Blank pages in a spellbook's scroll section still go a little funky with STUDY.
Namely:
>> study spellb
>As you read the page, it crumbles away into a fine poweder.
The page remains there in the book. If it was a blank page near the start of the book, the other pages don't shift in to fill the empty space. I can continuously STUDY (dissolve) followed by READ (page is untouched by magic)
Also, typo of powder. :)