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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 in 1 language
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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 in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Magic lantern.

    First published in 1860 1 edition in 1 language
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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 in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Adventurous life of a versatile artist: Houdini.

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

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

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

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

    First published in 1904 1 edition in 1 language
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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 in 1 language
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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 in 1 language
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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 in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The crest magician

    First published in 1907 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Spirit mysteries exposed: being a full and plain explanation of the wonderful feats of the Davenport brothers and other mediums : with a history of spirit rapping and explanation of the means by which its manifestations are produced, etc.

    First published in 1890 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Young man's book of amusement: containing the most interesting and instructive experiments in various branches of science, to which is added all the popular tricks and changes in cards, and the art of making fire works.

    First published in 1840 1 edition in 1 language
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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 in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A course of instruction in magnetic healing in five parts

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

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

    First published in 1920 1 edition in 1 language
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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 in 1 language
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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
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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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