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The Doctrine of Chances, or the Theory of Gaming, Made Easy to every Person acquainted with common Arithmetic, so as to enable them to calculate the Probabilities of Events in Lotteries, Cards, Horse Racing, Dice, &c. with Tables on Chance, never before published
by Rouse, William
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- hardcover
- First
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About This Item
London: Gye & Balne, [1814], First edition. Untrimmed in modern calf-backed marbled boards. . Octavo. With three large folding tables of probabilties (on two plates) and tables throughout. Engraved title-page vignette. Clean throughout aside from some foxing to first and last few leaves and to plates. Creases on plates reinforced with document tape. Reference library stamp to verso of title-page. A very good, untrimmed copy of this handbook on gambling and game theory that draws on advanced mathematical principles. A contemporary library record describes the present work as "A curious book, containing the announcement and solution of ninety problems and many games. The author aims to guard the novice against incurring the hazards of gaming, by showing the expectations in each individual play."
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17088
- Title
- The Doctrine of Chances, or the Theory of Gaming, Made Easy to every Person acquainted with common Arithmetic, so as to enable them to calculate the Probabilities of Events in Lotteries, Cards, Horse Racing, Dice, &c. with Tables on Chance, never before published
- Author
- Rouse, William
- Format/binding
- Untrimmed in modern calf-backed marbled boards.
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gye & Balne,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- [1814],
- Pages
- [2], 350, [2, errata] pp.
- Size
- Octavo
- Size
- Octavo
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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