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[RAMO SAMEE] BILLY BEST’S VISIT TO THE FAIR. Circa 1825. Hand-colored wraps, wood-engraved illustrations, each accompanied by verses regarding what Billy saw at the fair. 12mo. A RARE “wee” book with conjuring content. The rhyming couplet accompanying Samee’s likeness – depicting him swallowing a sword, states: Then the next thing you’d see, /Was Ramo Samee, / The Conjurer; swallow a sword! /Then throw it in the air, /Four balls – I declare! /And catch them again: ’pon my /Word