House of Deception - Magic History Bibliography (Books on the History of Magic (Stage Conjuring))

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Author	Title	Publication Year	Publisher
Abbott, David P.	The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy	1908	Open Court, Chicago
Abbott, Percy	A Lifetime in Magic	1960	Abbott Magic, Colon, MI
Adrion, Alexander	Antwerp at a Late Hour	2001	Sun Dog, Northville, MI
Albo, Robert J. M.D.	Thoughts and Reminiscences on the History and Mystery of Magic	2004	author, Piedmont, CA
Alexander (Claude Alexander Comlin)	Alexander's Book of Mystery	1919	author, Los Angeles
anonymous	Confessions of a Medium	1882	Griffith & Farran, New York
anonymous	Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic	no date	Wehman, New York
Baldwin, Samri S.	The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained	1895	author, New York
Bamberg, David (Fu Manchu)	Illusion Show: A Life in Magic	1991	Meyer, Glenwood, IL
Barnum, P. T.	Life of P.T. Barnum	1855	Redfield, New York
Beaufort, Douglas	Nothing Up My Sleeve	1938	Stanley Paul, London
Bell, Don	The Man Who Killed Houdini	2004	Vehicule, Montreal
Bertram, Charles	A Magician in Many Lands	1911	Routledge, London
Bertram, Charles	Isn't It Wonderful ?	1896	Swan Sonnenshein, London
Black Herman	Black Herman	1925	Zolar, New York
Blackstone, Harry Jr.	Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion	1985	Newmarket, New York
Blaine, David	Mysterious Stranger	2002	Villard, New York
Blitz, Signor	Fifty Years in the Magic Circle	1871	A. L. Bancroft, San Francisco
Blitz, Signor	Fifty Years in the Magic Circle	1871	Belknap & Bliss, Hartford, CT
Blitz, Signor	The Parlor Book of Magic	1889	Hurst, New York
Bodie, Dr. Walford (Samuel Murphy Bodie)	Stage Stories	1910	Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent; London
Boles, Don	Midway Magic	1963	Pinchpenny, Atlanta
Bone, Howard	Side Show: My Life With Geeks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade	2001	Sun Dog, Northville, MI
Booth, Martin	The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	2000	St. Martin's Minotaur, New York
Boston, George; Parrish, Robert	Inside Magic	1947	Beechhurst, New York
Brandon, Arthur	Milo and Roger	1999	Hermetic Press, Seattle
Brandon, Ruth	The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini	1995	Kodansha, New York
Branson, Major L. H.	A Lifetime of Deception	1953	Robert Hale, London
Branson, Major L. H.	Indian Conjuring	1922	Routledge, London
Branson, Major L. H.	Magic of India	1973	Pinchpenny, Atlanta
Brewster, Sir David	Letters on Natural Magic	1832	Harper, New York
Brewster, Sir David	Letters on Natural Magic	1832	John Murray, London
Britland, David	Phantoms of the Card Table: Confessions of a Card Sharp	2004	Four Walls Eight Windows. New York
Brunel, George	Fun with Magic	1901	H. M. Caldwell, New York
Burleigh, Bennet	The Mahdi, or For the Victorian Cross	1907	Walter Hill, London
Burlingame, H. J.	Around the World with a Magician and Juggler	1891	Clyde, Chicago
Burlingame, H. J.	Herrmann the Great	1897	Laird and Lee, Chicago
Burlingame, H. J.	Leaves from Conjurers' Scrapbooks	1891	Donohoe, Henneberry; Chicago
Burlingame, H. J.	Leaves from Conjurers' Scrapbooks [reprint]	1891	Magico, New York
Burrows, J. F.	Programmes of Magicians	nd	Davenport, London
