The book Faro Exposed, written by Alfred Trumble and first published in 1882, was a milestone about America's popular fraudulent card game. It explains the origin, the rules and history of Faro as well as the sophisticated methods used by card fraudsters to make the chances of winning.

Twenty years before Earth's nose, Faro Exposed Riffle Stacking and Gaffed Dealing Boxes, together with countless other tricks and illustrations that were used to get "the money" in a game that was a national leisure activity until the Poker America's poker.

The techniques described include rough, ground, rounded and rounded cards, gaffing Faro boxes, evasive maneuvers with tempting names such as "The Coffee Mill", "Squared Sights and Tie Ups", "Horse Hair" and various other methods, the cards too manipulate.

The author summarizes the crooked nature of Faro on page 47: "Nowadays there is not a single Faro banker in the United States that is ready and satisfied to limit yourself to the strict percentage of an honest game. They practice every trick, Every deception, fraud, every invention, every mesh and every scheme known to 'trade', except and with the exception of what they do not know. possible advantage of pulling out of your customers. "

Despite its importance and its focus, the book is practically unknown today, which is partly due to the fact that only three copies have survived. (Not even the Library of Congress has a copy of the original work.)

Now this luxurious, numbered facsimile edition is available for collectors, scholars and technicians alike.

With an introduction by the well -known card expert Jason England. A luxurious, bound band, 6 "x 9", with 98 pages in sewn bond. A full -colored replica of the original cover and the entire text has been processed and improved digitally. Illustrated with woodcuts. 500 copies available for sale.