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Gambling Memorabilia

Sat, Apr 14, 2018 12:30AM EDT
Lot 68

Tales and Sketches from the Queen City.

Estimate: $250 - $450

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[Green, J.H.] Drake, Benjamin. Tales and Sketches from the Queen City. Cincinnati: E. Morgan & Co., 1838. Contemporary decorative brown cloth over boards with title label on spine. 12mo. Title page detached, foxing throughout, pencil annotations to front and rear pastedowns, wear to boards. Contains chapter ?Putting a Black-Leg On Shore? that mentions a young gambler thought to be Jonathan Green.