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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:
Book Description
Canton, Oh. [1912].. [6],306,[2]pp. Portrait. Illus. Gilt pictorial cloth. Spine sunned, some fraying at extremities, dampstain in lower corner of front board extending to margin of couple of pages of text, small ownership stamp on endpaper, else very good. 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. 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.
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