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[CARDSHARPS] Three Early Twentieth Century Booklets on Cardsharping. Includes: Card Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed, or the Art of Always Winning, by Robert-Houdin (two editions). Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., (1902). Light green printed pictorial wrappers. De Vega bookplate and ownership signature. Light soiling and fading to wraps; — Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., (1903). Dark green printed pictorial wrappers. Dawes bookplate. Chipping to wraps with loss at spine ends.— The Expert at the Card Table, by S.W. Erdnase. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, [ca. 1902]. Publisher’s light blue pictorial wrappers printed in black and red. Dawes bookplate, De Vega ownership signature. Soiling and minor chipping to wraps, interior toned throughout. All illustrated. 18mos.