Barr & Co. gambling catalog. Chicago, n.d. (ca. 1900s). Ori...

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Barr & Co. gambling catalog. Chicago, n.d. (ca. 1900s). Original pebbled wrappers stamped in gilt and silver (rubbed). Printed in red, green, and black. Illustrated. 16mo (5 ¾ x 3 ½”). 88pp. Crooked dice, marked cards, holdouts, layouts, and other merchandise; with a full-page ad for Frank Bonville’s The Little Secrets. From Ken Klosterman’s Salon de Magie.

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