Deceivers and Deceived; Observations on Confidence Men and their Victims, Informants and Their Quarry, Political and Industrial Spies and Ordinary Citizens

Springfield, ILL: Charles C. Thomas, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's bright orange cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. [ix]; 328pp. Fresh and bright, very light wer and scuffing to extremities, internally clean; in a strong, only very lightly worn example of the dustjacket. A very good, handsome copy indeed.

An analysis of the mechanics of deception, citing numerous examples of great cons and conmen, with a particualr attention paid to the type of person who becomes a confidence trickster, and the types of people that fall for their manipulations.