Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women

Grand Central Publishing, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Villard Books, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black 1/4 cloth, red-orange paper covered boards, lettered in red. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge, otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket slightly rubbed along top edge, otherwise as issued, now in mylar. 1st ptg. as per McBride (stated, with… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1987. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Quarto. 7.5 x 11 in. ix, 343 pp. Very good in the original illustrated wrappers, with minor age-related tanning to the covers and a smoothed-out crease on the lower back corner. The binding is firm and the pages are clean and free of foxing or… Read more about this item

New York: Villard Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Fine in a near fine jacket. 2 inch closed tear in upper left corner of front panel. Minor wear to extremities. A unique association copy. This copy is warmly inscribed on the first free end paper, "For Thomas with thanks for opening the doors of the Clark to me… Read more about this item

New York: Villard Books, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto. ix, 340pp. Heavily illustrated. Just about fine in an edgeworn, very good dust jacket with a tiny dampstain at the bottom of the rear panel that barely shows through.

Signed by Ricky Jay. Hardcover with Dust jacket.

Grand Central Pub, 1987. Trade Paperback. Used - Good/No Jacket. Warner Books, 1987. Good/No Jacket. Paperback with illustrative covers and white spine. Some creasing to back cover at bottom edge. Binding appears to be reglued. Book contains black and white as well as in-color images and photographs. 11x7.5 with 345 pp. including index. … Read more about this item

New York: Villard Books, 1987. Second printing. 340 pages. Hardcover. The second book from actor and magician Ricky Jay. A look at the various odd and unique entertainers of days of yore. Illustrated throughout. A clean and tight very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket with a few… Read more about this item

New York: Villard Books, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers: Stone Eaters, Mind Readers, Daredevils, Singing Mice, etc... Crease to front, inside flap of dust jacket, 2 small tear to top front. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.

Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women: Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers by Ricky Jay Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. Third printing. Many illustrations, some in color. 343 pages. 4to-over 9-12" tall pictorial wrappers. Wonderfully-illustrated account of "unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers: stone eaters, mind readers, poison resisters, daredevils, singing mice, etc., etc., etc., etc." Unmarked and in very good condition.

Grand Central Pub. Very Good. 1987. First Edition: First Printing. Soft Cover. 343 pages: 7.75 x 11 in.: 2.6: KB#016579: Covers and pages are clean, unmarked (except for gift inscription on inside of front cover), brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. First Edition, First Printing, Printing Number Line (10… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Warner Books, 1987. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Printing.. 343 pages, 4to. Scarce. First Warner Books Trade Paperback Printing: November 1987. Intact number line ending in the number 1. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers, 1/2-inch tear at top left spine edge of front cover, tanning along edges and spine, crease at bottom right corner of front cover,… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 28.5 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 343pp. Blue boards in dust jacket. Some shelf wear to the edges of the jacket and corners of boards. Jacket spine faded.

New York: Villard, 1986. 1st, 2nd printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. Wonderful book by the recently departed Ricky Jay, the consummate magician's magician Ex-library with minimal library markings, primarilty on fep But no other marks or damage, so in excellent VG+ condition DJ has been completely protected in library mylar and is near fine to fine condition.

New York: Warner Books, 1986. Paper bound, quarto, first printing, illustrated throughout, ix + Pp343. Includes index. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 920 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

New York: Warner Books. Near Fine. 1987 (c.1986). 1st printing. Softcover. [very light edgewear to covers, gift inscription (non-authorial) on front endpaper, otherwise a nice clean copy]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, other illus., color plates) Wonderfully-illustrated account of "unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers: stone eaters, mind readers, poison resisters, daredevils, singing mice, etc., etc., etc.,… Read more about this item

First soft cover printing. Signed and inscribed to Fred by Ricky Jay. Very good plus condition. No tears. Over sized, perfect bound.

Warner Books, 1987-11. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Noonday Press, 1998-10. Paperback. Good. 0.7100 10.8800 7.4900. 'Inscribed by author'. Cover has light dirtiness/scuffing. Edges of cover have minor wear. Pages are clean/intact.