Jay\'s Journal Of Anomalies

Quantuck Lane Press, 2003. Paperback. New. One of the New York Times's "Notable Books" and a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of the Year": Ricky Jay's brilliant excursion into the history of bizarre entertainments. Ingesters of stones, stoats, and swords have long compelled my attention. Signor Hervio Nano, the fantastic homunculus, defied conventional taxonomy. The well-trained flea has… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed by Ricky Jay to Eric Idle on the half-title. Small quarto. Original brown paper-covered boards, with decorative bronze stamping. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light fading along the extremities. A gathering of all sixteen issues of… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. Stated first edition. Hardcover book complete in its original printed dust jacket. 29 cm. 202 pages. Contains color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author directly on the half title page. The book is in near fine condition. No other ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges… Read more about this item