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Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since June 15, 1998
[Gambling] VINTAGE EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2]; 119; [1] blank; [8] advertisements. With occasional illustrations in red and black. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board; coloured chips laid over. Orange patterned endpapers and all edges gilt. Lightly browned, more so to title page. Light rubbing and bumping to boards. Very good. First published in 1895. Seller Inventory # 54281
Title: The Poker Manual: A Practical Course of ...
Publisher: London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1901
Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
Frontispiece in red & black "Tabulated values of the Hands" & illustrations of hands in red & black throughout. 8vo (7 x 4 3/4 inches), pages vi:(1):119: (12, partly illustrated advertisements for poker tables, chips, cards, etc.), original red grained cloth lettered in gilt and decorated with 3 poker chips in colours, all edges gilt. Binding spotted and marked, spine dulled, but sound. Private book label on front pastedown and number, signature on recto of frontispiece. Tear to frontispiece tissue guard and tear into one leaf of text (without loss). Browning to title. Rare. "In the preparation of the Code have been sought the advice and co-operation of the most experienced and well-known players, both English and American, whose valued and cordially given assistance is herby gratefully acknowledged". Seller Inventory # 14184
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Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. [5], 2-119, [1], [8] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green publisher's cloth with a gilt border on the front board, gilt lettering on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Orange patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with several in-text color illustrations (examples of hands). Jessel and Horr 1576. A useful guide to the intricacies of poker. Light wear to the extremities, a small name on the free front endpaper, one gathering starting but still attached in the gutter. Seller Inventory # 000013253
Quantity: 1 available