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Two of a Kind: Gambling Memorabilia & Rare Playing Cards

Sat, May 21, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 22, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 86

[Miscellaneous] Group of Fourteen Vintage French Books, Booklets and Magazines on Crime and Gambling. Including LÍArt De Gagner (1890) by Robert-Houd

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[Miscellaneous] Group of Fourteen Vintage French Books, Booklets and Magazines on Crime and Gambling. Including LÍArt De Gagner (1890) by Robert-Houdin; Como nos Roban, Como no Matan (1906) by Villiod; Comment on nous vole, Comment on nous tue (1905); Tricheries et Tricheurs Internationaux (1935); Les Jeux et Les Jouers (1872); Les Bandes Noires (1909) by Villiod; Comment on nous Vole au Jeu (1909) by Villiod; Le Monde ou lÍOn Triche (ca. 1885); La Machine a Voler (1906) by Villiod; two 1930s copies of Crapouilot, a French crime magazine; and others. Cloth, publisherÍs wraps, with a handsomely few re-bound in quarter leather. Illustrated. Most 8vo. Generally very good. Nice Lot.

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