- GROUP OF 30 VIDEO CASSETTES AND DVDS
GROUP OF 30 VIDEO CASSETTES AND DVDS ON GAMBLING.Group of 30 Video Cassettes and DVDs on Gambling. Including instructional cassettes such as Alan Ackerman’s Advanced Card Control Video Series (vols. I-III, 3 tapes), How to Deal Casino Games: Craps (vols. II-III, 2 tapes) Show Biz Video: Secrets of the Card Cheats (n.d., distributed by Show-Biz Video Services), and several commercial films and TV shows on DVD, including The Grifters (2011), and Las Vegas (2004 – 2008, 5 seasons). Overall quality very good.
- MOSS, FLOYD. CARD CHEATS – HOW THEY
MOSS, FLOYD. CARD CHEATS – HOW THEY OPERATE.Moss, Floyd. Card Cheats – How They Operate. New York: William-Frederick Press, 1950. Pictorial soft wrappers. Illustrated photographically. 8vo. 77 pages. Former owner’s bookplate inside front cover; very good.
- THE ENGLISH ROGUE: DESCRIBED IN THE
THE ENGLISH ROGUE: DESCRIBED IN THE LIFE OF MERITON LAT...The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, A Witty Extravagant. London: W. Dugdale, 1831. “Being a compleat discovery of the most eminent cheats of both sexes,” reprinted from the 1666 first edition. Blue publisher’s decorative wraps, printed in black. Fold-out illustrated frontispiece. Some wear on covers and page edges; good copy.
- MUTOSCOPE REEL. BUSINESSMAN CHEATING
MUTOSCOPE REEL. BUSINESSMAN CHEATING WITH SECRETARY.Mutoscope Reel. Businessman Cheating With Secretary. New York, International Mutoscope Reel Co, ca. 1910s. Subject No. 7006. In an office, a businessman cheats with his secretary. The wife bursts in on the couple as they are kissing. 10 ¾ x 3”. Some cards slightly bent, else very good.
- GAMBLERS’ SHINERS.Gamblers’ Shiners.
GAMBLERS’ SHINERS.Gamblers’ Shiners. Including over one dozen tiny mirrors, one attached to a US penny, and another slightly larger mirror. Used by cheats to peek at cards while dealing.
- CARD CHEATS – HOW THEY OPERATE.Moss,
CARD CHEATS – HOW THEY OPERATE.Moss, Floyd. Card Cheats – How They Operate. New York: William-Frederick Press, 1950. Pictorial soft wrappers. Illustrated photographically. 8vo. 77 pages. Minor wear along spine.
- CARTER THE GREAT. CONDEMNED TO DEATH
CARTER THE GREAT. CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR WITCHCRAFT. CH...Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. Condemned to Death for Witchcraft. Cheats the Gallows. Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1930s. Four-sheet color lithograph poster depicting the magician’s limp body hanging from a noose, his ghost spiriting up and away from the excited crowd. 106 x 78”. Folded as issued, slight separation tears at crossfolds. A-.
- Rare Books: Highwaymen and Gentry's
Rare Books: Highwaymen and Gentry's birds Smith Alexander. A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE LIVES AND ROBBERIES OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS HIGHWAY-MEN FOOT-PADS SHOP-LIFTS AND CHEATS OF BOTH SEXES IN AND ABOUT LONDON AND WESTMINSTER...London: Sam Briscoe 1719. Gentry Thomas G. NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller 1882. With 54 chromolithographs of birds and their habitats. (2pcs) Provenance: Aiken South Carolina collection. Back   Inquiry    Previous Item  Next Item © Charlton Hall Auctions. Images descriptions and condition reports used on this site are original copyright material and are not to be reproduced without permission. For further information telephone 803.779.5678   © 2012 CHARLTON HALL GALLERIES INC.
- A Lithograph Poster for Charles Joseph
A Lithograph Poster for Charles Joseph Carter (1874-1936), Carter The Great, Carter Condemned to Death for Witchcraft, Cheats the Gallows, four sheet color lithograph, linen backed, Carter looks on at a black shrouded figure which has been hung, with a menacing Chinese mob below, The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 106" x 80-3/4". Unframed.