Lot 331

Group of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Works Pertaining to Gambling and Gaming.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Group of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Works Pertaining to Gambling and Gaming. Including Five Years in a Lottery Office (Boston, 1841) by Doyle; The Road to Ruin. A Comedy (New York, n.d., ca. 1792) by Holcroft; Ruinous Consequences of Gambling (Tract Society, n.d.); Discourse on Gambling, Delivered in the Congregational Meeting-House at Dartmouth College (1852) by Richards; The American Eagle Magazine (New York, 1847), with Schoolcraft?s explanation of the American Indian game ?Pugasaing?; The Gamester: A Tragedy (London, 1771); an 1827 Washington, D.C./Virginia newspaper listing lotteries; ?New York Weekly Museum? (1808), with the column ?Thoughts on Gaming?; plus a Morgan Town Road Lottery ticket (ca. 1800s).