Butterworth, Philip	Magic on the Early English Stage	2005	Cambridge University Press
Carlton (Arthur Phelps)	Twenty Years of Spoof and Bluff	1920	Jenkins, London
Carrington, Hereward	Handcuff Tricks	1913	Sphinx, Kansas City
Carrington, Hereward	Hindu Magic	1913	Sphinx, Kansas City
Carrington, Hereward	Side-Show and Animal Tricks	1913	Sphinx, Kansas City
Carrington, Hereward	Sideshow Tricks Explained	1973	Pinchpenny, Atlanta
Carrington, Hereward	Side-Show Tricks Explained (Little Blue Book 1279)	no date	Haldeman-Julius, Girard, KS
Carter, C. (Charles Joseph)	Magic and Magicians	1903	J. S. Ogilvie, New York
Caveney, Mike	Carter the Great: Being a Detailed Account of Charles Joseph Carter and His Extraordinary Life....	1995	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Caveney, Mike	The Great Leon: Vaudeville Headliner	1987	Magical Publications, Pasadena CA
Caveney, Mike; Miesel. Bill	Kellar's Wonders	2003	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Caveney, Mike; Rauscher, William	Servais LeRoy, Monarch of Mystery	1999	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Charvet, David; Pomeroy, John	Alexander, The Man Who Knows	2004	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Christopher, Milbourne	Houdini: A Pictorial Biography	1998	Gramercy, New York
Christopher, Milbourne	Panorama of Magic	1962	Dover, New York
Christopher, Milbourne	The Illustrated History of Magic	1973	T. Y. Crowell Co., New York
Clark, Hyla M.	Worlds Greatest Magic	1979	Bonanza, New York
Clarke, Sidney W.	The Annals of Conjuring	2001	Miracle Factory, Seattle
Clarke, William	The Boy's Own Book	1865	De Wolfe Fiske, Boston
Classics Illustrated	The Illustrated Story of Magic	1960	Gilberton World-Wide, New York
Cockton, Henry	The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox	c.1860	Willoughby, London
Cook, James W.	The Arts of Deception: Playing With Fraud in the Age of Barnum	2001	Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Cox, Clinton	Houdini: Master of Illusion	2001	Scholastic, New York
Cramer, Stuart	Germain the Wizard and His Legerdemain	1966	Buffum, Galeta, CA
Cramer, Stuart	The Secrets of Karl Germain	1962	author, Cleveland Heights, OH
Crandall, "Senator"	The Best of "Senator" Crandall	1969	Abbott Magic, Colon, MI
Davenport, Reuben Briggs	The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: True Story of the Fox Sisters	1988	C. W. Dillingham, New York
David, William K.	Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists, & Great Physicians	1898	Wm. K. David, Chicago
Davies, Rev. Charles Maurice	Mystic London	c.1875	Lovell, Adam, Wesson, New York
Dawes, Edwin A.	The Great Illusionists	1979	Chartwell, Secaucus, NJ
Dawes, Edwin A.	The Great Lyle	2005	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Dawes, Edwin A.; Setterington, Arthur	Making Magic	1992	Prion, London
De Vere, M. Schele	Modern Magic	1873	G.P. Putnam, New York
Decremps, Henri	Codicille de Jerome Sharp	1793	Paris
Defoe, Daniel	A System of Magick	c.1728	Andrew Miller, London
Devant, David	My Magic Life	1931	Hutchinson, London
Dexter, Will	The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo	1955	Arco, London
Dexter, Will	This is Magic	1958	Citadel, New York
Dif, Max	Historie et Evolution Technique de la Prestidigitation, Vol 1	1972	Max Dif, Paris
