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GAMBLING UNMASKED! OR THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF J.H. GREEN, THE REFORMED GAMBLER, DESIGNED AS A WARNING TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS COUNTRY. Written by Himself
by Green, Jonathan H
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, 1847.. [2],312pp. plus frontispiece and five plates. 12mo. Original brown embossed cloth, spine gilt. Scattered fading, spine and edges chipped, front hinge tender. Bookplate and ownership stamp on front and rear pastedowns, penciled notations on fly leaves. Foxing and toning, lower margin stained on some pages. About good. The second edition, after the first of 1844. "A reformed gambler's adventures among brother card-sharps, counterfeiters, etc., along the lower Mississippi, from Kentucky to Louisiana" - Howes. One of several works by Green, the most important early writer on gambling in America. This book is the most famous of his works and reveals various forms of card-sharking and cheating. HOWES G365.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM50474
- Title
- GAMBLING UNMASKED! OR THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF J.H. GREEN, THE REFORMED GAMBLER, DESIGNED AS A WARNING TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS COUNTRY. Written by Himself
- Author
- Green, Jonathan H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1847.
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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