Author: N.A.
Title: 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 &C.
Description: London, Thomas Kelly, 1824, First Edition. Hard Cover . Title continues "..to which is Added the Gambler's Scourge &c." Octavo, contemporary tree calf, gilt-decorated spine (dulled), engraved portrait fronts facing extra, engraved vignette title, xxii + 312pp.10 further full-page engravings as called for, including two portraits. Worn at corners, spine edges, fronts. portrait detached, wear and staining at vignette, both foxed, as are the general contents, including the plates, though images generally, reasonably sharp, text affected less; creasing at final few leaves. Small private collection stamp with accession number at rear free endpaper. A fair copy only.

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