[Rarebooks] FS: Very uncommon 1st ed. dictionary of sporting slang. London: 1823

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(DICTIONARIES) [Badcock, John]. SLANG. A DICTIONARY OF THE TURF, THE RING, 
THE CHASE, THE PIT, OF BON-TON... Forming the Completest and Most Authentic 
Lexicon Balatronicum... of the Sporting World... Interspersed with Anecdotes and 
Whimsies... for Novices, Flats, and Yokels. By Jon Bee, Esq. [pseud.]. London: 
Printed for T. Hughes. 1823. First ed. 12mo. xvi,216pp. Orig. boards (soiled), 
uncut, rebacked in modern blind tooled calf with brown morocco spine label. 
Old faded water stain on title page. Very scarce.     $600.00 (trade discount 
allowed)

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