Search Results: Gambling, betting from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1974. Pamphlet. 88p., 6x9 inch staplebound wraps; in very good condition.

New York: Council for Social Action of the Congregational and Christian Churches, 1938. Pamphlet. 32p., staplebound pamphlet, staples heavily rusted else very good. Social Action, Vol. IV, No. 10.

New York: Vantage Press, 1988. Hardcover. 116p., cloth-covered boards, very good first edition in like dj; inscribed and signed by James on the free front endpaper. James has also written his name, phone number and address on the verso of the front flap of the dj. None found in OCLC as of 7/2022 and not in the Library of Congress catalogue. Includes a brief section on giving evidence to a Senate subcommittee investigating "criminal action in labor-union leadership" of Local 19 in San Jose.

New York: M. Evans and Company, 1976. Hardcover. 372p., quarter-cloth boards, 7.5x9.5 inches, illus., top edge toned else very good first edition in an unclipped dust jacket with an old price sticker and a 1 inch closed tear on the front panel.

[Michigan]: [John's Book Shop], 1936. Ephemera. [16]p., 4x5.5 inch horse race betting booklet; some minor wear and toning on covers, staples a bit rusted, in very good condition. Rear cover has a poem about marriage.

Paris: Printed by E. Desfosses-Neogravure [for the state], 1949. Pamphlet. Respectively [35] and [25]p., both items are 10x8 inch pamphlets, staplebound. The 1936 piece is illustrated in b&w with facsimiles of documents establishing the game and remarkably clear small photogravures from various periods; somewhat handled and dusty with a touch of rust to staples, a good copy. The 1950 pamphlet is illustrated in yellow monochrome throughout, is aimed at a youthful audience, is rather worn with handling, dusty and spotted with a few small stains, and much rust to staples. The two items as a pair.

Las Vegas, NV: Bill Schafer, 2011. Magazine. 44p., 8.5x11 inches, color photos and ads, events, listings, reviews, very good LGBTQ+ entertainment magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story: Porn Bingo and Pleasantries with the Sin Sity Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Nov. 26 at Onyx Theatre.

Las Vegas, NV: Bill Schafer, 2011. Magazine. 44p., 8.5x11 inches, color photos and ads, events, listings, reviews, very good LGBTQ+ entertainment magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story: Anti-AFAN cover story promoting alternative HIV/AIDS organizations.

Albany: Ways and Means Committee, New York State Assembly, 1963. Pamphlet. x, 88 p. staplebound pamphlet, minor foxing, otherwise very good.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010. Hardcover. 299p., very good condition in like dust jacket. Signed and inscribed on the dedication page; the inscription makes it clear the signature is that of one of the authors, but the signature is illegible.

Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2006. Hardcover. 192p. hardcover in dust jacket, 7.75x10.75 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with color reproductions of various erotic playing cards and decks.

Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, undated, copyright deleted. Pamphlet. 64p., the usual small pamphlet format, 5x3.5 inches, white wraps matte-side out and semi-laminated side verso (H-J must have bought an odd lot), cover silverfished and irregularly toned, text stock evenly toned. Cover bears a rubber-stamped ownership name and address, a fair to good copy. Little Blue Book 1168. Five short stories: A Goboto Night; Dutch Courage; To Repel Boarders; An Adventure in the Upper Sea; Bald-Face.

Havana: [Tropicana], 1939. Pamphlet. 4x9 inch brochure with twelve panels; faint handling, otherwise in very good condition. Night club in Havana that specialized in Afro-Cuban themes in their nighttime performances in a rather patronizing manner.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1977. Hardcover. 278p., illustrated endpapers, good first edition in yellow cloth boards and worn, chipped, tape-repaired dj, sunned on spine. African American novelist's first book followed by "Diggstown Ringers" which was filmed as "Diggstown" with James Woods and Louis Gossett, Jr.