Roy Double (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ow ball". all the time putting together the hustle of a lifetime, the "paddle" big enough to take the master double-dealers, big enough to get Roy Brian where it hurt- the most!" (illustrator). Cliff Thompson was the consummate con man, born and bred to the craft since he was old enough to flick a poker chip. Now, he was out for revenge. Out for Roy Brian who had out-swindled his father- and killed him in the process. Cliff, Pete, Kathy, and Carol- two incredible hustlers and a pair of ladies who knew their way around. Together they scammed their way from the racetracks to the crap tables, from the boxing rings to a quarter-million dollar hand of "low ball".all the time putting together the hustle of a lifetime, the "paddle" big enough to take the master double-dealers, big enough to get Roy Brian where it hurt-the most! Language: eng.

Stapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Eugene Iverd (cover), Herbert Paus (Double Sixes), Roy F Spreter (Open House) (illustrator). First Edition. The April 1932 issue of The American Magazine. Contains Open House (Mulliner Nights), a short story by PG Wodehouse. Numerous other stories & articles including Ex-Banker, an article by Clarence Budington Kelland, Why We Need Politicians, an article by presidential candidate Franklin D Roosevelt, Out of the Dark, an article by Booth Tarkington, Double Sixes, a short story by Octavus Roy Cohen, and others, Numerous vintage ads. Condition issues include soiling to the covers and spine, closed tears at the bottom left of the front cover (.875") and top right spine hinge (2.75"), and loss at the top (1") and bottom (.75") of the spine. Missing pages 75/76 (Campbell Soup & Fisher Bodies ads). No stories or articles seem to be affected. A good to very good copy of a vintage magazine with a short story by a prominent and collectible author.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Signed by the author on the title page. 4to in stapled wraps. 33 pp. VG+. Very light wear. Clean interior. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box. Signed.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. L'Instruction Du Roy, En L'exercice de Monter à Cheval by Antoine de Pluvinel, complete with 55 double-page plates. (illustrator). First Edition. Folio, [8], 160pp. Includes additional engraved allegorical title, dated 1668. Yellow suede binding, inset title on paper label on both covers, illustration of horse extending to back of book. Custom suede chemise, hand engraved portrait of Pluvinel on brass plate affixed to front cover. Illustrated endpapers, which match internal lining of suede box. Binding by Cathy Robert at Delta Design Studio of London. This work is complete with 55 double-page copper engraved plates by Crispin de Pas and Simon Passaeus, all with decorative architectural frames. All plates in near fine condition, two noted with archival tape repairs, free of foxing or notable wear. (Nissen ZBI 3203) ( Mennessier II, 332). Antoine de Pluvinel (1552-1620) traveled to Holland shortly before his death to request that Crispin de Pas do the engravings for his unfinished mansucript, L'Instruction du Roy. When Pluvinel died, de Pas received an unrevised copy of the manuscript of the work, without the permission of Pluvinel's literary agent. In 1623, de Pas published the unfinished work, titled Le Maneige Royal. By 1625, the book was completed by Pluvinel's literary agent and released with the complete title: L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercice de monter a cheval.