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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House of Deception Library: History of Magic (Stage Conjuring)
| Author | Title | Publisher | Publication Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, David P. | The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy | Open Court, Chicago | 1908 |
| Abbott, Percy | A Lifetime in Magic | Abbott Magic, Colon, MI | 1960 |
| Abrams, Max | Annemann: The Life and Times of a Legend | L & L, Tahoma, CA | 1992 |
| Adrion, Alexander | Antwerp at a Late Hour | Sun Dog, Northville, MI | 2001 |
| Albo, Robert J. M.D. | Thoughts and Reminiscences on the History and Mystery of Magic | author, Piedmont, CA | 2004 |
| Alexander (Claude Alexander Conlin) | Alexander's Book of Mystery | author, Los Angeles | 1919 |
| anonymous | Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic | Wehman, New York | no date |
| anonymous [William Chapman] | Confessions of a Medium | Griffith & Farran, New York | 1882 |
| Baldwin, Samri S. | The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained | author, New York | 1895 |
| Bamberg, David (Fu Manchu) | Illusion Show: A Life in Magic | Meyer, Glenwood, IL | 1991 |
| Barnum, P. T. | Life of P.T. Barnum | Redfield, New York | 1855 |
| Beaufort, Douglas | Nothing Up My Sleeve | Stanley Paul, London | 1938 |
| Bell, Don | The Man Who Killed Houdini | Vehicule, Montreal | 2004 |
| Bertram, Charles | A Magician in Many Lands | Routledge, London | 1911 |
| Bertram, Charles | Isn't It Wonderful ? | Swan Sonnenshein, London | 1896 |
| Black Herman | Black Herman | Zolar, New York | 1925 |
| Blackstone, Harry Jr. | Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion | Newmarket, New York | 1985 |
| Blaine, David | Mysterious Stranger | Villard, New York | 2002 |
| Blitz, Signor | Fifty Years in the Magic Circle | A. L. Bancroft, San Francisco | 1871 |
| Blitz, Signor | Fifty Years in the Magic Circle | Belknap & Bliss, Hartford, CT | 1871 |
| Blitz, Signor | The Parlor Book of Magic | Hurst, New York | 1889 |
| Bodie, Dr. Walford (Samuel Murphy Bodie) | Stage Stories | Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent; London | 1910 |
| Boles, Don | Midway Magic | Pinchpenny, Atlanta | 1963 |
| Bone, Howard | Side Show: My Life With Geeks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade | Sun Dog, Northville, MI | 2001 |
| Booth, Martin | The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | St. Martin's Minotaur, New York | 2000 |
| Boston, George; Parrish, Robert | Inside Magic | Beechhurst, New York | 1947 |
| Brandon, Arthur | Milo and Roger | Hermetic Press, Seattle | 1999 |
| Brandon, Ruth | The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini | Kodansha, New York | 1995 |
| Branson, Major L. H. | A Lifetime of Deception | Robert Hale, London | 1953 |
| Branson, Major L. H. | Magic of India | Pinchpenny, Atlanta | 1973 |
| Branson, Major L. H. | Indian Conjuring | Routledge, London | 1922 |
| Brewster, Sir David | Letters on Natural Magic | John Murray, London | 1832 |
| Brewster, Sir David | Letters on Natural Magic | Harper, New York | 1832 |
| Britland, David | Phantoms of the Card Table: Confessions of a Card Sharp | Four Walls Eight Windows. New York | 2004 |
| Brunel, George | Fun with Magic | H. M. Caldwell, New York | 1901 |
| Burleigh, Bennet | The Mahdi, or For the Victorian Cross | Walter Hill, London | 1907 |
| Burlingame, H. J. | Around the World with a Magician and Juggler | Clyde, Chicago | 1891 |
