THE GAMING TABLE, Its Votaries and Victims, in all Times and Countries, especially in England and in France [2 Volumes, complete].
by Steinmetz, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1870. 1st printing; 3/4 breen lether w/green cloth boards, raised bads, gilt titles; soft bumps to lower tips; [rebound statement (1870) by Root] top edge gilt; 436+444 clean, unmarked pages/indices, . 1st. Leatherbound. Collectible Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8 Vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dorley House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 084640
- Title
- THE GAMING TABLE, Its Votaries and Victims, in all Times and Countries, especially in England and in France [2 Volumes, complete].
- Author
- Steinmetz, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Tinsley Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- gambling; Addiction; England; France; Duels, Dice, Cards, Cock-F9ighting, Fortune-Telling, Card Tricks, Probability, Piquewt, Basset, Faro, Hazard, Passe-dix, Put, Cross and Pile, Thinble rig' Hindus, Egyptians, Greeks, Roman Emperors, Brighton, Poeto
- Size
- 8 Vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Dorley House Books
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Hagerstown, Maryland
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...