Gambling, Playing Cards, Coin-Op, & Advertising
Fri, Mar 18, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 559
RITTER, F.R. Combined Treatise on Advantage Card Playing an...
Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
RITTER, F.R. Combined Treatise on Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker. N.p., 1905. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt. Heavily illustrated with halftones showing blot-out, shade, line, scroll, and other marked cards, hold-outs (including the first-known published photograph of a Jacob?s Ladder-style sleeve hold-out), false cuts and deals. Oblong 4to. p. [2], 3-117 [118] + 2 blank leaves. Heavily stained covers, a square portion of the lower rear corner torn away; light to sometimes moderate spotting and soiling internally. Poor/fair. RARE. Provenance: Kenneth Klosterman (bookplate).