| Burlingame, H. J. | Herrmann the Great | Laird and Lee, Chicago | 1897 |
| Burlingame, H. J. | Leaves from Conjurers' Scrapbooks [reprint] | Magico, New York | 1891 |
| Burlingame, H. J. | Leaves from Conjurers' Scrapbooks | Donohoe, Henneberry; Chicago | 1891 |
| Burrows, J. F. | Programmes of Magicians | Davenport, London | nd |
| Butterworth, Philip | Magic on the Early English Stage | Cambridge University Press | 2005 |
| Carlton (Arthur Phelps) | Twenty Years of Spoof and Bluff | Jenkins, London | 1920 |
| Carrington, Hereward | Sideshow Tricks Explained | Pinchpenny, Atlanta | 1973 |
| Carrington, Hereward | Side-Show and Animal Tricks | Sphinx, Kansas City | 1913 |
| Carrington, Hereward | Hindu Magic | Sphinx, Kansas City | 1913 |
| Carrington, Hereward | Side-Show Tricks Explained (Little Blue Book 1279) | Haldeman-Julius, Girard, KS | no date |
| Carrington, Hereward | Handcuff Tricks | Sphinx, Kansas City | 1913 |
| Carter, C. (Charles Joseph) | Magic and Magicians | J. S. Ogilvie, New York | 1903 |
| Caveney, Mike | The Great Leon: Vaudeville Headliner | Magical Publications, Pasadena CA | 1987 |
| Caveney, Mike | Carter the Great: Being a Detailed Account of Charles Joseph Carter and His Extraordinary Life.... | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 1995 |
| Caveney, Mike; Miesel. Bill | Kellar's Wonders | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 2003 |
| Caveney, Mike; Rauscher, William | Servais LeRoy, Monarch of Mystery | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 1999 |
| Caveney, Mike; Steinmeyer, Jim; Jay, Ricky; Daniel, Noel | Magic: 1400s-1950s | Taschen, Cologne, Germany | 2013 |
| Charvet, David; Pomeroy, John | Alexander, The Man Who Knows | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 2004 |
| Christopher, Milbourne | The Illustrated History of Magic | T. Y. Crowell Co., New York | 1973 |
| Christopher, Milbourne | Panorama of Magic | Dover, New York | 1962 |
| Christopher, Milbourne | Houdini: A Pictorial Biography | Gramercy, New York | 1998 |
| Clark, Hyla M. | Worlds Greatest Magic, The | Bonanza, New York | 1979 |
| Clarke, Sidney W. | The Annals of Conjuring | Miracle Factory, Seattle | 2001 |
| Clarke, William | The Boy's Own Book | De Wolfe Fiske, Boston | 1865 |
| Classics Illustrated | The Illustrated Story of Magic | Gilberton World-Wide, New York | 1960 |
| Cockton, Henry | The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox | Willoughby, London | c.1860 |
| Cook, James W. | The Arts of Deception: Playing With Fraud in the Age of Barnum | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA | 2001 |
| Cox, Clinton | Houdini: Master of Illusion | Scholastic, New York | 2001 |
| Cramer, Stuart | Germain the Wizard and His Legerdemain | Buffum, Galeta, CA | 1966 |
| Cramer, Stuart | The Secrets of Karl Germain | author, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1962 |
| Crandall, "Senator" | The Best of "Senator" Crandall | Abbott Magic, Colon, MI | 1969 |
| Davenport, Reuben Briggs | The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: True Story of the Fox Sisters | C. W. Dillingham, New York | 1988 |
| David, William K. | Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists, & Great Physicians | Wm. K. David, Chicago | 1898 |
| Davies, Rev. Charles Maurice | Mystic London | Lovell, Adam, Wesson, New York | c.1875 |
| Dawes, Edwin A. | The Great Illusionists | Chartwell, Secaucus, NJ | 1979 |
