The Life of Mason Long, the Converted Gambler.  1887 Twelfth edition.  280 pages plus 4 page ad for Long’s other book.  Frontispiece portrait of the author plus 6 other full page woodcuts.  Along with Jonathan Green, George Devol and John Philip Quinn this is the autobiography of one of the popular “reformed” gamblers of the 1800s.  The woodcut of the raid on Mason Long’s Faro Room is different than in the 1882 edition.  Original decorative cloth.  $45

Erdnase.  The Expert at the Card Table.  First edition facsimile, limited to 750 copies, published in 2002, the 100^th anniversary of the first edition.  Gold stamped front cover and spine on green cloth.  New copies, with the Publisher’s Note on the production laid in.  Not $3,000, only $75

Loaded Dice: The True Story of a Casino Cheat by John Soares.  1985 first edition.  “I never gamble, I cheat”. Craps, Blackjack, Slots, etc.  217 pages, fine copy, hardbound in dust jacket.  $20

The Cincinnati Kid by Richard Jessup.  1963 first edition, third printing.  A fine copy in near fine dust jacket.  A classic novel on gambling later made into the 1965 hit movie starring Steve McQueen.  The first edition sellers price these in the hundreds of dollars.  $30

Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets by W. Gurney Benham.  London, Spring Books.  196 pages, pictorial cloth in colorful dust jacket, both in very nice condition.  Large format with many pictures in color.  $40

Gamblers Don’t Gamble by Michael MacDougall.  Frontispiece and 16 other full page photographic plates of cheating methods.  This is the 1940 second printing with page 167, not in the first printing, added.  A fine copy in the original pictorial red cloth.  $25

The Great American Pastime: Notes on Poker, the Game and the Players by Allen Dowling. 1970 First edition, a fine copy, hardbound in dust jacket.  244 pages plus 16 pages of photographic plates of gambling collectibles, etc.  $25

The Raw, Rowdy World of Poker by Allen Dowling.  1973 first edition, a fine copy, hardbound in dust jacket.  230 pages.  $20

Luck: Your Silent Partner by Lothrop Stoddard.  New York, 1929, 336 pages in original cloth.  Pages 80 to 105 are  Luck and Gambling, including “Don Marquis poses as a sucker for card sharps and wins!”  Very nice copy.  $20

Lotteries and Sweepstakes by C. L’Estrange Ewen.  1972, a very nice hardbound reprint of the uncommon 1932 edition.  403 pages with reproductions of old and quaint illustrations.  Mint copy.  $20

Gambling and Gambling Devices by John Phillip Quinn is a nice reprint of the 1912 classic on advantage gaming of all types.  308 well-illustrated pages of holdouts, bugs, gaffed dealing boxes, shiners, three card monte moves, and much, much more.  I have several mint copies at only $8

Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill by John Nevil Maskelyne is a nice reprint of the 1894 classic on advantage play.  xvii plus 315 pages, this edition includes the added “Preface to the Second Edition”, a recent preface, and the 1917 obituary of Maskelyne.  With the great frontispiece of his fellow gamblers seizing and holding down Kepplinger to discover his holdout!   I have several mint copies at only $6

Rummy That Noble Game by A. E. Coppard.  1932, The Golden Cockerel Press, limited to only 1000 copies.    A fine press publication.  A good copy, hardbound in dust jacket.  $45

Richard Seymour,  The Compleat Gamester.  The sixth edition, London, 1739.  Toole-Stott conjuring #625.  This edition has the chapter of card tricks entitled "Some Diverting Amusements Upon The Cards".  (The first four editions were titled "The Court Gamester" and do not include magic).  This edition also includes "Frauds of Play" (cheating).  324 pages.  Frontispiece is photocopy, otherwise complete.  Binding is solid but ugly.  Consider rebinding.  $1000

Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game. 1948, Printing 6.  This is the 80 page enlarged edition. A near fine copy.  $35

Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay.  2003 First Edition, hardbound in dust jacket, both fine.  $20

Casino Game Protection: A Comprehensive Guide by Steve Forte, 2004.  627 pages, 8 ½ by 11, hardbound.  The most comprehensive and up to date guide to cheating ever published.  A beautiful book with color photographs throughout.  List price is $200, this as new copy is only $160

Spotlight on the Card Sharp  by Lawrence Scaife is a nice reprint of the scarce and obscure work on advantage play published in New Zealand in 1933.  63 well-illustrated pages of sharping with cards and with dice.  I have a few mint copies at only $5

The Stealing Machine by Eugene Villiod is the 1976 translation from the French of the 1906 book on cheating, primarily in casinos.  Photographs show a “mechanic” using such artifices as “dropping it”, “holding out cards”, switching in packets”, “to stack or set up a hand”, “the sucker stack”, and much more.  221 pages, hardbound and gilt stamped on the spine.  I have a few mint copies for only $9

Master Key and Run-Up Systems, anonymous, 56 pages, combines two scarce booklets, on card marking and on stacking cards.  I have several mint copies at only $3

Dealing With Cheats by A. D. Livingston.  1973 First Edition.  "Illustrated methods of cardsharps, dice hustlers and other gambling scoundrels".  320 pages, nice copy HB in DJ.  $20

H. C. Evans & Co Gambling Catalog 1918-19.  A nice reprint of their 64 page, well-illustrated catalog of playing card trimmer shears, Perfection Corner Cutter, various dealing boxes, keno goose, layouts, playing cards, carnival gambling games, and much, much more.  I have several mint copies at only $2.50

Mason & Co Gambling Catalog, 1941, The Aristocrat Line.  A reprint of their October 1, 1941 catalog.  24 pages, 8 ½ by 11, well-illustrated of dice accessories, keno goose and supplies, wheels, dice layouts, chuck luck cages, faro equipment and much, much more.  I have several mint copies for only $2.50