An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling: Designed Especially as a Warning to the Youthful and Inexperienced Against the Evils of that Odious and Destructive Vise |
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| Название | An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling: Designed Especially as a Warning to the Youthful and Inexperienced Against the Evils of that Odious and Destructive Vise Victorian popular culture Victorian popular culture: Circuses, sideshows and freaks |
| Автор | Jonathan Harrington Green |
| Издание: | 2 |
| Издатель | Redding, 1845 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Нью-Йоркская публичная библиотека |
| Оцифровано | 26 июл 2006 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 324 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |