"Broadway Racketeers" 1928 O'CONNOR, John Charles Cary Rumsey

"Broadway Racketeers" 1928 O'CONNOR, John Charles Cary RumseyO'CONNOR, John [255] pp. Horace Liveright 1928 7 3 4" x 5 1 2" Jacket design by Russell Patterson VG VG This is an amusing, light, and informative review of classic cons. New York in the early 1900s was awash in scoundrels and confidence men (and women) who took advantage of "suckers" for hundreds and thousands of dollars. O'Connor classifies the most prominent cons and the hucksters who played the game in this fascinating guide to the racketeers of

recalls her own initiation into the "strange cold succulence" of raw oysters as a young woman in Marseille and Dijon

'Gentlemen Up' published 1930

particularly in the position of cover point

12 3/8" x 9 3/4"

Inscribed by the author

Roy Lichtenstein

Barenger/ B

Hand painted by J

Kim Kinnison of the Patrol uses his children as bait in a desperate plan to prevent the destruction of the universe

Prince Charles

100 paintings (30 color prints)

In 1901 he set up a small workshop at 76 rue Michel-Ange in the 16th arrondissement in Paris