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THE WHOLE ART OF HOCUS POCUS, 1830.

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THE WHOLE ART OF HOCUS POCUS, 1830.
[No Author.] The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus Laid Open and Explained, by those Renowned Masters Sena Sama, Hamed Ben-Ali, and all the Celebrated and Mysterious Professors in the Art of Natural Magic; with Full Instructions How to Perform the Various Tricks On Cards, Dice, Birds, Eggs, Rings, &c. Before their sublime Majesties, the Emperor and Emperss of China, the crowned Heads of Europe, and the President and people of the United States. Baltimore: Engraved, Printed and Published by C. V. Nickerson, 1830. 16mo (6in. x 3 7/8in.). Blue pictorial printed paper over boards, beige cloth spine. Engraved fold-out frontispiece illustration, and one more at pp. 24-25. There are clipped engraved magic illustrations glued to the front and back pastedowns, which appear to be from periodicals.   Condition: Poor; pages 15-18 are missing; cloth torn/partially detaching from spine; edgewear; rubbing, wear, staining to paper covers; tear to front flyleaf; toning and foxing; approx. eight pages with old inked marginalia lines; splitting at back inner hinge.