Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas' Legendary Casinos (signed)

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Collins [HarperCollins], New York, 2008

0060835834 / 9780060835835

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New York: Collins [HarperCollins], 2008. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Tom Breitling directly on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads: "Lori [Foreman?], Thank You for all of the support with Double or Nothing! Beat Wishes, (signed) Tom Breitling." Laid-in are three internet downloads of his signature for authentication. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket is only very lightly rubbed at the high points. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. 2008. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (10987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original red boards with black spine stamped in bright gold. Jacket praise from Andre Agassi, Tony Bennett and Bob Costas. From the dust jacket: "If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the 20th century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. They'd have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino. Call them the Odds Couple. Breitling is the kid who lives next door if you grow up in Burnsville, Minnesota. He never saw a hundred dollar bill or The Godfather until he went to college. Poster comes from a family of oddsmakers who reach for the Doritos on football Sundays and scream for the point spread. He was whistling Sinatra and booking games at his Las Vegas high school. Their unlikely friendship began in college over an $8 veal parmigiana sandwich that led to a partnership in a hotel reservation business. Starting with a desk, a chair, a pillow, and a telephone, Tim and Tom grew a company that they sold during the dotcom boom for $105 million. This allows Tim to pursue his childhood dream of owning a casino and bringing back the glory days of Vegas. When Tim ups the odds and raises the limits to give gamblers the best game in town, a craps player nicknamed 'Mr. Royalty,' who's on one of the hottest winning streaks in history, heads for The Nugget. When he begins to take Tom and Tim for millions, the partnership is put to the test. But Tim refuses to back off on the odds or the high limits, telling his partner, 'It's a ballsy proposition here. It's gonna be a roller coaster ride. But we don't have a public company to answer to. It's just you and me.' When Mr. Royalty rolls twenty-two consecutive passes and rakes in a mountain of chips, he takes Tim and Tom to the brink. They must figure out a way to hold up The House. Just as they do, the roller coaster ride really gets rolling -- and the ride becomes crazier than they'd ever imagined.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Tom Breitling. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (x), 243pp. + 8 pages of b/w photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. …

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Titel
Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas' Legendary Casinos (signed)
Autor
Breitling, Tom (signed); with Cal Fussman
Verlag
Collins [HarperCollins], New York
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
Zustand
Fine condition
Schutzumschlag
Near Fine dust jacket
Signiert
Signatur des Verfassers
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0060835834
ISBN-13
9780060835835
Illustrator
NOT a library discard
Auflage
First Printing of the First Edition.
Verkäuferkataloge
Autobiography, Games / Gambling / Cards / Poker, Nevada history

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