Lawrence Scaife: Spotlight On The Card Sharp

Scaife, Lawrence: Spotlight on the Card Sharp
©1933 New Zealand
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 63 pages

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©1978 Gambler's Book Club, NV

Lawrence Scaife: Spotlight on the Card Sharp
1933 Edition
Image courtesy eBay seller JayAndLefty

Comments: Illustrated by Charles Remmers. "An instructive warning to those who must play for stakes. Interesting amusement for those who do not". From the Foreword: "This book is an explanation of the fundamental principles upon which all card sharping is based."

Contents (From Gambler's Book Club edition book ToC):

1 Foreword
5 Spotlight On The Card-Sharp
11 Slipping The Cut
20 Bridging And False Cutting
27 False Shuffling
29 Palming
29 Dealing From The Bottom Of The Pack
32 Stacking
54 Dice Games And Two Up


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