THE SEALED BOOK OF ROULETTE AND TRENTE-ET-QUARANTE (REUBEN BIGLAND'S COPY)

SIGNED

Being a guide to the tables at Monte Carlo, together with simple descriptions of several unique systems and including chapters on Baccarat, Chemin-de-Fer and La Boule.

8vo. 262pp. Cloth-covered boards. Boards rubbed and slightly crushed to corners/spine. Previous owner's name in ink to fly-leaf. Good condition internally. Gift inscription from the author, T.M. Down aka "Billiken", to Reuben Bigland who brought about the downfall of the crooked MP Horatio Bottomley in a famous court case of 1922. Down offers the book "In admiration of the courage and great fight you put up for Right ..." An interesting provenance.

Date

1924

Publisher

The Bodley Head

Author

"BILLIKEN"

£70.00 (Code: 96375)

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