The whole art of legerdemain, or, Hocus pocus laid open and explained
Subtitle: by those renowed [sic] masters Sena Sama, Hamed Ben-Alla, and all the celebrated and mysterious professors of the art of natural magic : with full instructions how to perform the various tricks on cards, dice, birds, eggs, rings, &c.
Contributors: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress); McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Published by N.C. Nafis
Published: 1833
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Magic tricks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Other titles: Hocus pocus laid open and explained
Work titles: Whole art of legerdemain
Notes: Traditionally attributed to Henry Dean.

LC copy has inscription: June 17, 1918. I paid H. Stone the book seller $2.00 for this book. It is the first one I have ever seen. Harry Houdini.

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