Jay's Journal of Anomalies by Jay, Ricky - 2003

Quantuck Lane Press, 2003-12-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7100 10.8700 8.5800.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003-12-01. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

Quantuck Lane Pr & the Mill rd, 2003-12-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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 shown sufficient rationality to drive a chariot, impersonate Napoleon, or reenact the siege of Antwerp. Note the enduring popularity of severing from the head its most protuberant organthe nose. The Bonassus, advertised as unique, was in 1821 the most numerous hoofed quadruped on the face of the earth. In an era rich in examples of animal scholarship, Munito was a star. The multitalented Ricky Jay (sleight-of-hand artist, actor, author, and scholar of the unusual) wrote and published a unique and beautifully designed quarterly called Jay's Journal of Anomalies. Already coveted collector's items, the sixteen issues are… Read More