X Rays Roulette Systems Solution Problem by Rasch (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Orange boards with red and black title and decoration to front and spine.Spine is darkened. Boards show general handling wear and a bit dirty. Foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Orange illustrated hardback covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges, with the corners bumped. Some soiling to the binding. The text block has a few uneven page signatures, but the binding is tight and the pages are complete. Light foxing to the edges of some of the pages. A rare gambling publication.; 163 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rasch promises to provide: '(1) Absolute Proofs of the fallacy of all known Systems; (2) to my knowledge, the only correct table of the Law of Chance or Average; (3) a set of about 15,000 consecutive coups, taken by myself and a partner in twenty-three days' actual play at one and the same table in Monte Carlo, which is, I venture to say, the only original set of coups of its kind'. He then humbly presents his own system for 'getting an advantage over the Bank'. The opening and closing advertisements provide a charming glimpse into a vanished world: gentlemen's fur-lined overcoats, Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo, a guide to the stock exchange, new filters for cigarettes, loans for expectant heirs. Yellow cloth with images of a roulette wheel. Scuffs and wear to cover, spine sunned, corners bumped. Large void to the front pastedown (an ad for gentlemen's fur coats) exposing the cardboard. 2 pages of ads, half-title, ad for cigarettes, 'Methods of Staking', two facing pages color diagrams of roulette wheel and table, ad for book on roller-skating, title-page, preface v-vii, ads for other books about roulette, [1]-163 pages including 7 pages of ads, the last of which functions as the paste-down. 11.5 x 16 cm.