The Game of Draw Poker
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1887. First Edition. Octavo, 6.25 x 4.5", green cloth with gilt title, front cover illustration of cards, 84 pp. First edition of one of the first American books on poker. The book prints the first recorded set of rules on poker, laid out by Ambassador Robert C. Schenk in the 1870s. It also includes discussions of probabilities as explained by "Dr. Pole", a "noted mathematician" and advices the reader to "Watch the game closely; study your adversaries carefully; be patient in adversity and calm in prosperity." A very good copy with mild soiling and wear to covers, foxing to pages, label of "Plantation Book Shop," Natchez, Ms to front pastedown. Item #12936
Price: $300.00