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. Plus Supplementary Portion by Willshire, William Hughes - 1876

Trustees Of The British Museum, 1876. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1876. 72 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

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 of divination and of a politico-historical charac.

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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.

Amsterdam: British Museum Publications Limited, 1975. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto. 470pp illustrated. A fine copy in like dj . A few faint spots on the front cover. of the jacket.

London: British Museum Publications Limited, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in As New dust jacket. Unchanged reprint of the original edition , London 1876. 360 pages. Preface by Sylvia Mann (1975). Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and Other Cards in the British Museum (supplementary portion) includes descriptions of different European cards, an index, and various black-and-white as well as colored plates. A couple pages have slight creases made by during the publication process.; 6 1/2 x 9 3/4

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.

The Trustees Of The British Muse, 1876-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback- this book is a library rebind. Clean copy in good condition.

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..

Amsterdam: S.Emmering, 1975. cloth, dust jacket. Playing Cards. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii),360; viii,87, with 23 additional pages of plates. 2 volumes in one. First published in 1876 in two volumes. Miss Sylvia Mann wrote the following in her preface: "Recently it has become one of the rarest and most sought after items of card literature: it is a great pleasure to know that once again its contents will be more easily available to the serious collector and historian alike...but the aura of the work is that of a serious scholar with an extremely wide knowledge of prints and printing bringing his resources to bear in illuminating many aspects of what was then, and still remains, a very special subject." Contains detailed descriptions of early French and English engraved packs.