huntington press las vegas nevada (39 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 118 Pages Indexed. There are 57 slot clus in southern Nevada. The good ones give you cash rebates, free rooms and meals, free shows and gifts, and VIP treatment. The bad ones give you a hassle and a headache. Anyone can cash in points and get what the slot club says they're worth, but knowledgeable club members get much more. Las Vegas resident and super slot club member Jeffrey Compton takes you on a tour of southern Nevada slot clubs --- separating the good from the bad and revealing strategies and insider tips that show you how to get more from the casinos than you (or they) ever imagined possible. Contents in Nine Chapters: The Short History of Slot Clubs, Why Slot Clubs, Flipping the Switch Joiniing Slot Clubs, Piling Up Points Choosing Your Game Slots vs. Video Poker, The Benefits, The Best Club, Rating the Slot Clubs of Las Vegas, and Beyond Las Vegas. Plus Ratings Roster and Casinos and Their Slot Clubs.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Light crease down back cover. Light edge wear. Used Book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd. Gambling Theories Methods Series; Charts and Tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book would grade "as-new unread," except that it has some light staining where there must have once been a liquid spill across the top page edges, which stains can also be seen to tops of rear endpapers and to top of dust jacket verso -- ginger ale? This doesn't impact readability of any text, but we nonetheless downgrade this copy to "good-plus." Inscribed and signed in the small hand of "Oscar B. Goodman" to FFE. Inscribed by the subject, only, NOT by author and newspaperman John L. Smith. (We do offer two, nicer, double-signed copies, separately.) 419 pp. including index. Reduced from $37. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. We list the ISBN from Uston's "Million Dollar Blackjack," a "very good" hardcover which states "Fifth Revised Printing -- October 1983," the jacket "good-plus" but with edge wear and several small tears to edges. A few scattered margin markings, mostly in pencil, 333 pp. including appendices. The ISBN of our second offering, "The Theory of Blackjack," is 0-929712-12-9. This trade paperback shows some rippling to bottoms of final 60 pages, where said pages were evidently once damp. Otherwise as-new with no creases, but we downgrade Griffin's paperback to "very good," 262 pp. including index. Casino table card games, gambling. Two books on related topics, combined into a lot to consolidate shipping charge, now reduced from $24.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition(so Stated). 176 pages, (including an index,) that are clean as a whistle, and binding is tight. This work covers a wide range of ideas and concepts that will prove useful to enthusiasts in a variety of gambling disciplines. One needs to know some mathematics and statistics to understand much of what is discussed. A very nice copy, available for immediate shipment.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 197 pages. Book is clean & binding is tight. This is the story of everyone's life and how we cope when things just don't go right. An enjoyable read.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. color photos (illustrator). A wide octavo of 7 X 9 inches, "as-new." 379 pp. including Glossary. Reduced from $16.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket is bumped at the corners and has small tear along the front bottom edge. DJ is now protected in mylar. Book is clean with no marks or page folds. Bookseller Inventory BS/RLR55300617 Forward by LeRoy Neiman. The history of gambling with seventy-five artist's works.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2003. SIGNED directly on the front free endpaper by John L. Smith (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket (only lightly rubbed). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. NOT price clipped ($25.95). [Bibliographical note: jackets priced "$26.95" are later]. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "For more than 35 years, Oscar Goodman was the country's pre-eminent defense attorney for alleged gangsters. His endless client list included Meyer Lansky, Nick Civella, Anthony Spilotro, Frank Rosenthal, Jimmy Chagra, Natale Richichi, Nicky Scarfo, and Vinny Ferrara, along with many others. Though no further connection between Goodman and the Mafia has ever been proved, the famous litigator has often been accused of being more than just a mouthpiece for organized crime. Was Oscar Goodman only what he claims, an attorney who defended his clients based on the simple principle that they, too, have constitutional rights? And if so, how did he manage to mingle with the mob for decades without becoming part of it? After scores of unlikely courtroom victories, Goodman pulled off an even more unlikely career change. Twice elected mayor of Las Vegas, he went from legal spokesman for the most notorious crime figures of our era to political spokesman for the most notorious city in the country.". Signed by John L. Smith (his signature only). