The Theory & Practice of Gamesmanship or The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1948. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. Lt.-Col. Frank WILSON. 12mo; x [ii], 13-128pp; pale green buckram, title printed in black on spine; light glue burns on endpapers, ownership in neat ink on ffep; b&w illustrations in text; light shelf scuff to tail spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light wear to edges and age-toning; near fine in very good plus dj. Presumed first American edition. Written by British satirist, Stephen Potter, who was known for his parodies of self-help books. This book was written during a power-outage in 1947 when his shows on live BBC radio were interrupted. [Wiki].