Cross-references for Gambling Sleight of Hand, chapter 6

Here are my attempts at creating a list of cross-references for Gambling Sleight of Hand, chapter 6. Steve Forte has very kindly given me permission to share this online. I am sure it is far from complete, but I hope some other students and historians may find it useful.

Enjoy,

Andru

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Draft cross-references for Gambling Slight of Hand by Steve Forte, chapter 6

Compiled by Andru Luvisi, 2020

Page 478 bubble-peek
See page 136 of Card Manipulations (1934-1936) by Jean Hugard.
See page 100 of Expert Card Technique (1940) by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue.
See page 33 of of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 212 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo for an unusual cover ("sniff peek") where the peek is performed while rubbing your nose with the hand holding the deck.
See page 87 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 135 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
For left-handed dealers, the card can be pulled towards the thumb, much like the action depicted in photo 394 on page 379.
This action is described on page 385 Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling (1974) by John Scarne and illustrated on page 17 of Dealing With Cheats (1973) by A. D. Livingston.
Another approach for left-handed dealers is to lift the outer right corner of the top card with the right thumb.
This action is described on page 121 of Magic Without Apparatus (1945) by Camille Gaultier (described as a right-handed peek for a deck with four indices on the cards) and illustrated on page 68 of The Modern Conjurer (1902) by C. Lang Neil.
https://archive.org/details/modernconjurerdr00neil

Page 478 heel-peek
See "Tricks With the Prearranged Deck" in Erdnase.
See page 19 of The Phantom of the Card Table (1931) By Eddie McGuire.
See page 32 of of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 208 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo.
See page 86 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 134 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 480 corner-squeeze peek
See page 178 of Casino Holiday (1970) by Jacques Noir Ph.D.
See page 86 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 134 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 480 little-finger break-peek
See page 248 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo (chapter by Steve Forte).
See page 439 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 136 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.
Steve Forte also uses this dealing sequence to set up for a second deal on page 426 of GSOH.

Page 482 bottom peeks
See page 140 of Card Manipulations (1934-1936) by Jean Hugard.
See page 43 of of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.
See page 120 of The Annotated Erdnase (1991), Darwin Ortiz for an illustration of the two card variant.
See page 137 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 483 pick-up peeks
See page 40 of of Card Control (1946) by Arthur Buckley.

Page 483 phantom peek
See page 140 of Card Manipulations (1934-1936) by Jean Hugard for a two-handed version.
See page 211 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo.

Page 484 base-of-thumb peek
On his DVD Cheating at Hold'em (2005), David Malek describes a similar left-handed peek where the right pinky performs the action.
See page 138 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 484 chop-peek
Performing a bottom slip on the last throw to the bottom of a chop shuffle can be used to retain a single card on the bottom. This is demonstrated in the Gambling Protection Series DVDs volume 1 (1984).

Page 485 overhand shuffle and off-the-table riffle peeks
See the photographs facing page 20 in Gamblers Don't Gamble (1939) by Michael MacDougall as told to J. C. Furnas, where the action for performing a bottom peek during the split for an off the table riffle shuffle is described as part of a cull.
See also page 39 of Card mastery (1944) by Michael MacDougall.
See page 145 of The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969) by Walter Gibson.
Page 28 of "Outs" Precautions and Challenges (1940) by Charles H. Hopkins has a top card peek performed at the beginning of an overhand shuffle.

Page 485 back-corner riffle peek
See page 139 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 485 riffle squeeze
See "To Ascertain The Top Cards While Riffling and Reserve Them at Bottom" in Erdnase.

Page 486 off-the-table cascade-peek
See page 140 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 486 flashing
See page 116 of Gambling Scams (1984) by Darwin Ortiz.
See page 249 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo (chapter by Steve Forte).
See page 88 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See page 140 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 487 Paper
Based on the written record, keeping in mind its fallibility and Steve Forte's warning on page 47, marked cards appear to literally be the oldest trick in the book.
Page 120 of Puzzlers' Tribute A Feast for the Mind (2002) edited by David Wolfe and Tom Rodgers (chapter by William Kalush) states that the earliest discovered record of deception with playing cards dates to 1408 France, and describes a confidence game related to Three Card Monte involving a marked card.

Page 489 shade
See page 191 of The Sharper Detected and Exposed (1863) by Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin.
https://archive.org/details/sharperdetectede00robe

Page 490 Humps
Both humps and points are described on page 31 of Master Key and Run-Up Systems. This pamphlet reprints two older pamphlets, and states that Master Key Systems was listed in the 1951 K. C. Catalog.

Page 490 "Besides, why bore you with a chemistry essay."
I have found almost no information about chemicals used for marking cards. Here are the very few sources I have discovered. I have no idea how safe or effective the formulas described may be.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS!
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY!
See How It's Done A Complete Expose of Tested Formulas for Card Men How They Are Made and How They Are Applied (date unknown) by A. E. Wilson.
See pages 30-34 of Taking the Edge (1981) by R. Martin Allen.
See The Secret Science of Covert Inks (1987) by Samuel Rubin.
See pages 472 and 474 of Casino Game Protection (2004) by Steve Forte.
See pages 195 and 198 of Poker Protection (2006) by Steve Forte.

Page 495 Sorts
See page 89 of The Stealing Machine (1906) by Eugene Villiod.

Page 496 punch
Page 33 of A Manifest Detection of the Most Vyle and Detestable Use of Dice Play (1552) by Gilbert Walker states "some play upon the prick; some pinch the cards privily with their nails; some turn up the corners; some mark them with fine spots of ink." Because the rest of the sentence refers to marking cards, "play upon the prick" is often believed to refer to punch work.
https://archive.org/details/amanifestdetect00hallgoog

Page 497 rough and smooth
For examples of how rough and smooth work was used to cheat at Faro, see pages 14 and 32 of A Grand Exposé of the Science of Gambling (1860) by An Adept.
https://archive.org/details/grandexposeofsci00adep
See page 36 of The Phantom of the Card Table (1931) By Eddie McGuire for the Walter Scott roughing fluid formula.
See page 482 of The Jinx issue 71 from December 16, 1939 for a roughing fluid formula.
See page 155 of Modern Chemical Magic (1959) by John D. Lippy, Jr. and Edward L. Palder for a roughing fluid formula.
See page 227 of Phantoms of the Card Table (2003) by David Britland and Gazzo for the Walter Scott roughing fluid formula.