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[POKER] HIRST, E [?]. Poker, As Played by Skilled Professional Gamblers, and Manner and Methods by which they are Enabled to Win, Fully Exposed. Circa 1902. Printed wrappers (rear stained, spine splitting). 1 – 23, [24], 24mo. Good condition. Rare; the first we have encountered. This treatise lacks a title page, apparently as issued, but poker bibliographies attribute this work to Hirst. No other copies can be traced. The work lists and tersely describes many methods for cheating at America’s “national game” of the era, draw poker.