Robert-Houdin: The Sharper Detected and Exposed ©1863, Chapman and Hall, London Hardcover, 268 pages Robert-Houdin: Card Sharping Exposed - The Tricks of the Greeks Unveiled or The Art of Winning Every Game ©1882 John W. Lovell Co. Hardcover, 188 pages Robert-Houdin & Joseph Forster (Translator): Card-Sharpers Their Tricks Exposed or The Art of Always Winning ©1891 Spencer Blackett, London Hardcover, 280 pages Robert-Houdin & William J. Hillar (Translator): Card-Sharpers, Their Tricks Exposed, or the Art of Always Winning ©1903 Frederick J. Drake & Co., Chicago, IL Hardcover, 201 pages

1882 John Lovell Co. Edition Image courtesy eBay seller JayAndLefty

1891 Spencer Blackett Edition Image of Cornell Univ Copy

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Comments: Published under a few different titles and editions through the years.

Contents (from 1891 Edition book ToC):

v Preface
1 A Dangerous Teacher

15 I. The Modern Greeks
22 II. The Greek Of The Fashionable World
26 III. The Greek Of The Middle Class
34 IV. The Greek Of The Gambling Hell
47 V. A Greek Caught In The Act
56 VI. The Gambler Raymond And His Infallible System
74 VII. Instructive History Of A Greek
83 VIII. Illegal Gambling Halls . Robbers And Robbed
93 IX. Secret Gambling Halls
103 X. Bleeding The Doctor
110 XI. The Paste Ring
129 XII. An Infamous Ambush

160 Part II
160 The Method
161 Introduction
163 I. The False Cut
166 II. Destroying The Cut
169 III. The Pass Stroke
171 IV. The Jump
172 V. The Big Card
173 VI. The Bridge
175 VII. Drawing The Card
178 VIII. Withdrawing Cards
181 IX. Placing The Cards
182 X. Seeing The Card
183 XI. Changing The Packs
188 XII. The Box Under The Cuff
190 XIII. False Shuffle
191 (a) The Classified Shuffle
192 (b) The Partial Shuffle
192 (c) The Fan
193 (d) The Swallow’s Tail
195 XIV. Cut Cards
198 XV. Marked Cards
200 XVI. Cards That Stick Or Slip
202 XVII. Cards Not Cut On The Square
204 XVIII. Pricked Cards
205 XIX. Cards With Marked Edges
206 XX. Cards With Bent Corners
207 XXI. Cards With Designs At Back
209 XXII. Spotting The Backs Of Cards
215 XXIII. The Chaplet
219 XXIV. The Marking Ring
221 XXV. The Snuff-Box
223 XXVI. Application Of The Preceding Principles
226 XXVII. Trick At Piquet
226 (a)
228 (b)
232 (c) Subtraction And Substitution
234 XXVIII. Trick At Ecarte
238 XXIX. Lansquenet, Concealed Cards
241 XXX. Observation On Games For Four Players
244 XXXI. Amusing Trickeries
247 XXXII. Pleasant Game Of Ecarte
251 XXXIII. Trick At Ecarte
252 XXXIV. Another Trick At Ecarte
254 XXXV. Baccarat
255 XXXVI. Whist
257 XXXVII. Bouillott
259 XXXVIII. Bezique
264 XXXIV. Trick At Piquet
279 XL. Little Tricks Innocent Through Use
279 XLI. Last Words