. Dunn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vorträge türkischer Meddâh's (mimischer Erzählungskünstler) zum ersten Male ins Deutsche übertragen und mit Textprobe und Einleitungen (Mayer und Müller, 1904), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ombres chinoises, Guignol, marionnettes (Librairie Mondiale, 1903), by Émile Lagarde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der übereifrige Xodscha Nedim (Mayer und Müller, 1907), by Friedrich Giese (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ballads in black: a series of original shadow pantomimes, with forty-eight full-page silhouette illustrations, and full directions for producting shadow picture with novel effects. (Lee and Shepard;, 1882), by F. E. Chase and J. F. Goodridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shadow entertainments and how to work them : being something about shadows, and the way to make them profitable and funny (L. U. Gill, 1895), by A. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schattenschnitte aus Nordchina, hrsg. und mit einer einleitung versehen. (H. Lafaire, 1923), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vorträge türkischer Meddâhs (mimischer Erzählungskünstler) (Mayer und Müller, 1904), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stücke aus Ibn Dânijâls Ṭaif al-ḫajâl : für Vorlesungszwecke abgedruckt (M. Mencke, 1910), by Muḥammad Ibn Dāniyāl and Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of tableaux and shadow pantomimes ... together with directions for arranging the stage ... (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1869), by S. Annie Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das schattentheater, in seiner wanderung vom Morgenland zum Abendland. Vortrag gehalten bei der Philologen versammlung zu Strassburg am 4. oktober 1901 (Mayer & Müller, 1901), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Al-Mutaijam : ein altarabisches Schauspiel für die Schattenbühne bestimmt von Muhammad ibn Dânî-jâl ; erste Mitteilung über das Werk (M. Mencke, 1901), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les pupazzi noirs; ombres animées. (C. Mendel, 1885), by L. Lemercier de Neuville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arabische Schattenspiele (Mayer & Müller, 1901), by Enno Littmann and Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ballads in black : a series of original shadow pantomimes : with forty-eight full-page silhouette illustrations and full directions for producting shadow pictures with novel effects (Walter H. Baker & Co., 1881), by F. E. Chase and J. F. Goodridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orpheus the organ-grinder : with full-page shilhouett illustrations and complete directions for producing shadow pictures with novel effects (Walter H. Baker & Co., 1881), by F. E. Chase and J. F. Goodridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les ombres chinoises de mon père (E. Rouveyre, 1885), by Paul Eudel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Türkische Litteraturgeschichte in Einzeldarstellungen. Heft 1. Das türkische Schattentheater. (Mayer & Müller, 1900), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shadow entertainments and how to work them : being something about shadow pantomimes and the way to make them profitable and funny : shadowgraphy phantasmagorically presented (Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1901), by Arthur Henry Patterson and Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chinesische schattenspiele (Verlag der Königlich bayerischen akademie der wissenschaften, 1915), by Wilhelm Grube, Berthold Laufer, and Emil Krebs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of tableaux and shadow pantomines : containing a choice collection of tableaux vivants, or living pictures, embracing moving tableaux, charades in tableaux ... : together with directions for arranging the stage, costuming the characters, and forming appropriate groups, to which are added a number of shadow acts and pantomines, with complete stage instruction / by Sarah Annie Frost. (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1869), by S. Annie Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• Yan ying ju. (Tian zhu jiao yin shu ju, 1915), by Wilhelm Grube (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die liebenden von Amasia (Brockhaus, 1906), by J. G. Wetzstein and G. Jahn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le sphinx : epopée lyrique en 16 tableaux (Paris : Enoch & Co. : E. Flammarion, [1896], 1896), by Georges Fragerolle and Amédée Vignola (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shadow pantomimes (Happy Hours, 1868), by Tony Denier (page images at HathiTrust)
• La marche à l'étoile : mystère en 10 tableaux (Enoch Frères & Costallat :, 1890), by Georges Fragerolle and Henri Rivière (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wajang, or, Shadow play : as given in Java. (Jamur Dvipa, 1912), by C. van Hinloopen Labberton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Marionettes, masks and shadows, by Winifred H. Mills and Louise M. Dunn, illust. by Corydon Bell (Gutenberg ebook)