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xx, 420pp. + 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Fine condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2007. Appears unread. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Flat uncreased spine. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. From the rear cover: "The complete tax implications of winning and losing at gambling are pretty much a mystery to accountants, gamblers and even the Internal Revenue Service itself. The IRS offers surprisingly few details to guide gamblers through the tax maze. Furthermore, what the IRS does say is often general, vague, open to individual interpretation, and contradictory; IRS publications and personnel often leave you with more questions than answers. TAX HELP FOR GAMBLERS deals with the innumerable nuances and gray areas of gambling and taxes. It covers all the shys and wherefores of this complex subject, including tax-code specifics, record-keeping, filing your tax return, state-tax considerations, audits and other tax problems -- often citing relevent court cases to help you come to the proper conclusions. Numerous charts and forms help you see the practical application of the information. This book is for recreational and professional gamblers, including low and high rollers, machine and table-game players, and vide poker, live poker, online, international, and cruise ship players." . Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xiv, 170pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. A young woman, after her husband is killed, buys a boat to go ot the Bahamian Islands and relaxed. She soon finds herself mixed up with renrgades and pirates. Author of Devils Hole and Let us Pray. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. Advance Reader's Edition /1st Edition. Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2017. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. Sharp corners. NO creases. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Advance Reader's Edition /1st Edition. Precedes the first trade edition. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "Anna Christiansen's small-town life is about to go haywire. A young reporter stuck in a dead-end job, Anna falls head over heels for an interview subject, the bass player in an up-and-coming alt band. In short order, she pulls up stakes, moves to Las Vegas, gets married and pregnant, and moves into a big fixer-upper haunted by the ghost of a Sin City racketeer. That's when she gets notice from a corrupt casino owner that he's buying up all the properties on her street to make way for a parking lot. But Anna has poured her heart and soul into the house, and digs in hard to fight the system, not the easiest of tasks in a city where bribery, mayhem, and murder are standard operating procedures. Can Anna's tough-guy ghost provide the help she needs to prevail in this dangerous cat-and-mouse game? Will Anna's life be left in ruins? Or worse? Part road trip, part coming-of-age saga, part mystery, part ghost story, THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS is all Vegas.". Advance Reader's Edition /1st Edition. Softcover. New. (viii), 217pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 319pp. Small pencil mark front endpaper, else Fine in Fine, unclipped d/j.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Sticker placed to front of book "Autographed Copy". Book is clean with no marks. Bookseller Inventory BS/CC54350317. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (xviii) 296 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some creasing and a short tear on the lower right of the front panel and flap; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; The Evolution of Comps; Today's Comp System; Bracing for ACES; The Mechanics of ACES; Other Games; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Comps; In the System; Superstitions and Admonitions; For Locals Only; Haul of Fame; and The Lingo; followed by an appendix and an index. Size: 8vo. Book.

First Edition. Hardcover. Large - near folio, 272pp. Tight. No names or other markings, (Trivial trace of price-sticker removed front endpaper.) Illustrated throughout, including archival photographs. Fine in Fine, unclipped d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket/endpaper illustration by Richard Despain (illustrator). Inscribed and signed "Lora Shaner" diagonally in blue ballpoint to the half-title page. Half-inch closed tear to bottom edge of jacket front panel. Lora was indeed the madam of Sheri's Ranch, Pahrump, Nevada. 305 pp. Reduced from $70. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 1999. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR and dated by him December 1998 [copyright is 1999] directly on the half title page. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. "Autographed Copy" gold seal on the front. Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Only light cover wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original full color wraps featuring a full wraparound photo of the Las Vegas strip at night. From the publisher: "ON THE BOULEVARD brings together the best writing of Las Vegas' most popular columnist, the Las Vegas Review-Journal's John L. Smith. Smith provides singular insights into the fast, fluid, and often funny town he's chronicled for nearly 20 years. Subjects include: Las Vegas mayor and Mob mouthpiece Oscar Goodman, legendary slot cheat Bill Land, and seldom-chronicled gambling icons such as Mel Exber (Las Vegas Club), Si Redd (IGT), and Big Julie Weintraub ('60s junket operator).". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Near Fine condition. xv, 317pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). 1st Edition (so stated). Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 1997. INSCRIBED/SIGNED and dated (13 June 1997) by the AUTHOR directly on the half title page. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. "SIGNED" sticker at the foot of the spine. NOT price clipped ($21.95). The jacket has three short, closed tears that have been reinforced with "3M" clear magic tape on the blank side. s are crisp, clean and unmarked. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue boards with a blue cloth spine stamped in bright gold. From the dust jacket: "Of all the modern Las Vegas casino operators, none had more flair than Bob Stupak. The self-proclaimed 'Polish Maverick' rose from humble origins as the son of a Pittsburgh boss gambler to head one of the largest privately owned casinos in Las Vegas, the infamous Vegas World. Stupak parlayed a small slot joint into a $100 million-a-year gambling operation by manipulating the local and national media with outrageous stunts and promotions. His headline-grabbing handiwork is now the stuff of Las Vegas legend. Remember Vegas World's VIP Vacation? Stupak's cleverly worded advertisements flooded millions of mailboxes around the country and appeared in dozens of prominent national periodicals, including Playboy, Parade, and USA Today, attracting hordes of tourists to his out-of-the-way casino. Though the VIP Vacation became the most successful promotional campaign in the history of Las Vegas, it was also the most controversial. It prompted sanctions and fines from casino-industry regulators, but not before generating enough seed money to fund early construction of the $550 million Stratosphere Tower, Hotel & Casino. Of all of Stupak's big ideas, the Stratosphere Tower was the biggest. It was to be the tower to end all towers, the greatest mousetrap in a city of great mousetraps. But the tallest observation tower in the country was erected on a wobbly financial foundation of oppressive interest rates and sky-high debt, which ultimately turned the no-lose proposition into one of Las Vegas' most high-profile flops." . INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xx, 300pp. + 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Fine condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2003. Signed by Jean Scott directly on half title page ("Skillful luck!" and her signature as "Jean $cott" only, NOT personalized to anyone). SIGNED copies are SCARCE. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Flat uncreased spine. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently seldom, if ever read. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "Since the publication of the bestselling THE FRUGAL GAMBLER in 1998, Jean Scott has been busily plying her low-roller trade in casinos throughout America and sharing her exploits with the world via appearances on "Dateline," "48 Hours," and the Travel Channel. The first FRUGAL took the gambling world by storm by showing how small players can get in on the bonanza of casino giveaways, including free rooms, free food, and free shows. Now Queen Jean is back with a veritable truckload of new frugal advice for recreational gamblers who want to stretch their money and fun in casinos. MORE FRUGAL GAMBLING is a 400-plus-page powerhouse packed with new techniques for navigating the fast-growing and constantly changing casino scene. Jean hits all the hotspots of low-level advantage play, including the ins and outs of slot clubs, cashback, bounce-back, and comps; finding and beating promotions and tournaments; and using coupons, casino mail offers, and slot hosts to get the freebies that most assume are beyond their reach.Special sections from Jean's daughter, Angela, assure that beginners and casual player's aren't left out. MORE FRUGAL GAMBLING is just that: more of what made the Gambling Grandma the favorite of hundreds of thousands of satisfied frugal aficionados.". Signed by Jean Scott. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (12), xix, 408pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2021. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Melissa Bowles-Terry as "Melissa." BRAND NEW in PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, clean, square and tight. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Of likely interest to gamblers, especially video poker players, is the chapter, QUEEN OF THE MACHINES by VP expert Bob Dancer. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Melissa Bowles-Terry. First Edition. Softcover. New. viii, 224pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2005. