Item #55435 A brief survey of the great extent and evil tendencies of the lottery system, as existing in the United States ... Published by order of a meeting of citizens of Philadelphia, favourable to the entire abolition of lotteries. Job Robert Tyson.

A brief survey of the great extent and evil tendencies of the lottery system, as existing in the United States ... Published by order of a meeting of citizens of Philadelphia, favourable to the entire abolition of lotteries

Philadelphia: William Brown, printer, 1833. Second edition, revised (same year as the first), with a new preface and expanded text; 8vo, pp. 105, [1] errata; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; "duplicate" stamp and adhesion residue on title page, title page also clipped at the lower corner; good, sound copy. "The history, extent, and pernicious consequences of that species of gambling" [i.e. lotteries]. American Imprints 21595 (for the first edition of only 48 pages); Sabin 97643. Item #55435

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