Trost Collection. Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women. A history of Unique, Eccentric & Amazing Entertainers. Ricky Jay, 1986, cloth bound, foil stamping, 343 pages with index by one of the great historians of our time. Several full color plates along with many illustrations and photographs for this most interesting read of Allied Entertainment Arts.
You will find the world's greatest daredevils, stone eaters, armless violinists, virtuoso petomanes and incombustible ladies tippling boiling oil, singing mice, hypnotized parrots and other incredible pets. Wonderfully illustrated in full color with posters, playbills and portraits.
Light foxing page edges. Condition fine.