FIRST PUBLISHED MENTION OF POKER

[HILDRETH, James]. Drago...

[HILDRETH, James]. Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains. New York: Wiley & Long, 1836. First edition. The first book to mention a poker game, in print, in English on page 128. Publisher’s cloth, gilt-lettered and illustrated spine (sunned). 8vo. Foxed, boards bumped.