Gambling and Gaming
You do not have to travel to Las Vegas to learn about gambling and other games. If you are interested in learning more about the history or strategies of gambling, be sure to browse the rare books about gambling and games section of the Biblio Rare Book Room for some fascinating and interesting reads. Many of the rare and antique books featured below may be first editions, signed, or complete with illustrations and ornate bindings. Look through the featured items below for some truly collectible rare and antique books on games and gambling.
THE SPORTING REPOSITORY Containing Horse-racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting .., Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects, interspersed with Essays, Tales, and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles.
by McLean,Thomas (publisher), Alken and Barenger (illustrators)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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A$1,806.70A$25.75 shipping to USA
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Le jeu des Eschets
by Giaccino Greco (1600-1634)
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- good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Good
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- Hardcover
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$1,314.36A$7.00 shipping to USA
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Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs avec des reflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu
by Elias Stein (1748-1812)
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Good
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- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$1,546.30A$7.00 shipping to USA
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Der Erste und Zweite Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes
by Schallopp, Emil (1843-1919)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$1,159.72A$7.00 shipping to USA
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The Chess Monthly Volume I
by Daniel Willard Fiske (1831-1904) and Paul Morphy (editors)
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - About very good
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- First
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- Hardcover
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$3,092.60A$7.00 shipping to USA
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La Nouvelle Régence, Revue Spéciale des Échecs
by Paul Journoud (1821-1882) [editor]
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- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
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- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$1,546.30A$7.00 shipping to USA
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Johannes Zukertort: Artist of the Chessboard
by James "Jimmy" Bernard Adams
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good to fine
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- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$1,159.72A$7.00 shipping to USA
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Les stratagèmes des échecs, ou collection des cours d'échecs les plus brillans et les plus curieux, tant dans la partie ordinaire que dans les différentes parties composées; tirés des meilleurs auteurs, et dont plusieurs n'ont point encore été pub
by Alfred de Montigny
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$3,479.18A$7.00 shipping to USA
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Scacchia ludus: a Poem on the Game of chess
by Vida, Marco Girolamo [Bishop of Alba] (c1485-1566)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas
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A$1,237.04A$7.00 shipping to USA
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Studies of Chess: containing Caissa, A Poem, by Sir William Jones; a Systematic Introduction to the Game; and the Whole Analysis of Chess
by Philidor, A.D. and Pratt,Peter
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- Condition
- Used
- Seller
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San Anselmo, California
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A$1,932.88A$6.50 shipping to USA
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Cards As Weapons
by Jay, Ricky
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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A$1,136.53A$16.50 shipping to USA
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I giochi numerici fatti arcani, palesati.
by Alberti, Giuseppe Antonio.
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York
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A$3,865.75A$5.00 shipping to USA
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Nouvelles règles de la poule a deux billes. Rédigées d’après les avis des plus forts joueurs particulièrement des sieurs Ch. N. M. & publiées par Guilélouvette & Thomeret, fabricants de billards brévetés du roi 1830.: A sammelband with 3 folio-sized engraved and illustrated broadsheets.
by Chéreau, Charles.
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- Used
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Tuebingen, Germany
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A$3,357.00A$20.00 shipping to USA
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The Hippodrome
by Hayward, Rachel
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon
- Item Price
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A$1,237.04A$5.00 shipping to USA
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[Gambling game] Il nuovo e piacevole Giuoco del Pela il Chiù
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Seller
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Milan, Italy
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A$3,357.00A$25.00 shipping to USA