Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One.

THORP, Edward O.

$4,500.00

Item Number: 146421

New York: Random House, 1962.

First edition of Thorp’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, with charts and illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Alfred Best Wishes Ed Thorp.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

Edward O. Thorp is the father of card counting, and in this work he shares the revolutionary point system that has been successfully used by professional and amateur card players for generations. It provides an overview of the basic rules of the game proven winning strategies ranging from simple to advanced methods to overcome casino counter measures ways to spot cheating charts and tables that clearly illustrate key concepts.