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[BLOW BOOK]. The Enchanted Scrap Book. London: E. Wallis, ca. 1840. Blind-stamped cloth with matching slipcase, the latter lettered and decorated gilt. Small octavo comprised of tab-cut pages bearing hand-colored illustrations; as the performer blows on the pages and then flips through them, the images on the leaves change as many as ten times, from blanks to images of a trained parrot, or a trained bear, steamship, ballet dancer, etc. With printed directions affixed inside the covers. Case mildly sunned, usual wear to cloth, but book tightly bound and in very good to near fine condition. A handsome example of this classic conjuring device.