A handsome example of this uncommon poster additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Sandra / With Best Wishes / Ricky Jay" in black ink beneath his central portrait showing some mild handling and edgewear. Jacket has a tiny nick at one corner, else pristine. Darien House, New York. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.Warner Books 1988-06, 1988. Subtitled "A manual on the art of throwing, scaling, juggling, boomeranging and manipulating ordinary playing cards to provide a deadly yet inexpensive means of self-defense", it features a series of delightful illustrations by artist Gary Cooley of Jay demonstrating these feats, including fending off a giant octopus and landing a tossed playing card atop the Great Pyramid. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good.

First Edition. First Softcover Edition. Condition: Fine. Book Promotional Poster.Darien House, 1977. Soft cover. One 36 ½ x 24 ½" sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration. 8vo. New York: Darien House, 1977.

Author, actor and huckster historian Ricky Jay's first book, a hilarious, photo illustrated treatise on the use of playing cards as weapons, with chapters on technique, practice, stunts and self-defense.

Perhaps with sufficient speed and strength to puncture the the thick, pachydermatic rind of a watermelon? illustrated soft covers, yellow titles, lightly edgeworn, corners slightly thumbed, else neat, clean. Paperback. 1977. First Edition.

Near fine in a very good jacket.RICKY JAY: A 1977 PROMOTIONAL POSTER FOR "CARDS AS WEAPONS" - WITH A SIGNED PRESENTATION FROM THE PRESTIDIGITATOR.Darien House Publishers, New York, 1977. 94, [2] pages. A beautiful example of a book that is nearly always found with condition issues. In original unclipped ($9.95) jacket. Condition: Fine. 10" x 7" Original full yellow cloth with black titles. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.Images Graphiques 1977-06, 1977. Condition: Good. and tight, illustrated throughout in black and white.Images Graphiques, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Yes, but none of the techniques will actually work (check out MYTHBUSTERS S2 E12 for a thorough debunking, with an assist from Jay himself).

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Condition: Good. Condition: Very Good. Small stain to verso of jacket at bottom edge, not visible from front and not effecting book - unobtrusive. Pages and cover are clean and intact. The scarce cloth edition (a simultaneous softcover edition was also published). Tell us what you're looking for and once a match is found, we'll inform you by e-mail.Can't remember the title or the author of a book?

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The author of the critically acclaimed Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, a nationally known sleight-of-hand expert, movie actor and magician extraor dinaire, presents a stylish parody of self-defense books that demonstrates how ordinary playing cards can be used as a means of protection.

Author, actor and huckster historian Ricky Jay's first book, a hilarious, photo illustrated treatise on the use of playing cards as weapons, with chapters on technique, practice, stunts and self-defense. The Sword of Shannara 95pp, minor creasing to edges, " A Treatise on the art of throwing, scaling, juggling, boomeranging and manipulating ordinary playing cards with particular emphasis on impressing one's friends and providing a deadly yet inexpensive means of self-defence". A nice copy in dust jacket that is price clipped and has a few nicks in it.Darien House, New York, 1977. Cards As Weapons by Ricky Jay and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk.

Please try again.You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, 1988. Else bright and sharp.

Binding tight and solid. Throwing Cards Techniques CIGAM > Adapted from Card as Weapons (Ricky Jay) Within the shuriken class, the throwing card ranks near the bottom in terms of sheer combat effectiveness. The scarce cloth edition (a simultaneous softcover edition was also published). Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.