GAMBLING UNMASKED! OR THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE REFORMED GAMBLER, J.H. GREEN, DESIGNED AS A WARNING TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS COUNTRY. Written by Himself
Green, Jonathan H.
Published by Burgess, Stringer & Co., [and] J.S. Redfield, New York, 1844
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193,[1]pp. including frontispiece and eight full-page illustrations. 12mo. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth expertly repaired at extremities. Lacks the front free endpaper, pencil notes on rear free endpaper. Text lightly tanned, a few instances of soiling. Very good. The rare first edition of this seminally important work of 19th-century gambling and reform, by the most famous gambler of the era, Jonathan H. Green. "A reformed gambler's adventures among brother card- sharps, counterfeiters, etc., along the lower Mississippi, from Kentucky to Louisiana" - Howes. This is among the earliest of several works by Green, the most important early writer on gambling in America. This book is the most famous of his works and reveals various forms of card-sharking and cheating. The final page contains a notice from the LUTHERAN OBSERVER commending Green for being "engaged in developing the heartless cruelties of gambling, and the impositions and villanies [sic] practised by the 'sporting gentry' to the pecuniary and moral destruction of thousands of our country." Of course, such texts could also serve as a handbook for aspiring gamblers and grifters. It was offered at two bits per copy, or $2.25 for a dozen. This is the first copy of the first edition that we have handled. HOWES G365, "aa.". Seller Inventory # WRCAM56416
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Title: GAMBLING UNMASKED! OR THE PERSONAL ...
Publisher: Burgess, Stringer & Co., [and] J.S. Redfield, New York
Publication Date: 1844
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GAMBLING UNMASKED! OR THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF J.H. GREEN, THE REFORMED GAMBLER, DESIGNED AS A WARNING TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS COUNTRY. Written by Himself.
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Philadelphia. 1847., 1847
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Seller: William Reese Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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The second edition, after the first of 1844. "A reformed gambler's adventures among brother card-sharps, counterfeiters, etc., along the lower Mississippi, from Kentucky to Louisiana" - Howes. One of several works by Green, the most important early writer on gambling in America. This book is the most famous of his works and reveals various forms of card-sharking and cheating. HOWES G365. 12mo. Original brown embossed cloth, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down. Binding slightly cocked, edges worn. Scattered foxing, offsetting of text to opposite plates a few leaves tanned. About very good. Seller Inventory # 63670
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GAMBLING UNMASKED! OR THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE REFORMED GAMBLER, J.H. GREEN, DESIGNED AS A WARNING TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS COUNTRY. Written by Himself.
Published by
New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co., [and] J.S. Redfield, 1844., 1844
Used
Seller: William Reese Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
The rare first edition of this seminally important work of 19th-century gambling and reform, by the most famous gambler of the era, Jonathan H. Green. "A reformed gambler's adventures among brother card-sharps, counterfeiters, etc., along the lower Mississippi, from Kentucky to Louisiana" - Howes. This is among the earliest of several works by Green, the most important early writer on gambling in America. This book is the most famous of his works and reveals various forms of card-sharking and cheating. The final page contains a notice from the LUTHERAN OBSERVER commending Green for being "engaged in developing the heartless cruelties of gambling, and the impositions and villanies [sic] practised by the 'sporting gentry' to the pecuniary and moral destruction of thousands of our country." Of course, such texts could also serve as a handbook for aspiring gamblers and grifters. It was offered at two bits per copy, or $2.25 for a dozen. This is the first copy of the first edition that we have handled. HOWES G365, "aa." 193,[1]pp. including frontispiece and eight full-page illustrations. 12mo. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth expertly repaired at extremities. Lacks the front free endpaper, pencil notes on rear free endpaper. Text lightly tanned, a few instances of soiling. Very good. Seller Inventory # 56416
Quantity: 1 available