Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1902. Smith, Marshall. Hardcover. A small light purple casebound book. 178 pages; contains black-and-white illustrations. VG: Fading to the covers, especially at the spine (which is now closer to yellow than purple). A publisher's error in cutting the pages- the cutting on the left-side pages is off, leading to the top margin containing the page number and chapter title being half-removed on several of the pages. No body text is affected. Crack between the front end pages. Solid binding. Item #206779
"Embracing the whole calendar sleights that are employed by the gambler and conjurer, describing with detail and illustration every known expedient, manoeuvre, and stratagem of the expert card handler; with over one hundred drawings from life by M.D. Smith."
Price: $200.00