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Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table. Chicago:

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Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table. Chicago: Powner, 1944. Blue cloth stamped in gold, with bright pictorial Fleming Book Company jacket. Commentary by Professor Hoffmann. Light wear to jacket, else very good.

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