Exemplars from the Ricky Jay Collection
About this book
A beautifully designed book featuring hundreds of full-color photos of Ricky’s collection accompanied by text and captions by Ricky! Prepare for an awe-inspiring visual journey through one of the greatest collections of magic books, broadsides, posters and other kindred subjects ever assembled. This massive, 8.5” x 11”, 350-page book is printed on beautiful acid-free archival paper in full color with sewn signatures, head and tail bands, a place holder ribbon, bound in luxurious foil-stamped cloth with a matching clothbound, foil-stamped slipcase. Featuring hundreds of full color photos of Ricky’s collection, accompanied by text and captions by Ricky. Also included are contributions from David Mamet and Steve Martin. The design by Ricky and Coco Shinomiya-Gorodetsky beautifully shows off Ricky’s incredible collection of magic and many related fields. Ricky Jay was a great mentor to the Conjuring Arts Research Center, which very likely wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for his tutelage. Therefore it’s a great honor for Conjuring Arts to have been selected by Ricky’s wife, Chrisann Verges, to publish this marvelous book. This edition is limited to 1000 copies and each copy is hand numbered on the reverse of the title page.