The Ricky Jay Collection
Sat, Feb 25, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 206
JEFFREYS, Curt. Confessions of a Con-Man and Further Confes...
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
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JEFFREYS, Curt. Confessions of a Con-Man [and] Further Confessions of a Con-Man. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1905. Two volumes in publisher?s lithographic pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. 8vos. Superior copies with faint scuffing, minor chips, splitting at spine of Confessions at top, else clean and tightly bound. One signature in Further Confessions bound-in upside down. These treatises explain, among other swindles, methods for the Three Card Monte, Shell Game, and lock swindle, all while telling tales of the writer's ?adventures while trimming easy marks.?
