Green, Jonathan H[arrington] | Exposé on the many ills of gambling

Green, Jonathan H[arrington]

Gambling Exposed: A Full Exposition of All the Various Arts, Mysteries and Miseries of Gambling. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 1857 [but probably 1870s or 1880s]

8vo (184 x 127 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates, one full-page text illustration of card manufactories, publisher's 2-page advertisement at the end; scattered foxing and staining, particularly in the first and last third parts of the text, but plates relatively unaffected. Light brown cloth stamped in black and gold, brown-coated endpapers; spine a tad dull, minor wear to spine ends.

Part of Peterson's "Dollar Series" of "Good Novels" and other works, published in black and gold. It has been speculated that the book was issued later since the style of the binding is more typical of the 1870s and 1880s.

REFERENCE:

cf. Howes G365; Jessel 662; not in Toole Stott