Author: Chafetz, Henry
Title: Play the Devil: A History of Gambling in the United States from 1492 to 1955
Description: New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher, (1960). (1960). New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher, (1960). (1960). Fine. - Octavo, red cloth titled in black on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with its top & bottom edges chipped. [xi] & 475 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white by Christopher Simon. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Inscribed to printer Henry Horowitz on the front endpaper. The inscription refers to Cooper Square Publishers, which was founded by famed bookseller Henry Chafetz and Sid Solomon: "Dear Henry / In the coming struggle for financial independence and success for Cooper Square Publishers, you will have to be sympathetic. Meanwhile, as you read this book on gambling in the American past, remember that Sid and I are gambling on the future in a more definite but less overt way. / Anyway enjoy 'Play The Devil' / Henry 'Chip' Chafetz". Fine .

Keywords: AMERICANA; GAMBLING; PLAY THE DEVIL: A HISTORY OF GAMBLING IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1492 TO 1955; BOOKSELLER; HENRY CHAFETZ; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATOR; CHRISTOPHER SIMON.

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