Handmade Victorian Disappearance Magic Trick Flip Book Incan textile in pretty much perfect shape

in pretty much perfect shape

a pretty terrific display object I think

Approx 3" t x 1 1/4" w

I am guessing it dates from the 30s

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Handmade Victorian Disappearance Magic Trick Flip Book Incan textile in pretty much perfect shapeI'll never resist a homemade magic trick, and a sweet little thing this one, late 19th century or so, with the exterior of the cardboard covered in lovely gold and lavender paper. It's hard to document, but the folio is hinged in such a way that it can be opened one way, then the other, but not both at once such that one could insert a coin, say, in the little blue paper pocket, then wave it around and open it the other way ta da, the coin has