Very Good.
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Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Softcover. 4to. Condition: Good. 1st printing. Pictorial covers are clean with surface scratches present. Edges are lightly rubbed. Corners are creased. Spine is uncreased with bumped edges. Text block is square. Binding is tight. 94p. Interior is unmarked with white pages filled with black and white photos and illustrations through out. Seller Inventory # 116178
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Clean pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1272271141
Seller: Old Inlet Bookshop, Homer, AK, U.S.A.
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95pp, minor creasing to edges, " 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-defence". Scarce. Seller Inventory # 000507
Seller: James Payne, Books and Prints, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Softcover Edition. [THEATER]. Ricky Jay (1946-2018). "Cards as Weapons [First Softcover Edition]." New York: Darien House, Inc. Printed in the USA, April 1977. First softcover edition. English language. Softcover with glossy full-color pictorial card wrappers, with contemporary Xeroxed book review cutting laid-in. Nonfiction satirical self-defense manual by the legendary magician, actor, and book collector Ricky Jay in nine chapters with afterword, acknowledgments, and many black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. 8vo. 10 1/4 x 7 inches. 18 oz. 96 pp. Small spot of damage on spine edge. Light indents to back wrapper. Light toning. Text clean. Great copy. Near Fine to Fine. ISBN: 0882010166. OCLC: 3748031. "A treatise on the art of throwing, scaling, juggling, boomeranging, and manipulating ordinary cards with particular emphasis on impressing one's friends and providing a deadly yet inexpensive means of self-defense.". Seller Inventory # 11243
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Publisher: Darien House, New York, 1977.First Softcover Edition, First Printing. VERY GOOD in illustrated/pictorial wraps, as issued. There are some scratches on the spine. Previous owner's printed name is ink-stamped on inside cover. Seller Inventory # 2203210001
Seller: Old Inlet Bookshop, Homer, AK, U.S.A.
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95pp, minor creasing to edges, " 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-defence". Scarce. Seller Inventory # 000087