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[Poker] Poker Chips Magazine Complete File. New York: Frank Tousey, 1896. A COMPLETE FILE of six issues. Each issue in original lithographed wrappers. 64pp. [8vo (9 x 6”)]. Scattered small tears, chips, and skinning; three issues hole-punched, but overall good or very good. Rare. Jessel 1353. Frank Tousey, a publisher of chapbooks and street literature, filled Poker Chips with “stories of the great American game.” The magazine folded after just six issues, and was succeeded by The White Elephant, which promised tales on a broader selection of subjects. The final issue of Poker Chips features humorist (and magician) Marshall P. Wilder on its cover, and a full-page advertisement for The White Elephant fills the rear wrapper. This is only the second complete file of Poker Chips in original wrappers to come to auction, and one of but a handful known.