One of the scarcest and most sought-after little books revealing the secrets of sleight of hand, including such standards as "How to cut a Man's Head off, and to put the Head into a platter a yard from his Body" (don't try that one at home!); "To shuffle Cards in such a Manner as always to keep one certain Card at the Bottom"; "The Paper Furnace"; "The Moving Pyramid"; and other masterpieces of illusion. Includes the scarce and often lacking woodcut frontispiece. Lacks the original front wrapper cover, rear wrapper cover affixed to rear pastedown of rear board. Toole Stott 718.