Dif, Max	Historie et Evolution Technique de la Prestidigitation, Vol 2	1972	Max Dif, Paris
Dif, Max	Historie et Evolution Technique de la Prestidigitation, Vol 3	1972	Max Dif, Paris
Disher, Maurice Willson	Greatest Show on Earth	1937	G. Bell, London
Dornfield, Werner "Dorny"	Trix and Chatter	1921	Arthur P. Felsman, Chicago
Downs, T. Nelson	Tricks with Coins	1902	Frederick J. Drake, Chicago
Drakloff	Tricks for the Trenches, Series 1	nd	Jarrold, London
Drakloff	Tricks for the Trenches, Series 2	1915	Jarrold, London
Drimmer, Frederick	Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves and Triumphs of Human Oddities	1973	Amjon, New York
Ennemoser, Joseph	The History of Magic, Vol. 1	1970	University, New York
Ennemoser, Joseph	The History of Magic, Vol. 2	1970	University, New York
Ernst, Bernard M. L.; Carrington, Hereward	Houdini and Conan Doyle	1932	Albert and Charles Boni, New York
Evans, Henry Ridgley	History of Conjuring and Magic	1928	International Brotherhood of Magicians, Kenton, OH
Evans, Henry Ridgley	The Old and the New Magic	1906	Open Court, Chicago
Evans, Henry Ridgley	The Spirit World Unmasked	1897	Laird and Lee, Chicago
Findlay, J. B.	Anderson and His Theatre	1967	author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.	Bookishly Yours	1987	Magicana for Collectors, York, PA
Findlay, J. B.	Eighth Collector's Annual: International Guide to Posters and Playbills	1972	author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.	Juggling Through Four Reigns	1945	Mac's Mysteries, Glascow
Findlay, J. B.	Percy Naldrett, A Memoir (Seventh Collectors Annual)	1969	Maxwell Clark, London
Findlay, J. B.	Second Collectors Annual -- 1950	1950	author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.	The Travels of Testot	1965	author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.; Sawyer, Thomas A.	Professor Hoffman: A Study	1977	Thomas A. Sawyer, Tustin, CA
Fischer, Ottokar	Das Wunderbuch der Zauberkunst	1929	Friedrich Undreas Perthes; Stuttgart
Fischer, Ottokar	J. N. Hofzinzer Kartenkunste	1910
Fischer, Ottokar (Oursler & Mussey, trans.)	Illustrated Magic	1931	MacMillan, New York
Fischer, Ottokar (Sharpe, S. H., ed.)	J. N. Hofzinzer's Card Conjuring	1973	Guttenberg
Fleischman, Sid	The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life	1996	Greenwillow, New York
Forma, Warren	They Were Ragtime	1976	Grosset & Dunlap, New York
Foster, Neil (ed.)	The Great Blackstone	1970	Abbott Magic, Colon, MI
Frank, Gary R.	Chung Ling Soo, The Man of Mystery	1988	author, Granada Hills, CA
Frank, Gary R.	Tampa, England's Court Magician	2002	author, Granada Hills, CA
Frank, Gary R.	The Collector's Scrapbook	1994	author, Granada Hills, CA
Frost, Thomas	The Lives of the Conjurers	1876	Tinsley Bros., London
Furst, Arnold	Great Magic Shows	2000	Genii, Los Angeles, CA
Ganson, Lewis	Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig	1963	Harry Stanley, London
Ganson, Lewis	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	1956	Harry Stanley, London
Garrett (Fydell, Edmund)	Isis Very Much Unveiled	nd	Westminster Gazette, London
Gaughan, John	Antonio Diavalo	1986	author
Gaughan, John; Steinmeyer, Jim	The Mystery of Psycho	1987	authors
Gaultier, Camille	Magic Without Apparatus	1945	Fleming Book Co., New York
