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

New York: Blaisdell Publishing Company (Random House), 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The uncommon 1962 correct 1st edition, the stated 1st edition, of this classic in "blackjack" strategy, published by Blaisdell of New York. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($4.95), VG+ dustjacket, with one small chip and several tiny closed tears along the uper edges and mild soiling at the panels. Internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of. The 5 cards --as called for-- affixed as well to the rear pastedown in the publisher's sealed envelope. (From the front cover: "A scientific analysis of the world-wide game known variously as Black Jack, Twenty One, Vingt-et-un, Pontoon, or Van John".).