Description: Sharps and Flatsby John Nevil Maskelyne A fascinating look at the devices and methods used by card sharps, dishonest dice players and crooked gambling halls to bilk the innocent public. Belongs in the working library of every gambler, magician, gambling lecturer, bunco squad detective, and collector. Includes diagrams of gimmicked roulette wheels, card holdouts, rigged dealing boxes, loaded dice, and much more. If you've ever thought of giving a gambling lecture, or simply want to protect yourself from a variety of gambling scams, then this material is worth its weight in gold to you. PARTIAL CONTENTS: Common Sharpers and Their Tricks - Marked Cards - Reflectors - Holdouts - Crooked Deals, False Cuts and Other Manipulation - Collusion and Conspiracy - Cheating at Faro - Prepared Cards - Doctored Dice - Poker - Roulette and Allied Games - Purveyors of Crooked Equipment - and more! "One of the most complete works on tricks of card sharpers." (Ellis Stanyon) "A clever expose'." (Henry Ridgely Evans.) Makes a great gift for that hard-to-please magician or gambling enthusiast on your list. Sold for information only. Not to be used for any illegal purpose. 2022 revised edition features two new chapters. Reset in new type for ease of reading.Stiff covers, 300 pages + supplement, comb bound. Be sure to take advantage of our low combined shipping cost. Postage is just $1 each per additional title when you pay for your combined order from your eBay shopping cart. (To get the discount, be sure to use eBay's "add to cart" feature for each title.)
Price: 20 USD
Location: Lacey, Washington
End Time: 2024-03-16T22:36:02.000Z
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Subtopic: Scams
Genre: Magic
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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