Gambling and Organized Crime
Washington D.C.; (1969): Public Affairs Press. First Edition. Octavo. Item #023367
239pp., Signed and inscribed by the author to Russ Coombs who was former chief counsel to the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, deputy chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, assistant attorney general of Massachusetts, and veteran. He was an expert in criminal law, organized crime.The author, Rufus KIng was one of the naitons's leadingexperts on gamblind, gambling laws and enforcement. His professional activities and writings on coin operated gaming devices have had a great impact on that field. He had been directly involved in every major study of organized crime since World War II; and he was uniquely qualified to undertake for the President's Crime Commission a gambling study which is the basis of this book.A good copy bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, spine is damp stained but not through the boards and surprizingly not through the dust jacket. light wear to spine ends and rubbed along the joints.
Price: $85.00