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ERDNASE, S. W. The Expert at the Card Table. Chicago: Author, 1902. Publisher’s green cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated. 8vo. Spine darkened with the cloth lightly fraying at ends; remnants of magazine clipping pasted down on rear pastedown, bookplate of collector and magic historian, Dr. John Henry Grossman, and ownership stamp of Le Roy McCafferty, both on front pastedown. Generally, very clean internally, margins and gutters lightly browned. A near fine copy of this landmark book on card manipulation at the gambling table. “S. W. Erdnase” is a pseudonym for an unknown magician and gambler.