The Mal-Observation Report, by Richard Hodgson and Samuel J. Davey

From the publisher's website: Originally published in 1887 by researcher Richard Hodgson and amateur magician Samuel John Davey, The Mal-Observation Report is a classic of psychical research that remains startlingly relevant to modern psychology. This 292-page volume brings together two seminal papers that revealed how performance magic methods can be used to reveal surprising limits and eccentricities of human minds.

Further information at the publisher's website: Curious Publications.