Gaming.- [?Pigott (Charles)] The Minor Jockey Club, or, A Sketch of the Manners of the Greeks, bookplate of Bayard Tuckerman Jr., small paper-flaw to head of title not affecting text, N1 very small hole affecting pagination, few small pencil doodles to margins, some light browning and surface soiling, some spotting, old stab-holes to gutter, contemporary half calf, rebacked, some staining to spine, covers worn at extremities, [?Bath], for R. Farnham, [1792] § [?Lawler (C.F.)] "Peter Pindar". The Elegant Sharper: or, The Science of Villainy display'd. Being the genuine History...Frauds, Deceptions, and other Remarkable Occurrences, of The Celebrated and Fashionable S-r, George R-...and unfortunate Eliza, whom he enticed to the West Indies..., bookplate of Anne & F.G. Renier, pencil ownership inscription of Hubert G. Norman to front free endpaper, browning and some foxing, later cloth-backed boards, spine little sunned, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, upper joint split at foot, uncut, M. Allen, 1804, first editions; and others gaming related, including a defective copy of Lucas' "Memoirs of the Lives, Intrigues...Of the most Famous Gamesters and Celebrated Sharpers" (1714), second edition, 8vo & 12mo (13)
⁂ The second mentioned a rare novel, with WorldCat recording only five copies.
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