Pittsburgh Phil; a novel of a legend
$200.00 USD • Used
[a nice clean book with no sigificant wear, just the slightest bumping of the upper corners; the jacket has a couple of short closed tears in the top edge, and is a bit faded along the spine]. Ver...
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[a nice clean book with no sigificant wear, just the slightest bumping of the upper corners; the jacket has a couple of short closed tears in the top edge, and is a bit faded along the spine]. Very scarce biography (in the form of a novel) about George H. Smith (1862-1905), a legendary gambler and horse-racing enthusiast who was nicknamed "Pittsburgh Phil." Described in the jacket blurb as "the ace of gamblers -- the coolest, most daring, most dazzlingly successful bettor and horse player America has ever known," he was a pioneer in the development of handicapping horse races, and at the time of his death (from tuberculosis) had amassed a fortune of about $3.2 million.
Product Info
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Year: (c.1960)
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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