| Dawes, Edwin A. | The Great Lyle | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 2005 |
| Dawes, Edwin A.; Setterington, Arthur | Making Magic | Prion, London | 1992 |
| De Vere, M. Schele | Modern Magic | G.P. Putnam, New York | 1873 |
| Decremps, Henri | Codicille de Jerome Sharp | Paris | 1793 |
| Defoe, Daniel | A System of Magick | Andrew Miller, London | c.1728 |
| Devant, David | My Magic Life | Hutchinson, London | 1931 |
| Dexter, Will | The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo | Arco, London | 1955 |
| Dexter, Will | This is Magic | Citadel, New York | 1958 |
| Dif, Max | Historie et Evolution Technique de la Prestidigitation, Vol 1 | Max Dif, Paris | 1972 |
| Dif, Max | Historie et Evolution Technique de la Prestidigitation, Vol 2 | Max Dif, Paris | 1972 |
| Dif, Max | Historie et Evolution Technique de la Prestidigitation, Vol 3 | Max Dif, Paris | 1972 |
| Disher, Maurice Willson | Greatest Show on Earth | G. Bell, London | 1937 |
| Dornfield, Werner "Dorny" | Trix and Chatter | Arthur P. Felsman, Chicago | 1921 |
| Downs, T. Nelson | Tricks with Coins | Frederick J. Drake, Chicago | 1902 |
| Drakloff | Tricks for the Trenches, Series 1 | Jarrold, London | nd |
| Drakloff | Tricks for the Trenches, Series 2 | Jarrold, London | 1915 |
| Drimmer, Frederick | Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves and Triumphs of Human Oddities | Amjon, New York | 1973 |
| Ennemoser, Joseph | The History of Magic, Vol. 1 | University, New York | 1970 |
| Ennemoser, Joseph | The History of Magic, Vol. 2 | University, New York | 1970 |
| Ernst, Bernard M. L.; Carrington, Hereward | Houdini and Conan Doyle | Albert and Charles Boni, New York | 1932 |
| Evans, Henry Ridgley | The Old and the New Magic | Open Court, Chicago | 1906 |
| Evans, Henry Ridgley | History of Conjuring and Magic | International Brotherhood of Magicians, Kenton, OH | 1928 |
| Evans, Henry Ridgley | The Spirit World Unmasked | Laird and Lee, Chicago | 1897 |
| Findlay, J. B. | The Travels of Testot | author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight | 1965 |
| Findlay, J. B. | Second Collectors Annual -- 1950 | author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight | 1950 |
| Findlay, J. B. | Eighth Collector's Annual: International Guide to Posters and Playbills | author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight | 1972 |
| Findlay, J. B. | Juggling Through Four Reigns | Mac's Mysteries, Glascow | 1945 |
| Findlay, J. B. | Anderson and His Theatre | author, Shanklin, Isle of Wight | 1967 |
| Findlay, J. B. | Percy Naldrett, A Memoir (Seventh Collectors Annual) | Maxwell Clark, London | 1969 |
| Findlay, J. B. | Bookishly Yours | Magicana for Collectors, York, PA | 1987 |
| Findlay, J. B.; Sawyer, Thomas A. | Professor Hoffman: A Study | Thomas A. Sawyer, Tustin, CA | 1977 |
| Fischer, Ottokar | Das Wunderbuch der Zauberkunst | Friedrich Undreas Perthes; Stuttgart | 1929 |
| Fischer, Ottokar | J. N. Hofzinzer Kartenkunste | 1910 | |
| Fischer, Ottokar (Oursler & Mussey, trans.) | Illustrated Magic | MacMillan, New York | 1931 |
| Fischer, Ottokar (Sharpe, S. H., ed.) | J. N. Hofzinzer's Card Conjuring | Guttenberg | 1973 |
| Fleischman, Sid | The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life | Greenwillow, New York | 1996 |
| Forma, Warren | They Were Ragtime | Grosset & Dunlap, New York | 1976 |
| Foster, Neil (ed.) | The Great Blackstone | Abbott Magic, Colon, MI | 1970 |
| Frank, Gary R. | Tampa, England's Court Magician | author, Granada Hills, CA | 2002 |
