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Le jeu des 36 bêtes / André Demaison ; dessins de Jacques Darcy.
Demaison, André, 1885-Date: 1935- Books
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A complete history and development of all the extraordinary circumstances and events connected with the murder of Mr. Weare : together with the trial at large, including speeches of counsel, examination of evidence, defence, &c. &c. : a faithful picture of all the fashionable "modern hells" and "black-legs" of the metropolis with sketches of the principal individuals who frequent them, whether in the character of "Greeks" or "pigeons" : an exposition of the frauds practised, the immense sums won and lost, and the calamitous events to which this system of nefarious villany has in many instances led : comprising most curious and highly interesting details, furnished from original and authentic sources, with a view to deter the young and unwary novice from this vortex of vice and misery : the whole forming a genuine series of gambling biography.
Date: 1824- Books
Final report / Royal Commission on Gambling.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Gambling.Date: 1978- Pictures
Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1869Reference: 19628i- Books
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Reflections on gaming, annuities, and usurious contracts.
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Pictures
The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome and Herodias. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 22681i- Books
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A full inquiry into the subject of suicide. To which are added (as Being Closely Connected with the Subject) two treatises on duelling and gaming. In two volumes. By Charles Moore, M. A. Rector of Cuxton and Vicar of Boughton-Blean, Kent; and Formerly Fellow of Trinity-College, Cambridge. ...
Moore, Charles, 1743-1811.Date: [1790]- Books
Chance, skill, and luck : the psychology of guessing and gambling / John Cohen.
Cohen, John, 1911-Date: [1960], ©1960- Books
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A guide to the turf. By T. Gard, author of the odds and chances of cocking, hazard, & other games.
Gard, T.Date: 1786- Pictures
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Hamilton Bell carrying a vintner's boy on his back from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, accompanied by John Rae, a pair of fishwives walk in the other direction. Coloured etching by J. Kay, 1792, after himself.
Kay, John, 1742-1826.Date: 1792Reference: 544709i- Pictures
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A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.
Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833.Date: 1809Reference: 17675i- Pictures
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Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.
O'Neil, Henry, 1817-1880.Date: 1846Reference: 20812i- Pictures
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Men gambling in a casino or gaming club. Aquatint, ca. 181-.
Date: 1810-1819Reference: 33371i- Books
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The whole art and mystery of modern gaming fully expos'd and detected; containing an historical account of all the secret abuses practis'd in the games of chance, ...
Date: 1726- Books
Leisure : being the report presented to the Conference on Christian Politics, Economics and Citizenship at Birmingham, April 5-12, 1924.
Conference on Christian Politics, Economics and Citizenship.Date: 1924- Ephemera
Phrenology, psychology and psychiatry ephemera. Box 1.
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Henry / by Mr. Dyslexic.
Date: 2004- Ephemera
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Every year over 300 horses are raced to death in the UK : cruelty : you can bet on it / Animal Aid.
Date: [2002?]- Ephemera
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The Green Mountain Vegetable Ointment is a positive remedy for ague in face, swelled breasts ...
Date: 1897- Books
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Memoirs of the lives, intrigues, and comical adventures of the most famous gamesters and celebrated sharpers in the reigns of Charles II. James II. William III. and Queen Anne. Wherein is contain'd the secret history of gaming, discovering all the most sharping Tricks and Cheats (us'd by sligh of Hand) at Picquet, Gleek, Lanterloo, Bankafalet, Basset, Primero, Cribbidge, Verquere, Tick-Tack, Grand-Tricktrack; and all the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Italian Games, play'd with Cards, Dice, Tables, or otherwise. The whole calculated for the Meridians of London, Bath, Tunbridge, and the Groom-Porters. By Theophilus Lucas, Esq;
Lucas, Theophilus.Date: 1714- Books
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A modest defence of gaming.
Date: M.DCC.LIV. [1754]- Books
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The ill effects of the game of rowlet, otherwise rowley-powley; and the fatal consequences attending it; particularly in and about Covent-Garden. Addressed to all Degrees of Men; with a Word of Advice to the Fair-Sex. By Amos Docultree, Gent.
Docultree, Amos.Date: M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]- Books
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Christiani Hugenii libellus de ratiociniis in ludo aleæ. Or, the value of all chances in games of fortune; Cards, Dice, Wagers, Lotteries, &c. mathematically demonstrated.
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695.Date: 1714- Pictures
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Jephthah makes a sacrifice of his daughter according to his rash vow. Line engraving by J.W. Cook after J. Opie.
Opie, John, 1761-1807.Reference: 18347i- Books
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Reflections on gaming, annuities, and usurious contracts.
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]