Celebrations of Curious Characters cracks open the personal vaults of Ricky Jay?raconteur, historian, and one of the world’s great sleight-of-hand artists?exposing a wonderful world of amusing and arcane knowledge. Adapted from his popular radio series ?Jay’s Journal of the Air,” Celebrations of Curious Characters features one-page anecdotes of mind-bending performers (limbless jugglers, banjo-picking birds, Anglo-Texan saxophone-playing siamese twins) paired with engravings, mezzotints, and broadsheets from the author’s remarkable collection. You’ll find engaging vignettes on a daunting variety of topics: musical prodigies, cannon-ball catchers, conmen, card cheats, and performing politicians. Plus, a man who made a model of Lincoln Cathedral out of 1,000,800 bottle corks; a woman continuously pregnant for six-and-a-half years; a theatrical strong man who became the world’s leading Egyptologist; and a healthy number of digressions on time, money, and the argot of thieves.
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Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : marvin granlund, Emeryville, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First Edition. Fine first edition (copyright 2011, no edition stated, no additional printings listed) . 112 pages, unmarked; DD0325 OVR62; 112 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 54377
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Vendeur : Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition, issued w/o dust jacket. "Never, I repeat, never in the annals of entertainment has one man devoted himself more dutifully, studied more scrupulously, and documented so diligently these bizarre and astonishing feats of physical and mental derring-do than the man they call 'America's Scholar of the Unusual'---magician, author, bon vivant, raconteur, prestidigitator extraordinaire, and a personal friend to whom I no longer owe a favor---Ricky Jay."---Steve Martin. Pristine, quite presentable & collectible. N° de réf. du vendeur RUB493
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