The author of the critically acclaimed Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, a nationally known sleight-of-hand expert, movie actor and magician extraor dinaire, presents a stylish parody of self-defense books that demonstrates how ordinary playing cards can be used as a means of protection. Photos.
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Seller: Avenue Victor Hugo Books, Newmarket, NH, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, first printing. Quarto, 10 1/2" tall, 96 pages with intertextual black and white illustrations throughout, orange cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper bright. In a very good, slightly edge-worn dust jacket with the original price present. Seller Inventory # 91107
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET [$9.95] IS VERY GOOD,STATED-FIRST DARIEN HOUSE PRINTING,APRIL 1977. Seller Inventory # 307444
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st. First printing, scarce hardcover edition. 130 pp., many photos, small 4to, hardcover, dust jacket. Text is Nearly Fine: tight and unworn with no owner's marks, few small fades spots to top-edge of cloth, common on this book. Dj is Nearly Fine: very light wear to extremities, few tiny edge-nicks, one neatly repaired closed tear, barely noticeable. Laid in: original ad for "Ricky Jay: A Rogue's Gallery - An Evening of Conversation & Performance", Mr. Jay's 2009 show. Seller Inventory # 787465
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Very Good. First Edition. 94 pages. Dust jacket worn and top and bottom of the backstrip area. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 33050
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[0-88201-017-4] 1977, 1st printing. (4to) Fine in fine dust jacket. 95pp. Illustrations, photographs. The only flaw is a minor toning along the inside top and bottom edges of the dust jacket, which is not visible from the printed side of the jacket. (Magic, Card Tricks, Magic, Playing Cards). Seller Inventory # 148263
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 94Y86_83_0882010174