Description: An 1891 first edition of this rare title by the very prolific English novelist Evelyn Everett-Green (1856-1932), ""Let's Toss For It" or The Gambler's Career" is a Romance that illustrates the curse of gambling and how it affects the lives of those supposedly dearest to the compulsive gambler. Please see my other items for more interesting and collectable items, as I will always try and combine the delivery to save you money. On Sale is a rare 1891 first edition of * "Let's Toss For It" or The Gambler's Career *, by Evelyn Everett Green, with a b&w frontispiece plus 7 other plates by uncredited artist or artists, published by James B. Knapp, London, [first published 1891], this one is dated 1891 to the title page with no other editions or impressions listed, size approximately 7-1/4 inches x 5 inch, with 218 pages. The floral decorated burgundy-colour cloth-covered hardcover with black title to the front and gilt spine title, is bumped on the extremities, very slightly rubbed on the spine-ends, sound and not split along the spine edges, gilt bright with both titles clearly legible, a slight hint of fading just to the spine (please ignore the light reflection in the photo's), has some marking mainly to the back, otherwise mostly clean and tidy (see photo's 1 & 6). Inside is complete apart from lacking the front free-endpaper (see photo 5, with just enough remaining to cover the webbing hinge), rear endpaper sound and not split, hinges sound with boards firmly attached, no writing or graffiti and no previous owner's name, binding a little stretched in a couple of places else mostly tight with all pages well attached, approximately six corners had been turned, pages not torn, half-title page and rear free-endpaper have some offsetting else generally not tanned, slightest foxing to the first couple of leaves else generally not foxed, a tiny amount of palest usage/age soiling, not heavily read, otherwise generally very clean and tidy. Please view my other items for sale, as I will always try and combine deliveries. If you would like any further information, or photo's, please email me.
Price: 65 GBP
Location: CORNWALL.
End Time: 2024-12-17T21:57:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 36.32 GBP
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Non-Fiction Subject: Gambling
Year Printed: 1891
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Fiction Subject: Romance & Sagas
Binding: Hardback
Region: England
Subject: The Curse of Gambling
Illustrator: Not Credited
Author: Evelyn Everett Green
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: James B. Knapp
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated