Maurice Ellinger (10 results)

Condition: Good. 1960. Seventh Edition. 117 pages. Cream jacket over cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Preface by Hubert Phillips. Second edition and seventh printing. In very good plus navy cloth boards, yellow titles to spine. The boards are very firm, flat and clean; spine end edges strong. Very lightly tanned free end papers. Slightly tanned cut edges. The text block is in very good condition, tight, straight and unmarked. No dedications etc. Inside good off white dust jacket with red and black card symbols and titles. The jacket is a little grubby, edge-worn with a few very small open and closed tears. Not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Original black cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: Price unclipped (10s.6d. net). Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. London: Faber and Faber, LTD., 1960. 7th printing. Near Fine condition in Near Fine Dust Jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. Illustrative Hands. Includes a chapter on the psychology of poker. Glossary. Appendix: Poker Odds. Index. . Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Original black cloth/Price unclipped (10s.6d. net). 8vo. 117pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1945 reprint. Preface by Hubert Phillips. A very good, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition, 7th impression in black cloth with unclipped dw; neat repairs to dw. Dw a little dull and title has faded on the spine. Some spotting to page edges, but not internally. The book attempts to put poker on a scientific basis.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. First published in 1934, this is the 5th printing of the 2nd edition. A tight, clean copy with dw and protective cover; slight mark to front cover and discolouration of the spine, but not significant. The author attempts to put poker on a scientific basis and it is written to help those venturing into the game to improve.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. 6th impression. 117 + (1)pp. Large 8vo. Publisher's plain black cloth covers, yellow lettering on spine. Yellow dw, red & black lettering, 4 colour pips down sides, not price clipped 9s 6d net. Original white eps. Covers : very clean. Dw : slight browning to spine, slight rubs top/bottom of spine + corners, slight foxing to front fold else very clean. Contents : slight offeset browning to eps else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Bright attractive copy in unchipped dw. F/VG.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 12mo. Pp. 189. Preface by Hubert Phillips. Black cloth, titles stamped in yellow on the spine: fore-edge lightly stained. In the yellow dust jacket with titles and suits printed in red and black, price 5s. intact on the front flap: spine darkened and ends chipped, edges rubbed, light stains. The jacket blurb claims "this is the first book ever published in this country that includes a description of Straight Poker and Jack-Pots, as well as Freak-Pots, Stud-Pots and Choice-Pots."Uncommon in dust jacket, which is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

HARD BACK YELLOW. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: WORN DJ. FIRST ED. General shelf wear, tear to inside front flap of DJ (letters missing), bookplate on front endpage, some underlining in pencil throughout, glossary in back DATE PUBLISHED: 1934 EDITION: FIRST ED 189.

1st edition. 189 + (3)pp. 8vo. Publisher's plain black cloth covers, yellow lettering on spine. Yellow dw, red & black lettering, 4 colour pips down sides, not price clipped 5s net. Original white eps. Covers : faint small mark front top corner else bright. Dw : slight browning to spine, rubs top of spine + front top corner else very clean. Contents : slight dust top outside edge else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Bright attractive copy. F-/VG-.