Thursday, February 23, 2023

A Startling Tale

It's not in the greatest condition, but this unusual cap-gun trick book from 1910 is still quite the find. Hidden inside the cover is where the dynamite details of our explosive tale begins --and ends-- for our unsuspecting reader... a simple snap mechanism loaded with gunpowder caps (not included!) The author's name is a silly play on popular English romance writer, Elinor Glyn.

5 comments:

  1. Considering it is over a century old it is in good shape.

    I wonder how many were created back then and how many survived to present day.

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  2. It's sure got a nice cover even still. Does the mechanism work?

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  3. Wow, that's a real survivor, and astounding condition!

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  4. I didn't know pradtical joke novelties were produced this early. Another winner!

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  5. I had the "ballpoint pen with cover to hide the cap mechanism" version of this in the early 1970s and hugely disrupted a social studies class when an unsuspecting classmate borrowed it. Are caps even a thing anymore?

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