Sold for:
$2,750
$2,750
Tricks of the Town Laid Open or A Companion for Country Gentleman. London: H. Slater, 1747. Olive calf with gilt tooling and banded, tooled spine. Title devices. Pp. [i-ii], iii – vii, [1] – 96, and one leaf of advertising. 4to. Title page cropped close, affecting last line of text, otherwise very good. Scarce. This treatise describes cheating at a wide array of games, including tennis, bowling, cockfights, and horse races, by “sharpers” through the use of “false dice” and “sleights.” It also describes unsavory characters, including whores, gamesters, sots, and money-droppers (con men).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-05-18
