The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

[GAMBLING]. Three Books from the Poker Club Series. Includes: [CARLETON, Henry Guy 1850s – 1910]. The Thompson Street Poker Club: From “Life”. New York: White and Allen, 1889. Frontispiece and illustrated [KEMBLE, Edward Windsor 1861 – 1933]. Rebound in half red leather and blue marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, with marbled endpapers. Chipping and wear to boards. Good; and two editions of: — The Mott Street Poker Club: The Secretary’s Minutes. Edinburgh and London: William Paterson, 1888. Frontispiece and illustrated by M. Woolf. Publisher’s pale blue pictorial boards lettered in black and red, with darker blue cloth spine. Soiling and chipping to boards, staining to interior pages. Fair; — New York and London: White & Allen, 1889. Publisher’s pale blue pictorial boards lettered in black and red, with red cloth spine. Back board features publisher’s advertisement for third edition of the “Thompson Street” book. Soiling and chipping to boards, interior pages clean. Good. The “Mott Street” title has been attributed to the author of Faro Exposed, Alfred Trumble. Powell 465. All 8vos.