The Cincinnati Kid , first published in 1963 (and made into a feature film starring Steve McQueen in 1965), is a gritty novel of smoky back-rooms and centered on a young card-shark ("The Kid") who eventually finds himself in a stud-poker game against the undisputed master ("The Man"). From the first edition dust-jacket: "By the time he was twenty-one, he was a full rambling-gambling man, a three river man. . . . From Jolly's Omaha Card Club on the Missouri, to Spriigi's Emporium in Wheeling on the Ohio, down to Big Nig's ...
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The Cincinnati Kid , first published in 1963 (and made into a feature film starring Steve McQueen in 1965), is a gritty novel of smoky back-rooms and centered on a young card-shark ("The Kid") who eventually finds himself in a stud-poker game against the undisputed master ("The Man"). From the first edition dust-jacket: "By the time he was twenty-one, he was a full rambling-gambling man, a three river man. . . . From Jolly's Omaha Card Club on the Missouri, to Spriigi's Emporium in Wheeling on the Ohio, down to Big Nig's in Memphis on the Mississippi, he was known as The Cincinnati Kid, a comer, with a way about him."
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Gambling, Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good/Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book First Edition stated, First Printing. Dustjacket has light edgewear to corners and spine ends. Book has previous owners name and date on the front flyleaf. There is also a color abrasion to the top of the front pastedown. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Small abrasion on front fly, blue soil mark on bottom edge, very good in a very good dust jacket with small nicks and tears, a lightly toned spine, and small soil spots. Georgia-born author's first novel, about a card shark, and considered by many the best novel about card playing. Basis for an excellent film directed by Norman Jewison (who replaced Sam Peckinpah) and featuring an all-star cast including Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell, Rip Torn, Jack Weston and Cab Calloway.