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Blair Rodman directly on the half title page. New and unread. Sharp corners. NO spine crease. Only mild shelfwear to the cover (like you sometimes find in any new book store). Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Foreword by Phil Hellmuth, Jr. From the publisher: "Divulges the real strategies used by professional poker players to consistently win major (and minor) no-limit hold 'em tournaments. With poker tournaments televised on more than a dozen television networks and internet poker sweeping the nation, the popularity of the game is at an all-time high. Everyone thinks they have a shot, as evidenced by the 5,600+ player field in the $10,000 main event at the 2005 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. If these weekend warriors hope to win, they'd better know the same strategies that the pros use. Authors Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson, both poker professionals, spill the beans about the strategies they (and most of the big-name poker players) use to keep scooping the pots." . INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Blair Rodman. First Edition. Softcover. New. xiii, 280pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2006. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Dennis Griffin directly on the half title page. Also SIGNED by former FBI special agent Dennis Arnoldy on the same page. "AUTHOR SIGNED COPY" sticker on the front. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. FBI agent Arnoldy is mentioned numeous times in the book. Both mob historian Griffin and Arnoldy provided extensive research and firsthand information for the Las Vegas Mob Tour. Arnoldy was the Case Agent in the investigation of Chicago organized crime member Anthony "Tony" Spilotro and the Hole in the Wall gang led by Spilotro's lieutenant Frank Cullotta. Very Good condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Light shelfwear. NO chips, tears or fading. Square and tight. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. From the publisher: "From the 1970s through the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime in Las Vegas. Unreported revenue, known as the 'skim,' from Outfit-controlled casinos made its way out of Vegas by the bagful, ending up in the coffers of the Windy City crime bosses and their confederates around the Midwest. To ensure the smooth flow of cash, the gangsters installed a front man with no criminal background, Allen R. Glick, as the casino owner of record, Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal as the real boss of casino operations, and Tony Spilotro as the ultimate enforcer, who'd do whatever it took to protect their interests. It wasn't long before Spilotro, also in charge of Vegas street crime, was known as the 'King of the Strip.' Federal and local law enforcement, recognizing the need to rid the casinos of the mob and shut down Spilotro's rackets, declared war on organized crime. The Battle for Las Vegas relates the story of the fight between the tough guys on both sides, told in large part by the agents and detectives who knew they had to win.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press, 2007. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by all three: author Frank Cullotta, co-author Dennis Griffin & contributor Dennis Arnoldy. Near Fine condition. Only light shelfwear to the cover. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips. NO tears. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, clean, square and tight. NOT a remainder. Autobiography of nearly thirty years as a master thief, Chicago Outfit associate and hit man. Cullotta was the technical consultant on the film, CASINO. Index. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "From burglary to armed robbery and murder, infamous bad guy Frank Cullotta not only did it all, in CULLOTTA he admits to it -- and in graphic detail. This no-holds-barred biography chronicles the life of a career criminal who started out as a thug on the streets of Chicago and became a trusted lieutenant in Tony Spilotro's gang of organized lawbreakers in Las Vegas. Cullotta's was a world of high-profile heists, street muscle, and information -- lots of it -- about many of the FBI's most wanted. In the end, that information was his ticket out of crime, as he turned government witness and became one of a handful of mob insiders to enter the Witness Protection Program. 'Frank Cullotta is the real thing,' says Nicholas Pileggi in the book's Foreword, and in these pages, Cullotta sets the record straight on organized crime, witness protection, and life and death in mobbed-up Las Vegas." . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Frank Cullotta and 2 others. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xvi, 296pp. + 8 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade Paperback -- Very Good -- Clean and bright with only slightest wear -- 348 pages with index and illustrations throughout,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Price Clipped. American First. A bit of edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs. Book.