$175
[Miscellaneous] More than 40 books, booklets and comic books on fraud, crime, swindling, and more. Including two issues of the comic Racket Squad in Action (V1 N1, May/Jun. 1952 and V1 N2, Jul./Aug. 1952), both very good; vintage booklets include Master Key Systems (Chicago, ca. 1940) and A Book of Rogues and Impostors (1948) by Carrington; also with reprints of classics, including Traps for the Young (1967) and Frauds Exposed (1969) by Comstock, How Gamblers Win (2008), The Little Secrets (1980s), and Rich Uncle from Fiji (1980s); the remainder comprising a shelf of modern books on cons and swindles, including Cheating at Blackjack (1994) by Marks, Con Game and “Yellow Kid” Weil (1974) by Brannon, Gambling Scams (1984) by Ortiz, Cheating (1982) by Bowyer, and many others. Generally clothbound 8vos, with jackets. Many illustrated. Very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
