Research Catalog

Title

Life in the West; or, The curtain drawn. : A novel. Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, M.P. Containing sketches, scenes, conversations, and anecdotes of the last importance to families, and men of rank, fashion, and fortune. Founded on facts / By a Flat Enlightened ...

Publication

London : C. Chapple, Royal Library, 59, Pall Mall, 1828.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Luttrell, Henry, 1765-1851.
• Peel, Robert, 1750-1830.
• Chapple, Clement.
• Lowe and Harvey. prt

Description

2 v.; 20 cm.

Summary

Set amid the London gambling scene, the novel represents the activities of gaming-houses of the era. The author describes methods for calculating odds at cards, dice, etc.; provides a history of gaming-houses; and introduces gambling slang.

Alternative Title

Curtain drawn

Subject

• Gambling > Fiction

Note

• Motto: "Experientia Docet."
• Printer's imprint: "London: Printed by Lowe and Harvey, Playhouse Yard, Blackfriars."
• Pagination: v. 1: x, 309, [1] p. ; v. 2: [4], 318 p.
• Variously attributed to "Deale", and to Henry Luttrell (cf. Garside and Schöwerling, 1828:38).

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Life in the West)

OCLC

20312659

Title

Life in the West; or, The curtain drawn. : A novel. Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, M.P. Containing sketches, scenes, conversations, and anecdotes of the last importance to families, and men of rank, fashion, and fortune. Founded on facts / By a Flat Enlightened ...

Imprint

London : C. Chapple, Royal Library, 59, Pall Mall, 1828.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: With the ink ownership inscriptions of "J. A. [Cassle?] / 1898" on the paste-downs. -- Bound in contemporary gree half-calf, rebacked, over marbled boards; with black spine label and gilt spine titling.

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Added Author

Luttrell, Henry, 1765-1851. Attributed name

Peel, Robert, 1750-1830. Dedicatee

Chapple, Clement. Publisher

Lowe and Harvey. Printer

Other Title

Curtain drawn

Research Call Number

Pforz (Life in the West)