1953 "Second printing, 1953" stated on copyright page; drawings by Rabert A. Barker; Popular Mechanics Press publishers; hardbound in green boards with black lettering on cover and spine; very good condition with unmarked pages except for original owner's note inside front; small spont on cover (see pic); dust jacket good/fair with edge wear and minor soiling (see pics).
 
description -
"Over 150 Mystifying Experiments You Can Do At Home". 
 
from inside cover -
There's a magic half-hour on television when a goodly audience, composed about equally of adults and children, shuns the cowboy movies, puppet shows and adventures in outer space.  This is the time of "Mr. Wizard" and his young colleagues, Willy Watson and Betsy Taylor.  Theirs is a "captive" audience - captivated by the wonders of the everyday world which "Mr. Wizard" explains so clearly and demonstrates so dramatically...
 
In Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets, Don Herbert and the Popular Mechanics Press join to bring you a book of home experiments guaranteed to entertain and mystify your friends, and more important, to give hours of fun-coated education to your boy or girl!