first edition Hardcover
1963 · Boston and Toronto
by [Poker] [Gambling] Jessup, Richard
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good +. 154pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Black paper over boards. Green endpapers. Publisher's green top stain. The front board is just a hair warped. In an attractive dust jacket with minor toning, which is just a touch more prominent at the spine. From the dust jacket-
"Can the Kid, the most brilliant young stud poker player to come along in two decades, overthrow the brittle little man with the pale gray eyes who had a mind like a steel trap? Like The Shooter, who is dealer in the Game, and like the Kid's woman, the quiet and poignant Christian, the reader becomes so tense and absorbed that he practically stops breathing."
A first edition of this prolific author's most popular work. "The Cincinnati Kid" was later made into a film starring Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann Margaret, and Tuesday Weld. (Inventory #: 64357)
"Can the Kid, the most brilliant young stud poker player to come along in two decades, overthrow the brittle little man with the pale gray eyes who had a mind like a steel trap? Like The Shooter, who is dealer in the Game, and like the Kid's woman, the quiet and poignant Christian, the reader becomes so tense and absorbed that he practically stops breathing."
A first edition of this prolific author's most popular work. "The Cincinnati Kid" was later made into a film starring Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann Margaret, and Tuesday Weld. (Inventory #: 64357)
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