Gambling Unmasked! by Jonathan Harrington Green Original Book from 1847

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Gambling Unmasked! by Jonathan Harrington Green Original Book from 1847
Gambling Unmasked! or the Personal Experience of Jonathan H. Green, the reformed gambler; designed as a warning to the young men of this country. Rare antique hardcover book published in 1847 by G.B. Zieber & Co.: Philadelphia.
Book measures approximately 5" x 7 3/4". 312 pages. Amazing full page illustrations. Some moderate cover wear, some staining, protective tissue guard is present at the frontispiece, some page foxing.
Original brown embossed cloth, spine gilt. Scattered fading, spine torn, front hinge tender. Foxing and toning, lower margin stained on some pages. See all photos and video.
"A reformed gambler's adventures among brother card-sharps, counterfeiters, etc., along the lower Mississippi, from Kentucky to Louisiana" - Howes.
One of several works by Green, the most important early writer on gambling in America. This book is the most famous of his works and reveals various forms of card-sharking and cheating.
This book comes from the archives of the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagara Falls, Canada.
Document of confirmation of provenance comes with book.
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