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The Life of Dick England, Alias Captain England; of Turf Memory, en sjælden 1792 engelsk udgave af Anonymous, halv læder bindings, numreret udgave, udgivet af T. Boosey, provenance Horace Bleackley. Klik på den blå "gå til varen" knap, for at købe eller byde på denne vare. Den samlede pris vil blive vist inden du afgiver dit bud.
SCARCE - 1792 - Life of DICK England, Captain England / Gambling Turf Swindles & Cheating / Rigged card games, forged bank drafts, crooked tennis matches, drunken victims fleeced at assembly rooms, a forty-thousand guinea swindle on an honourable gentleman. This rare book names names and exposes every trick of the 18th-century underworld.
NOTABLE PROVENANCE: From the annotated library of noted historian Horace Bleackley.
A scandalous expose of the life and crimes of Dick England, a notorious Irish-born gambler, card cheat and turf swindler who preyed on the wealthy and gullible in late 18th-century London. Originally a scene-shifter
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