- Creator:
- Jay, Ricky
- Title:
- Exemplars from the Ricky Jay collection / by Ricky Jay ; edited by Anne Stringfield ; design by Coco Shinomiya-Gorodetsky with Mr. Jay.
- Alternate Title(s):
- Ricky Jay collection
- Published / Created:
- New York : Conjuring Arts Research Center, 2021.©2021
- Physical Description:
- 349 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm
- Collection:
- Reference Library
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Limited edition of 1000 books ; this is copy 818.
- Contents:
- The Ricky Jay Collection -- The finest exemplar / by Steve Martin -- About Mr. Jay -- chapter 1. The great magicians -- Harry Houdini -- chapter 2. Matthias Buchinger -- chapter 3. Rare books on magic -- Blow books -- chapter 4. Remarkable characters -- Pedesrians -- Centenarians -- chapter 5. Low life -- Con men -- Poker -- Pickpockets & shoplifters -- Cant -- chapter 6. Frads & hoaxes -- Dr. James Graham -- chapter 7. Devices of wonder & pre-cinema -- Automata -- Automaton chess player -- chapter 8. Spiritualism & spirit photography -- chapter 9. Women -- chapter 10. Phénomènes -- Armless artists -- chapter 11. Performances & various unusual acts -- Learned animals -- Menageries -- Music hall & vaudeville -- Ventriloquism -- Jugglers & acrobats -- chapter 12. Peter Larkin -- chapter 13. Museums -- chapter 14. Circus -- Afterword / by David Mamet.
- Subject Terms:
- Jay, Ricky -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Amusements -- History -- Sources -- Catalogs. | Curiosities and wonders -- History -- Sources -- Catalogs. | Entertainers -- History -- Sources -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Catalogs. | Printed ephemera -- Private collections -- Catalogs.
- Contributors:
- Stringfield, Anne, editor. | Shinomiya, Coco, graphic designer.