Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One
New York: Blaisdell Publishing Company, 1962.
First edition. xiii, 236 (2) pp. Dark navy cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, including all six cards in pouch at rear. Near Fine in a lightly worn, sunned, stained, and foxed dust jacket, About Very Good. A nice copy of an early fusion of mathematics and gambling-- in this case the game of blackjack. The author is a former math professor who once taught at MIT, a former hedge fund manager, and blackjack player. Item #140940924
Price: $200.00
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