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Collection of various cigarette cards and related information

The subject matter is mainly puzzles, optical illusions or magic. Two illustrative pages are shown, along with the album itself.

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‘Mind Benders’ – a book of brain-boggling tricks, puzzles and illusions

The book has an optically intriguing cover which produces multiple 3D images of the person looking at it, one image in each of the circular shapes on the cover. The book is full of well presented items, including a pop-up page to illustrate a particular type of optical illusion. Published by Dorling Kindersley, London in 2013.

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