THE GAME OF DRAW POKER.INCLUDING THE TREATISE BY R.C. SCHENK AND RULES FOR THE NEW GAME OF PROGRESSIVE POKER

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Published by White, Stokes & Allen, New York, 1887

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iv,84pp. Original color pictorial boards, backed in original blue cloth. Contemporary pencil ownership inscription, "The Honble. Mrs. C.M. Ramsay 618 Fifth Ave," on front free endpaper. Cloth and boards moderately worn and scuffed. Internally clean and bright. A very good copy. The rare first edition of one of the earliest books devoted to the subject of draw poker, with an attractive chromolithographic illustration of a royal flush on the front cover. "Nor is the love that [draw poker] engenders confined to any social class or classes. Rich and poor, high and low, good and bad, male and female yield to the fascinations of Poker. Among its votaries are to be found statesmen, priests, financiers, litt�rateurs, artists, tradesmen and artisans" (pp.3-4). OCLC records eight copies. Scarce. Seller Inventory # WRCAM39901

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Title: THE GAME OF DRAW POKER.INCLUDING THE ...
Publisher: White, Stokes & Allen, New York
Publication Date: 1887

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