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McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)

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  • Cover of: Complete hypnotism, mesmerism, mind-reading, and spiritualism: how to hypnotize, being an exhaustive and practical system of method, application, and use

    First published in 1930 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Universal conjuror, or, The whole art of legerdemain, as practised by the famous Breslaw, Katterfelto, Jonas, Flockton, Comas, and by the greatest adepts in London and Paris: containing a variety of tricks and deceptions with cards, cups, and balls, automaton figures, German puddings, quicksilver, birds, eggs, rings, money, handkerchiefs, watches, &c., never before made public.

    First published in 1829 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Magic lantern.

    First published in 1860 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Rochester knockings!: Discovery and explanation of the source of the phenomena generally known as the Rochester knockings ...

    First published in 1851 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Adventurous life of a versatile artist: Houdini.

    First published in 1922 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Hindoo superstitions.

    First published in 1845 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Confessions of a medium.

    First published in 1882 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Humbug: a look at some popular impositions.

    First published in 1859 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Tricks for amateurs of both sexes.

    First published in 1904 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Whole art of legerdemain, or, Hocus pocus laid open and explained by those renowned masters Sena Sama, Hamed Ben-Ali, and all the celebrated and mysterious professors in the art of natural magic: with full instructions how to perform the various tricks on cards, dice, birds, eggs, rings, &c. as practised before their sublime majesties, the Emperor and Empress of China, the crowned heads of Europe, and the president and people of the United States.

    First published in 1830 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Second sight, or, Clairvoyance mystery: as performed by Heller, Houdin, and other famous conjurors : with explicit instructions whereby any one may learn and perform the most marvelous feats, including a new and greatly improved system, never before published.

    First published in 1880 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Rapid reckoning, or, The art of performing arithmetical calculations with almost instantaneous speed: including the principles so successfully applied by the Lightning Calculator, in his public exhibitions : and, numerous short processes, secrets of numbers, interesting feats &c., &c.

    First published in 1871 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The crest magician

    First published in 1907 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The perfect course of instruction in hypnotism, mesmerism, clairvoyance, suggestive therapeutics, and the sleep cure: giving best methods of hypnotizing

    First published in 1901 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A course of instruction in magnetic healing in five parts

    First published in 1901 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The book of fate and fortune: an encyclopædia of the occult sciences

    First published in 1932 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The adventurous life of a versatile artist: Houdini.

    First published in 1920 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Second sight, or, Clairvoyance mystery: as performed by Heller, Houdin, and other famous conjurors : with explicit instructions whereby any one may learn and perform the most marvelous feats, including a new and greatly improved system, never before published.

    First published in 1880 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Life, history, and handcuff secrets of Houdini.

    First published in 1914 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: How to train animals: a practical guide, giving full instructions for taming and teaching all kinds of animals and birds.

    First published in 1894 — 1 edition
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Subjects

Magic tricks, Tricks, Scientific recreations, Juvenile literature, Biography, Occultism, Clairvoyance, Experiments, Hypnotism, Science, Spiritualism, Card tricks, Fireworks, Fortune-telling, Handbooks, manuals, Mediums, Mesmerism, Amusements, Early works to 1800, Magicians, Animal training, Conduct of life, English wit and humor, Medieval Science, Occultists

Places

England, United States, France

People

Harry Houdini (1874-1926), Roger Bacon (1214?-1294), Thomas Bungay (active 1290), Catherine Fox Jencken (1836-1892), El-Wardo De Willis, Ira Erastus Davenport (1839-1911), John Metcalf (1717-1810), Margaret Fox (1833-1893), Russell the Magician, Will Goldston (1877-1948), William Henry Davenport (1841-1877)

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  • OLID: OL6042756A

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