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Description
Title: CHANCE AND LUCK: A DISCUSSION OF THE LAWS OF LUCK, COINCIDENCES, WAGERS, LOTTERIES, AND THE FALLACIES OF GAMBLING; WITH NOTES ON POKER AND MARTINGALES
Author: Richard A. Proctor
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
City: LondonYear: 1887 (First Edition)
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 263
Illustrated: Yes
Book Details + Condition: Very scarce first edition from 1887 of CHANCE AND LUCK: A DISCUSSION OF THE LAWS OF LUCK, COINCIDENCES, WAGERS, LOTTERIES, AND THE FALLACIES OF GAMBLING; WITH NOTES ON POKER AND MARTINGALES. Octavo with publisher's original blue cloth boards; gilt design on front with title in gilt on spine. Rubbed and bumped corners; slight wear to spine ends; bookplate on inside front board. Slight lean to book, but binding is strong and tight. Free of interior markings. Contents include:
Laws of Luck, Gambler's Fallacies, Fair and Unfair Wagers, Betting on Races,
Lotteries, Gambling in Shares, Fallacies and Coincidences, Notes on Poker,
Martingales.
