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.
Considering it is over a century old it is in good shape.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many were created back then and how many survived to present day.
It's sure got a nice cover even still. Does the mechanism work?
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a real survivor, and astounding condition!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know pradtical joke novelties were produced this early. Another winner!
ReplyDeleteI 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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