Gambling Memorabilia & Playing Cards

Wong, Stanford. Blackjack in Asia. La Jolla, CA: Pi Yee Press, 1979. Green library cloth lettered in gilt. Inscribed by Wong on the front endpaper in the year of publication to John Speer. 4to. A few faint marginalia marks; near fine. Wong retailed this book for $2,000 at publication, promising information on card counting and advantage play specifically targeting casinos in Korea, Macao, the Philippines, and other Asian countries. Only an estimated dozen copies were sold, and the book was never reprinted (Snyder, “Big Book of Blackjack,” 2006).