THE WHOLE ART OF LEGERDEMAIN, OR HOCUS POCUS In PERFECTION.

London, printed for L. Hawes and Co. and S. Crowder in Pater-Noster-Row, and R. Ware and Co. on Ludgate-Hill, 1763.. Title continued: By which the meanest Capacity may perform the Whole ART without a Teacher. Together with the Use of all the Instruments belonging thereto. To Which Is Now Added, Abundance of New and Rare Inventions the like never before in Print, but much desired by many. Written by H. DEAN. HOCUS POCUS EARLY EDITION. The sixth edition, 1763. 12mo, approximately 145 x 80 mm, 5¾ x 3½ inches, woodcut frontispiece, 33 pages with woodcuts of various sizes, some of the images vary slightly from the later editions, pages: 2 leaves, 5 [6], 7-132, including frontispiece and title page, rebound in half modern black leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, large bookplate of Walter B. Graham. "Walter B. Graham (1923-2018) was a printer and semi-professional magician performing comedy magic for over seven decades". Frontispiece tipped onto the front endpaper, probably by the binder, with slight damage to the inner margin, not affecting image, top corner tip of frontispiece and small chip to top margin repaired on blank side, almost invisible on image, tiny chip to outer margin, last leaf has a tiny repair to foot of inner margin on blank verso, 6 pages have small pale brown stain,(see attached image), 1 tiny ink spot, otherwise a very good copy. ESTC states that this edition is in fact a revised edition by Henry Dean of the anonymous 'Hocus pocus junior'. No copy with Sixth Edition printed on title page listed in ESTC. See: Toole Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring, page 79, No. 2054; Trevor Hall, A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English, page 33, No, 85; Sotheby's J.B. Findlay Collection, Books on Conjuring, Part 1, page 35, No.146; Sotheby's, Books on Conjuring and Allied Arts, Apparatus and Ephemera from several owners, No. 114. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.