Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill - Mitchell Estate
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Sharps and Flats is probably the most important early book on cheating devices and methods. Sharps being the cheaters and flats being the cheated, the mark. Maskelyne details among others, marked cards, holdouts (Kepplinger holdout), reflectors and manipulation. He describes not just cheating at the card table but also cheating with dice, cheating at Sporting houses, and at Roulette. The book is very thorough with many wonderful illustrations.
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
I.Introductory
II.Common Sharpers and Their Tricks
III.Marked Cards and the Manner of Their Employment
IV.Reflectors
V.Holdouts
VI.Manipulation
VII.Collusion and Conspiracy
VIII.The Game of Faro
IX.Prepared Cards
X.Dice
XI.High Ball Poker
XII.Roulette and Allied Games
XIII.Sporting-Houses
XIV.Sharps and Flats
Postscript
1895 SECOND EDITION, NO DJ, FOXING THROUGHOUT THE BOOK,LOOSE BINDING, CRACKED AND SEPERATED BUT STILL ATTACHED, G COND
