Gambling Memorabilia Featuring the Collection of Tom Blue
Fri, Mar 1, 2019 04:30AM EST
Lot 25
The Compleat Gamester; or, Instructions How to Play at all Manner of Usual, and Most Gentile Games, Either on Cards, Dice, Billiards, Trucks, Bowls, C
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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| $50,000 | $5,000 |
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Cotton, Charles. The Compleat Gamester; or, Instructions How to Play at all Manner of Usual, and Most Gentile Games, Either on Cards, Dice, Billiards, Trucks, Bowls, Chess. London: Charles Brome, 1709. Contemporary full leather, double fillet border, gilt spine. Engraved frontis. with scenes of cock-fighting, backgammon, cards, and dice, with the facing ?explanation of the frontispiece.? 8vo. [12], 184pp. Small loss to explanation leaf not affecting text; covers rubbed and scratched. Jessel 310.
