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Ricky Jay

A life in books

21 cataloged contributions

1957–2018 across 14 high-confidence dated works

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A considered starting point for reading Ricky Jay, drawn from catalog context and salon activity when available.

01
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
The earliest high-confidence catalog date in this author overview is 1957.
02
Cards as weapons
A clearly attributed work with a supported 1977 catalog date.
03
Learned pigs & fireproof women
A clearly attributed work with a supported 1986 catalog date.
04
Many mysteries unraveled, or, Conjuring literature in America, 1786-1874
A clearly attributed work with a supported 1990 catalog date.
05
Jay's journal of anomalies: conjurers, cheats, hustlers, hoaxsters, pranksters, jokesters, impostors, pretenders, sideshow showmen, armless calligraphers, mechanical marvels, popular entertainments
A clearly attributed work with a supported 2001 catalog date.
06
Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck
A clearly attributed work with a supported 2002 catalog date.

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Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck

2002

4 cataloged editions

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reviews: 0
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Learned pigs & fireproof women

1986

4 cataloged editions

shelves: 0
reviews: 0
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quotes: 0

Cards as weapons

1977

2 cataloged editions

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reviews: 0
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Jay's journal of anomalies: conjurers, cheats, hustlers, hoaxsters, pranksters, jokesters, impostors, pretenders, sideshow showmen, armless calligraphers, mechanical marvels, popular entertainments

2001

1 cataloged edition

shelves: 0
reviews: 0
lists: 0
quotes: 0

Jay's journal of anomolies: conjurers, cheats, hustlers, hoaxsters, pranksters, jokesters, impostors, pretenders, sideshow showmen, armless calligraphers, mechanical marvels, popular entertainments

2003

1 cataloged edition

shelves: 0
reviews: 0
lists: 0
quotes: 0

Matthias Buchinger, "the greatest German living"

2016

1 cataloged edition

shelves: 0
reviews: 0
lists: 0
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Extraordinary Exhibitions: The Wonderful Remains of an Enormous Head, The Whimsiphusicon & Death to the Savage Unitarians (Broadsides from the Collection ... from the Collection of Ricky Jay)

2005

1 cataloged edition

shelves: 0
reviews: 0
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Extraordinary exhibitions: the wonderful remains of an enormous head, the whimsiphusicon & death to the savage unitarians ; broadsides from the collection of Ricky Jay.

2005

1 cataloged edition

shelves: 0
reviews: 0
lists: 0
quotes: 0

Many mysteries unraveled, or, Conjuring literature in America, 1786-1874

1990

1 cataloged edition

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Celebrations of curious characters

2011

1 cataloged edition

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reviews: 0
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Dice deception, fate & rotten luck

2003

1 cataloged edition

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reviews: 0
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

1957

1 cataloged edition

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Deceptive practice: the mysteries and mentors of Ricky Jay

2013

With Alan Edelstein, Molly Bernstein

1 cataloged edition

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reviews: 0
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Das Buch der Zauberei

2018

With Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer

1 cataloged edition

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