Anyone ever gotten rid of a book because it sullied your collection?

[Nolitor]

I bought it when it came out when I was a kid and read and re-read it religiously. It really was the only thing out there at the time (remember, this was the late fifties/very early sixties: before the internet and bookstores were few and far between; I bought this in a candy store).

Contrary to what it says on the cover, neither Bret or Bart Maverick had a hand in the writing; it was ghost-written by bridge expert Charles Goren, who peppered the 160 pages with plenty of "pappyisms" (as in "Pappy used to tell me.,,," [Pappy's advice was the Greek Chorus in the TV series]) in between exhorting the reader to play tight. And, I mean, really tight. I took the advice for a couple of games until I wound up like Broomcorn's Uncle (ante'd away). Then, with my other thirteen-year old friends smirking at my tight, wimpy play, I discarded the book and its terrible advice. In hindsight, I think Mason was right at the time in rejecting it for the 2+2 canon.

But, still, it was my first poker book and it would probably be a blast (!!?) reading it again after almost fifty years.