| Frank, Gary R. | Chung Ling Soo, The Man of Mystery | author, Granada Hills, CA | 1988 |
| Frank, Gary R. | The Collector's Scrapbook | author, Granada Hills, CA | 1994 |
| Frost, Thomas | The Lives of the Conjurers | Tinsley Bros., London | 1876 |
| Furst, Arnold | Great Magic Shows | Genii, Los Angeles, CA | 2000 |
| Ganson, Lewis | The Dai Vernon Book of Magic | Harry Stanley, London | 1956 |
| Ganson, Lewis | Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig | Harry Stanley, London | 1963 |
| Garrett (Fydell, Edmund) | Isis Very Much Unveiled | Westminster Gazette, London | nd |
| Gaughan, John | Antonio Diavalo | author | 1986 |
| Gaughan, John; Steinmeyer, Jim | The Mystery of Psycho | authors | 1987 |
| Gaultier, Camille | Magic Without Apparatus | Fleming Book Co., New York | 1945 |
| Gibson, Walter B. | The Master Magicians | Doubleday, Garden City, NY | 1966 |
| Gibson, Walter B.; Young, Morris N. M.D. | Houdini on Magic | Dover, New York | 1953 |
| Gibson, Walter B.; Young, Morris N. M.D. | Houdini's Fabulous Magic | Chilton, Phiadelphia | 1961 |
| Godwin, William | Lives of the Necromancers | Harper, New York | 1835 |
| Goldin, Horace | It's Fun to be Fooled | Stanley Paul, London | 1937 |
| Goldston, Will | Tricks That Mystify (incl. Who's Who in Magic) | author, London | 1934 |
| Gresham, William Lindsay | Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny | Rinehart, New York | 1953 |
| Gresham, William Lindsay | Houdini, The Man Who Walked Through Walls | Henry Holt, New York | 1959 |
| Hansen, George; Christopher, Maurine | The Milbourne Christopher Library, Vol. I | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 1994 |
| Hansen, George; Christopher, Maurine | The Milbourne Christopher Library, Vol. II | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 1998 |
| Hay, Henry (B Mussey) | Cyclopedia of Magic | David MacKay, Philapelphia | 1949 |
| Henning, Doug; Reynolds, Charles | Houdini: His Legend and His Magic | Warner, New York | 1977 |
| Herrman | Herrman's Black Art | Wehman, New York | 1898 |
| Hertz, Carl | A Modern Mystery Merchant | Hutchinson, London | 1924 |
| Hilliard, John Northern | Greater Magic | Carl Waring Jones, Minneapolis | 1938 |
| Hoffman, Professor | Later Magic | E P Dutton, New York | 1918 |
| Hoffman, Professor | Magical Tidbits | Routledge, London | 1911 |
| Hoffman, Professor | Modern Magic | Routledge, London | 1878 |
| Hoffman, Professor | More Magic | David MacKay, Philapelphia | 1989 |
| Hoffman, Professor | The Secrets of Stage Conjuring by Robert Houdin | Routledge, London | 1880 |
| Holden, Max | Programmes of Famous Magicians | author, New York | 1937 |
| Hopkins, Albert A. | Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions | Munn, New York | 1898 |
| Houdini, Harry | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin | Publishers Printing, New York | 1908 |
| Houdini, Harry | A Magician Among the Spirits | Arno, New York | 1972 |
| Houdini, Harry | "Margery" the Medium Exposed | Adams, New York | 1924 |
| Houdini, Harry | Miracle Mongers and Their Methods | Dutton, New York | 1920 |
| Houdini, Harry | The Right Way to Do Wrong | author, Boston | |
| Hugard, Jean | Jean Hugard Testimonial | New York | 1945 |
| International Brotherhood of Magicians | Who's Who in Magic | IBM, Kenton, OH | 1926 |
| Ireland, Frances | You Don't Have to be Crazy, But it Helps | Ireland Magic, Chicago | 1946 |
| Ireland, Frances | With Frances in Magicland | Ireland Magic, Chicago | 1952 |
