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Verlag: Darien House (c.1977), New York, 1977
Anbieter: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+ dj. Illustrated by (dj art) Gary Cooley (illustrator). First Edition. [a nice clean copy, with just a touch of wear to the lower extremities; the jacket spine is a bit color-shifted (with a little bleeding of same onto the edge of the rear panel), and there's a tiny closed tear and some associated creasing/wrinkling at the top of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs, drawings, facsimiles) A how-to book of amazing things to be done with playing cards: "A treatise on the art of throwing, scaling, juggling, boomeranging, and manipulating ordinary playing cards with particular emphasis on impressing one's friends and providing a deadly yet inexpensive means of self-defense" -- "an imperative for today's urban society." The first book by the renowned magician/actor/writer/collector/historian, connoisseur of the weird, and self-anointed "pasteboard projectilist" -- a hilarious work that manages to be both scholarly and largely tongue-in-cheek. Primarily issued as a trade paperback (and reprinted as such in 1988), with the hardcover first printing being quite uncommon.
Verlag: Darien House, Inc, New York, 1977
Anbieter: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The first book from magician, actor, and historian Ricky Jay. An often amusing look at how playing cards can be transformed into weapons with numerous illustrations and technical guides. A clean very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears to the top of the spine and some other very minor wear. Signed and warmly inscribed by Jay on the title page: "For Allen Berlinski kindred spirit and good fried Ricky Jay 18 May 1981." The recipient was an author and collector of magic related material. A very nice copy of the much less common hardcover issue.