2003, ISBN: 173c1801c1cf823fe94dc32ba28087db

[SC: 35.54], [PU: New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, ().], Square royal octavo, softbound (thick, full-color illus. glossy wrappers with cover flaps), 202 pp. Fine. From cover: The multit… Mehr…

[SC: 35.54], [PU: New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, ().], Square royal octavo, softbound (thick, full-color illus. glossy wrappers with cover flaps), 202 pp. Fine. From cover: The multitalented Ricky Jay (sleight-of-hand artist, actor, author, and scholar of the usual) wrote and published a unique and beautifully designed quarterly called Jay's Journal of Anomalies. Already coveted collector's items, the sixteen issues are now gathered here in a complete set, with significant new material and illustrations. A brilliant excursion into the history of bizarre entertainments, the journal was described in The New York Times as "beautiful and elegant. a combination of rigorous scholarship and personal rumination." In a delectably deadpan and winning style, Jay conveys his admiration and affection for the offbeat that characterized his best-selling Learned Pigs & Fireproof women. The journal covers such subjects as dogs stealing acts from other dogs, an anthropological hoax involving the only survivors of a caste of ancient Aztec priests, and the ultimate diet: eating nothing at all. Jay explains how wags since the sixteenth century have cheated at bowling; he explores the ancient relationship between conjuring and dentistry; and he chronicles the exploits of ceiling walkers and human flies. Crammed full of illustrations drawn from the author's massive personal archive, Jay's Journal of Anomalies will baffle, instruct, and above all, delight. Performing Arts, Circus, Sideshows. aslic<

2003, ISBN: 173c1801c1cf823fe94dc32ba28087db

[PU: New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, ().], Square royal octavo, softbound (thick, full-color illus. glossy wrappers with cover flaps), 202 pp. Fine. From cover: The multitalented Ricky… Mehr…

[PU: New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, ().], Square royal octavo, softbound (thick, full-color illus. glossy wrappers with cover flaps), 202 pp. Fine. From cover: The multitalented Ricky Jay (sleight-of-hand artist, actor, author, and scholar of the usual) wrote and published a unique and beautifully designed quarterly called Jay's Journal of Anomalies. Already coveted collector's items, the sixteen issues are now gathered here in a complete set, with significant new material and illustrations. A brilliant excursion into the history of bizarre entertainments, the journal was described in The New York Times as "beautiful and elegant. a combination of rigorous scholarship and personal rumination." In a delectably deadpan and winning style, Jay conveys his admiration and affection for the offbeat that characterized his best-selling Learned Pigs & Fireproof women. The journal covers such subjects as dogs stealing acts from other dogs, an anthropological hoax involving the only survivors of a caste of ancient Aztec priests, and the ultimate diet: eating nothing at all. Jay explains how wags since the sixteenth century have cheated at bowling; he explores the ancient relationship between conjuring and dentistry; and he chronicles the exploits of ceiling walkers and human flies. Crammed full of illustrations drawn from the author's massive personal archive, Jay's Journal of Anomalies will baffle, instruct, and above all, delight. Performing Arts, Circus, Sideshows. aslic<

2003, ISBN: 173c1801c1cf823fe94dc32ba28087db

New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, (2003). Square royal octavo, softbound (thick, full-color illus. glossy wrappers with cover flaps), 202 pp. Fine. From cover: The multitalented Rick… Mehr…

New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, (2003). Square royal octavo, softbound (thick, full-color illus. glossy wrappers with cover flaps), 202 pp. Fine. From cover: The multitalented Ricky Jay (sleight-of-hand artist, actor, author, and scholar of the usual) wrote and published a unique and beautifully designed quarterly called Jays Journal of Anomalies. Already coveted collectors items, the sixteen issues are now gathered here in a complete set, with significant new material and illustrations. A brilliant excursion into the history of bizarre entertainments, the journal was described in The New York Times as beautiful and elegant... a combination of rigorous scholarship and personal rumination. In a delectably deadpan and winning style, Jay conveys his admiration and affection for the offbeat that characterized his best-selling Learned Pigs & Fireproof women. The journal covers such subjects as dogs stealing acts from other dogs, an anthropological hoax involving the only survivors of a caste of ancient Aztec priests, and the ultimate diet: eating nothing at all. Jay explains how wags since the sixteenth century have cheated at bowling; he explores the ancient relationship between conjuring and dentistry; and he chronicles the exploits of ceiling walkers and human flies. Crammed full of illustrations drawn from the authors massive personal archive, Jays Journal of Anomalies will baffle, instruct, and above all, delight., The Quantuck Lane Press, (2003)., 2003, 0<