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Sharps and Flats

John Nevil Maskelyne · 1894

John Nevil Maskelyne’s illustrated study of cheating at games of chance and skill. The complete fourteen chapters, with preface, postscript and footnotes.

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Contents

Front matter

  1. Title Page and Frontispiece
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. List Of Plates

Chapters

  1. Chapter I — Introductory
  2. Chapter II — Common Sharpers And Their Tricks
  3. Chapter III — Marked Cards And The Manner Of Their Employment
  4. Chapter IV — Reflectors
  5. Chapter V — Holdouts
  6. Chapter VI — Manipulation
  7. Chapter VII — Collusion And Conspiracy
  8. Chapter VIII — The Game Of Faro
  9. Chapter IX — Prepared Cards
  10. Chapter X — Dice
  11. Chapter XI — High-Ball Poker
  12. Chapter XII — Roulette And Allied Games
  13. Chapter XIII — Sporting-Houses
  14. Chapter XIV — Sharps And Flats

Notes and Postscript

  1. Postscript
  2. Footnotes
  3. Edition Notes and Source