Gibson, Walter B.	The Master Magicians	1966	Doubleday, Garden City, NY
Gibson, Walter B.	Walter Gibson's Encyclopedia of Magic & Conjuring	1976	Drake, New York
Gibson, Walter B.; Young, Morris N. M.D.	Houdini on Magic	1953	Dover, New York
Gibson, Walter B.; Young, Morris N. M.D.	Houdini's Fabulous Magic	1961	Chilton, Phiadelphia
Godwin, William	Lives of the Necromancers	1835	Harper, New York
Goldin, Horace	It's Fun to be Fooled	1937	Stanley Paul, London
Goldston, Will	Tricks That Mystify (incl. Who's Who in Magic)	1934	author, London
Gresham, William Lindsay	Houdini, The Man Who Walked Through Walls	1959	Henry Holt, New York
Gresham, William Lindsay	Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny	1953	Rinehart, New York
Hansen, George; Christopher, Maurine	The Milbourne Christopher Library, Vol. I	1994	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Hansen, George; Christopher, Maurine	The Milbourne Christopher Library, Vol. II	1998	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Hay, Henry (B Mussey)	Cyclopedia of Magic	1949	David MacKay, Philapelphia
Henning, Doug; Reynolds, Charles	Houdini: His Legend and His Magic	1977	Warner, New York
Herrman	Herrman's Black Art	1898	Wehman, New York
Hertz, Carl	A Modern Mystery Merchant	1924	Hutchinson, London
Hilliard, John Northern	Greater Magic	1938	Carl Waring Jones, Minneapolis
Hoffman, Professor	Later Magic	1918	E P Dutton, New York
Hoffman, Professor	Magical Tidbits	1911	Routledge, London
Hoffman, Professor	Modern Magic	1878	Routledge, London
Hoffman, Professor	More Magic	1989	David MacKay, Philapelphia
Hoffman, Professor	The Secrets of Stage Conjuring by Robert Houdin	1880	Routledge, London
Holden, Max	Programmes of Famous Magicians	1937	author, New York
Hopkins, Albert A.	Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions	1898	Munn, New York
Houdini, Harry	"Margery" the Medium Exposed	1924	Adams, New York
Houdini, Harry	A Magician Among the Spirits	1972	Arno, New York
Houdini, Harry	Miracle Mongers and Their Methods	1920	Dutton, New York
Houdini, Harry	The Right Way to Do Wrong		author, Boston
Houdini, Harry	The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin	1908	Publishers Printing, New York
Hugard, Jean	Jean Hugard Testimonial	1945	New York
International Brotherhood of Magicians	Who's Who in Magic	1926	IBM, Kenton, OH
Ireland, Frances	With Frances in Magicland	1952	Ireland Magic, Chicago
Ireland, Frances	You Don't Have to be Crazy, But it Helps	1946	Ireland Magic, Chicago
Jay, Ricky	Extraordinary Exhibitions	2005	Quantuck Lane, New York
Jay, Ricky	Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women	1986	Villard, New York
Jay, Ricky; Purcell, Rosamond Wolff	Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck	2003	Quantuck Lane, New York
Jenness, George	Maskelyne and Cooke: Egyptian Hall, London 1873-1904	1967	author, London
Johnson, George	Conjurer's Tales	1910	Munro's, London
Johnson, Karl	The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist	2005	Henry Holt, New York
Jones, Lloyd	Meet the Boys of the Pacific Coast	1935	Walter Adrian, Portland
Karlyn (J. F. Burrows)	Secrets of Stage Hypnotism, Stage Electricity, and Bloodless Surgery	1912	The Magician, Ltd., London
Karlyn (J. F. Burrows)	The Stage Artist	c1912	Daisy Bank, Manchester
