The Gamester by Sabatini, Rafael - 1949

Hutchinson, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. No publication date, but probably 1949/1950. Slight rubbing of the cloth top and bottom of the spine, and very slight knocking of the corners, traces of foxing to all three edges that are exposed, and the to the end pages. Otherwise clean. A story based on one of the most remarkable figures in Scottish banking history, John Law who was sentenced to death, but escaped to live in the Europe where he worked out a system of financial reform quite revolutionary for the time Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; 17th century; Inventory No: 0267351. .

houghton mifflin, , 1949. good hardcover good jacket ex-library,

0. Good. Hardcover. cover worn <br> .

London: Hutchinson Pale blue cloth titled in dark blue on spine. Undated, 254 pp. Very tidy, foxing in the edges and faintly in endpapers, a name in front. Dust jacket is price clipped, slight wear with small tear to spine ends, unfaded. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Hutchinson. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. (action, adventure, swashbuckler, historical fiction, gambling)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Stain in margin of 10 pages. Ink front . endpaper. Jacket pieces out spine ends, corners chipped, edge tears and . creases.. 1949. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo; 310 pages .

Houghton Mifflin , 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Previous owner name. Couple tape repairs to back of jacket. Light edge wear to jacket..

Houghton Mifflin, 1949. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1949. 1st printing, 1949. Original cloth with red lettering on front and spine. Top text block a little darkened; previous dealer's marks reased with smudging on rear ep and small label in lower gutter of ffep.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. 8vo. x, 310 pp. Green cloth, red lettering on front cover & spine (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by John Alan Maxwell (minor edgewear, creasing, slight sunning to spine), still NF/VG- copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First edition, early printing, of Sabatini’s last novel set against the backdrop of John Law, and his founding of the Banque Generale, and finally the Mississippi Bubble.