![CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Autograph manuscript, 'The Betting-Book', a heavily-worked early draft of this polemical tract on the suppression of betting shops, 11½ pages, 4to (old damp damage at upper corners, with slight losses); [with] a second edition of the published text, London: W. & F.G. Cash, 1852; in a morocco-backed slip-case. Provenance: Temple Scott booksellers, New York, 1930s -- Swann, 14 November 2002, lot 183 -- James Cummins bookseller, New York. (2)](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/5612828/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0299_000(cruikshank_george_autograph_manuscript_the_betting-book_a_heavily-work011927).jpg?maxwidth=3840)
Lot 299
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Autograph manuscript, 'The Betting-Book', a heavily-worked early draft of this polemical tract on the suppression of betting shops, 11½ pages, 4to (old damp damage at upper corners, with slight losses); [with] a second edition of the published text, London: W. & F.G. Cash, 1852; in a morocco-backed slip-case. Provenance: Temple Scott booksellers, New York, 1930s -- Swann, 14 November 2002, lot 183 -- James Cummins bookseller, New York. (2)
Closed30 October 2012
Price Realised
GBP 687