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1. The fatal effects of gambling exemplified in the murder of Wm. Weare, and the trial and fate of John Thurtell, the murderer, and his accomplices : with biographical sketches of the parties concerned and a comment on the extraordinary circumstances developed in the narrative in which gambling is proved to be the source of forgery, snobbery, murder, and general demoralization : To which is added, the Gambler's scourge; a complete exposé of the whole system of gambling in the metropolis / with memoirs and anecdotes of notorious blacklegs ; illustrated by portraits drawn from life and other copper-plate engravings of peculiar interest.

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Creator:: Thurtell, John, 1794–1824
Date:: MDCCCXXIV [1824]
Physical Description:: xxii, 512 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Glig-gamena angel-deod : or the sports and pastimes of the people of England; including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time: illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings; in which are represented most of the popular diversions / by Joseph Strutt.

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Creator:: Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: [2], xlix, [7], 357, [1] p. : 39 sepia plates. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Sportsman's slang : a new dictionary of terms used in affairs of the turf, the ring, the chase, the pit, of bon-ton, and the varieties of life : forming the completest and most authentic lexicon balatronicum hitherto offered to the notice of the sporting world : for elucidating words and phrases that are necessarily, or purposely, rendered cramp, mutative, and unintelligible, outside their respective spheres : interspersed with anecdotes and whimsies, with tart quotations, and rum-ones, with examples, proofs and monitory precepts useful and proper for novices, flats, and yokels / by Jon Bee, Esq. ...

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Creator:: Badcock, John, active 1816–1830
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 222 [that is 202] pages, [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. New series of boxiana : being the only original and complete lives of the boxers ... / by Pierce Egan.

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Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1828-1829
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts