Broadway Racketeers

by John O'Connor

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New York, USA: Horace Liveright , 1928 SCARCE. FE Second Printing, November 1928. (First Printing was also 11/28) Veritable field guide to the touts, chiselers, hustlers, fire-proofers, Queer shovers, shillabers, cannons and other species of the genus Con Man that inhabited the wilds of New York's Broadway in the early 1900's. (Not that they have become extinct today!). Glossary included. 255 pp. Deckle edged dark blue cloth hardcover with faded gilt lettering on backstrip and front cover. Green Winged Dollar illustration on front. G- condition with agetoning of pages. Cover has some moderate rubbing and edgewear. One inch wide discoloration streak full length of back cover, Shallow brown stain on top corner of last 50 pages not touching the text. Binding weak between flypaper and title page. Rear endpaper has tiny bookplate from Brentano's New York Booksellers and Stationers. . First Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. .

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