The Ricky Jay Collection Part III
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FIRST PUBLISHED MENTION OF POKER<p>[HILDRETH, James]. Drago...
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FIRST PUBLISHED MENTION OF POKER.[HILDRETH, James]. Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains. New York: Wiley & Long, 1836. First edition. The first book to mention a poker game, in print, in English on page 128. Publisher?s cloth, gilt-lettered and illustrated spine (sunned). 8vo. Foxed, boards bumped.
