How to Read People's Minds: The Mystery of Mind Reading Revealed.

First edition of this treatise on the methods of stage mind reading by the magician and magic historian H.J. Burlingame. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. From the collection of magician Oscar Teale with his book plate to the verso of the front cover. Oscar Teale was a magician, lecturer, and historian of magic whose work bridged performance, scholarship, and the preservation of conjuring as a serious cultural practice. He served as the private secretary to Harry Houdini during the final years of Houdini’s life, a position that granted him direct access to the magician’s professional correspondence, research, and anti-spiritualist investigations, and later informed Teale’s influential role in preserving and interpreting Houdini’s legacy. In good condition, the fragile wrappers chipped and torn with some loss, and the spine worn.