- LARGE HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN FIGURINE
LARGE HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN FIGURINE GROUPING, THE CHE...Style of Capodiomonte, modeled as 3 ladies playing cards with 2 cheating, on Rococo style base.
Maker's mark to bottom base. Small chips throughout.
Issued: 20th c.
Dimensions: 28"L x 19.25"H
- GROUP OF 16 VINTAGE GAMBLING HISTORY
GROUP OF 16 VINTAGE GAMBLING HISTORY VOLUMES.Group of 16 Vintage Gambling History Volumes. Including The Centre Table (1860; wear on stamped publisher’s leather, bookplate and writing on endpaper), A History of Gambling in England (1899; bookplate and writing on endpaper, front cover cracking at interior spine) by John Ashton, The Gentle Grafter (1915; staining on title page) by O. Henry, Gambling: Or Fortuna, her Temple and Shrine (1891; tear on flyleaf and endpaper) by James Harold Romain, Gamblers and Gambling (1896) by Henry Ward Beecher, Traps for the Young (1890, wear on book cloth) by Anthony Comstock, and The Arts of Cheating, Swindling and Murder (1925, inscribed on endpaper) by Edward Bulwar-Lytton, among others. Overall condition good.
- LOT OF 56 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON GAMES
LOT OF 56 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON GAMES AND CHEATING.Lot of 56 Books and Pamphlets on Games and Cheating. 1940s - 1990s? Including Gypsy Talk: Law Enforcement’s Guide to the Secret Language of the American Gypsy by Dennis M. Marlock, Radner on Dice (cover separated from pages) by Sidney H. Radner, Keeping Carnies Honest by Lindsay Smith, Bets You Can’t Lose by Patrick B. Sullivan, Skittle Bowl (writing over title) by “Aurora”, and Riverboat Slick’s Adventures In Gambling: The Complete Collection of Original Manuscripts by Walt Kelly, Poker Faces by David M. Hayano (with dust jacket), and “The Automat” by Sam Cohen, among others. Condition: overall very good, several copies in fine condition.
- GROUP OF 16 BOOKS ON CHEATING AND FRAUD.Group
GROUP OF 16 BOOKS ON CHEATING AND FRAUD.Group of 16 Books on Cheating and Fraud. Including The World of Graft (1901, inscribed on flyleaf) by Josiah Flynt, The Spider and the Fly (1873, torn flyleaf) by [Henry William Herbert], The Devil and the Grafter (1907, writing on endpaper, some binding breaking) by Clifton R. Wooldridge, Grafters I Have Met (1905) and Twenty Years of Hus’ling (1887, faded pictorial cover) by J. P. Johnson, The Converted Gambler (1887, small drawing on flyleaf) by Mason Long, Sharps, Flats, Gamblers and Racehorses (1914, front and back cover broken from spine) by A. Dick Luckman, Traps For The Young (1890) by Anthony Comstock, among others. Overall condition fair or good.
- JOHNSON, J.H. THREE BOOKLETS ON CHEATING
JOHNSON, J.H. THREE BOOKLETS ON CHEATING AT POKER AND D...Johnson, J.H. Three Booklets on Cheating at Poker and Dice. Kansas City, 1932. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Including “Poker to Win” (16pp.); “Stud Poker to Win” (16pp.); and “Dice to Win With Dice” (16pp.). 16mo. Including information on marked cards, hold-out devices, waxes and daubs, magnetic devices, and more. Very good.
- HOW ‘TIS DONE; OR THE SECRET OUT.How
HOW ‘TIS DONE; OR THE SECRET OUT.How ‘Tis Done; or The Secret Out. Lehigh, New York: Curtiss Publishing, ca. 1900. Red pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. 8vo. 16 pages. Includes marked cards, reflectors, and other methods of cheating, plus fortune-telling, ventriloquism, and home remedies. Wrappers cleanly detached, else good.
- GREEN, KAY. CHEATING CHEATERS. AUTHENTIC
GREEN, KAY. CHEATING CHEATERS. AUTHENTIC EXPOSE.Green, Kay. Cheating Cheaters. Authentic Expose. Minneapolis, 1944. Pictorial wrappers. 40pp. Illustrated with photographs showing the tricks used in cheating at poker, bridge, three card monte, and other card games, and in dice games. Very good.
- FORTE, STEVE. POKER PROTECTION: CHEATING
FORTE, STEVE. POKER PROTECTION: CHEATING AND THE WORLD ...Forte, Steve. Poker Protection: Cheating and the World of Poker. Las Vegas: SLF, 2006. Publisher’s pictorial case-wrapped hardcovers. Illustrated. 4to. Scattered annotations and highlighting, else very good.
- [CHEATING AND EXPOSE] A DOZEN VINTAGE
[CHEATING AND EXPOSE] A DOZEN VINTAGE AND MODERN BOOKLE...[Cheating and Expose] A Dozen Vintage and Modern Booklets on Cheating and Crooked Gambling. Including The Expert at the Card Table (Frost, ca. 1940s); The Phantom of the Card Table (1976); Marked Cards (1970); How It’s Done (n.d.) by Litzau; Blackjack Exposed (1970) by Miller; Tricks and Traps (Max Stein, ca. 1940s); Don’t be a Sucker (1945) by MacDougall; and others, including reprints of Protection: The Sealed Book and an H.C. Evans gambling and carnival supply catalog. Condition: generally very good.
- CRIMINAL SURVEILLANCE REPORTS AND MUGSHOTS,
CRIMINAL SURVEILLANCE REPORTS AND MUGSHOTS, 5 BINDERS.Criminal Surveillance Reports and Mugshots, 5 Binders. Las Vegas, 1980 – 2001. Original or photocopied reports on cheating in casinos, conducted by Biometrica Systems, as well as compiled Las Vegas “Mug Books” in three volumes. Front cover of second volume broken from binding, taped.
- CAMERON, JUDSON J. CHEATING AT BRIDGE.Cameron,
CAMERON, JUDSON J. CHEATING AT BRIDGE.Cameron, Judson J. Cheating at Bridge. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1933. Red cloth stamped in gilt. Frontispiece. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. 8vo. Good.
- [BLACKJACK] 38 BOOKS, DVDS, AND CASSETTES
[BLACKJACK] 38 BOOKS, DVDS, AND CASSETTES ON BLACKJACK,...[Blackjack] 38 Books, DVDs, and Cassettes on Blackjack, Cheating, and Video Poker. 1970s – 1990s. Including the DVDs Cheating at Blackjack: The Real Work (2002), video training courses on blackjack, gin, and poker, The Bobby Singer Method (1983; manual, in binder with cassettes), Blackjack: Your Own Professional Program (1980; manual, in case with cassettes and flashcards), several titles by Ken Uston, Peter A. Griffin (including several editions of The Theory of Blackjack, Indexed), a set of accompanying blackjack calculator wheels, among others. Overall condition very good.