ken rapoport (7 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG. First Edition.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Complete 5 volume set. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter green cloth spine, green cloth boards. 217 pp. Spine cocked. Interior age toned. Dust jacket price clipped, age toned, short tear to head of front cover, small spots of wear to spine foot.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Very Good. First Edition. (1st) Slightly smaller book, green cloth spine, darker green boards, silver lettering very bright on spine, 217 lightly browned pages. DJ front and spine dark green, color photo of man with cards at top front right, yellow and white lettering, b/w photo of man with card decks on ornate table on top back. DJ has microtear and very slight wear at top front tip, microtear at top front edge, tiny tear and micronick with microtear at bottom front edge, two nicks at spine top edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Quarter Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Quarter light green cloth with silver lettering on the spine and medium green boards, pages a little age-toned, jacket is not price-clipped but has hints of wear at extremities with slight age-toning to the top. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a EXCELLENT dust jacket. A geat gift. Ken Uston (January 12, 1935 September 19, 1987) was a famous blackjack player, strategist, and author, credited with popularizing the concept of team play at blackjack. During the early to mid 1970s he gained widespread notoriety for perfecting techniques to do team card counting in numerous casinos worldwide, earning millions of dollars from the casinos, with some bets as high as $12, 000 on a single card. He then became famous for being banned from casinos around the world, and became a master of disguise as he would adopt various costumes to conceal his identity and still play. He is also known for filing a high-profile lawsuit against the casinos, and successfully received a ruling from the New Jersey courts that casinos could not bar someone simply for counting cards. Many casinos changed their systems in response, increasing the number of decks in games, or changing rules to increase the house edge. In the early 1980s, Uston also authored several popular books on video games and personal computers. He was the subject of a 1981 segment on 60 Minutes, and in 2005, he was the subject of the History Channel documentary, "The Black Jack Man". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.