From Gun to Gadget

By Catherine Dike

Paris: Les Editions de l'Amateur, 1983. Text in English. Large hardcover with dust jacket, in very good condition, devoted to the curious world of canes with secret uses, such as sword canes, doctor's canes, stool cans, gun canes, canes with pen and ink, whistles, lamps, blowguns, games, etc., etc. A fascinating book. Hundreds of examples photographed and described.