Severn, Bill: Here’s Your Hat ©1963 Bill Severn, David McCay Company, Inc., NY Hardcover, w/dj, 209 pages

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Comments: Illustrated with line drawings by Vana Earle. Not a magic book, but about hats and hat making from ancient times to today. Of interest to the magician is the chapter Fun With Hats, which covers Chapeaugraphy, hat juggling, and a section on the magician's hat.

Contents (Chapters, from book):

1 Hats Off!
15 Kings and Commoners
27 Strange Head Coverings
62 Ribbons and Bows
74 Feathers and Pins
89 How Do You Wear Your Hat?
97 The Hat Makers
108 The Hat Parade
119 Where Did You Get That Hat?
137 Hats We Wear to Work and Play

155 Fun With Hats
155 - Hat Games
156 - Hat Relay
157 - Passing the Hat
159 - Chapeaugraphy: including hat shapes for Cowboy, Pirate, Jockey, etc.
171 - Hat Juggling
177 - The Magician's Hat: history, Joseph Michael Hartz magic hat act, the rabbit from the hat

186 Hat Talk
202 Some Books About Hats
207 Index