A Grand Exposé
A Grand Exposé is full of surprises. Unapologetic in tone, it paints a thorough description of an astonishingly wide range of gambling scams, including card table artifice.
Those well versed in modern modes of separating fools from their money will marvel at how relevant, how up-to-the-minute so many of the gambits described in these pages remain. As long as human beings are greedy, preferring to make a fast buck at someone else’s expense, they will remain targets for those who practice these forms of deception.
A rare gem, A Grand Exposé was published originally in 1860 by “An Adept”. The number of known copies varies, depending on which authority one consults, from perhaps seven to twenty. Whatever the total, Magicana is pleased to reprint this volume for a wider audience.
This reprint has been re-type-set and designed by Michael Albright. With only a few minor typographical corrections, the contents remain true to the original work’s tone and form. The foil-stamped, embossed cover, hardbound edition, measuring 4.75″ x 5.5″, is limited to a print run of 500 copies with only 400 available for sale.
A Grand Exposé is now available for sale from Magicana for $45 USD (plus shipping and handling and HST for Canadian residents); or from your favourite dealer.
Only 400 copies available for sale.
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USA: $45 plus $5 shipping
Canada:$45 plus $7 shipping (HST added at checkout)
Overseas: $45 plus $12 shipping
Excerpts
Contents (.pdf)
Present Day Preface (.pdf)
“Hollows & Rounds“ (.pdf)
“The Convex, or Dog Eat Dog“ (.pdf)
Book Information | Cataloguing in Publication
Adept
A grand exposé of the science of gambling : containing a complete disclosure of the secrets of the art as practiced by professional gamblers / by an Adept ; edited by David Ben. — Magicana ed.
Originally published: New York : F.A. Brady, 1860.
ISBN 978-0-9780675-8-8
1. Gambling. 2. Gamblers. I. Ben, David II. Title.
GV1301.A33 2010 795.01 C2010-904975-6
