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Sat, May 21, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 22, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 90

[Miscellaneous _ Antiquarian] A Dozen Nineteenth Century Books and Booklets on Gambling and Crime. Including ClergymanÍs Almanack for 1812 (Boston) w

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[Miscellaneous _ Antiquarian] A Dozen Nineteenth Century Books and Booklets on Gambling and Crime. Including ClergymanÍs Almanack for 1812 (Boston) with the section ñOn Gamingî; Reglem_nt de la Soci_t_ dite du Casino (Paris, 1851); An Essay on Gaming (1885) by Collier, from a private edition of 275 copies; CrockfordÍs Life in the West (1828, first volume only); Darkness and Daylight in New York (1893); Boston Inside Out! (1883); A Century of Lotteries in Rhode Island (1896, two edns., one leather bound); Our Rival, the Rascal (1897); The Club; or, A Gray Cap for a Green Head (1834) by Pucke; and others. Various bindings, some weak, but generally good condition or better.

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