A History of Playing Cards And A Bibliography Of Cards and Gaming
by Hargrave, Catherine Perry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. red cloth. Very good/Near fine.
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Very good/Near fine.. 468 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Thirty-one color plates with lettered tissue guards and approximately 500 black and white illustrations. Extensive Bibliography. Index. Compiled and Illustrated from the old cards and books in the collection of the United States Playing Card Co. in Cincinnati. An authoritative and detailed history elegantly presented, visually attractive. Bright, clean copy. Minor rubbing to corners and backstrip extremities.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17682
- Title
- A History of Playing Cards And A Bibliography Of Cards and Gaming
- Author
- Hargrave, Catherine Perry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. red cloth. Very good/Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Gambling
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Life;
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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