[Rarebooks] FS: Gambling and Murder in 1824

[Bob Petrilla]

Thurtell, John and others.  THE FATAL EFFECTS OF GAMBLING EXEMPLIFIED IN
THE MURDER OF WM. WEARE, AND THE TRIAL AND FATE OF JOHN THURTELL, THE
MURDERER, AND HIS ACCOMPLICES; with biographical sketches of the parties
concerned.  And a comment on the extraordinary circumstances developed in
the narrative in which gambling is proven to be the sources of forgery,
robbery, murder, and general demoralization.  To which is added, The
Gambler's Scourge; a complete expose of the whole system of gambling in the
Metropolis; with memoirs and anecdotes of Notorious Blacklegs....

London: Thomas Kelly, 1824.  First Edition.  pp: xxii, 512;  frontispiece
portrait of Thurtell, pictorial half-title, 7 engraved views and 3
portraits.  Recased and bound in later brown buckram, gilt spine rules and
red leather label. 8.5" x 5".  Very Good condition.   $200.00

Postpaid in US.  Usual trade terms.



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