NMLP P-018773 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Lucky at Cards

Lawrence Block · Beacon (as 'The Sex Shuffle') · 1964

Originally issued in 1964 as a pseudonymous Beacon softcover titled 'The Sex Shuffle' by 'Sheldon Lord'. The 1970 Softcover Library printing (retaining the 'Sex Shuffle' title) is a later reprint, not the first. The text was reissued under Block's own name as 'Lucky at Cards' by Hard Case Crime in 2007.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018773 for "Lucky at Cards" by Lawrence Block (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018773, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).