(Conjuring) | Hocus pocus made easy for young persons

(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.

REFERENCE:

Toole Stott 382