Dwellers on the threshold, or, Magic and magicians
with some illustrations of human error and imposture
by W. H. Davenport Adams & Harry Houdini Collection DLC
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and “Magic” in the edition title.
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Editions
Open Library reports 3 editions; 1 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
with some illustrations of human error and imposture Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1864 | John Maxwell and Co.; London : John Maxwell and Co. | English | — | No ebook |
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Oxford University
- Digitization sponsor: Google
- Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
- Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries
- Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: google
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL1128354W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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