• Geschichte des Schattentheaters im Morgen- und Abendland (second edition, in German; Hanover: H. Lafaire, 1925), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Puppets and shadows : a bibliography (F.W. Faxon company, 1931), by Grace Greenleaf Ransome (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliographie über das schattentheater. (Erlangen, 1902), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Erwähnungen des schattentheaters in der welt-litteratur (Mayer & Müller, 1906), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die erwähnungen des schattentheaters und der zauberlaternen bis zum jahre 1700. (Mayer & Müller, 1912), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Schattenspiel-bibliographie. (M. Mencke, 1901), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Histoire de ce spectacle depuis son origine jusqu'a sa disparition, 1776-1870 (N. Scheuring, 1875), by Séraphin Dominique François (page images at HathiTrust)
• La marche à l'étoile : mystère en 10 tableaux (Enoch Frères & Costallat :, 1890), by Georges Fragerolle and Henri Rivière (page images at HathiTrust)
• La marche à l'étoile : mystère en 10 tableaux (E. Flammarion :, 1899), by Georges Fragerolle, George Auriol, and Henri Rivière (page images at HathiTrust)

• Shadow entertainments and how to work them : being something about shadow pantomimes and the way to make them profitable and funny : shadowgraphy phantasmagorically presented (Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1901), by Arthur Henry Patterson and Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Les théâtres d'ombres chinoises : renseignments complets & inédits, sur la manière de fabriquer soi-même et d'employer un théâtre d'ombres et les personnages (E. Mazo, 1896), by prestidigitateur Alber (page images at HathiTrust)

• Darah Bharata : collection of headfigures out of wayang poerwa (Indonesian Printing Office, 1919), by Dutch East Indies. Commissie voor de Volkslectuur (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Picture-show on festive occasion (Mō̜m Čhao Ying Suwan , 1920), by Prince Tōsini and Hō̜phrasamut Wachirayān (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tamrā lēn nang nai ngān mahō̜rasop. (ʻAmmāt ʻĒk Phra Saritphotčhanakō̜n], 1920), by Phra Hatthasānsupphakit (Fung) and Hō̜phrasamut Wachirayān (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Kajyk ojunu : Türkischer Text (Mayer & Müller, 1899), by Georg Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)

• Feu Séraphin; histoire de ce spectacle depuis son origine jusqu'à sa disparition. 1776-1870. (N. Scheuring, 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Javanische schattenspiele, (W. Goldmann, 1923), by Otto Höver (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Het Javaansche tooneel. (Commissie voor de Volkslectuur, 1923), by J. Kats (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dwitå-wånå : vervolg op de Mintå-rågå (Indonesische Drukkerij, 1922), by Krido jatmoko (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kawruh asalipun ringgit sarta gegapok-anipun kalijan agami ing djaman kina. (1914), by G. A. J. Hazeu and R. M. Mangkudimedja (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Een Fragment van de wajang-opvoering (Mardi-Moeljo, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Abiåså; een Javaansch tooneelstuk (Wajang) Mit een Hollandsche vertaling en toelichtende Nota. (M.Nijhoff, 1878), by H. C. Humme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Programma van de wajang-orang voorstelling te houden in den Kraton te Djokjakarta in drie dagen, aanvangende den 13den Februari 1928. (B. Djokja, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bab ringgit wajang (s.n., 1926), by Soedjono Tirtokoesoemo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Programma van de wajang-orang-voorstelling : bestaande uit twee stukken: 1. De dood van Samba, 2. Soetjiptahening Mintaraga, of De ascese van Ardjoena, op te voeren in vier dagen, februari 1926, gehouden in den Kraton te Djokjakarta ([Djokjakarta?, 1926), by Indonesia) Wajang-orang-voorstelling (1926 : Djokjakarta (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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