Jay, Ricky, Purcell, Rosamond (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Acceptable. DUST JACKET SHOWS SOME SHELF WEAR AND HAS RUBBING, SCRATCHES AND DINGS. GIFT NOTE WRITTEN INSIDE BOOK. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Acceptable reading copy with obvious signs of use, wear, and/or cosmetic issues. Item is complete and remains readable despite notable condition issues.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

paperback. Condition: Good. Corners are slightly bent. Used - Good.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Rosamond Purcell (illustrator). 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Sq. 8vo., 64pp., illustrated. Black cloth in photo-illustrated dw. A Near FINE copy in Near FINE dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Rosamond Purcell (photography) (illustrator). 1st Edition. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book and dust jacket are in Near Fine+ condition. The book is a series of photographs that inspired the author's composition on decomposing dice. Book has a mylar cover. Additional pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher: Quantuck Lane Press, New York, 2003.FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Small closed tear on the fold between the DJ's rear panel and the heel of spine's heel. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

FIRST EDITION, square super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Square 8vo bound in black cloth. Inscribed by Rick Jay at half-title verso. Near Fine in like jacket. 63 pp. Illustrated in color. [CL]. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Square format little picture book. Bound in black bookcloth with gold lettering on the spine. Glossy pictorial DJ with lettering in yellow. Excellent condition (both book and DJ). First edition with complete number line. 63 pages, with color photographs by Purcell of dice from Ricky Jay's collection of magical ephemera, cards, dice, and entertainment memorabilia. Jay's essays on the history and use of dice. Signed by both on a photo on the page before the title page. Purcell signs plainly in blue ink. Jay with a more calligraphic flourish, and a thicker pen. Please email with questions or to request photos. If there is a photo beside this listing, be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that means) and that it might not match this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Quantuck Lane Press, New York. 2002. #119 of a limited edition of 250 copies signed by the late great Ricky Jay, as well as photographer Rosamond Purcell. With an additional signed photographic print by Purcell, laid in, as called for. Slipcased in matching cloth slipcase. Slipcase lightly rubbed and worn. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and with color pastedown and titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Plato said God invented dice. This we learn from one of Ricky Jay's fascinating essays in a delightful small volume that takes us from the earliest forms (astragalithe heel bones of hoofed quadrupeds, four of whose six sides were used for gaming) to the myriad types of "loading" and other means of cheating with dice in the modern era. Along the way we discover that Augustus, Caligula, and Nero were all inveterate players, that Queen Elizabeth issued a search and seizure order against the manufacture of false dice in 1598, and that dice made from celluloid, invented in 1869, remained stable for decades, and thenin a flashbegan to decompose. These are the dice of Rosamond Purcell's luminous and seductive photographs, images which transform entropy to an art form. Jay and Purcell give us a dual meditation on dice that will educate us and amuse us at the same time. ; 8 X 0.5 X 8.25 inches; 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Purcell, Rosamond (Photographer) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original publisher's black cloth binding and black dust wrapper with a reprinted color photograph of celluloid dice on the front panel. 8 3/8" x 8." Sixty-three pages, complete. Reprinted color photographs, complete. Gilt lettering on spine. Dust wrapper not price-clipped. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. The only signs of damage are two vertical fold lines on the back free endpaper. Both the book and dust wrapper are As New. This book is a 1st edition and 1st printing as evidenced by the number "1" printed on the copyright page. This is both a book about the history of dice and an art photography book that features color photographs of celluloid dice. The following is an excerpt from the front flap of the dust wrapper: "Ricky Jay asked his friend Rosamond Purcell to photograph and commemorate his crumbing collection of dice. The result is a series of remarkable photographs that inspired Mr. Jay's composition on decomposing dice. These dice made from celluloid, the first commercially manufactured plastic, remain stable for decades, and then in a flash begin to crack, crystallize, and implode. . He traces gambling with dice from the ancient use of astragali, the heel bones of hoofed quadrupeds, to their use in the casinos of Las Vegas. Along the way we discover numerous ways in which shaved, misspotted, and loaded dice were used by colorful and unscrupulous hustlers to gain advantage over their less enlightened brethren.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. ((64pp. ) (7 3/4" X 8 1/2") Full-color illustrations throughout. ; 7 3/4" x 8 1/2" ; 64 pages.