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The humbugs of the world / by P.T. Barnum.

Memoirs of **** : commonly known by the name of George Psalmanazar, a reputed native of Formosa / written by himself in order to be published after his death ; containing an account of his education, travels, adventures, connections, literary productions, and pretended conversion from heathenism to Christianity, which last proved the occasion for his being brought over into this Kingdom, and passing for a proselyte, and a member of the Church of England.

Buried alive; a tale of these days, by Arnold Bennett.

A narrative of the conduct and adventures of Henry Frederic Moon, alias Henry Frederic More Smith, alias William Newman, a native of Brighthelmstone, Sussex : and now under sentence of imprisonment in Connecticut, in North America; containing an account of his unparalleled artifices, impostures, mechanical ingenuity, &c. &c. displayed during and subsequently to his confinement in one of His Majesty's gaols in the province of New Brunswick / by Walter Bates .. ; with an introductory description of New Brunswick; and a postscript, containing some account of Caraboo, the late female imposter at Bristol.

A narrative of the conduct and adventures of Henry Frederic Moon, alias Henry Frederic More Smith, alias William Newman, a native of Brighthelmstone, Sussex : and now under sentence of imprisonment in Connecticut, in North America; containing an account of his unparalleled artifices, impostures, mechanical ingenuity, &c. &c. displayed during and subsequently to his confinement in one of His Majesty's gaols in the province of New Brunswick / by Walter Bates .. ; with an introductory description of New Brunswick; and a postscript, containing some account of Caraboo, the late female imposter at Bristol.

The story of Louis XVII. of France / by Elizabeth E. Evans ... With five engraved plates.

L'imposture dans la littérature / Université d'Angers, UFR Lettres, langues et sciences humaines, Centre d'études et de recherches sur imaginaire, écriture et culture, EA 922 ; sous la direction d'Arlette Bouloumié.

Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / by Charles Mackay.

Vie de Joseph Balsamo, connu sous le nom de Comte Cagliostro, extraite de la procédure instruite contre lui à Rome en 1790 / traduite d'après l'original italien, imprimé à la Chambre Apostolique; enrichie de notes.

Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / by Charles Mackay ; with facsimile title pages and reproductions of original illustrations from the editions of 1841 and 1852 ; with a Foreword by Bernard M. Baruch.

Fanaticism : its source and influence : illustrated by the simple narrative of Isabella, in the case of Matthias, Mr. and Mrs. B. Folger, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Mills, Catherine, Isabella, &c. &c. : a reply to W.L. Stone with descriptive portraits of all the parties, while at Sing-Sing and at Third Street, containing the whole truth and nothing but the truth / by G. Vale.

Compendio della vita, e delle gesta di Giuseppe Balsamo, denominato il conte Cagliostro, che si è estratto dal processo contro di lui formato in Roma l'anno 1790. E che può servire di scorta per conoscere l'indole della setta de' Liberi muratori / [Giovanni Barberi].

Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions / By Charles MacKay, author of "The Thames and its tributaries," "The hope of the world," etc.

The humbugs of the world : an account of humbugs, delusions, impositions, quackeries, deceits and deceivers generally, in all ages / by P.T. Barnum ...

Famous impostors / by Bram Stoker.

Les blagues de l'univers / par P.-T. Barnum.

Les Imposteurs fameux; ou, Histoires extraordinaires et singulières des hommes de néant de toutes les nations, qui, depuis les temps plus reculés jusqu'à ce jour, ont ursupé la qualité d'empereur, de roi et de prince...

Louis XVII, or, The Arab Jew / by Mrs. Weldon ...

Les imposteurs démasqués : et les usurpateurs punis, ou histoire de plusieurs aventuriers qui, ayant pris la qualité d'empereur, de roi, de prince, d'ambassadeur, de tribun, de messie, de prophete, etc., ont fini leur vie dans l'obscurité, ou par une mort violente / [Esprit Joseph Chaudon]

The fraud of modern "theosophy" exposed : a brief history of the greatest imposture ever perpetrated under the cloak of religion / by J.N. Maskelyne.