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BOOKS
Altick, Richard D. The Shows of London. Cambridge: The Belknap Press, 1978.
-------. The Annals Of Conjuring. Los Angeles, California: The Miracle Factory, 2001.
Bailey, Michael. The Magic Circle: Performing Magic Through the Ages. Gloucestershire: Tempus, 2007.
Christopher, Milbourne. The Illustrated History of Magic. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1973.
Christopher, Milbourne. Mediums, Mystics and the Occult. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1975.
Christopher, Milbourne. Panorama of Magic. New York: Dover Publications, 1962.
Clark, Hyla M. The World's Greatest Magic. New York: Bonanza Books, 1979.
Cooke, Conrad William Automata Old and New. London: Chiswick Press, 1893.
Desfor, Irving. Great Magicians In Great Moments. Pomeroy: Lee Jacobs Productions, 1983.
Frost, Thomas. The Lives of the Conjurors. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
Godwin, William. Lives of the Necromancers. London: Frederick J. Mason, 1834.
Goldston, Will. A Magician's Swan Song. London: John Long, Ltd., 1932.
Goldston, Will. Who's Who In Magic. London: Will Goldston, Ltd., 1934.
Haskins, Jim and Kathleen Benson. Conjure Times: Black Magicians in America. New York: Walker and Co., 2001.
Houdini, Harry. The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist. New York: (Pub. unknown), 1922.
Houdini, Harry. Miracle Mongers and Their Methods. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1920.
Jay, Ricky. Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women. New York: Random House, 1986.
Lamb, Geoffrey. Illustrated Magic Dictionary. New York: Nelson Books, 1979.
-------. The Magic Castle Walls Of Fame. Burbank, California: Nielsen Magic, 1988.
Maskelyne, Jasper. White Magic: The Story of the Maskelynes. London: Stanley Paul, nd[1941].
McCullagh, Brian. Sidney's Magic Heritage. Homebush: Maestro, 1994.
Price, David. Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers In the Theater. Cranbury, New Jersey: Cornwall Books, 1985
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin - Ambassador, Author and Conjuror. London: Chapman and Hall, 1860
Walker, Mark. The Master Illusionists. Sierra Madre: Magical Publications, 1983.
Waters, T.A. The Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians. New York: Facts On File Publications, 1988.
Whaley, Bart. Bart Whaley's Who's Who In Magic. Wallace, Idaho: Jeff Busby Magic, Inc., 1991.

MAGAZINES
Jinx Magazine
Sphinx Magazine

ONLINE SOURCES
Library of Congress
University of Iowa Museum
Victoria Museum
 
 
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