LEARNED PIGS AND FIREPROOF WOMEN.

JAY, Ricky.

ISBN 10: 0709031505 / ISBN 13: 9780709031505

Published by Robert Hale,, London,, 1987

About this Item

First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp ix, 343. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered silver at spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. With the small blindstamp of John Michael Blundall (1937-2014) one of the world's leading designers, makers and performers of puppet theatre. Among many other things he created puppet characters in,'Supercar',n'Fireball XL5', 'Stingray' and 'Thunderbirds'. He was also a collector of books on every aspect of the theatre. ISBN: 0709031505 Fine in fine dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LEARNED PIGS AND FIREPROOF WOMEN.
• Publisher: Robert Hale,, London,
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0709031505
• ISBN 13: 9780709031505
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A cult classic and a work of remarkable scholarship restored to print. Ricky Jay is one of the world's great sleight-of-hand artists. He is also a most unusual and talented scholar, specializing in the bizarre, exotic, and fantastic side of the human species. The youngest magician to have appeared on television, Jay has become well known for his astonishing stage show as well as for his cameos in such movies as Glengarry Glen Ross and, most recently, Boogie Nights. Jay's unparalleled collection of books, posters, photographs, programs, broadsides, and, most important, data about unjustifiably forgotten entertainers all over the world made this unique book possible. An investigation into the inspired world of sideshows, circuses, and singularly talented performers, Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women is history of the most unusual--and irresistible--sort.

About the Author

Ricky Jay is the author of Cards as Weapons and has appeared both on television and in movies. He has worked with Joseph Papp, Francis Ford Coppola, and David Mamet. He is currently writing a book about great wagers through history.