Something for Nothing
by Davis, Clyde Brion
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with red cloth spine, silver and black lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 200 pages. Clean jacket has 3/4" chip at spine base, short closed tears at top spine edge; not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The lore and lure of gambling.from lotteries to roulette, craps, poker and bingo, author enlightens the reader into the ins and outs of the world's most misunderstood sport, vice or vocation--take your pick!.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30121
- Title
- Something for Nothing
- Author
- Davis, Clyde Brion
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- GAMES, GAMBLING, CLYDE BRION DAVIS, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Society; Games;
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About the Seller
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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