Poker Manual Practical Course Instruction by Templar (8 results)

Frontispiece in red & black "Tabulated values of the Hands" & illustrations of hands in red & black throughout. 8vo (7 x 4 3/4 inches), pages vi:(1):119: (12, partly illustrated advertisements for poker tables, chips, cards, etc.), original red grained cloth lettered in gilt and decorated with 3 poker chips in colours, all edges gilt. Binding spotted and marked, spine dulled, but sound. Private book label on front pastedown and number, signature on recto of frontispiece. Tear to frontispiece tissue guard and tear into one leaf of text (without loss). Browning to title. Rare. "In the preparation of the Code have been sought the advice and co-operation of the most experienced and well-known players, both English and American, whose valued and cordially given assistance is herby gratefully acknowledged".

HARD BACK RED. Condition: FAIR. FIRST ED. Shelf wear, soiled cloth boards, illustrations of cards throughout, gold page edges, age-toned pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1895 EDITION: FIRST ED 119.

HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: GOOD. together with the International Code of Laws, gilt lettering on spine and front cover, all edges gilt, front hinge and spine cracked DATE PUBLISHED: 1901 EDITION: 119.

In-16°, pp. VI, (2), 120, (12) di pubblicità illustrate, legatura editoriale t. tela verde con titolo in oro e illustrazioni policrome. Tagli dorati. Numerose illustrazioni in rosso e in nero n.t., una tavola in rosso e nero all'antiporta. Ottimo stato. Prima edizione, non comune, di questo autorevole manuale di poker scritto sotto pseudonimo da un autore mai identificato. In the preparation of the Code have been sought the advice and co-operation of the most experienced and well-known players, both English and American, whose valued and cordially given assistance is herby gratefully acknowledged. Inglese.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the 1895 edition (Jessel 1576). This edition not listed in Jessel's bibliography. With a handsome pictorial cover, red and black illustrations of hands, gilt edges and 11 pages of ads: not only for books about card games, but chips, tables, and playing cards. Wear to corners and edges of spine, lightening of spine, scuffs to covers. 119 pp., 7 x 5".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. [5], 2-119, [1], [8] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green publisher's cloth with a gilt border on the front board, gilt lettering on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Orange patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with several in-text color illustrations (examples of hands). Jessel and Horr 1576. A useful guide to the intricacies of poker. Light wear to the extremities, a small name on the free front endpaper, one gathering starting but still attached in the gutter.

An early manual of poker with illustrative hands and chapters on bluffing and jackpots. Includes the International Code of Laws. Small 8vo. 119pp + adverts. Original green boards with gilt lettering. Frontispiece missing - otherwise a very good copy.

An early manual of poker with illustrative hands and chapters on bluffing and jackpots. Includes the International Code of Laws. First edition. Small 8vo. 119pp + adverts. Original green boards with gilt lettering. Very good condition.