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The Japanese Parlor Magic. Home Amusement to All. Yokohama: O. Kai & Co., ca. 1890s. Color woodblock printed wrappers, stitched. 8vo. Color block-printed illustrations. This booklet, based on the Impenetrable Secret, allows the performer to guess which symbol a reader has chosen. The publisher was based in San Francisco and imported Japanese art goods. Light stains to wrappers; red ink-stain on upper cover.