Gambling Memorabilia Featuring the Collection of Tom Blue
Fri, Mar 1, 2019 04:30AM EST
Lot 301
The Rogues and Rogueries of New York.
Estimate: $250 - $350
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The Rogues and Rogueries of New York. New York: J.C. Haney & Co, (1865). Revised edition. Publisher?s pictorial yellow wraps printed in black. Illustrated. 12mo. 126pp. Chipping to edges of covers, short tears to spine, but stable; very good overall. Chapter VII: ?Gamblers and Their Victims.? Other chapters discuss thimble-rigging, highway robbery, pickpocketing, quacks and medical humbug, fortune-telling, and lotteries, the text being wholly devoted to the ?snares and pitfalls of the metropolis.?