Keene, Lamar M.; Spraggett, Allen	The Psychic Mafia	1997	Prometheus, Amherst, NY
Kellar, Harry	A Magician's Tour	1890	Donohue, Henneberry; Chicago
Kellock, Harold	Houdini, His Life Story	1928	William Heinemann Ltd., London
Kendall, Lace	Houdini: Master of Escape	1960	Macrae Smith, Philadelphia
King, Edmund Fillingham	Ten Thousand Wonderful Things	c.1872	Routledge, London
Kinney, Arthur F.	Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars	1973	Imprint Society, Barre, MA
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D.	Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet	2000	Riverhead, New York
Kraske, Robert	Harry Houdini: Master of Magic	1995	Scholastic, New York
Krause, Gerhard	Die Schonheit in der Zirkuskunst	1969	Henschelverlag, Berlin
Lamont, Peter	The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History	2005	Thunder's Mouth, New York
Leat, Harry	Forty Years In and Around Magic	1923	author, London
Lewis, Arthur H.	Carnival	1970	Trident, New York
Lewis, Eric	The Genius of Robert Harbin	1997	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Lutz, Stuart	[Houdini] "The Unmasking of Harry Houdini" in Autograph Collector Vol. 8 #2	1999	Odyssey, Corona, CA
MacKay, Charles	Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds	1960	L. C. Page, Boston
MacKenzie, Dr. R. Shelton	Robert Houdin, The Great Wizard	1865	Charles Desilver, Philadephia
Magic, Inc.	Salute to Collectors	1970	Magic, Inc., Chicago
Mahan, Rev. A.	Modern Mysteries Explained and Exposed	1855	John P. Jewett, Boston
Manning, William	Recollections of Robert-Houdin	1898	Charles L. Burlingame, Chicago
Mannix, Daniel P.	Memoirs of a Sword Swallower	1996	V/Search, San Francisco
Marion, Frederick	In My Mind's Eye	1950	E P Dutton, New York
Marx, Roger	Masters of the Poster 1896-1900: Les Maitres Del'Affiche	1977	Images Graphiques, New York
Maskelyne, Jasper	White Magic	1936	Stanley Paul, London
Maskelyne, Nevil; Devant, David	Our Magic	1946	Fleming Book Co., New Jersey
McArdle, John	The Anatomy of Magic	1974	author, Newton, CT
McComb, Billy	McComb's Magic: 25 Years Wiser	c.1970	Supreme Magic, Devon, England
M'Donald, W.	Spiritualism	1866	Carlton and Porter, New York
Meyer, David	The Wizard Exposed	1987	Meyer, Glenwood, IL
Millard, Joseph	Edgar Cayce: Mystery Man of Miracles	1967	Fawcett Books, Greenwich, CT
Miller, David Prince	Life of a Showman	1855	Thomas Hailes Lacy, London
Mole, H. C.	Those Entertaining Years	1949	Sid Vale
Mulholland, John	Behind the Magician's Curtain	1928	New York Public Library
Mulholland, John	John Mulholland's Story of Magic	1935	Loring and Mussey, New York
Mulholland, John	Magic for Entertaining	1944	Grosset & Dunlap, New York
Mulholland, John	Quicker Than the Eye	1932	Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis
Nickell, Joe	Wonder-Workers!: How They Perform the Impossible	1991	Prometheus, Buffalo, NY
Nightingale, Frank	Magic for Magicians	1964	Knight, Sky Forest, CA
Noakes, Ernest E.	Mirthful Memories of a Magician	1920	G. Bell, London
O'Dell, Dell	Magical Moments	1939	author, New York
Olson, Robert	Carl Rosini: His Life and His Magic	1966	Magic, Inc., Chicago
Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J. G.	Clockwork Music	1973	Crown, New York
Pecor, Charles	The Magician on the American Stage, 1752-1874	1977	Emerson and West, D.C.
