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Florence, William James. Gentleman’s Hand-Book on Poker. New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1892. Publisher’s tan cloth stamped pictorially in gold, white and black, t.e.g. Steel-engraved portrait frontis. behind tissue. Illustrated in two colors. 8vo, 195, [1, ad. for NYCC playing cards]. An attractive, finely preserved copy, hinges slightly tender, a bit rubbed. Jessel 511. Includes an illustrated section on marked cards and hold-out devices, including an early mention of the “bug” hold-out.