NYC: Quabtuck Lane, 2003. 1st edition, F/NF. Book has very little wear. DJ has some light edge wear. Jay's dice collection was made from celluloid, the commercially manufactured plastic. After decade of a stable condition, they began to decompose at a remarkable rate. With the help of Purcell, they captured this process of disintegration and tragic beauty. Wonderful book, 64 pp. BP.

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Titre: Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck
�diteur: The Quantuck Lane Press, New York. NY
Date de parution: 2003
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0971454817
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780971454811
Reliure: Hardcover
Illustrateur: Rosamond Purcell (photography)
�dition: 1st Edition
�tat de l'article: Fine
�tat de la jaquette: Near Fine

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Dice Plato said God invented dice. This essay tells us this and many other little known facts in the history of the dice, from its earliest forms as heel bones to gamers and gaming in the 19th century. Full description

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Ricky Jay is one of the world's great sleight-of-hand artists and an expert on the world of fantastic entertainment. His award-winning one-man shows were directed by David Mamet, in whose many films Mr. Jay has appeared. He is author of New York Times Notable Books Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, Jay's Journal of Anomalies, Extraordinary Exhibitions, and Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck with Rosamond Purcell. He lives in Los Angeles.

Rosamond Purcell is the author of Bookworm and Owls Head. She lives in Medford, Massachusetts.

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