Gambling.- Rouse (William) The Doctrine of Chances, or the Theory of Gaming made easy to every Person...Lotteries, Cards, Horse Racing, Dice &c. with Tables on Chance, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, engraved vignette title (foxed), 3 tables on 2 folding sheets (one with splits to folds), H.S.Foxwell's copy with his manuscript note of acquisition, ex-library copy with blind stamps and label, contemporary diced calf, a little worn, rebacked, [Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'], for the Author, [1814] § Fatal Effects of Gambling (The) exemplified in the Murder of Wm.Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer..., first edition in book form, engraved additional vignette title and 11 plates, some foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, red morocco label, Thomas Kelly, 1824 § [?Duff (James, Earl of Fife)] Hints for a Reform, particularly in the Gambling Clubs, first edition, lacking half-title, small stain to final leaf, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, roan label to upper cover, [Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'], R.Baldwin, 1784, the first two rubbed, 8vo

⁂ The second item is perhaps the fullest of the many contemporary accounts of the murder of William Weare, an unscrupulous London gambler, who had been pulled from a horse-drawn gig and murdered in a quiet country lane in Hertfordshire. The arrest and trial of three men for Weare's murder became one of the most famous and sensationalized crimes of its time.

Herbert Somerton Foxwell (1849-1936), economist and book-collector whose library of 30,000 books forms the nucleus of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature. Duplicates and later purchases, totalling a further 24,000 volumes, were sold after his death to Harvard, forming the focus of the Kress Library.