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THE GAMBLER

• VINTAGE POKER CHIP
  VINTAGE POKER CHIP COLLECTIONDESCRIPTION: Vintage Poker Chips Include: 5$ Casino Magic 5$ Fats Domino 94 Collector Series 25$ The gambler Reno, NV 5$ The gambler Reno, NV (2) 1$ Carrie Nations Temperance Saloon, Deadwood, S.D CIRCA: 20th Cent. ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: D: 1.5" CONDITION: Great condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS (305) 333-4134. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• LOT OF OVER 50 BOOKS AND
  LOT OF OVER 50 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON BACCARAT, CRAPS, ...Lot of Over 50 Books and Pamphlets on Baccarat, Craps, Gin, Cribbage, Pinochle, Backgammon. 1930s – 1990s. Including Pinochle Pointers by P. Hal Sims, Culbertson System of Playing Gin Rummy by Ely Culbertson, All About Cribbage by Douglas Anderson, Pan: The Gambler’s Card Game by Mac James, The Craps Play Optimizer by Gary Collopy, Winning Baccarrat Strategies by Henry J. Tamburin and Dick Rahm, Why and How Only a Very Few Win At Craps by Donald Perry, among others. Overall condition good to very good.
• GROUP OF 27 REPRINTED AND FACSIMILE
  GROUP OF 27 REPRINTED AND FACSIMILE BOOKS AND CATALOGS....Group of 27 Reprinted and Facsimile Books and Catalogs. Including the titles The Compleat Gamester (1970), Secret Band of Brothers (1980), Gamblers: Tricks With Cards (2011), The Gambler’s Life (2011), Gambling Exposed (1973), Gambling Unmasked! (2000), and Reformed Gambler (2011) by Jonathan H. Green, Gambling and Gambling Devices (1969) by John Philip Quinn, Rogues, Vagabonds, & Sturdy Beggars (1973, illustrated, with slipcase; rubbing on spine) by Arthur F. Kinney, Exhibit Amusement Machines (Chicago, n.d.), and several Mills Novelty Co. catalogs, among others. Overall condition very good to fine, except where noted.
• LOT OF 20 BOOKS OF CONTEMPORARY
  LOT OF 20 BOOKS OF CONTEMPORARY GAMBLING FICTION AND WR...Lot of 20 Books of Contemporary Gambling Fiction and Writing. Including Beneath The Neon (1984) by Michael Haywood, The Gambler’s Companion (1979), ed. George C. Blakey, The Ivory Coast (2002) by Charles Fleming, Casino Talk (1985) by Steve Kuriscak, Casino (1995; inscribed by author to Steve Forte) by Nicholas Pileggi, The Con Man (1993) by Ralph Corsel, Gambling’s Strangest Moments (2005) by Graham Sharpe, The Magician and the Cardsharp (2005) by Karl Johnson, The Cincinnati Kid (1963) by Richard Jessup, among others. Overall condition near fine.
• [WELDON, S. JAMES] TWENTY YEARS A
  [WELDON, S. JAMES] TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR.[Weldon, S. James] Twenty Years a Fakir. Omaha: Gate City Book and Novelty Co., 1899. Rare first edition. Contemporary gray cloth, original wraps placed on endpaper. 8vo. Chipping on title page, minor staining and discoloration throughout; good. This was the original copy used by John Luckman, original founder of The Gambler’s Book Club, to produce a reprinted edition in 1980. The first edition was originally in paper wraps, but here is finely rebound with the original wraps intact.
• [GREEN, J. H.] RICHARD, REV.
  [GREEN, J. H.] RICHARD, REV. JOHN. A DISCOURSE ON GAMBL...[Green, J. H.] Richard, Rev. John. A Discourse on Gambling, Delivered in the Congregational Meeting-House at Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH: D. Kimball & Sons, 1852. Printed wraps. 8vo. 16pp. Minor discoloration to wraps; near fine copy. This anti-gambling tract contains a prefatory note that reads, in part: “Mr. J.H. Green, the reformed gambler, delivered three lectures…in the last lecture he illustrated many of the arts of the gambler before the audience with cards….”
• GREEN, JONATHAN H. THE GAMBLER’S
  GREEN, JONATHAN H. THE GAMBLER’S MIRROR.Green, Jonathan H. The Gambler’s Mirror. Baltimore: William Taylor, 1844. Two issues of the scarce leaflet, with woodcut pictorial cover and interior illustrations. Previous owner’s name embossed on covers, staining and foxing throughout, bending of corners. SCARCE. Jessel 671.
• GREEN, JONATHAN H. THE GAMBLER’S
  GREEN, JONATHAN H. THE GAMBLER’S LIFE; OR, THE LIFE, AD...Green, Jonathan H. The Gambler’s Life; or, the Life, Adventures, and Personal Experiences of Jonathan H. Green. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1857. Nineteenth century plain cloth (faded and quite rubbed). Steel engraving frontispiece portrait of Green. 8vo. Light foxing throughout, pages browned. Scarce. See Jessel 669.
• GAMBLER’S CASE WITH CARDS, FARO
  GAMBLER’S CASE WITH CARDS, FARO LAYOUT, REVOLVER, DEALI...Gambler’s Case with Cards, Faro Layout, Revolver, Dealing Box and more. Ca. 1890. Wooden case contains the tools of the gambler’s trade, including a faro marker with hand-carved numbers and clay counters. Revolver a Remington Smooth 38 short. Components possibly a married set; dealing box broken. Case 32 ½ x 7 ½ x 4”. General wear.
• ARCHIVE OF U.F. GRANT LETTERS AND
  ARCHIVE OF U.F. GRANT LETTERS AND PUBLICATIONS.Grant, U.F. Archive of U.F. Grant Letters and Publications. Ten TLSs from Grant to Frank Csuri covering a variety of magic-related topics including business ("Éemploy seven men and have modern factoryÉwith latest machinery and turn out stuff like the Thayer daysÉ"). On various Grant letterheads. 1950s-70s. Sold together with approximately twelve different Grant publications, among them The Gambler's Expose Act, Grant's Counterfeit Card Miracles, Window Stoppers, Six Modern Levitations, and others.
• GENIS CAPDEVILA PUIG, OIL ON
  GENIS CAPDEVILA PUIG, OIL ON CANVAS, 1892 Genis Capdevila Puig (Spanish, 1860-1932), "The Gamblers", oil on canvas mounted to board, signed and dated "Capdevila - 1892" lower left, museum accession label verso, gilt frame, 33.25"h x 45.25"w (sight), 44"h x 56"w (frame)
• TWO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED LPSTwo
  TWO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED LPSTwo signed and inscribed LPs, Christopher Cross "Never be the Same," 1980; and Kenny Rogers "The Gambler," 2013 Each: Vinyl LP in original cardboard sleeve The first: Signed and inscribed in black marker: Tom & Erika / Love & Thanks / Christopher Cross The second: Signed and inscribed in black marker: To Tom & Erika / Kenny Rogers Each: 12.375" H x 12.375" W