The Expert at the Card Table

Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with over 100 drawings "from life" by Marshall D. Smith. 8vo. Unquestionably the single most mythologized book related to gambling, cheating, and card sharping ever produced, since its initial publication in 1902 by the mysterious author "Erdnase," this treatise on the "science and art of manipulating cards" has never been out of print. Boards bumped, some wear to edges. Pages toned throughout, a few small chips and tears to preliminary and last leaves. Ex libris John Brown (seal on front fly leaf). Good condition.