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The Complete Illustrated Guide to Gamblingby WYKES, AlanUnstated
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964. NEAR FINE book condition/GOOD dust jacket. Black cloth hard cover with gilt 'dice' on front & bright, crisp gilt lettering on spine. Very tiny aboutn of shelf dent to corners & spine ends. Colorful dust jacket has light edge rubs with a 3/4" tear to top edge. The dust jacket was placed in a mylar portective sleeve after the rub & small tear. The mylar is shelf scuffed. "With more than 400 ;ictures, a magnificent panorama of man's eternal infatuation with the elusive Lady that's known as Luck -- and the latest methods he employs in his pursuit of that most fickle of courtesans...." Includes: Billiards, Chess, Checkers, Three-Card Monte, Slot Machines, Dominos, Roulette, Boxing, Baseball, Football, GOlf, Jai-Alai, Backgammon, Craps, Poker-Dice, Baccarat, Gin Rummy, Black Jack, Cribbage, Bicycle Racing, Pinochle, Poker, Thoroughbred Racing, Harness Racing, Bingo, Greyhoud Racing, Lotteries, Sweepstakes and many other favorites. 352 pp with Index & Illustration Credits. Pages are clean, tight, unmarked & uncreased. Picture is provided by the seller & is of the actual book you will receive. . Unstated. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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