Gambling Yesterday and Today : A Complete History

192pp; black and white photographic plates and in-text illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Boards faded at exposed edges. Lightly bumped spine ends. Endpapers tanning. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Examines the social history of gambling from card games, to horses, pigeons to casino games and also looks at the careers of some of the most famous professional and amateur gamblers of all time including Casanova, Gordon Selfridge and the Aga Khan.