Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 208

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(GAMBLING.) Group of four illustrated "Dream Books." Small 8vos, original printed pictorial wrappers; some wear. Vp, 1939-50s

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Aunt Sally's Policy Player's Dream Book, Sure Guide Aunt Sally's Policy Player's Dream Book; Study of Harmony in Numbers The Genuine Afro Dream Book. The Right Numbers from Dreams, Improved and Revised Dreams Come True. Picture Stories of Famous People, How to Tell What Dreams Mean.
Dream Books were very popular with people in the black community who played the "numbers," a form of illegal lottery. They were used to interpret dream images to arrive at lucky bets.