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GAMBLING AND GAMBLING DEVICES BEING A COMPLETE SYSTEMATIC EDUCATIONAL EXPOSITION DESIGNED TO INSTRUCT THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD TO AVOID ALL FORMS OF GAMBLING
by Quinn, John Philip
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- Hardcover
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Canton, Oh, [1912].. [6],306,[2]pp., including illustrations. Portrait. Gilt pictorial cloth. Spine sunned, some fraying at extremities. Dampstain in lower inner corner of front board extending to margin of couple of pages of text, else quite clean internally. Small ownership stamp on rear pastedown. Very good overall. A classic work on the topic. The author states of gambling: "its fascination is insidious and terrible, and its power is all the more to be dreaded in that it appeals to a latent instinct in nearly every human breast." In this volume he attempts to educate the gullible as to the tools of the trade and the scams to avoid, though at the same time he also educates those who might wish to take advantage of others. Chapters include "Social Card Playing: The Kindergarten to the Gambling Hell," "The Race Track: A National Vice" and "New York: Paradise of Gamblers," among many others. The illustrations are marvelous, and including a wide variety of gaming tools and machines, cautionary parables, and a bumbling police officer called "McWeeny."
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- William Reese Company
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- Title
- GAMBLING AND GAMBLING DEVICES BEING A COMPLETE SYSTEMATIC EDUCATIONAL EXPOSITION DESIGNED TO INSTRUCT THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD TO AVOID ALL FORMS OF GAMBLING
- Author
- Quinn, John Philip
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Canton, Oh
- Date Published
- [1912].
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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