Sharps and Flats
by John Nevil Maskelyne
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About this eBook
- Author
- Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917
- Title
- Sharps and Flats A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Cardsharping
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 41169
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41169
- Release Date
- October 24, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE SECRETS OF CHEATING
- 2.SHARPS AND FLATS
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF PLATES
- 6.SHARPS AND FLATS
- 7.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 8.CHAPTER II COMMON SHARPERS AND THEIR TRICKS
- 9.CHAPTER III MARKED CARDS AND THE MANNER OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT
- 10.CHAPTER IV REFLECTORS
- 11.CHAPTER V HOLDOUTS
- 12.CHAPTER VI MANIPULATION
- 13.CHAPTER VII COLLUSION AND CONSPIRACY
- 14.CHAPTER VIII THE GAME OF FARO
- 15.CHAPTER IX PREPARED CARDS
- 16.CHAPTER X DICE
- 17.CHAPTER XI HIGH-BALL POKER
- 18.CHAPTER XII ROULETTE AND ALLIED GAMES
- 19.CHAPTER XIII SPORTING-HOUSES
- 20.CHAPTER XIV SHARPS AND FLATS
- 21.POSTSCRIPT
- 22.FOOTNOTES
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