| Jarrow, Gail G. | The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician | Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA | 2012 |
| Jay, Ricky | Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women | Villard, New York | 1986 |
| Jay, Ricky | Extraordinary Exhibitions | Quantuck Lane, New York | 2005 |
| Jay, Ricky; Purcell, Rosamond Wolff | Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck | Quantuck Lane, New York | 2003 |
| Jenness, George | Maskelyne and Cooke: Egyptian Hall, London 1873-1904 | author, London | 1967 |
| Johnson, George | Conjurer's Tales | Munro's, London | 1910 |
| Johnson, Karl | The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist | Henry Holt, New York | 2005 |
| Jones, Lloyd | Meet the Boys of the Pacific Coast | Walter Adrian, Portland | 1935 |
| Kaelberer, Angie Peterson | The Fabulous, Freaky, Unusual History Of Pro Wrestling | Capstone, North Mankato, MN | 2010 |
| Kalush, William; Sloman, Larry | The Secret Life Of Houdini: The Making Of America's First Superhero | Atria, New York | 2007 |
| Karlyn (J. F. Burrows) | Secrets of Stage Hypnotism, Stage Electricity, and Bloodless Surgery | The Magician, Ltd., London | 1912 |
| Karlyn (J. F. Burrows) | The Stage Artist | Daisy Bank, Manchester | c1912 |
| Keene, Lamar M.; Spraggett, Allen | The Psychic Mafia | Prometheus, Amherst, NY | 1997 |
| Kellar, Harry | A Magician's Tour | Donohue, Henneberry; Chicago | 1890 |
| Kellock, Harold | Houdini, His Life Story | William Heinemann Ltd., London | 1928 |
| Kendall, Lace | Houdini: Master of Escape | Macrae Smith, Philadelphia | 1960 |
| King, Edmund Fillingham | Ten Thousand Wonderful Things | Routledge, London | c.1872 |
| Kinney, Arthur F. | Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars | Imprint Society, Barre, MA | 1973 |
| Kraske, Robert | Harry Houdini: Master of Magic | Scholastic, New York | 1995 |
| Krause, Gerhard | Die Schonheit in der Zirkuskunst | Henschelverlag, Berlin | 1969 |
| Lamont, Peter | The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History | Abacus, London | 2005 |
| Leat, Harry | Forty Years In and Around Magic | author, London | 1923 |
| Lewis, Arthur H. | Carnival | Trident, New York | 1970 |
| Lewis, Eric | The Genius of Robert Harbin | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 1997 |
| Lutz, Stuart | [Houdini] "The Unmasking of Harry Houdini" in Autograph Collector Vol. 8 #2 | Odyssey, Corona, CA | 1999 |
| Lutz, Stuart | The Last Leaf: Voices of Histor's Last-Known Survivors | Prometheus, Amherst, NY | 2010 |
| MacKay, Charles | Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds | L. C. Page, Boston | 1960 |
| MacKenzie, Dr. R. Shelton | Robert Houdin, The Great Wizard | Charles Desilver, Philadephia | 1865 |
| Magic, Inc. | Salute to Collectors | Magic, Inc., Chicago | 1970 |
| Mahan, Rev. A. | Modern Mysteries Explained and Exposed | John P. Jewett, Boston | 1855 |
| Manning, William | Recollections of Robert-Houdin | Charles L. Burlingame, Chicago | 1898 |
| Mannix, Daniel P. | Memoirs of a Sword Swallower | V/Search, San Francisco | 1996 |
| Marion, Frederick | In My Mind's Eye | E P Dutton, New York | 1950 |
| Marx, Roger | Masters of the Poster 1896-1900: Les Maitres Del'Affiche | Images Graphiques, New York | 1977 |
| Maskelyne, Jasper | White Magic | Stanley Paul, London | 1936 |
| Maskelyne, John Nevil | Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill | Gambler's Book Club, Las Vegas | 1971 |
