The Life of Mason Long, The Converted Gambler.
Fort Wayne, Indiana: Mason Long, (1887).
Price: $25.00
Hardcover. Fourth edition, later printing. 16mo. 280pp., 5pp. advertisements in rear. Decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Portrait frontispiece, six illustrations. Pages age-toned, hinges cracked, cloth worn and soiled, spine a bit cocked, small dampstain on foredge, a good only copy. Title continuation: "Being a record of his experience as a white slave; a soldier in the Union Army; a professional gambler; a patron of the turf; a variety theater and minstrel manager; and, finally, a Convert to the Murphy Cause, and to the Gospel of Christ."
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