[DISSERTATIONS] Five Modern Dissertations on Magic and its Performance. Includes NADIS, Fred Robert. Wonder Shows (University of Texas at Austin, 2002). ? PECOR, Charles Joseph. The Magician on the American Stage: 1752-1874 (University of Georgia, 1976). ? MCCOSKER, Susan. Performances of Stage and Magic 1650-1900 (New York University, 1982). ? ROTH, Robert A. Directions and Misdirection in Magic Show Management: Herrmann, Kellar and Thurston in the United States, 1874-1936 (Tufts University, 1997).?? SIEGAL, Fred. The Vaudeville Conjuring Act (New York University, 1993). Each bound in black library cloth, spines lettered in gilt. 4tos. Very good.