Ante Up: Gambling Memorabilia
Sat, Jan 30, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 1
Black, Jack. You Can?t Win. New York: Macmillan, 1926. Seco...
Estimate: $150 - $250
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
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Black, Jack. You Can?t Win. New York: Macmillan, 1926. Second printing. Publisher?s red cloth, spine lettered gilt. 8vo. xiv, 394pp. Contemporary ownership inscription on pastedown; gift inscription on flyleaf; small punch to backstrip, lightly soiled covers. Light spotting. Classic of crime and tramp literature, the autobiography of a professional burglar and librarian of the San Francisco Call. William S. Burroughs cited the book as influential to his work.
