Chance and Luck: A Discussion of The Law of Luck, Coincidences, Wagers, Lotteries, and The Fallacies of Gambling; with Notes on Poker and Martingales

Chance and Luck: A Discussion of The Law of Luck, Coincidences, Wagers, Lotteries, and The Fallacies of Gambling; with Notes on Poker and Martingales
by Richard A. Proctor

Book Description: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1887. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Blue cloth boards with gilt decorative motif and embossed with black edges to cover and spine, gilt title to spine, deckle edges, decorative end papers. First Edition, 1887. Book Condition: Fair (Reading Copy Only), spine cocked about 1/2", significant rubbing and to covers, edges and spine extremes, binding loose, moderate tanning but otherwise pages are relatively free of marks, small 1/2" book seller sticker (London) to front end papers. Contents: Laws of Luck, Gambler's Fallacies, Fair and Unfair Wagers, Betting on Races, Lotteries, Gambling in Shares, Fallacies and Coincidences, Notes on Poker, Martingales. 263 pages plus 16 pages of publisher's advertising, Fair condition (Reading Copy Only).

Status: SOLD, 16 March 2012 to Private Collector in FL.