A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF PLAYING AND OTHER CARDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM: Accompanied by A Concise General History of the Subject and Remarks on Cards of Divination, and of a Politico-Historical Character. by Willshire, William Hughes

British Museum Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: British Museum Press, 1975. Reprint of 1876 edition. Vertical crease to rear board, stamp or sticker (?) removed from front free endpaper (also from front of dust-wrapper), otherwise very good. Frontispiece, 7 colour plates and 16 black and white illustrations. New introduction by Sylvia Mann. Dust-wrapper with tears/losses has been competently and firmly repaired. Extra postage outside the UK.. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A descriptive Catalogue of Playing and other Cards in the British Museum:Accompanied by a concise general History of the Subject and Remarks on Cards etc..

U.S.A.: British Museum Press. Clean fine hard cover 1975 facsimile with fine dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile.. 1975.

Paperback / softback. New.

[London] : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands are worn. Text remains in fine condition. Previous owner's bookplate. Physical description; [i-v] vi-x, [1-3] 4-360, [i-v] vi-viii, [1-3] 4-87 p., 23 plates (part col.) : ill ; 26.5 cm. Subjects; British Museum � Catalogs. British Museum � Catalogues. Card games � History � Catalogs. Card games � Social aspects � Catalogs.

London: Trustees of the British Museum. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Color and b/w; x, 360pp+viii, 87pp+xxiii plates pages; Publisher's blindstamped black cloth with gilt printed spine. Contains 23 plates on heavier paper at the end [color and b/w]. This is a catalog accompanied by a concise history and commentary, .

London: The British Museum, 1975. A FINE PREMIUM CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. An essential volume for the study of the cards, with much detail of various Tarot decks, and other divinatory and playing cards. Reprint of the original edition of 1876, and the 1877 supplement appended with a plate section of 24 full page plates, seven in color. [x], 360 pages; [viii], 88 pages. Royal octavo.

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Good. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1876. First edition. Good. First edition, approx. 10.5'' by 6.5''. Original black cloth with gilt titles on spine & blind embossed decoration on covers. A little edge wear, particularly to spine (see pictures). X + 360pp with supplementary portion (published 1877) bound in with main volume, viii + 87pp, illustrated with frontispiece and 23 other plates (7 hand coloured)."Accompanied by a concise general history of the subject and remarks on cards of divination and of a politico-historical character.' Plate 20 is loose & binding a bit cracked at rear pastedown. Ex reference library with minimal markings, presentation bookplate on front pastedown & pictorial bookplate on rear pastedown. No other obvious library markings, the inner book is generally clean & in good + condition.***Heavy & may require extra overseas postage***