| Maskelyne, Nevil; Devant, David | Our Magic | Fleming Book Co., New Jersey | 1946 |
| McArdle, John | The Anatomy of Magic | author, Newton, CT | 1974 |
| McComb, Billy | McComb's Magic: 25 Years Wiser | Supreme Magic, Devon, England | c.1970 |
| McKinven, John Alexander | Stage Flying: 431 B.C. to Modern Times | Meyer, Glenwood, IL | 1995 |
| M'Donald, W. | Spiritualism | Carlton and Porter, New York | 1866 |
| Melton, H. Keith, Wallace, Robert | The Official CIA Manual Of Trickery And Deception | William Morrow, New York | 2009 |
| Meyer, David | The Wizard Exposed | Meyer, Glenwood, IL | 1987 |
| Miller, David Prince | Life of a Showman | Thomas Hailes Lacy, London | 1855 |
| Mole, H. C. | Those Entertaining Years | Sid Vale | 1949 |
| Mulholland, John | Quicker Than the Eye | Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis | 1932 |
| Mulholland, John | John Mulholland's Story of Magic | Loring and Mussey, New York | 1935 |
| Mulholland, John | Magic for Entertaining | Grosset & Dunlap, New York | 1944 |
| Mulholland, John | Behind the Magician's Curtain | New York Public Library | 1928 |
| Mulholland, John | Beware Familiar Spirits | Scribner, New York | 1938 |
| Mullin, Rita Thievon | Harry Houdini: Death-Defying Showman | Sterling, New York | 2007 |
| Nickell, Joe | Wonder-Workers!: How They Perform the Impossible | Prometheus, Buffalo, NY | 1991 |
| Nightingale, Frank | Magic for Magicians | Knight, Sky Forest, CA | 1964 |
| Noakes, Ernest E. | Mirthful Memories of a Magician | G. Bell, London | 1920 |
| O'Dell, Dell | Magical Moments | author, New York | 1939 |
| Olson, Robert | Carl Rosini: His Life and His Magic | Magic, Inc., Chicago | 1966 |
| Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J. G. | Clockwork Music | Crown, New York | 1973 |
| Parrish, Robert | Words About Wizards: Recollections of Magicians and Their Magic, 1930-1950 | Meyer, Glenwood, IL | 1994 |
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| Polidoro, Massimo | Final Seance: The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle | Prometheus, Amherst, NY | 2001 |
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| Randi, James | Conjuring | St. Martin's, New York | 1992 |
| Randi, James | Truth About Uri Geller | Prometheus, Amherst, NY | 1982 |
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| Rapp, Augustus | The Life and Times of Augustus Rapp | Ireland Magic, Chicago | 1959 |
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| Rauscher, William V. | The Houdini Code Mystery | Magic Words, Pasadena CA | 2000 |
| Reynolds, Charles; Reynolds, Regina | 100 Years of Magic Posters | Darien House, New York | 1975 |
| Richards, Ralph | Tricks You Can Do | nd | |
| Robenalt, James D. | Linking Rings: William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America | Kent State University Press, Kent OH | 2004 |
| Robert-Houdin | Memoirs of Robert-Houdin | Chapman and Hall, London | 1860 |
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| 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 | author, South Elgin, IL | 1997 |
| Root, Harvey W. | The Unknown Barnum | Harper, New York | 1927 |
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| Shavelson, Melville | The Great Houdinis | Fawcett, Greenwich, CT | 1976 |
| Shaw, W. H. J. | New Ideas in Magic | St. Louis | 1902 |
| Silverman, Kenneth | Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss | HarperCollins, New York | 1996 |
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