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Old and Curious Playing Cards: Their History and Types from Many Countries and Periods
by Morley, H T
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Bracken Books, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Playing Card, Card Games. 236pp, section of mainly colour plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, no endpapers. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Very minor bumping to lower board edges. Text block edges starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with Brodart-style sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016178
- Title
- Old and Curious Playing Cards: Their History and Types from Many Countries and Periods
- Author
- Morley, H T
- Illustrator
- Playing Card, Card Games
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bracken Books
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 2.76 lbs
- Keywords
- Playing Cards, Card Games
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About the Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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