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Hanger, George. The Lives, Adventures and Sharping Tricks of Eminent Gamblers. London, 1804. Three quarter leather over cloth with banded, tooled spine. Portrait frontispiece. 8vo. Ex-libris Roland Winder and bearing his bookplate. First and final leaf archivally reinforced, otherwise very good condition. Toole-Stott 1367. Rare. Note: This is the only known copy of this book recorded in any bibliography or catalog of books on gambling and conjuring.


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Date:
2011-01-29

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