Hardcover with DJ. Square format little picture book. Bound in black bookcloth with gold lettering on the spine. Glossy pictorial DJ with lettering in yellow. Excellent condition (both book and DJ). First edition with complete number line. 63 pages, with color photographs by Purcell of dice from Ricky Jay's collection of magical ephemera, cards, dice, and entertainment memorabilia. Jay's essays on the history and use of dice. Signed by both on a photo on the page before the title page. Purcell signs plainly in blue ink. Jay with a more calligraphic flourish, and a thicker pen. Please email with questions or to request photos. If there is a photo beside this listing, be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that means) and that it might not match this book.

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T�tulo

Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck [signed by both]

Editor

Quantuck Lane Pr & the Mill rd

Fecha de publicaci�n

2003

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0971454817

ISBN 13

9780971454811

Encuadernaci�n

Hardcover

Edici�n

1st Edition

Estado

Very Good

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Plato said God invented dice. This we learn from one of Ricky Jay's fascinating essays in a delightful small volume that takes us from the earliest forms (astragalithe heel bones of hoofed quadrupeds, four of whose six sides were used for gaming) to the myriad types of "loading" and other means of cheating with dice in the modern era. Along the way we discover that Augustus, Caligula, and Nero were all inveterate players, that Queen Elizabeth issued a search and seizure order against the manufacture of false dice in 1598, and that dice made from celluloid, invented in 1869, remained stable for decades, and thenin a flashbegan to decompose. These are the dice of Rosamond Purcell's luminous and seductive photographs, images which transform entropy to an art form. Jay and Purcell give us a dual meditation on dice that will educate us and amuse us at the same time. 13 color photographs.

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Ricky Jay is one of the world's great sleight-of-hand artists and an expert on the world of fantastic entertainment. His award-winning one-man shows were directed by David Mamet, in whose many films Mr. Jay has appeared. He is author of New York Times Notable Books Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, Jay's Journal of Anomalies, Extraordinary Exhibitions, and Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck with Rosamond Purcell. He lives in Los Angeles.

Rosamond Purcell is the author of Bookworm and Owls Head. She lives in Medford, Massachusetts.

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