Green, J. H. (Jonathan Harrington) | One of the author's rarest books

Green, J. H. (Jonathan Harrington)

Twelve Days in the Tombs; Or, a Sketch of the Last Eight Years of the Reformed Gambler. New York: T.W. Strong, 1851

8vo (194 x 115 mm). Tissue repairs to title, pp. 83-88 torn with tissue repairs, foxed. Pictorial wrappers; deacidified, expertly repaired, and resewn, foxing and staining, some chips, backed with new paper.

One of the rarest works in Green's canon

Second edition, of Green's memoirs, chronicling his life as a gambler, and his subsequent reformation. For twelve years he'd been regarded as one of the most accomplished card players in the U.S. Leaving this life in his wake, Green wrote numerous works exposing the tricks of the trade, and encouraging others to follow his example and reconsider their ways.

Rare, particularly in wrappers.

REFERENCE:

Cf. Sabin 28535