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Green, Jonathan HarringtonA group of 3 works by the "Reformed Gambler" Comprising 2 copies similarly bound in wrappers but with variant titles and pagination, 12mo (178 x 114 mm to 203 x 121 mm). One Hundred Tricks with Cards/Gamblers' Tricks with Cards, Exposed and Explained. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [?1859]. Illustrated, total of 114 pp. Pale green pictorial wrappers, priced 30 cents. — An Exposition of Games and Tricks with Cards. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [1859]. Illustrated, total of 96 pp. Green pictorial wrappers titled "One Hundred Tricks with Cards/Gamblers' Tricks with Cards, Exposed and Explained" (priced 25 cents with advertisement " Just Published" [for W.H Cremer's] "The Secret Out"); wrappers slightly soiled. — An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling. Boston: Redding & Co., 1845. Pictorial and letterpress titles, 6 plates and 3 text illustrations; scattered foxing, plates browned. Publisher's brown embossed cloth, gilt emblem of cornucopia on front cover, gilt spine.Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.