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The American card-player : containing clear and comprehensive directions for playing the games of euchre, whist, bézique, all-fours, pitch, commercial pitch, French fours, all fives, cassino, cribbage, straight and draw poker, and whiskey poker: together with all the laws of those games.
by DICK, William
- Used
- near fine
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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1866 1ed FIRST POKER RULES American Card Player Euchre Gambling Strategy Games
'The American Card Player' is a mid-19th-century card game manual by William Dick. This extremely valuable 1866 first edition describes gameplay, strategy, rules, and general characteristics of games such as Euchre, Whist, Bazique, Poker, and other card games. This book was the first book that discussed rules for poker and 'whiskey' poker.
Item number: #6282
Price: $750
DICK, William
The American card-player : containing clear and comprehensive directions for playing the games of euchre, whist, bézique, all-fours, pitch, commercial pitch, French fours, all fives, cassino, cribbage, straight and draw poker, and whiskey poker: together with all the laws of those games.
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, ©1866. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 151, [9]
· Language: English
· Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
· Size: ~7in X 5in (17.5cm x 12.5cm)
· Very rare with auction records and price comparisons at $2,000
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 6282
- Title
- The American card-player : containing clear and comprehensive directions for playing the games of euchre, whist, bézique, all-fours, pitch, commercial pitch, French fours, all fives, cassino, cribbage, straight and draw poker, and whiskey poker: together with all the laws of those games.
- Author
- DICK, William
- Format/binding
- Cloth; tight and secure
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dick & Fitzgerald
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1866
- Keywords
- 1866 1ed FIRST POKER RULES American Card Player Euchre Gambling Strategy Games rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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