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The Only Game in Town: an Illustrated History of Gambling by Messick, Hank, And Goldblatt, Burt - 1976

by Messick, Hank, And Goldblatt, Burt

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The Only Game in Town: an Illustrated History of Gambling by Messick, Hank, And Goldblatt, Burt - 1976
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The Only Game in Town: an Illustrated History of Gambling

by Messick, Hank, And Goldblatt, Burt

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Thomas Y Crowell Co, 1976. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor top edge soiling. DJ has minor edgewear and significant back cover rubbing with small staining. It has protected the book.. 0 214 p. 200 B&W / grayscale illustrations, photos, portraits, many from authors' and NY Public Library collections. Index. History: Gamblers gamble, even when they know the game is fixed, explain the DJ flap notes. Stories herein move from ancient Rome to the Mississippi riverboats, from old west to the casinos of Monte Carlo, Saratoga, Newport RI, to Las Vegas and the bookie joints of the 1970s. Famous and eccentric gamblers alike are described in this history.
  • Bookseller Hedgehog's Whimsey Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hard cover
  • Book Condition Used - Very good in good dust jacket. Minor top edge soiling. DJ has minor edgewear and significant back cover rubbing with small stain
  • Edition First edition. 1st printing.
  • Binding Hardcover
  • ISBN 10 0690010613
  • ISBN 13 9780690010619
  • Publisher Thomas Y Crowell Co
  • Date Published 1976
  • Keywords Games

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The Only Game in Town

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Crowell Company, Thomas Y., 1976. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Printing. Hardcover. 0690010613 . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 214 pages .
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THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN an Illustrated History of Gambling

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The Only Game in Town

by MESSICK, Hank and Burg Goldblatt

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in an about Very good dustwrapper. Hardcover is rubbed at spine ends and lightly bumped corners. Dustwrapper rubbed and chipped at same, worn and soiled, piece missing from upper front near spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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The Only Game in Town : an Illustrated History of Gambling / by Hank Messick and Burt Goldblatt

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by Messick, Hank. Goldblatt, Burt

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New York : Crowell, 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 214 pages; Description: 214 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Gambling --United States --History.
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The Only Game in Town; an Illustrated History of Gambling

by Messick, Hank (With Burt Goldblatt.)

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell [0-690-01061-3] [1976], 1st edition. (Small 4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 214pp. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, index. Locale: United States. (Recreation, Gambling).
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