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[Cons and Hoaxes] Group of 13 books about cons, hoaxes, frauds and gambling. Including Spook Crooks by Proskauer (1932), Ponzi by Zuckoff (2005; advance copy), Media Hoaxes by Fedler (1989), Con Man by Weill and Brannon (1957), Confessions of a Confidence Man by Smith (1923), How to Hustle by Johnston (1905), The Big Con by Maurer (1949, two copies), and others. Sizes and bindings vary. Condition generally good.


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Date:
2012-06-23

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