Gambling and Confidence Games Exposed showing how the proprietors of gambling houses and the players can be cheated, exhibiting all cheating devices and giving the exact per cent of all square games
by Kid Canfield (George Washington Bonner 1878-1935)
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- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Kingston, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Canfield, 1911. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. a 5.25 X 7.50 inch 48 page staple bound soft cover booklet (1911,c.1910), lower outside edge of front cover stained, light foxing underneath stain to title page not affecting remainder of text, there is a faint ink stamp to front cover: NOW PLAYING BIJOU THEATRE SEPT (preceding the publication of this chapbook, Canfield was touring the vaudeville circuit with a show that touched on the sames themes, the ink stamp shows a promotional link between the two)
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- Bookseller
- Philosopher's Stone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Gambling and Confidence Games Exposed showing how the proprietors of gambling houses and the players can be cheated, exhibiting all cheating devices and giving the exact per cent of all square games
- Author
- Kid Canfield (George Washington Bonner 1878-1935)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- George Canfield
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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