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Hell and Hazard or William Crockford versus the Gentlemen of England
by: Blyth, Henry

Name: Hell and Hazard or William Crockford versus the Gentlemen of England by: Blyth, Henry
SKU: 384944
Price: 15.00 USD
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Hardcover. Chicago, Henry Regnery, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 214 pages with index. William Crockford, born in squalor in 1775, had an amazing ability to calculate odds accurately and shrewdly. In 1828 he opened Crockford's Club in Mayfair, where he accumulated a huge fortune, much of it at the expense of the English aristocracy. He was the father of modern bookmaking. Clean copy.

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Price: $15.00


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