Gambling Memorabilia
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 12:30AM EDT
Lot 125
The Quadroon; or, A Lover?s Adventures in Louisiana.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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Reid, Captain Mayne. The Quadroon; or, A Lover?s Adventures in Louisiana. New York: Robert M. Dewitt, 1856. Blindstamped cloth, spine gilt decorated. Engraved frontispiece behind tissue. 8vo. Lacks ffep; good condition overall. Includes tales of riverboat gambling, the slave trade, and the mythologized milieu unique to New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century that included a broad range of vices and sins.
