The Ricky Jay Collection
The Ricky Jay Collection
Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
Lot Details
Description
(Conjuring)
Hocus Pocus; or, the Whole Art of Conjuring, Made Easy for Young Persons. New York and Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher, [ca. 1846]
16mo (145 x 92 mm). Illustrated frontispiece, title vignette, in-text woodcut illustrations; some foxing. Blue paper-covered boards printed in black; joints weak with lower board nearly detached, some soiling, extremities rubbed with loss, chips to spine.
A scarce work, offering guidance on such feats as cooking an omelet in a hat, and how to cut a man's head off and put it onto a platter three feet away from his body.
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Toole Stott 382