Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas: How Jay Sarno Won a Casino Empire, Lost It, and Inspired Modern Las Vegas by David G. Schwartz ISBN 13: 9780990001607

Las Vegas, Nevada: Winchester Books, 2013. INSCRIBED / SIGNED directly on the title page by the AUTHOR (SCARCE thus). Bright and shiny but rated only Good due to wrinkles to the lower corner of the first 4 or 5 leaves. The bright and shiny cover is in perfect condition. The spine is uncreased -- square and flat. A solid reading copy. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. All other pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original black and red pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "Jay Sarno built two path-breaking Las Vegas casinos, Caesars Palace (1966) and Circus Circus (1968), and planned but did not build a third, the Grandissimo, which would have started the mega-resort era a decade before Steve Wynn built The Mirage. As mobsters and accountants battled for the soul of the last American frontier town, Las Vegas had endless possibilities -- if you didn't mind high stakes and stiff odds. Sarno invented the modern Las Vegas casino, but he was part of a dying breed -- a… Read More

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