Pepper, Professor	The True History of Pepper's Ghost	1890	Cassell, London
Polidoro, Massimo	Final Seance: The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle	2001	Prometheus, Amherst, NY
Price, David	Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater	1985	Cornwall
Randi, James	Conjuring	1992	St. Martin's, New York
Randi, James	Truth About Uri Geller	1982	Prometheus, Amherst, NY
Rapp, Augustus	The Life and Times of Augustus Rapp	1991	Meyer, Glenwood, IL
Rauscher, William V.	John Calvert: Magic and Adventures Around the World	1987	Claitor's, Baton Rouge
Rauscher, William V.	The Houdini Code Mystery	2000	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Reynolds, Charles; Reynolds, Regina	100 Years of Magic Posters	1975	Darien House, New York
Richards, Ralph	Tricks You Can Do	nd
Robenalt, James D.	Linking Rings: William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America	2004	Kent State University Press, Kent OH
Robert-Houdin	King of the Conjurers	1964	Dover, New York
Robert-Houdin	Memoirs of Robert-Houdin	1860	Chapman and Hall, London
Romano, Chuck	House of Cards: The Life and Magic of Paul Rosini		author, South Elgin, IL
Romano, Chuck	The Art of Deception: The Affinity Between Conjuring and Art	1997	author, South Elgin, IL
Root, Harvey W.	The Unknown Barnum	1927	Harper, New York
Rosenthal, Gottfried Ehrich; Wiegleb, J.C.	Johann Nikolaus Martius' Unterricht in der naturlichen Magic, Vol 5	1792	Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin
Rosenthal, Gottfried Ehrich; Wiegleb, J.C.	Johann Nikolaus Martius' Unterricht in der naturlichen Magic, Vol 6	1792	Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin
Roy, Marvyn	Mr. Electric Unplugged	1983	Magic Words, Pasadena CA
Sanger, "Lord" George	Seventy Years a Showman	1908	C. Arthur Pearson, London
Sardina, Maurice	Where Houdini was Wrong	1950	George Armstrong, London
Scarne, John	The Amazing World of John Scarne	1956	Constable, London
Scarne, John	The Odds Against Me	1966	Simon & Schuster, New York
Selbit, P. T.	The Magical Entertainer	1906	Ornum, London
Setterington, Arthur	The Life and Times of the Great Lafayette	1991	Abraxas
Severn, Bill	Magic and Magicians	1958	David MacKay, Philapelphia
Shavelson, Melville	The Great Houdinis	1976	Fawcett, Greenwich, CT
Shaw, W. H. J.	New Ideas in Magic	1902	St. Louis
Silverman, Kenneth	Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss	1996	HarperCollins, New York
Sobel, Bernard	A Pictorial History of Vaudeville	1961	Bonanza, New York
Society of American Magicians	SAM: Official List of Assemblies and Members	1946	SAM, Summit, NJ
Sorcar	Sorcar, TW'sGM		author
Sorcar	Sorcar, World's Master Magician		author
Sorcar	Sorcar: Maharajah of Magic	1966	All India Magic Circle, Calcutta`
Sorcar	The Great Sorcar		author
Sorcar	The Great Sorcar, World's Greatest Magician		author
Spitari, Laurance W. (ed)	The Wizard's Annual	1914	Associated Wizards of the South, Southhampton
Standage, Tom	The Turk	2002	Walker, New York
Steinmeyer, Jim	Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear	2003	Carroll & Graf, New York
Steinmeyer, Jim	The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer"	2005	Carroll & Graf, New York
Tarbell, Harlan	Tarbell Course in Magic	1927	author, Chicago
Temple, Phil	The Thurston Scrapbook	1985	author
Theobald, J. D.	Magic and It's Mysteries	c.1880	Frederick Warne, London
Thomson, Anthony Todd	The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles, Vol 1	1847	Harper, New York
Thomson, Anthony Todd	The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles, Vol. 2	1847	Harper, New York
Thornton, Larry	The Movie Magic Files	1978	Calgary and Alberta
Thurston, Howard	My Life of Magic	1929	Dorrance, Philadelphia
Trav; S. D.	No Applause--Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous	2005	Faber & Faber, London
Trowbridge, W. R. H.	Cagliostro	no date	University, New York
Vernon, Dai	Malini and his Magic	no date	Harry Stanley, London
Vintus, Len	Magicians of the World, "CANUSA" Section	1978	author
