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Esquire's Book of Gambling
by Newman, David (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Introduction by Arnold Gingrich Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer Harper & Row, Publishers; New York; 1962 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with illustrated dust jacket; 333 deckle edged pages with some black and white illustrations. From jacket: "Here is the excitement of the track, the tension of the gambling tables, the snap of the fresh deck. Here too are the color and the humor of Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, and other gambling communities; the incredible adventures of Hungary and "Bet-a-Million" Gates; the ups-and-downs of professional gamblers and hit-it-rich tourists... You'll discover useful as well as fascinating information about most forms of gambling including poker and its many variations, horse racing, rummy, many different dice games including craps, pinochle, baseball betting, dog racing, roulette, etc." Jacket has some minor chipping at top of spine, edgewear and is a bit tattered with some small tears at top and bottom; some impression marks on jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. . First. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ungerer, Tomi. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005843
- Title
- Esquire's Book of Gambling
- Author
- Newman, David (editor)
- Illustrator
- Ungerer, Tomi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- First Edition; 1st Edition; gaming; gambling;poker; Horse racing; rummy; crapes; pinochle; games; Dice;
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Games and Hobbies;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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