Manchester, N.H: J.H. Cate, Printer, 1843. First edition. "A worthy successor to two earlier New England practitioners of... Read More about The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbert,...
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Dublin: G. Faulkner … and R. James, 1751. First Dublin edition. Letter IV: “Of Gaming, its present State, Means to suppress private Play,...” ESTC records a London edition, tentatively dated 1750. Read More about The Vices of the Cities of London and Westminster … In Five Letters, from a Citizen of London...
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Paris: Jacques Le Febvre, 1689. Second French edition. Translated from the Italian of Gioachino Greco (c.1600-1634), considered by some to be the first professional chess player. Greco was one of the most celebrated players of the seventeenth century and importantly recorded many of his matches as he travelled across Europe..... Read More about Le Jeu des Eschets, traduit de l'italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois
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Boston: Redding & Co, 1845. Second edition, improved. Second edition of this popular work on the evils of gambling and the tricks and deceptions used to defraud the unwary, by the riverboat gambler-turned anti-gambling crusader Jonathan Green (1813-1887). With chapters on cheating in poker, faro, and many other games. Green's..... Read More about An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling; Designed Especially as a Warning to the...
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Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co, 1847. Fifth edition, Improved. The fifth edition of this popular work on the evils of gambling and the tricks and deceptions used to defraud the unwary, by the riverboat gambler-turned anti-gambling crusader Jonathan Green (1813-1887). Green's role as head of the New York Association for..... Read More about An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling; Designed Especially as a Warning to the...
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New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, n.d. [ca. 1880s]. Later printing. The heavily battered type suggests this is a later printing of Green's exposure of gamblers' deceptions. Toole Stott notes the first printing in wrappers in 1850. Read More about One Hundred Tricks with Cards. Gamblers' Tricks with Cards, Exposed and Explained
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Paris: Gumuchian et Co, 1930. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Read More about Les Livres de l'Enfance. Préface de Paul Gavault
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London: Frederick Warne, 1866. First edition. “Warne's Bijou Books” series. Read More about Chess for Beginners
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[London]: Bath printed, and London reprinted for W. Webster near St. Paul's, and sold by all the booksellers and pamphlet shops in town and country, 1743. First pirated edition, originally published the preceding year. Hoyle’s Short Treatise on Whist circulated in manuscript among his pupils, and was expanded for publication..... Read More about A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist. Containing the Laws of the Game: and also some Rules,...
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Browne, Hablot Knight. First edition. Read More about The Hand-Book of Swindling. By the Late Captain Barabbas Whitefeather ... Edited by John Jackdaw....
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1963]. First edition. Read More about The Cincinnati Kid
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[Washington, D.C]: np, 1865. Read More about Havana Lottery of Kentucky
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[New York: Frederick Lake, 1901]. First edition. Read More about Roulette at Monte Carlo. 5,356 Actual Monte Carlo Numbers Classified and Arranged
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London: James Whiting, Finsbury Place, 1810. First edition, with half-title. Lottery puff for June 8, 1810 (£200,000 in prizes), prefaced by a 10-page ode to fortune. Read More about Fortune at Home; or The Peacock Parodied. An Effusion for the 8th of June, 1810
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New York: McLoughlin Brothers, [c. 1889]. The intent of the game is to get the greatest number of “good ” cards and least amount of “vice ” cards. Read More about Instructions for “The Game of City Life, of the Boys of New York”
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London: J. F. and C. Rivington,...[et al.], 1790. First edition. The most significant work on suicide of the eighteenth century. Together with dueling, the author devotes a separate treatise to suicide’s relationship to gambling. A “most frequent source of suicide,” writes the author, gambling is “often the last stage and..... Read More about Full Inquiry into the Subject of Suicide. To Which are Added (as Being Closely Connected with the...
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1909. First Edition. Read More about Light Come, Light Go. Gambling — Gamesters — Wagers — The Turf
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1891. First edition. Read More about London Clubs Their History & Treasures
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New York: Advance Publishing Co, 1875. First edition. Rare first edition of this foundational work on poker. It is, along with Winterblossom's The Game of Draw Poker (1875), the earliest published work dedicated solely to poker. Blackbridge – described on the title as an attorney, though the name is possibly..... Read More about The Complete Poker Player
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London: printed for J. Bell, Oxford-street, 1796. First edition. Pye (1744-1814) was Poet Laureate from 1790 -1814 and is considered with Alfred Austin as one of the worst versifiers to hold that title. This collection of sketches has chapters on gaming, archery, avarice, etc. Read More about Sketches on Various Subjects; moral, literary and political. By the author of the Democrat
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London: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, [1913]. Offprint from the Journal of Anthopological Institute, Vol. XLIII, July-December, 1913. Games (not Game!) of Central Africa. Fascinating description of games, many of the board games, by the author, who describes himself as Medical Officer, Nyasaland. Read More about Native Games of Central Africa
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Topeka, Kansas: W. W. Gavitt Printing and Publishing Co, 1904. A Railroad Stock Market Inspired Card Game. The complete set of 49 cards, consisting of one "Telegram" card and 48 broker cards-- broker cards consist of six sets (of eight cards each), each designated with the name of a different..... Read More about Gavitt's Stock Exchange ... The Great College and Society Card Game ... Corner the Burlesque...
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Chicago: The Golden Rule Press, 152 Lake Street, 1905. Read More about Pickway A True Narrative
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