Although this was discussed a while back, I'm bumping it up because the Ritter book, "Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker", published by Geno Munari just arrived over here in England and it is a beauty.
This is a beautiful reprint of the 1905 book. The last copy I could find sold at auction (Potter & Potter) in January for, hold on to your chips, $16,000, plus a 20% buyer's premium.
The book is massively photo-illustrated with pictures of many types of card marking, hold outs and a lot more. There's an afterword by our own Bill Mullins and, after that, seven pages of "Confidential Tips."
It's a limiited edition of 350 copies for $95 plus postage and, after the hardback sells out, there may be a less expensive paperback. (There's a pre-publication discount that still seems to be active.)
Info is here:
http://www.kiyq.org/#!shop/c1l3n
Geno has done a wonderful job with this. I can't wait to dive in.
Matt Field
"Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker"
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