Ante Up: Gambling Memorabilia - Demo
By Potter & Potter Auctions
Nov 20, 2024
chicago, IL, United States
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LOT 2:

Burroughs, Stephen. Memoirs of Stephen Burroughs. Hanover: Benjamin True, 1798; and Boston: Caleb Bingham, 1804. ...


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Burroughs, Stephen. Memoirs of Stephen Burroughs. Hanover: Benjamin True, 1798; and Boston: Caleb Bingham, 1804. First edition of Burroughs’ memoirs, with the rare second volume. Two volumes, modern uniform leatherette-backed boards. 8vo and 12mo. (Vol. 1): vii, 296pp; (vol. 2): 202pp. Vol. 1: p. 287 mis-paginated as “270”, p. 294 cropped close. Vol. 2: pp. 195-6 [R1] torn with loss of about ¼ of the leaf. No half-titles. Howes B-1022 (“Picaresque adventures, perhaps somewhat exaggerated, of a New England rogue”).