Vintus, Len	Magicians of the World, "W-I-S-E" Section	1978	author
Vintus, Len	Meet the Moulders of the IBM	1975	author
Volkmann, Kurt	The Oldest Deception: Cups and Balls in the Art of the 15th and 16th Centuries	1956	Carl W. Jones, Minneapolis
Waldman, Carl; Layden, Joe	The Art of Magic	1997	General, Los Angeles
Waldron, Daniel; Johnstone, George; Ruggiero, Nick	Blackstone, A Magician's Life: The World and Magic Show of Harry Blackstone, 1885-1965	1999	Meyer, Glenwood, IL
Weatherly, Lionel A.; Maskelyne, John Nevil	The Supernatural?	1891	Carlton & Porter, New York
Wehman, Henry J.	Wizard's Manual	1895	Wehman, New York
Weisberg, Barbara	Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism	2004	Harper, San Francisco
Williams, Beryl; Epstein, Samuel	The Great Houdini	1954	Julian Messner, New York
Worthington, Thomas Chew	Recollections of Howard Thurston: Conjurer, Illusionist, and Author	1938	author, Baltimore
Zolotow, Maurice	It Takes All Kinds	1952	Random House, New York

House of Deception Library: Magic History (Bibliography Section)

Author	Title	Publication Year	Publisher
Alfredson, James B.; Dailey, George L. Jr.	Short Check List of Conjuring Periodicals in English	1976	authors, Lansing MI
Burlingame, H. J.	Tricks in Magic, Vol. 3	1898	Clyde, Chicago
Clarke, Sidney W.; Blind, Adolph	The Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Deceptions	1920	George Johnson, London
Conklin, Rex	A Selection of Contemporary, Scarce, and Rare Books, Prints...		Conklin, Rex
Findlay, J. B.	Charles Dickens and His Magic	1962	author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.	Conjurer's Coins and Medals	1964	author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.	How's Your Library?	1958	Ireland Magic, Chicago
Findlay, J. B.	Magic Coins of Czechoslovakia	1969	author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.	Ninth Collector's Annual: A Catalogue of Books on Conjuring and the Allied Arts in the J. B. Findlay Collection	1975	D. W. Findlay, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Findlay, J. B.	Price One Penny	1967	F. William Kuethe: Glen Burnie, MD
Findlay, J. B.	Tenth Collectors Annual	1994	R. Ricard, Pawtucket, RI
Findlay, J. B.	The Wee Books, The (Supplement #44 to The Magic Cauldron)	1972	Cauldron, Glen Burnie, MD
Fleming, Paul	The Paul Fleming Book Reviews, Vol. I	1924	Fleming Book Co., New Jersey
Fleming, Paul	The Paul Fleming Book Reviews, Vol. II	1926	Fleming Book Co., New Jersey
Robert Gill	Magic As a Performing Art: A Bibliography of Conjuring (College of Librarianship Wales Bibliographies)	1976	Bowker, London
Hall, Trevor	Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English from 1580 to 1850	1957	Carl Waring Jones, Minneapolis
Hall, Trevor	The Winder Sale of Old Conjuring Books	1975	W.S. Maney, Leeds
Heyl, Edgar	Contribution to Conjuring Bibliography...	1963	author, Baltimore
Heyl, Edgar	Cues for Collectors	1964	Ireland Magic, Chicago
Marshall, Francis (ed)	The Magic Bookman	1974	Magic, Inc., Chicago
Phenix Publishing Co.	Phenix Catalogue of Fine and Rare Books on Magic, Mentalism, and Related Subjects	1940	Phenix, Detroit
Price, Harry	Short Title Catalogue...	1929	National Laboratory...,London
Price, Harry	Supplement to Short Title Catalogue...	1935	University of London
Shevlin, Clay Hamilton	Historian's Guide to Conjuring	1981	Conjuring Historical Society
Sotheby Parke Bernet	J. B. Findlay Collection, The Part III, Posters and Playbills	1980	Sotheby's, London
Sotheby's Belgravia	Toys, Automata and Magical Effects	1976	Sotheby's Belgravia, London
Swann Galleries	Magic, Public Auction [various]	various	Swann Galleries, New York
Toole-Stott, Raymond	Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876	1976	Harpur, Derby, England
Toole-Stott, Raymond	Circus and Allied Arts: A World Bibliography 1500-1957, Vol. 1	1958	Harpur, Derby, England

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The titles, all from our library, range from Ph.D.
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